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Year: 1875

Two colored men, named Treadwell Manly and Dave
Collins got into a quarrel on Thursday, when the lat
ter seized an axe with which he threatened to split
the others head open. Manly thereupon entered his
house, got shotgun and, firing at Collins the charge
of small shot took effect in his throat and chest in
fictng serious wounds Manly is held for the action
Grand Jury
Year: 1875

An ocer Of the Twenty ninth precinct whale patrol
ling Sixth avenue Friday evening" saw what he sup.
posed to be a bundle Of rags in alleyway near
Thirty second street. Upon examination it proved TO
be q scanty dress Of little girl six years Of age en-
twined around a boy little older Both were fast
asleep and almost frozen TO death. With some
difficulty he aroused them and took them the station
house, where they gave their names Louis and
Theresa Phllant, Of No III Wooster street The boy
bad lty niue cents In his pocket and would not say
Year: 1875

The German and irish elements nave aIlen on nearly
fifty per cent and the Scandnavans and Italians have
shown equally great proportion Of decrease Among
the most desirable classes Of immigrants are those
from Russia; they usually bring money with them and
settle upon public lands They generally go TO the far
West but a considerable number of families are
pected soon in South Carolina
Year: 1875

TIC cOlpetc estihaIe Tor The entire year termnnt-
ing on the last OF tns month gives aggregate Of but
SO 600 souls who have arrived at this port IN that
period from all parts Of Europe.


The following comparison OF the total influx OF i'm
migrants New York In the last five years is given for
the purpose OF showing how alarming has become the
decrease OF transatlantic contribution to the American
Year: 1875

Probably there is complaint that aficts the hu- man system, which is S. little understood at the present time some of the varied forms Of Kidney (omplaints.

 There is no disease which such acute pain or more alarming in it's results than when the kidneys fail to secrete from the blood the uric scd asd other pols0nous substances which the blood aecumuIateS in it's circulation through the system.

 If from any the kidneys fail to perform the functions devoyfDg upon them. the commissions gre taken ID by the absorbents and the whole system thrown into state Of dis ease, causing pain and suffering, and very often immediate death. Hence the importance Of keeping the Ffdneys and blood in healthy condition through which aI1 the impurities of the body must tsase.
Year: 1875

The notable occurrence of the past week is the failure of the Bank of California and the supposed suicide of its president. The Bank has been largely engaged in speculations with the result of sinking its capital of five millions and a surplus of a million and half. Whether it's deposit Ors Will be protected is yet uncertain. On Friday afternoon. Mir. Ralston, president of the bank. committed suicide or was seized with apoplexy while in bathing. He was very generous, popular man, and over twenty thousand people attended his funeral at San Francisco.
Year: 1875

ruffs new building and have been fitting it up very carefully for business. The force they now employ is not large enough to keep the machinery running to its full capacity. which, as we have above stated,

 is over two hundred and fifty gross of boxes per day. Still everything seems to be in readiness for pushing the business when it is considered desirable to do so.

 They manufacture good afticls; they can easily manufacture in large quanti- ties and there seems to be no reason why the first considerable manufacturing en- terprise on the Shepaug should not be a
Year: 1875

Nothing is more characteristic of the miserable want of uniformity in our rev. enae system than the enormous tax levied on matches. Before the war the box of one hundred matches sold for Q cent. On every such box revenue tax of one cent is now required-a tax of just 100 per cent on the retail price of the goods man. ufactured As one of the manufacturers remarked, a tax of five or ten cents on each cigar. according to quality, would be considered an outrage by the smoker. Yet it would be no more than is imposed on the use of matches-an artlcle not of luxury but of necessity
Year: 1875

The most remarkable machine in the factory is the Maxfield Box Machine, pat. ented in 1868, which makes the box after the paper is cut Two prongs, whose ends are kept smeared with fresh glue by by roller, descend upon pile of the pa. per cut as above described. The glue ad. heres to piece of the paper and lifts it up till it is seized by pair of nippers and and drawn under punch where it is creased, punched and squeezed by various ingenious appliances into the exact form required, the glue sticking it fast. This machine is managed by a single girl and turns out from thirty to forty boxes per minute. The large boxes, containing four hundred or five hundred matches, are made by hand, each girl making from twelve hundred to fourteen hundred per day. The boxes are stored in the loft of the building whence they are sent by shutes to the boxing room to be filled.
Year: 1875

The most remarkable work in this man. ufacture, however, is the preparation of the boxes. This branch of the business is carried on in the third story of the Company's building. The paper used is first printed on cylinder press very like that used for the printing of newspapers. only much smaller. Electrotype plates are used and the press runs by water.
Year: 1875

T Those who are in the habit of
telling prodigious stories ought to have
good memories; but, fortunately. their
memories are generally short. Richard
Brinsley Sheridan dealt with these men,
dacious pests in manner peculiar to
himself. He would never allow himself
to be outdone by verbal prodigy.
Whenever monstrous story was told
in his presence, he would endeavor to
outdo it by one of his own coinage, and
consign the narrator to confusion by q
falsehood more lglaring than his own.
Once in his hearings sporting adventur-
er ran thus: II was fishing one day, say
in certain cold spring full of delicious
trout, and ,soon caught a large mess.
But what was really surprising. not a
foot from the cold spring there was one
of boiling water; SO that, when you wan
ted to cook your fish, all you had to do,
after hooking them from the cold spring
was to pop them directly into the boil
ing" The company all expressed aston
ishment and incredulity at this mon
strous assertion, with the exception OF
Sheridan. II know" said he. '.of a
phenomenon yet more surprising: II
was fishing one day, when came to a
place where there were three springs
The first was cold. one stocked with
fish, the second boiling spring, and
the third o natural fountain of melted
butter and parsleyr' melted butter and
parsley" exclaimed the first storysteiler
s.impossibler'
Year: 1875

~ The Scranton (Pa.) Times says
that it has the best authority for the
following singular statement: ga lady
Of our city, having gathered large
quantity of autumn leaves. took the
more rapid method of pressing with a
hot fat-iron. Very soon after her
hands and wrists broke out with an
eruption of scolding humor, such as
is witnessed in those cases Of erysipelas
known as st. Anthony's fire, and she
is likely to be laid up for some time, if
no worse results ensue. The leaves
were Of the maple species, and the the
ory is that volatile oil of poisonous
nature was evolved by the application
of heat and obtained access to the cir
culation through some abrasion Of the
skin. 1t is safer, though slower pro-
cess to press leaves in book or between
fiat boards under weight"
Year: 1875

The New York Tribune says that the
strike of the coopers in Brooklyn early
this year led to the establishment Of q
steam cooper shop in that city, which
gives employment to over 300 hands,
and turns out over $500 sugar barrels
daily. The demand for the barrels made
by steam has been so great that the
manufactory is being extended to oc-
cupy the whole of one block and half
of another, and when completed it will
be able to turn out 5000 barrels day.
The slaves are cut by machinery, OF
two widths and uniform length. When
they are "stood up" in the frame they
fit together so well that the last stave
has to be driven into its place with q
hammer, but does not need TO be
trimmed. The rough barrels, having
had hoops fastened around each end
are put in furnaces and heated, and are
then rolled by two disks, which press
equally on each of the ends and force
the slaves homes. The barrels are then
taken to the trimming machine, which
cuts off the rough ends, gives them the
proper level, and cuts the grooves for the
heads. The wooden hoops having been
nailed on and one head put in place, the
barrels are finished. The heads are cst
by machinery in Michigan, and are
formed of three pieces. They are go
uniform in size that there is no trouble
about fitting them to the barrels at tho
manufactory. Flour barrels can be
made by the same process
Year: 1875

A VILE ISLANDER ON THE SEx.-It 10
in this underhanded way that on Arr
zona paper seeks to disparage the taste
of the average American woman 4" Last
Saturday a young Indian, one of tho
fanciest-dressed of his tribe, came to
town with the wages of a weeks work
in his pocket and sought out the differ
ent stores to find some article that
would add to his fine appearance. He
examined many styles of colors and
scarfs, handkerchiefs and blankets. By
and by his fancy was arrested at the
sight of new style hat. Il was Just
exactly what he wanted-a hat with q
feather and bird in it. He bought
it eagerly, and went of happy in
the possession ef-a lady's hat Of the
period"
Year: 1875

some d1uLS on Lne disease.


Although this dreadful disease is not in fire.
quently known to occur in mId-winter, yet it is
considered to be peculiarly an evil of the summer
season. The real nature Of the disease is q mys-
terry to the medical profession. 1t is known, how
ever that It can only be communicated by bite.
The poison is in the saliva, and must bel mixed
This is 3 rule admitting Of no exceptions There
is no animal exempt from liability 70 this dis
ease, but the dog Is, Of course most liable to It.
spreading Of this horror, Is to make the people
acquainted with the insidious and various symp-
toms Of Il, sspeciay IN It's incipisnt stages when
Bouley, French veterinary surgeon Of great re-
pute, gives these precautions:


Beware of q dog which begins to be sick. All
sick dogs, as a principle, must be suspected.


Beware especially Of one which is sad, morose
and seeks for solitude; which does not know
about, snaps and barks without reason; whose
looks are dull and gloomy, and whose bright ex-


Beware of the dog which looks about and at
tacks imaginary phantons.


Beware Of one which Is suddenly too affection
ste, asking for your carssses BY his. pitiful and
And thus You VIII protect yourselves from daa.
gers to which you may be exposed In your homes
BY dogs kept as family pets.


The bark Of the mad dog is thoroughly charac-
teristic, much So indeed, that aRy one familiar


wan can Ha GsSSs HSsD MI XIII sSs
necessary either that the ear be long exercised to
familiarity with the sound TO obtain this certainty
of diagnosis Also, instead Of the normal and
successive barks it is hosrse, lower in tone, pro-
lonRed and not so strong. Amer the first bark
made at full strength, series of five six, seven
or eight others Immediately succeed, lowered in
strength and thrown out from the throat


Once let the poison get into the system and It
cannot be cured. The patient must suffer and
die. But often its absorption BY the blood ID pIe-
yented-sometimes by sucking the wound. Bet
ter to take It into the mouth for q second than
leave II TO run riot through the blood. CauterIz1
tion, II prompt and thorough, is an almost sure
cure.


To sum up all that can be said on this point, NJ.
BouIey observes that in the presence Of 8 rabid
wound one must Immediately, without losing q
moment prevent the absorption Of the viruleni
saliva by squeezing the edges, by washing the
wound, By suction with the mouth and the cup
by the application of the lRature, aud as soon AZ
possible BY cauterizstion with the actual eautery
or come chemical agent.


This information Is interesting and may be val.
usble on the principle that ''an ounce Of preven
tion is w ortb pound OF cure" Indeed, IN hydro
pbobia, prevention is all that viii avail as cure
Of the disease, when once seated, is impossible.
Year: 1875

In consequence of Congress failing to make any
appropriation for repairs at the Washington
navy yard for the present fiscal year, the COM
mandant was compelled to discharge yesterday
from the department of yards and docks six
ioiners and three painters. In the department OF
construction and repair the services of nine me-
chsnics were dispensed with for similar reason.
The force of Watchmen was also reduced by the
discharge Of one Of the number.
Year: 1875

From THE CAPE.-Our cor
respondent, ar" writing under
date of Neah Bay, May 25th, says:


The weather off Cape Flattery
has been very rough the past two
months, and the sealing season
very poor, the Indians not getting
half so many as last year. Last
week eight canoes from here were
missing, but finally got back safe.
One canoe from Quillehuyte was
lost and two Indians. There is
great lamentation among the tribe,
and the Indians are afraid to go
out far, so the trader here consid-
ers the sealing done for the sea-
son.


The buoy picked up by the
pilots in the Straits belongs to the
Columbia river, and the Shubrick
will take it down on her next
cruise up this way. This makes
the second buoy picked up in this
vicinity from the Columbia, which
is evidence of the strong northerly
current setting along the coast.


Sometime ago the steamer Pa
cifc lost part of her deck-load of
apples on the Columbia river bar,
seven boxes of which were after
ward picked up, in good order, and
eaten by some of the Western
Union Telegraph men wintering
on Queen Charlotte Island.


The schooner Cygnet will soon
leave for the north, sea otter hunt
ing. The captain is very sanguine
of a good season, he having been
up there last year prospecting,
and knows just where to 60.


The wreck of the Pelicano awaits
the torch to burnt and expose the
many copper bolts that compose
part of its fastenings. But if this
weather continues Greek fire
would not do it.
Year: 1875

II it is said that the unpleasant
squeek Of boots and shoes may BE pre-
vented by simply driving a row Of pegs
through the sole from the toe toward


the heel. The noise is caused by the
fraction of the layer In the center. This
method stiifons the sole son ewhat. but
is preferable 10 the intolerable sole ag-
Year: 1875

A LOVELY YOUNG WOMAN RAFFLED FOR
AND WON.-One of the most novel. as well as
exciting raff1es that ever took place in Sey-
mour, came off on Saturday evening last. Miss
Minnie Clarence made the novel proposition of
putting herself up to be rafled of, fifty cents
chance In less than an hour every chance
was taken, and heavy premiums were paid.
Miss Minnie is most bewitchirg beauty of
eighteen summers, an orphan of respectable
parentage, and member of the best society of
the State. She was decidedly the belle of Sey-
mour, and was loved and admired by all who
ever became acquainted with her. She is
bright blonde, perfect in form, fair complexion,
and has most ravishingly beautiful eyes. Ever
since she came to Seymour she has been the
center of attraction. In justice to Miss Min
ME, we should state that she gave the winner
the privilege of accepting or refusing her, and
reserved the same privilege for herself The
hour set for the rattle came. and found all
ready to try their luck. Miss Minnie was there
in person. dressed in the hight of fashion. to
lend charm to the occasion. She stood lean
ing gracefully against show case. never speak
ing word or betraying the least emotion, or
showing the slightest preference for any of the,
contestants, excepting there was perceptible
twinkle in her beautiful eyes when some young
and handsome "luvier" would shake the dice.
Name after name was called, and each one in
turn would shake the box with nervous hand,
until all but three had thrown and nothing
higher than thirty.eight had been thrown.
Then came Lynn Falconer's turp. Lynn is
blonde himself. and clever, hard-wOrking
young man, and perhaps the twinkle of her eyes
nerved him to the work. At any rate he tossed
the ivory with steady hand. and the scorer
called forty-six. The other two throws were
made amid too much excitement to even be
counted, and the prize was awarded to Lynn.
Minnie came forward and took Lynn's arm,
and the two went out together, amid the cheers
of the crowd She accompanied him to his
fathers hotel, where she was presented to his
relatives.-Indidnd Star.
Year: 1875

THREW TOO HARD.-A boy at Lancas-
ter, Penn, II years old, broke his arm in
a curious way day or two ago. He was
snowbaling with other boys and express
ed determination to throw SNOWFALL
over Il bell tower. lie made several un-
successful attempts and in making final
good clort,' the bone of his right was
broken squarc of between the shoulder
and the eibow. He was standing in the
middle Of the street Mt the time and had
no opportunity Of striking it against any
outside obstacle, and there seems to be no
doubt that tho bone was fractured by an
unusual exertion of muscular force. The
other boys say that "his arm cracked like
Il pistol"
Year: 1875

A CONVERT. The editor of the Peo-
pte'S Cause announces himself as "rai-
road" " man, and dates his conversion to
that somewhat undesirable state, to the
recent high water period, when instead
Of receiving adaily mail from below, the
Red Buffers were three or tour days at a
time without intelligence. We are not
aware that Clark ever took part in the
senseless onslaught against enterprises OF
that character, but there are Others that
are reminded Of the contrast between past
and present by the last storm. 1t is quito
pleasant for instance, to receive the San
Francisco papers here the evening follow
ing their publication, but the generality
Of folks would be tempted to growl that
they are not delivered on the same day
as printed, rather than give the railroad
company due credit for anything.
Year: 1875

A STRANGER was seen going out. OF
Paterson, New Jersey, with two pounds
of powder under his arm ard a pipe in
his mouth, but he didn't reach home that
night and no clue has yet been found,
except a thigh bone, which was lodged
in tree top,
Year: 1875

THE negotiations going on between
Nine. Nilsson and the management Of
the Imperial Theater in Vienna are said
to have been broken off because it was
insisted upon that she should sing in
German.
Year: 1875

a MILWAUKEE man is bent on going
to sea. lie has been reading the Enoch
Arden class Of stories till his soul is fired
with an ambition to be wrecked and
come home and find his wife married to
come other fellow.
Year: 1875

The splendid stone structure belonging
to the State and built for the home Of the
deaf, dumb and blind, at Berkeley, was
consumed by fire on Sunday afternoon
and evening. Almost the entire contents
were destroyed. No lives lost,
Year: 1875

TIE GREAT NoRTHER.-The wind OF
Monday night was the most severe ever
felt in those parts of the State which were
not sheltered by high mountains from its
violence. In San Francisco the wind at
tanned at four o'clock the speed of twenty
eight miles an hour which increased until
seven o'clock, when it had reached the
velocity Of forty-eight miles an hour, at
which rate it blew until eleven o'clock.
Shipping was driven ashore, and the
steamer advertised to leave port that day
did not put to sea. The Parks Dam, in
Sutter county, was blown down by the
force of the wind. The water stood at a
depth Of IS feet outside the dam inside
was dry. The break in the dam was oc-
casoned by the wind and was about 400
feet long. Dispatches from other parts of
the State describe the wind as of great
violence though no large amount Of dam
age seems to have been done.
Year: 1875

BUYING damaged goods at auction is
now favoritc amusement among the
people of Marysvilc. As the the whole
city was six feet under water the source
of amusement ought to last for some
time
Year: 1875

forded in the dress circle, the manager was
not guilty in showing her that place. The
jury took the case and retired They en-
tered the court room at ten o'clock last
evening and informed the court that it was
impossible for them to agree.


The court ordered them locked up until
Monday neutrality-suspicious. Neps. yuneS.
Year: 1875

YREKA, April 2Sth.-The Journal Of
this morning contains the following:
"In consequence of the past Winter
being so dry, with no Spring rains
sufficient to moisten the ground well,
the crops where no irrigation can be
obtained in Shasta valley are suffer-
ing and many of them will prove a
total loss. We learn that ThOs. Orr
and N. d. Julien, finding that their
crops would amount to nothing, have
turned their stock into the grain fields
to feed, and others will probably do so
sooner or later. The grass on the
Sonth side of the hills looks as yellow
as in the middle Of Summer, and al
though the stock looks fat at present,
they are liable to fare poorly during
the coming Summer and Fall months.
Those who have good water privileges
will raise tolerable good crops, though
the water supply will be very limited
this season, owing to there being very
little, if any, snow on the high noun
tains, which are usually covered until
June
Year: 1875

No passion can lead to such extremi-
ties, nor involve man in such compli-
Gated train of crimes and vices, and ruin
whole families so completely as the pain
ful rage for gambling 1t produces and
nourishes all imaginable disgraceful SEN
sations it is the most fertile nursery Of
covetousness, envy, rage, malice, dissimu-
lation, falsehood, and foolish reliance on
blind fortune; it frequently leads to fraud,
quarrels, and robs us in the most unpar-
donable manner of the greatest and most
irrecoverable treasure-time. Those that
are rich act foolishly in venturing their
money in uncertain speculation and
those that have not much to risk, must
play with timidity, and cannot long con-
tinue play unless the fortune ofthe game
turn, as being obliged to quit the field at
the first heavy blow; or if they stake
everything to force the blind goddess to
smile upon them at last, madly hazard
their being reduced to instant beggary.
The gambler but rarely dies rich man;
those that have had the good fortune to
realize some property in this miserable
way, and continue playing, are guilty Of
two-fold folly. Trust no person of that
description, of whatever rank or charac-
ter he may be.
Year: 1875

This is the sort of thing we may ex-
pect to see in schools and lectures:
T" First class in beefsteak, stand up. Miss
Martha, please describe the process of
cooking beefsteak one inch and half
thick, measured by Withworth's gauge"
Put it on the gridiorn and broil it
thoroughly, without scorching, and serve
it up with salt and pepper" Wrong.
You may step down and out. The pro-
cess of cooking beefsteak of the above
dimensions is to place it on gridiron
over hot fire until the ontside is proper
y Drowned, but not scorched; you are
then to remove it, and put it on plate
in hot oven, where you are to leave it
for from three to five minutes; at the
end of that time it will be found cooked
through, and of delicate, roseate pink
hue, neither dried nor burned in any
part thereof. If you dare to salt or pep
per it before serving, you will receive no
diploma from this institute"