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Year: 1875

business demanding its attention dur
ing its regular biennial sessions Qim-
tied as these are by the Constitution
to the term of sixty-one days each),
even when nothing Extraordinary Oc-
ours to impede and prevent legislation.
When, however, to these consider
ations the fact is added, that the last
three sessions were all prematurely and
abruptly terminated by the resignation
of members, and by reason thereof
much important and necessary legis-
lation failed to be enacted, no other
reasons need be offered in explanation
of the exercise of the constitutional
power of calling you together at this
time in special session"


He then lays before them, among
other important matters, 1.-THE Garrett
suit against the Wabash & Erie Ca
nal, and "the constitutional amend.
ment in relation to the canal debt"
The consideration of these two
weighty questions occupied the atten-
tion of the members during almost
the entire session, and in the end
saved to the people of the State up.
ward of S18,OOO,0 900.


1t is not little surprising that the
Governor should overlook so impor-
tant matter when reviewing the acts
of that body? He goes over its work
seemingly very carefully, and yet
ignores the very questions for which
the special session was convened. A
more convenient memory could not be
desired by. any politician, however
near the ragged edge.
Year: 1875

Eating hearty meal at the close of
the day is like giving laboring man
full days work to do just as night
sets in, although he. has been toiling
all day. The whole body is fatigued
when night sets in, the stomach takes
its due share, and to eat heartily at
supper and then so to bed, is giving
all the other portions and functions of
the body repose, while the stomach
has thrown upon it four or five hours
to dispose of breakfast. and a still
longer time for dinner.


This ten or twelve hours of almost
incessant work has nearly exhausted
it's power; it cannot properly digest
another full meal, but labors at it for
long hours together, like an exhaust
ed galley-slave on a newly imposed
task. The result is that, by the un-
natural length Of tine the food is kept
in the stomach; and the imperfect
manner in which the exhausted or
gans manage it, it becomes more or
less acid; this generates wind; this
distends the stomach; this presses
itself up against the more yielding
lungs, confning them to a largely
diminished space; hence every breath
tdAcu ls luSuMcIcuG IOT tue Wants OF
the system. the blood becomes foul,
black and thick, refuses to flow, and
the man dies; or in dclirium or fright
leaps from window to commit sui
eide.


Let any reader who leads an inac-
tive life for the most part, try the ex-
pertinent for a week of eating abso
lutely nothing after a one or two
o clock dinner, and see if sounder
sleep and vigorous appetite for
breakfast and hearty dinner, are not
the pleasurable results, to say nothing
of happy deliverance from that disa-
greeable fullness, weight, oppression
or acidity, which attends over eating


The great renovating aud vivacity
which long, delicious, soothing
sleep imparts both to mind and body,
will of themselves, more than COM
pensate for the certainly short and
-ather dubious pleasure of eating a
supper with no special relish for it.
Year: 1875

Parson Brownlow tells a good story
of an old Presbyterian bachelor
preacher, known almost as a woman
hater until he was fifty years old,
when he married and settled some
where among the mountains of North
Carolina. The parson says: Our
bachelor friend was preaching on the
sinners excuses. "'I have bought a
piece of ground, and wish to go and
see it, says one. Here is want of in
clination to divine things" said the
preacher. Another said, L have
bought five yoke of oxen, and must
needs go and prove them This
seems a case of necessity. A third
said, L have married wife, and
therefore [ cannot come Here is a
case Of natural impossibility, from
which We may infer" continued our
bachelor preacher, "that one woman
will pull man further from che Lord
than ten steers. Editors Drawer in
Harper's.
Year: 1875

A good black for restoring harness
and wagon tops is made of one half
ounce of fine glue, one-half ounce of
indigo, eight ounces extract of log
wood, four ounces of crown soap
common soft soap may be used, but it
is not as good as the crown soap, and
one quart of pure cider vinegar. The
glue must first be soaked in water un-
til it is soft, but not dissolved; then
mix the whole mass together over a
slow FIRE, stirring until all is thorough
ly mixed. In using it, first cleanse
the leather with tepid water and
crown soap; when the leather is dry
apply the black with a soft brush
using little harder brush for polish
ing.
Year: 1875

The most durable material for shirts
is, as almost everybody knows, New
York Mills, but as that is rather hard
to wash and iron. many prefer Wam-
sutta, which ranks next in durability
and quality. A pattern may readily
be obtained of the pattern vendors, or
it may be cut from well fitting shirt,
but the very best course of procedure
in this difficult and delicate matter is
to send the candidate for new under
garments to professional shirtmaker,
who will take his measure and cut
pattern warranted to fit. In this way
the chief responsibility in the getting
up of the garments does not rest on
the seamstress- There has been of
late decided improvement made in
the shape of shirt-bosoms. Instead
of being cut as they formerly were, in
rectangular shape. they are sloped
from about half way from the top to
point at the waistband. thus escaping
the wear and pressure of the suspend
and shape far more readily than when
molested after the old style. Butch
er's linen is used to line, not bosoms
only. but collars and cuffs. II is OBJ
tainable at nearly all dry goods stores.





holds starch much better and longer
than cotton. IF the shirt is open in
the back the wear and tear of buttons
and button-holes in the bosom will be
totally avoided. sEyelets may be
worked in the middle fold Of the
bosom to receive the studs, which are
held in place by spiral coils. Shirts
thus made, with pointed bosoms. lined
with Butchers linen. open in the
back, stiffiy starched, nicely ironed
and polished, will last, without ap-
pearing rumpled or soiled, for several
days. The sitter the starch and the
higher the polish. the greater will the
resistance Of the linen be to the dust
and tarnish of every kind. Button
holes made in linen will wear much
longer if. before inserting the button,
the starch is carefully rubbed out of
the thread around the button hole.
This also makes the process of unbut-
toning the linen much easier, and
saves impatience.-N.Y Y. Tribune.


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Year: 1875

No stranger can reside in Ger many for any length of time and form even a moderate acquaint- ance with the citizens without be- coming impressed by the content ment, frugality and union usually reigning in the German domestic circle. The family of many a man doing a large business and moving in society of the highest responsibility often occupy but one floor, and every room is fur nished with great simplicity. One seldom observes a disposition to occupy a whole house. Just enough room to satisfy every re- quirement, and they are generally much smaller than Americans are accustomed to, are all that are de- sired. A mans business may in crease every year, and yet he does not seem to be troubled with the thought of getting out of his mod est apartments into larger ones, or buying house for its entire occupation.

 The disposition on the increase of wealth, to enter more aristo-' cratic circle by buying stately mansion on fashionable street, beantifying it with costly furni ture, giving great entertainments, and appearing every afternoon with grand equipage, is not a part of the Germans character. If he indulged in these luxuries on anything less than a fortune, the presumption is that either he or his wife has been to America.

 The first thing a wealthy Ger man thinks of, unless his tastes elevate him quite above material pleasures, is to store his cellar with wines of the oldest vintages, and to surround himself with an abundance of servants.
Year: 1875

The morning train from the West, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, stops at the Relay

 House daily for breakfast. Among the passengers on this train re- gently was a bridal party, the

 principals of which had attracted

 not a little attention by their bill ling and cooing. After refreshing themselves at the breakfast table, the bride and groom went out on the depot platform and looked around. The bride was suddenly seized with a desire to ride to Bal timore on the locomotive; the newly-made husband endeavored by argument to deter her from such rash proceeding, but he failed most utterly. The newly made wife, as in most contests where language is power, came of victorious, she having by her SUI perior volubility, succeeded in convincing her husband that it was extremely right and exceed ingly proper for wife to have her own way, and ride on a dozen cn-
Year: 1875

In the preface to one of Dick ens' novels we find a statement to the effect that some of the incl dents in his writings, which have an air ofimprobability are founded on fact, while other incidents, purely fictitious, are more easily believed. The deduction is that in writing novels you must leave out incredible facts. The follow ing occurrence is so highly i'm probable that it serves as an ex- ample:

 A heavy man, who had a good deal of strength in his arms, dreamed that his wife and himself were on canal-boat, and that they were coming to a low bridge. It seemed to him that his wife, who was very obstinate woman, de, clined to go below, and in order to prevent her from having her head knocked off by the bridge, he thought in his dream that, to save her life, he must force her into the lower cabin. He was awak, ened by the sound of groans issu- ing from under the bed, and found that in his dream he had forced his wife under the bed, and broken her nose.

 This incident is worthy of note, as showing that we ought not to display too much doubt when an occurrence seems to be improba- ble. The nose can be produced as evidence.
Year: 1875

The Paris correspondent of the London Daily News writes: l have just been shown similar apparatus which will probably sweep away ere long the match trade. It is called the electrical finder box, and it is small enough to be carried in a cigar case. On opening this box, you see plat mum wire stretched across. Touching spring, the wire red dens sufficiently to light a cigar. At will you can introduce into a tiny sconce mesh of cotton steeped in spirits of wine or petro- leum, which, taking fire, does ser vice as vcilleuse, or nurses lamp, The hidden agency which heats the wire is a very small electrical battery, set in action by the touching of the spring. The trade price of the electrical finder box will be half a franc, or five pence. Its inventor promises that it will be an economical substitute for the lucifer match. This ap- paratus may, perhaps, derange the budget, which depends for a heavy sum upon the match tax and monopoly.
Year: 1875

zines if she desired to do so. The lady was placed in the en- zine cab, but as there was no room for the husband, he was compelled to take q seat in one of the cars where he remained during the remainder of the journey in no very enviable state of mind. The result of the ochin music" that had passed between himself and wife made him unhappy, and he considered it very ominous; so much so, indeed, that all his dreams of connubial felicity were transformed and he felt in his heart of hearts that in all similar contests during life the superior ity of his wife's tongue would carry her to the front with flying colors. While the unhappy hus- band was meditating on the re- markable change matrimony makes in feminine humanity, the wife was seated in the cab, half blind with flying cinders, covered with ashes and soot, and altogeth- CT a more miserable specimen than the newly-married woman who had a few moments before been fortunate enough to tame her husband could not be found. The rattling and jolting of the engine, as it dashed along at the rate of forty miles an hour, shook up the lady so effectually, that be- fore the train reached Mount Clare, she became very sick, and the engineer was compelled to carry her into the tender. When the train dashed into Camden Station, the husband jumped off and ran to the locomotive, where he found his wilfnl wife seated recklessly on lump of coal in the tender. Her eyes were filled with small pieces of cinders, her clothes were begrimed with smoke and soot, and she was very sick. The meeting between the husband and wife is said to have been very affectionate, and a carriage hay ing been procured, she was lifted down and out of the tender. The train hands seemed to enjoy the la dy's unhappy condition very much, and evidently considered the whole thing huge joke. The lady was taken to the Eutaw House, and, judging from her con dition, she will not want to ride on an open engine for some time to come.
Year: 1875

An Iowa paper tells Of a smart wife
who helped her husband to rates seven
ty acres Of wheat. The way she he'll
ped him was to stand in the door and
shake broom at him when he sat
down to Icst.
Year: 1875

HAY sprinkled with little chloride
of lime, aud left for an hour in closed
room, will remove the smell of new
paint.


WHEN acid has been dropped on any
article of clothing, apply liquid ammonia
to kill the acid; then apply chloroform
to restore the color.


To DESTROY LICE ON CATTLE, boil
until they are soft dozen or more Irish
potatoes in water, and with large
sponge wash the animals thoroughly
along the back and behind the ears,
choosing a dry day for the purpose.
The potatoes may be used for food for
poultry, or otherwise.


THE following is said to be one of the
best remedies for the cure of quinsy in
hogs: For each hog take one quart of
grated horseradish, put it in gallon ol
sweet milk and boil until the mass thick.
ems. Place the hog on his back, and as
soon as sufficiently cool pour the liquid
down the throat. Then take sharp
knife and scarify the throat on the out
side, and anoint it thoroughly with q
mixture of equal parts of coal oil and
spirits of turpentine. Never known to
fail if applied in the early stages of the
disaasa
Year: 1875

AN English aeronaut lately tested a
machine of his own patent called the
parakite. 1t is thirty feet high and
thirty feet wide. As soon as the rail was
fixed over the framework and the front
or windward point of the parskite raised,
so as to allow the wind to touch the
machine on its under surface, it was in
stantly converted into a concave form
and showed symptoms of rising. The
wind was blowing at a rate Of not more
than two miles an hour, but with
this slight breeze the aeronaut was car
ried into the air. The idea Is to put it
to practical utility for war purposes, en-
gineering and signaling, where it is nee
essary to attain lofty elevations. The
machine covers an area ofseven hundred
superficial feet, and its entire weight is
one hundred pounds. The inventor
asserts that it can be used successfully in
any wind, ranging between four and
forty miles arf hour, and an altitude of
from six hundred TO one thousand feet
can be attained.
Year: 1875

CEMENT FOR FASTENING WooD TO
SToNE.-Melt together four parts pitch
and one part wax, and add four parts
brick dust or chalk. II is TO be warmed
for use, and applied thinly to the sur
faces TO be joined.


EXCELLENT CORN BREAD. = Three
quarts of sour milk, seven eggs, one cup
Of butter, melted, one teaspoonful OF
saleratus. Mix with corn meal TO the
consistency Of a thick batter, and bake
with q brisk heat.
Year: 1875

BAD enough to look and feel bad your
self; but no excuse for having your horse
look and feel badly, when for a small sum
you can buy Sheridan's Caualry Condition
P0aoders, which given in grain two or three
times week, will make him look and feel
Year: 1875

SCARLET FEvER.-In this disease the parents
and the teachers are often concerned to know
how long time must elapse before it is safe tc
other children. And the answer is that fer 0
month, at least, the body of a scarlet fever pa
tent is casting off scales from the skin, and
from the nose, throat, bowels and kidney dis.
charges. The chief danger, however, arises
from the skin, as this is the main outlet fer the
blood poison to escape, hence every scale it
throws off can carry the infection.
Year: 1875

ROBBERY OF SCHOOL HoUsE.--Public school
No. in the first district of this county was en-
tered by thieves some time between Friday,
the Goth ult., and March 1st. An entrance was
gained by opening a shutter, three of which
bear evidence of severe test before one gave
way. The shutter was split nearly its entire
length a1d must have made considerable noise.
After entering the room the rogues opened the
teachers desk, scattered books and papers over
the floor, and then broke open the book case,
which was securely locked, splitting the door
and rendering the lock useless. The only arti-
cles missing as yet are two small gongs, one of
which was left on the teachers desk when
school closed on Friday, and the other locked
up in the book case. The teacher on looking
for them to use in school found they had both
been carried off. When the pupils assembled
at the school house they found the front door
wide open and ladder of ten feet in length
standing against the house. The ladder had
not been used in getting into the house, as the
broken window is not over FIVE feet from the
ground. 1t was doubtless intended to be used
to climb through the transom over the door in
case of unsuccessful attempts to enter other
wise. The damage done to the house, includ-
ing the stolen articles, will probably amount
to five dollars. There has been good deal of
pilfering about this school recently, and it is a
great pity the rogues cannot be caught.
Year: 1875

EAsrER.-The festival of Easter comes this
year on the 2Sth and goth of the present month,
and if we are to judge from the cackling that
we hear every day, in certain directions, the
hens are preparing to furnish us with a sufn.
cient supply Of eggs to meet the demand of the
occasion. Easter is an interesting time for our
juveniles and, as it is the end of Lent, it is not
unwelcome to many of cur older persons who
are released from the responsibility of their
fasting, at that time. It's one of the holidays
of the year which is pretty faithfully observed
and is aways accompanied by some of those in-
cidents which are calculated to make home
happy.
Year: 1875

All friends and acquantins that we are willing
to stard A penfsal scoity or lodge To remem-
per that the law of this lodge shall be First
The member which are willing to join. Has
three months to pay quarter rs avery week.
When the three month has past Then they
will vote for the officer and controle of the
lodge Without the treasure And Sectary we
must have right away Them willing to join to
meet on Satterday 19 of FEBRUARY at t---
store at Z o clock in the ewing
Year: 1875

The stockholders of the Ashland Iron
Company will shortly hold a meeting for the
purpose of considering the propriety ofdimin-
ishing the capita! stock of the said Company,
from three hundred thousand dollars to two
hundred and ten thousand dollars, and of in
creasing the number of shares from three
thousand to four thousand two hundred, at the
par value of each share of fifty dollars.


The following resolution was passed by
the FIRST Branch Of the City Council of BALTIC.
on Tuesday evening: Resolued, 'gThat the
Park Commissioners be and they are hereby
requested to erect Matching house, and con-
struct ponds for breeding, rearing and exhb-
iting fish in Druid Hill Park, and that the
sum of $5, 900, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, be appropriated for the purpose"


The like of the ice gorge in the Gunpow-
der, about Glencoe, last week, was never before
seen by the "oldest inhabitant." In some
places the ice was gorged in so closely that the
course of the stream was entirely changed.
1t is said that the ice was piled up fully six
teen feet high. The iron bridge at Glencoe
was carried off by the ice filling underneath
and raising it from its abutments. 1t now lies
about mile below, doubled up like a jack
knife.


Major vansant of Ellicott City, whilst out
sleighing with his family, on the Frederick
road, on Wednesday morning, made narrow
esca pc from what might have been serious
accident The Mayor was thrown from the
sleigh, caused by the breaking of the reins,
and the horses started to run at full speed, and
were only prevented from jumping into the
Patapsco through the presence of mind of a
gentleman who drove his carriage across the
road just in time to stop the team.
Year: 1875

That kangaroo should be able to
traverse the branches of a tree is SO ex-
traordinary fact that many people re-
fused to believe it's possibility until
positive proof was given of the animal
by living specimen at the geological
Gardens. Its cage was fitted with a
large tree branch. such as is supplied to
the leop2rds, and it was q very curious
sight to watch the animal skipping
about the boHghs as lightly and secure
" as if it had been q squirrel It re-
tanned many of the habits of its wild
state, notably that Of sitting motionless
for long periods as If asleep, but, when
reused TO action, leaping about with as
tonishing quickness. / imagine that
these habits tend TO its preservation.
The dark brown color Of the fur bears
so close resemblance to the bus of the
branches that, even when the animal is
in a cage, and the observer knows where
to look, be viii not at o. ce discriminate
between the animal and the tree. Its
habit of stiffness viii, therefore, account
for its preservation from the eyes Of
enemies, while its exceeding quickness
and sgility when IN motion will enable
it to escape from almost any foe except
man.
Year: 1875

The expression should never have
passed into an adage. There are as
good reasons why hoe should be sharp
as why an axe or a scythe should be.
All are used for cutting, and conse-
quently all should have a sharp edge.
If hoe does not have q sharp edge,
put one on it before it is put in the
ground. Use gTindstone, whetstoDe,
or a file to take off the bluntness. For
use in most sorts of soil hoe needs TO
be shaTpeped every day before com
mencing work. It is also q good plan
to have a file along in ones pocket to
use in sharpening the hoe "between
meals,'' or whenever it is dull It re-
duires sharpening as often as a scythe
or an axe.


1t may be said that this sort of usage
will wear out hoe. So does grinding
and whetting wear out any cutting in
strument. Hoes are cheaper than men,
and one or the other viii be worn out
in work Supposing hoe is worn out
in work. There is economy IN keeping
it sharp, for q man viii do at least q
fourth more work with il, and do il
better and easier. Hoes should be
made of the best of steel, and kept
sharp and well polished. There is q
poor economy in using dull hoe or q
| dull scythe or q dull axe. Many farm
ers do not know what il is to handle 6
| hoe in the condition it should be before
it is put in the ground. II they did
they would not be so reluctant to use It.
Year: 1875

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thusl mean that your sub
scriPtior is out or unpaid, and that
You are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend.
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone Will pay expenses, and
We are forced 10 adhere 70 a strict cash
Vule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


Rs We enter no new names on our
OoOks without the money IN adyaHce.
Year: 1875

CoNcERNINa the probable effect of
the English failures on the cotton mar
ket, the New York Bulletin says ''This
bleak down IN English credit argues an
unsound state of trade in that country,
which can be remedied only at the ex-
Pense of an inevitable collapse of gem
eral business, resulting in the return 10