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Year: 1875

If all the gold in the world were
welded into one solid block, one
side of the cube would measure
only twenty-three feet. 1t isn't
much of "a lump, to be sure, but we
should like to play with it day or
two.
Year: 1875

MANY who are suffering from the effects of the
warm weather and are deblitiated are advised by
physicians to take moderate amounts Of whisky
two or three times during the day In little while
those who adopt this advice frequently Increase
the number of " drinks and in time become con.
Armed inebriates. beverage which will no
create thirst for intoxicating liquors, and whice


is inteded especially for the benefit CT debilitated
persons, whether at home or abroad, 10 DR..
SchencK's Tea Weed Tonic, Containing The juices
OF many medicinal herbs, this preparation does not
create an appetite for the Intoxicating cup. The
nourishing and the life-supportiug properties Of
many valuable natural productions contained in it
and well known tomedical men have O most
Strengthening influence, A single bottle of the
Tonic will demonstrate ius valuable qualities,
For debility arising from sickness over exertion or
from any cause whatever, wineglassful Of Sea
Weed Tonic taken after meals will strengthen the
stomach and create an appetite for wholesome food.
To all who are about leaving their homes, we
desire TO say that the excellent effects Of DR..
Scheuck's seasonable remedies, Sea Weed Tonic,
and Mandrake Pills, are particu AIRY evident when
taken by those who are injuriousy affected by q
change Of water and diet, No derson should leave
home without taking supply of these safeguards
along. For sale by all Druggists
Year: 1875

PIrTsBURGH, May 23,-Lightning
struck twenty thousand barrel tank
full of oil at Karns City tonight, set
ting the oil on fire. Efforts are being
made to save the oil by running it off,
but it is feared the tank may burst. The
tank is owned by Satterfeld and Taylor,
and the oil belongs to the United Pipe
Line. Loss and insurance not yet
known
Year: 1875

A Tennessee man who was sent
out to be snake cha rmer, so that he
might ride with circus and see the
country, was called to ride in a
hearse soon after attempting 70 pick
UP his 6rst xattlesnske.
Year: 1875

CURE FOR EARACHE.- There is
scarcely any ache to which children
are subject, SO bad to bear and diffi-
cult to cure, as earache. But here is
a remedy never known to fail. Take
a bit of cotton batting, put upon it a
pinch of black pepper, gather it up
and tie, dip it in sweet oil, and in
sert into the ear. Put flannel band
age over the head to keep it warm.
1t will give immediate relief.
Year: 1875

A recent letter -writ4r says that one Mexi-
can town will generally serve as q pattern


for all, though there may sometimes be in
dividual departures from the rule. The
oldest feature of Mexican houses is the
spouts which carry of the rain from the
roof. These spouts are of clay-warc. arc
cylinders, and some two or three inches in
diameter at the mouth, which projects over
the sidewalks, or where the sidewalk often
should be. With their glazed. dark-red
color. these conduits look just ike so many
cannon thrusting their muzzles out some
two or three feet from the front wall. The
stranger who first sees these spouts can
compare them to nothing SO filthy as to
cannon planted in a breastwork, and thus.
as he casts his eye along block, the latter
looks for al the world like a fort. But let
him be under them when u genuine Mexi-
can thunder shower comes on, and the dis
charge will be Of a character that will leave
no doubt in his mind either as to quality or
quantity. The roofs of houses are here
made fiat, generally of tiles, oyerlaid with
tin or asphalt or other kind Of material.
The floors are of red tiles, some two or
three inches thick, and about nine inches
square. Some Of the ceilings of the bet
ter class Of houses are formed of tiles OF
some design or figure, and some of the
floor tiles are figured i'll various patterns.
Year: 1875

The combustibil ty of iron is chemical
fact well known, but Berlin experiment.
er has demonstrated the phenomenon in a
manner peculiarly his own. He takes
straight bar magnet Of some power, and
sprinlilcs iron filings on one end of its
poles These filings arrange themselves
in accordance with the lines of magnetic
force, and, however, closely they may APP
pear to be packed, of course no two of the
metallic filaments are PARALLEL, and conse-
quently certain portion of air is enclosed,
as in Il metallic sponge. The flame of an
ordinary spirit lamp or gas-burner readily
ignites the finely divided iron, and it con-
tinues to burn most brilliantly for con-
siderable length of time, the combustion
being, apparently, as natural and easy as
that of an ordinary substance. If the ex-
perimenter with this operation stands on
slight elevation, and waves the magnet to
fro while burning, q most magnificent rain
of fire is said to b, produced.
Year: 1875

The Blt;in ;ton H,.g:eye man says, the
other night IL man who lives cut on Column
ba street was kept down town on business
until Il very Late hour, and his wife know
ing how cold he would lee when he got
home, put an iron on the stove, and when
she heard him open the front gate she
jumped up hurriedly wrapping the iron in
a piece If flannel chucked it in bed for him
to warm his feet by. The man WAS cold
and taciturn and cross. He crawled into
bed with growl, shuddeIed with cold as
he stretched himself out. Then he gave
u yell that lifted the roof off the house,
and iammed his head through the head
board, and screamed fire, and waltzed out
on the floor and around the room in the
dark, straddling rocking chairs and break
ing his shins ON bureau corners, and knock.
ing dcwn the brackets with his shoulders.
and upsotting one or two things, and filing
the darkness with weird, fantastic profani-
tv. They lit u candle and discovered q
beautiful photograph of Il tlat-iron on the
bottom of the mans foot, and and it was
found that the flannel had somehow got
off the foot-warmer.
Year: 1875

We are toiling up the way
Narrow way-narrow way;
We have iourncycd many a day
Toward the Kingdom
Toward the distant shining land
Happy land golden land,
Where the heavenly harpers stand
In the Kingdom.


CHORUS.
Still we sing Christ our King,
Walks with us the weary way
And the shining angels wait
Angels wait-angcls wait
To unbar the pcarly gate


OF the Kingdom.
Though the journey may he long
Hard and long-rough and long
We will cheer it with q song


Ofthe Kingdom.
We will enter by the Cross,
Blessed Crrss--prccious Cross
Gaining bliss that hath no dross
In the Kingdom.


CHORUS.
We shall know our loved ones there
Know them th,rc-know them there
When our blood washed robes we wear
In the Kingdom.
All that's purcst-holicst there
Grows more dcar-groWs nor dear,
AS the mansions we draw near


In the Kingdom.


CHORUS.
Dear ones now are safe at home
Resting thCrc-trcc from care,
Watching now for us to come


To the Kingdom.
Soon well gather one by one,
Conq'rors palmcd-conq rors crowned;
Greet them wncn the vict ry's wun
In the Kingdom
Year: 1875

Never despair with strength and health Something beyond the reach of wealth.

 Rain must tall, and the heavens must froyn And flowers must fade and f. Ids grow brown And riches are winged like thistle down Out from the ribs of ,he rocky earth Come the joy of the Winter hearth: Cp from the deep, dark caves of the sea Come the pearls of the kings to be; And out of the flint we crush the gold And water with sweat tine seed in tne mould; And the sword that never forsakes the sheath Shall win DO worth the heavens beneathi

 Then still hold up with manly brow

 And meet ths storm that is driving now; As long as there millions to feed

 Millions tO cloihe, and milli ms 10 ead

 So lcng must the loom, the plough and the pen, Demand the tol of earnest men. Only be true to yourself and tbe Right And chasing the steps of the dismal night, The sun will food you with elOu dless light.
Year: 1875

On hearing the report that the shocking condition of the firemen's hose had resulted in the destruction of large amount of prop erty, woman sat up all night alarming her husbands stockings
Year: 1875

Philadelphias municipal debt has been vari-
ously stated, and before the recent election, the
Times fell into the campaign way Of habitual-
ly quoting it as reaching seyenty-four millions.
Since that, however, the same paper admits that
the debt cannot be ciphered, even by its own
figures, above $50 500, 900, and to keep it up to
that it is forced to count tout various available
assets, including s5,2OO.OOO in the gas sinking
fund. Deducting the sum, the debt comes down
at least twenty millions below the amount which
the Times talked about 80 glibly in its election
eering articles. Nevertheless it is certain that
the debt is quite az great as it ought to be, and
it is high time to cry "Down Brakes - The
Press, we are glad to observe, is doing 50, and
recent refusal of the Courts to mandamue
City Council into spending a fresh million in
the Park is very good step indeed The Park
looks very well as it iH, and the proper policy
would be, now that it is bought. to let it remain
in its natural beauty few years, till the tax
payers have time to catch their breath.
Year: 1875

Boardman, OF Port Penn, Del. Not
withdrawing the untavorable wea Their
the church was filed to its utmost ca
pacity, and was tastefully and artis tic
ally trimmed and decorated for the oc-
casion.


The marriage service was performed
by Rev. l.. l.. Cation. assisted by Rev.
Delemater and Rev. McCune, at the
close Of which the usual congratulatory
service continued for nearly one hour,
giving the bride and groom only time to


make the necessary preparation to take
the train at 9:l5 T. NJ, when they start
ed for their new home in the East, where
they go bearing with them the best


wishes and bright anticipation of the
entire community, where the bride has
spent the last few years OF her life in the


active duties OF the church, the Sabbath.


school and the domestic circle, and
where her husband preached for few


months only, but long enough to give
him place In the hearts OF the people
May many long years Of happiness ant
usefulness be theirs.
Year: 1875

J.F. REDMOND, the Chairman of the
Democratic City Executive Committee Of
Cincinnati, was forced to resign his posi-
ton in consequence of his connection
with the Water Works swindle. .-C0iHnt-
bus Dispatch.


We know another town where an au-
thority ran water works outside of the
law--refused to put the money realized
from the bonds into the city Treasury,
kept and handled the hundred thousand
and over himself-attended to the whole
business and all Operations connected
Herewith. All this matter is pending in
court of law. The Court House gas
fixture affair has not got into Court, and
probably never will now. But there is
the bill, with the original figures, giving
the price of each item, all erased BY
scratching, and only the gross amount
given at the bottom. Such facts tell a
tale, and this was all done in Philadel-
phia where the fixtures were bought, and
where they understand addition, di-
vision and silence"


Nowonder the "Boss' Tweeds become
rich and own valuable blocks, but how
melancholy it is in this country that we
have not more Tildens to ferret out the
villanies, expose the public robbers,
prosecute them unto judgment, and get
them placed where they belong.
Year: 1875

THE Columbia Is C.) Union Herald
(Rep. says of the colored electors of
South Carolina Z"


"If it were certain that they are to re-
main for any considerable time as ignor-
ant as they are to-day, there would not
be a shadow of party in the United
States favorable to the universal suffrage
experiment. 1t is the hope of a speedy
improvement in their qualifications that
makes their existence as political factors
tolerable to the masses of the whites 1t
is with sorrow. then, that we are obliged
to believe that they are in great degree
responsible for the existence of so great
an evil as incompetent teachers in our
public schools.
Year: 1875

THE third term isn't quite dead yet
That noble body of patriots, the IRE
publican members of the House of Rep
resentatives of the General Assembly OF
Alabama" helda meeting on Saturday
last and unanimously adopted this reso-
luton: Resolved, That in President
Grant we recognize the patriot-soldier
without guile, whose valor and heroism
saved the Republic in the hour of its
greatest peril, as well as the honest, ca
pable and faithful defender of the Con-
stitution and Union. and the fearless eX-
ecutor of the laws; and that we are not
fully persuaded that the best interests Of
of all the people of the United States will
be more efficiently promotedby the cleo
ton of another as his successor in 1876.
1t was also voted that copy of this reso-
luton be sent to the third termer.
Year: 1875




Just now the old and case,hardene6
enemies of the Democratic party ara
making themselves happy over the idea
that there are discontents and disap-
pointments among the Democrats of OiG
Licking that will result in disrupting the
ties by which the party has been cemem-
ted and strengthened unulit has become
invincible to its open foes These diston-
tents tso far as they are supposed to ex-,
ist). are not in regard to priaciples, but
have sprung directly, or otherwise from
disappointment concerning the spoiIs OF
office. 1t is not possible that the wishes
of every one can be gratihed at the prt-
mary elections This is Il proposition
that is so reasonable and obvious that all
will admit it. If we Wish to hold to-
gether as a party, we must be prepared
to sacrifice personal preferences and yield
something to the judgment and decision
! of those with whom we are acting I'm
less all move in concert, our strength
and success as an organization is gone
An army cannot be well organi2edunless
its battalons and companies move IN
harmony with the general purpose
neither can great party gain victory
in national affairs unless its State, county
and township organizations are satredly-
upheld and their decisions respected
BY knocking a prop out here, and loosen
ing pin yonder, it is easy to perceive
how the whole edi6ce may become weak
ened.


We call upon all Democrats to beware
how they listen to the whisperings Of
discomfort. Men who have been ambi~
tious, and who have not had their wishes
cratifed to the extent Of their DESIRES
may have personal reason for complaint-
But these should not be allowed to iniu-
ence others. The success of the DeiIO-
cratic party is identical with the su1, IS
of the country. Impair the strength or
ascendancy of the one, and you neces-
sarily inhict a wrong on the otners
Friendship for favorites is commenda bic
but fidelity to the Democratic organza-
ton is a higher duty than any that IS
owed to mere personal friendship. Let
Democrats, therefore, stand firmly to-
gether. Let them remember that victory
in the nation can be achieved only by
victory in the States and counties. let
them see to these, and all will be vel, In
the great campaign that comes OIL in
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Year: 1875

GEN. ROBERTS has accepted the noml-
nation for Governor by the Maine Demo
Gratis. In a letter he advises that the
campaign be determined, active and
aggressive" and expresses the hope that
"the minute men will be warned, the
watchfres speedily kindled upon the
hill-tops, and every true patriot and
every sincere lover of individual liberty
be up and doing, prepared at the sound
of the first signal gun promptly to re-
spond to the summons, and ready to
strike manly blow against the hlrelings
who have well-nigh induced the sturdy
yeomanry of the Dirigo State to believe
that they are incapable of striking for
themselves"
Year: 1875

LAST fall certain Republican papers
were unceasing in calling the Demo
cratic the whisky party" We shall
hear but little of such stuff as that this
campaign in face of the nomination of
Tom Young and two other candidates on
the Republican State ticket. The strong
objection now to the Democratic ticket
seems to be that General Cary, our can
didate for Lieutenant Governor, is an old
temperance man. Some of our Repub-
lican friends seem quite out of humor
that Cary is temperate and won't get
drunk
Year: 1875

SAMUEL F. CARY has ever been the
friend Of the working men. He has la
bored for their interests and the elevation
of the working classes, He is our can
didate for Lieutenant Governor, and the
working men all over the State will show
their appreciation of him by giving him
a very great majority over Tom Young
Ashland Press.
Year: 1875

COLLEGE CoMMENCEMENTS have been
in order for the last two or three weeks.
AT Wooster a week or so ago the Uni
versity commencement was a great occa-
sion, and last week in Akron Buchtel
College commencement was great sue
cess, and drew large crowd to the city.
Year: 1875

REPUBLICANS in Ohio who prate so
loudly about consistency, should read
the platform adopted by their party in
this State in 1868 on the bond and cur
rency questions, and then read the plat
form adopted by the same party in 1875
on the same questions.
Year: 1875

Work on the Valley Railway is now
going forward briskly Between Min
eral Point and Sparta the masonry is
now being done, and from Canton south
ward the heaviest work has been at
tackled all along the line.
Year: 1875

An IMPRESSIVE SIanT.-There were
seventeen Of them--exactly seventeen.
They marched down Michigan avenue in
double.6le--all but one. He marched
along at the head of the column. They
had high foreheads and intelligent faces,
and there was . stern, determined look on
each fAce--a look which said that they
would die at their oountry's call. Were
they going forth to battle7 Were they 60
ing to the rescue Of tome kind sentiment
which the wicked world was trying to blot
from the hearts Of men2 Were they going
to the succor Of the unfortunate and DIS
tressed? No, not cents worth-they
were going out to play base ball. 1t was
an imposing sight to see them march.
each form erect, each step In tzne, o.Sh sscs
bearing that look which warriors wear
when the roar of hattie 10 loudest. II
every one of the seveuteen had been on
their way to Tho woodpiis or corn Hesd the
sight could not have been more grand and
thrilling.--Detron Free Press.
Year: 1875

The Democracy will not gain the
votes they expected when . license
plank wa. placed in the platform. We
know of many Bourbons in this coun-
ty who are emphatically opposed to
the resolution--so much DO that they
will not take any of It in theirs Do
ais County Commonwealth.
Year: 1875

then to be cast aside, condemned and
treated with disdain at the North
this cuts tho Union soldiers TO the
heart.


To talk of forgetting such war is
sheer nonsense. II cannot aud ought
not to be forgotten. And when men
talk Of banishing il from our politics,
We look at the roll Of only twenty .six
Union soldiers elected to the next
Congress and that Of eighty-six con-
federates. Is that what the Liberals
and Democrats mean by banishing the
war from our politics? If 80, what
an encouragement this is to future pa
triotism. We simply submit tho quos-
tion to men of common sense, can this
Republic afford to pursue such
policy2 In NO former war did men
ever volunteer in such vast numbers
a. In this. The armies of all proceed
ing wars were small.


But in this war they were tremen-
dons because the northern heart was
in II. In no sense are these northern
people warlike or aggressive. They
prefer peace to such an extent that the
south presumed they would not fight
at all. Is 1t necessary that the north
shall be made ashamed of its lofty
patriotism? These are questions for
statesmen to ponder over, for reflect
ing citizens to think OF. We need not
be forever raking up the memories Of
the war, nor need we be ashamed of
them. Aud as for throwing such .
halo Of glory around the confederate
soldiers, to us it seems that it cannot
fail to produce mischief.
Year: 1875

"rhe harvesting Of the Winter wheat IN
Southern Illinois is finished, and although
the aggregate yield is hardly up to tho av.
erare, yet the quality is good. In Central
Illinois the wheat harvest, now in progress
will give fair yield. The corn crop all
over the Northwest how promises to be
one Of the largest and best that has ever
been raised"


That biggest corn clop won't do In this
part Of the Northwest.
Year: 1875

1T is probable that if Congress votes
a subsidy to the Texas Pacific Rail-
road, one of the conditions on which
the aid is given will be that Colonel
SCOTT shall commence work. on both
ends of the road at the same time and
build East and West mile for mile. If
this necessary condition is incorpor-
ated in the bill, all danger of turning
the Arizona trade Eastward will be re-
moved. Within a year the road from
San Diego will reach SO far East that
the trade of and with Arizona will re-
main with the Pacific coast A short
connecting road will no doubt be con-
structed, which will connect the Texas
Pacific with the Los Angeles and In
dependence Railroad. This connect
ing branch will be about twenty-four
miles in length and will pass through
or near San Bernardino and gives us
railroad communication with San
Diego. W
Year: 1875

BAXTER, Secretary of the State
Grange, denies that he sent or author
lied to be sent the telegram bearing
his signature which went to our dele
CATION in Congress urging them, in the
name of the Changers of California, to
favor subsidizing the Southern Pacific
Railroad in like proportion that aid
was extended to the Texas Pacific
road. The question now comes up,
Who did send that dispatch? Mr..
BAXTER does not appear to be taking
steps to discover its author, and as he
does not seem to be concerned about
the matter, the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company, on whom the suspicion
of authorship falls, should take up the
issue and clear themselves of the
odium under which they now rest.
Someby sent the message.