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Year: 1872

| To Clean Cane Chair Bottoms, CoucheS,
etc.-Turn up the chair bottom, and
with hot water and a sponge wash the
cane-work so that it may be thoroughly
soaked. Should it be dirty, use little
soap. Let it dry in the air, and it will
be as tight and firm as when new, pro.
vided the cane is not broken.


Or Tail Soup.-Take two tails, divide
them at the joints, soak them in warm
water. Put them in cold water into a
gallon pot or stew-pan Skim off the
troth carefully. When the meat is
boiled to shreds, take out the bones, and
add chopped onion and carrot. Use
spices and sweet herbs, or not, as you
prefer. Boil it three or four hours. Add
little celery.


Beefsteak Rolls-Cut small. thin steaks
from the round-fry them lightly
make stuffing as for roast veal or tur-
key; spread it over the steak, roll them
up tightly, and sew or tie up neatly.
Stew them in rich beef stock, or brown
gravy, twenty minutes, and serve hot,
with the gravy poured over. A half tea
cup of rich cream, added few minutes
before serving, is great improvement.
A .Sweet Potato Vne.-A sweet potato
vine is curiosity which few realize un-
til they try to cultivate one. it is scarcely
any trouble. Put sweet potato in a
tumbler of water, or any similar glass
vessel, fill with water, keep the lower
end of the tuber about one or two inches
from the bottom of the vessel, keep on
the mantel shelf, sun it for an hour or
two each day, and soon little roots will
appear, the eye will throw up pretty
vine, and grow rapidly over any trellis
work above.


Bread Pudding, without MIX or Eggs
Take one pound of stale bread, half
pound of currants, quarter pound of
sugar, and one teaspoonful of ginger.
Pour boiling water on the bread, and
when cool and properly soaked, press
out the water and mash the bread, add
ing the sugar, currants. ginger, and a
little salt and grated nutmeg mix the
whole we'll together; put in buttered
dish, laying few small pieces of butter
on the top, and bake in a moderate oven
when baked, let it remain a few minutes,
then turn it out on fiat dish, and serve
either hot or cold.


Water-Proof Dressiny for Boots and Har'
nesS.-One of the mostimportant means
of preserving health, especially at this
season, is to keep the feet dry and warm.
Farmers and others who are exposed to
wet and cold would find the following
composition very valuable, as a protec
ton and preservative for their boots
1t is also excellent as dressing for har.
ness meats foot oil, l.! pint; beeswax, l
ounce; spirits turpentine, ounce; pine
tar, ounce. Melt and mix together,
and stir until cold. Spread and rub this
composition over the leather while it is
damp; leather will absorb oil and grease
better when damp than when dry. For
the soles take pine tar, and rub itin be-
fore fire until the soles will absorb no
more. Three or four applications will
be needed. The durability of the soles
will be much increased.
Year: 1872

The Los Angeles, CAL, Nens has the
following: There is at present living at
the San Gabriel Mission, and old native
California lady, whose eyes have seen
the passing away of several generations.
She claims to be 1872 years old. She was
mother at the time the Mission Church
was built-l02 years ago. Her hair is
as white as driven snow, but her eye
sight is as keen as that of child, and
her step as firm as that of a woman a
century younger. She is an expert as a
worker of embroidery, and executes the
finest work without the aid of glasses
Every day, weather permitting, she may
be seen in the fields or orchards near
by her residence, busy at work with her
needle.
Year: 1872

DID Dick Brown or any one OF the
party now clamoring for his right to re-
election, protest against the injustice OF
removing an old and we'll known
citizen like ALoNzo LoRING before he
had served eight months Of his term as
Sheriff OF this county2
Year: 1872

The Republican party is now split
irrevocably and beyond remedy. Schurz,
and Trumbull, and host of other promi-
neut leaders, have cut loose entirely from
the old organization, and will participate
in and abide by the Liberal Convention
which is to assemble in May in Cincin-
natl. The indications are that Seuator
Sumner will act with them. If the Gin
cinnati Liberal Convention puts forth a
Presidential ticket, the Democratic Ma
tional Convention when assembled will
ratify it. If it declines to nominate, the
Democracy will most likely name one Of
their number for President, and thus
unite all the conservative elements.
Year: 1872

The latest dispatches from Mexico in
dicate series of almost fatal disasters
from the Juarist Government. If we
could receive them as entirely accurate
We should have little hope Of the perma-
nence OF the present Government. But
these dispatches are evidently colored by
hostility of Juarez, and it is possible that
he may still weather this storm, as he
has many others. Two curious rumors
are afoat; Que that Juarez is about to re-
sign the Presidency in favor of Majia
the Minister of War, al the other that
General Grant has offered to sustain
President Juarez in power as a last re-
sort The Mexicans who believe in this
arrangement think the time has come to put
ii in execution.
Year: 1872

The political press of this Congression
al district are pretty generally locking
horns, and making ready for an old-tash =
ioned plug muss. This to us looks bad
A family quarrel is at all times disagree
able to those of peaceful disposition
living in the immediate neighborhood.
Therefore, we cannot avoid noticing the
belligerent attitude now assumed by
these gentlemen. and rejoice that we
stand on an Independent platform and
out of range of the fire of their gun
Ne,0s.


Our new neighbor is at fault; there is
no "mussp brewing or existing. "It is
only the SEAR(s) and yellow leaf, .
which cause your gloomy foreboding.
Year: 1872

Cincinnati has been laboring for sever
al years to get the southern railroad bill
through the Legislature, and now that
she has at length succeeded she does not
know what TO do with it. Those who
read the lengthy report of the proceed
ings before the Railroad Committee of
the Cincinnati Common Council held
last Wednesday, are compelled to come
to the conclusion that the prospect for
the Southern railroad is anything but
cheerful.
Year: 1872




Though no national party convention
has met, the Presidential campaign may
be said to have fairly begun. The de-
bate in the Senate on the question of the
sale af arms to the French during the
Franco-Prussiau war has done the
business.


The friends of the Administration did
all they could to avoid this discussion,
for they seem to have had pretty good
idea from the first how it would result it
suffered TO go on. They were forced.
however, to give in in spite of every
obstacle they we're able to interpose
Senator Schurz, deeming that the time
had come when the issue must be made,
brought his eloquent aud iucisive rheto
ric to bear, and, supported by Trumbull
and Upton, to say nothing of Sumner,
proved much more than match for
Morton. Conkling and the rest of the
Administration Senators. They have
fully succeeded in doing what they IN
tended to DO, arraying against Grant all
such as are for the honest, pure and con
stitutional administration Of our national
affairs.
Year: 1872




One Mr.. Frost, q singing school teach
er, has sued the Murray Gazette for
$4,000 damages This is decided
complimentto to the value of the Gasette's
pen; but if our neighbor is not possess
ed of more of this worlds wealth than
usually pertains to editors and printing
shops, one Frost will be nipping through
warm regions" before he RECEIVERS 50
large amount. Besides, judging from
the following the gazette was precisely
right:


"The fact that a suit for libel has re-
Gently been brought against the editors
of the Gazette. BY an itinerant singing
master named Frost, having attracted
considerable attention, and excited very
natural curiosity to know all about the
matter, induces US to make the following
statement;


"Frost came to Murray from Mayf.ld
several months ago, and after some effort
secured a class in vocal music. The
rumor followed him that he was drunken
and worthless, and his conduct here did
no little to confirm the report. lie vas
drunk a great part of his time and vas
at times fairly crazed with liquor. \
little previous to the holidays he cane
to our Office and wanted some concert
tickets and hand-bills printed We asked
him to pay for them in advance. He
said he would pay for them as soon as be
had given the concert. We did the work,
intending to 90 to the door of the con
cert room on the night of the entertain
ment and there secure the money: The
town without paying for his printing,
which amounted to 81 80, and leaving
other bills unsettled. We felt it our
duty to warn the fraternity, and the pub
lie, generally, against him, aud We pub
lished him as scamp, and bade every
body beware Of him. For our thus
"spotting" him he wants US to pay him
ten thousand dollars, and-we hope he'll
get it.
Year: 1872

Every person indebted to
me, either by note or book account, to
call and settle the same soon l particu-
larry desire those who have been owing
me for one, two, three, four or five years
to call, if it is only to say they have not
forgotten they owe me. Yes, friends,
come along. Ipresume of some your faces
are forgotten by me; but introduce your
selves by telling me that three or four
years ogo, you got a pair of my Boots or
Shoes on short credit, and now you
wish to pay for them. You have no idea
what pleasure it will be. Try it. No
10 Michigan street. A HAwLEy.


ian2 5tf
Year: 1872




Who is responsible for the SATURDAY. af
ternoon drunken rows in Plymouth /?
They are disgrace to the place, and a
remedy should be found There are sew
eral licensed drinking houses here-not
more than may be found in other places
of its size-but if their business is to cor
rupt the morals and destroy the body and
soul, the sooner they are declared nuisan-
ces and closed, the better it will be for the
place, and for the people in the country as
well as town. The licensed liquor sellers
who will sell to drunken men and to mi
nors, should have their license revoked
and their houses declared public nuisan-
ces. Those who sell without license and
contrary to law, should have their houses
closed, and fine assessed that will effec-
tuaiiy prevent them from such acts in the
future


We shall be perfectly satisfied to see
men engage in the liquor trade when they
can do it without disturbing the peace.
corrupting the morals. or iniurins in
body and mind those for whose bensst
they are kept c9
Year: 1872

WHAT DID THE COURT HOUSE Cosr p
We have been requested by several of the
readers of the REPUBLICAN to make
some inquiry about the cost of the Court
House. Some of them contemplate build
ing fine residences next summer, and
they rather like the appearance of the
new Court House


The cost of that building is not under
stood. Bonds have been issued to pro-
cure money-the people want to know
the amount sold, and how much money
they brought. They also want to know
who bought the bonds and the rate of in
terest to be paid. In fact, from what we
can learn, the tax payers, Democrats as
well as Republicans are becoming quite
lnquisitive about the finances of the coun-
ty. There is an officer always ready to
tell the tax payers how much he owes the
eounty-and just now, the amount is
large enough to provoke the INQUIRY.
what is it all for?
Year: 1872

1t is argued by some men that every
man ought to speak what he thinks ON
all occasions. This might do for those
who think nothing, but we know one
man who would be at least half dozen
before he could pass through Plymouth,
If he should attempt to put in practice his
pet theory.
Year: 1872

GENTLEMEN


The course pursuad by your companies,
in the adjustment and payment of our own
claims, and so lar as we know, ALL
claims for losses in the great fire in Chi
cago, has been so highly honorable,
prompt and straightforward, and marked
by such apparent desire to deal justly to-
ward all parties, and under all circum-
stances, that we desire voluntarily to ac-
knowledge it to the business public.


We conceive that no stronger test could
be made, both of the responsibility and of
the integrity of an Insurance organization
than yours has passed through, success
fully and creditably, with an unimpaired
capital, and undiminished responsibility,
and a record for equitable settlement GER
tainly surpassed by none. We congratu-
late you on the career of future prosperity
to which your actions here have SO justly
entitled you,
Year: 1872

\ gentleman of age and experience,
who sometimes charges $25 for his ad
vice-without hope of fee or reward vol
nnteered this good advice Never say
anything i'll of the town you live in" II
our memory serves us, we have heard
something of that kind before; but it is,
good advice, and we can afford to retail it
at first cost.
Year: 1872

PAPER CoMFoRrABLEs.-Them mode of ma
king comtOrtables warmer by lining them
with newspapers. Is good, as long as they
last, which cannot be long, especially after
washing few times. l have tried elm
pier way of attaining the same object on
cold nights, when have not had sufficient
bedding over me, especially at hotels, where
we can not always get just what we want.
Throw off one or two OF the top covers from
the bed, then pull from the pocket, or satch-
ell, two or three large newspapers one very
large one will do-spread them on the bed,
replace the cover, and you will have warm
and comfortable night, without any percep-
tible increase In the weight Of the bedding.
Again, when you have hard, cold tide In a
cutter, of ten or twenty miles, against the
wind. place spread newspaper over your
chest before you button up your overceat,
and you will not become chilled through.
Nothing can be cheaper, and, as far as it
goes, nothing more efficient.-COr. Country
Gentleman.
Year: 1872

Henry. Ward Beecher IL reported to have
lately said In sermon that 1t was as much
the business Of every man to vote as to say
his prayers, feeling sure that :" this beloved
country Is worth all the time, all the efforts
we can give it," In this the eloquent preach
er is doubtless right, but II the voting class
es of the country were limited to its praying
classes, 1t Ia probable the filling off In the
exercise Of the elective franchise would
aatonish not few Of the church aoaTs them.
selves,
Year: 1872

WHEN the body and brain are well balanced,
the stomach is capable of restoring the waste
from which the system is constantly suffering;
but when the brain is large in proportion, the
stomach is incapable of supplying it; in other
words, the expenditure is too large for the in
come. Here lies the cause of so much suffer-
ing from Disease of the Heart, Liver, Stomach
and Lungs, which is produced by taxing the
Nervous System too severely; and Fellows
Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites is the on
ly preparation known which mparts this vital
ity directly, and consequently the power to
overcome disease nov23-d1vS,wtt
Year: 1872

A man at indianapolis disappeared one
night, taking his valise and clothing from his
home; in three days he came back. He said
he dreamed he packed his valise, walked to
the depot and took the cars. The first thing
he knew after the dream was when he came
to his senses, seventy-fve miles from home,
and found he was just waking up to break
fast.
Year: 1872

Mark Twain and Charles Sumner have
each had an experience in saving life at sea.
Mark says he stood around without an UNI
brela and yelled at the proper time. On the
strength of this he asks the Royal Humane
Society to reward those who were active in
the good work. Mr.. Sumner, on his steam
ship, made speech at table, and solicited aid
for the shipwrecked and those who saved
chem. The results were most happy. The
Senator goes to Washington and Mark to
his profitable fances.-N. Y. Commercial.
Year: 1872

The driest of all dried apples in the coun-
try is in the possession of a Kentucky fami-
ly- 1t was given to a soldier by his be-
trothed just before he entered the revolu-
tionary army, and after carrying it through
all that war, he returned and married the
donor, and the apple has been kept as fam
ily heirloom ever since
Year: 1872

Before sleeping in strange bed, the Chin
ease burn piece of paper covered with ca
balistic signs. After trying to sleep in an ami
mate Louisville bed. strangers content them-
selves with mentally burning the landlord.
Year: 1872

During the past four weeks the
water in Owens Lake has been rising
quite rapidly, sometimes as mnch as


four or five inches in a night. Dur
ing this period the water in Owens


River, its main and almost only
source of supply. has been constantly
diminishing, while the loss by evap


Grafton has certainly not been less
than usual. For short time after the
earthquake tine waters OF the lake fell
several feet. ani then became station
arv, ,remainin at about It'll" same point
until the time mentioned above.


Previous 70 the earthquake the lake
had been steadily risin1 for ten years.
the wagon road, opposite the Swansea
furnace. then traveled. being now
under about five feet Of water and
some two or three hundred yards
from the present shore line. 1nnu-
merable springs have broken ont all
along the foot of the hills for mile
or more wet of Swansea. rendering
the low lands next tie lake swampy
and entirely impassable for vehicles;
this ground was perfectly dry before
the earthqu. ka. The only stream Of
water or sprlug listing along here
previous to that occurrence was
very small one in Docwilers cellar.
For time this went entirely dry.
but in about tel days after the big
shake. and simultaneously with all
the others alluded to, this spring
commenced running ten times its
former volume. At no great distance
from the surface of the water, the |
underlying ground here is a stiff
clay. This was opened in deep cracks
running parallel to tho foothills
and lake shore. and we presume that
the surface earth and sand falling
into these cracks damned up former
underground channels and forced
the water to the surface. But this
theory affords no satisfactory clue to
the extraordinary and sudden rise of
the lake itself. It would seem as
though some subterranean outlet
had become suddenly and entirely
closed. for large as the river is, 1t
would require almost the whole
amount of water it carries into the
lake. with no allowance for loss by
to increase the depth OF
water three feet or thereabouts IN
such a short time over surface of
II by % miles square.
Year: 1872

The art of manufacturing wedding
cakes has been reduced to a science.
Perhaps we should rather say, the man
ufacture of wedding cakes has become
a fine art. A niece of Mayor elect
Hayemeyer, of New York city, took
INTO herself young man the other
dav. The affair was one of some mag
nitude. The wedding cake used upon
this occasion eclipsed anything of the
kind ever seen in this progressive coun-
trv Tt is thus described Having
for ifs foundation the cake proper,
which was of huge dimensions and
weighed over sixty pounds, it rose a
fairy vision of frosted work to the
height of four feet. Immediately above
the cake was a miniature marriage tenn
pie, in which a miniature bride and
groom were undergoing the ceremony,
the roof of which was supported by
merpaids, from whose tiny mouths
Jets of fine spun glass poured. Above
was an alcove of cupids, with more
fountains, the whole being crowned
with filagree work and frosted flowers,
with which the entire structure was
decorated"
Year: 1872

The report of the Secretary of the Treasury
shows ansalarming falling off in the carrying
trade for the last ten or twelve years,
and even for the past year. do not
believe that the public treasure can be better
expended in the interest Of the whole people
than i'll trying TO recover this trade. An ex-
penditure of five million dollars per annum for
the next five years if it would restore to
us our proportion of the carrying.


trade of the world, would be prodtably ex.
pended. The price Of labor in Europe has so
much enhanced within the last few years that
Year: 1872

TIE ANSABLE CAsE.-m the Henrico
County Court yesterday the case Of the
County Clerk was continued. The evidence
was concluded, and the court took the case
under consideration. Judge Minor will pro-
bably render his decision this morning.
Year: 1872

also transmit herewith memorial Of the
Executive Committee of the Virginia His
torical Society, which would have received
favorable mention in my annual message but
for the space occupied in the consideration
of other important subjects.


~ G. G. WALKER.
Year: 1872

The horny handed Mechanic" who
dtcOuses in the Register about the home
stead exemption in the new Constitution
says its effect il adopted will be to abolish
the credit system in this State. This
may bea good reason why men OF means
should favor it, but ii is no inducement 10
the working man Of small means, who
find; very convenient 10 run monthly
Hll4


There is one little fact connected with
this exemption clause that We have not
seen mentioned. When this provision
vHunler consideration "Gen." PANNELL,
dOhiO, got up and made one Of his rip.
AoEting speeches against it, declaring
that the prOvisO making an exception in
favor Of claims for purchase money was
put in Tor the special benefit of land
sharks He made the thing so warm for
these gentlemen that they had the matter
TecOmniIted. Whenit came back it had
an additional exception in favor of "debts
contracted for improvements thereon
that Is for building materials; in other
words, lumber. THE General is a deal
e'in lGmberl This little addition remov;
edihe Generals objection as to the land
sharks and the provision went through.
Hewas willing the merchant, the doctor,
IAemcchanic and everybody else should
Os'ut out of his claims, provided he were
SLOWED TO enforce collection OF his lum-
od bills and this little proviso Tor the
benefit OF lumber dealers was putin just
i0PIacaie and silence him and for no
other reason in the world.
Year: 1872

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with Q pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous, and
injurious to the hair, tho Figor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for q