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Year: 1875

of the rag money manufacturers, was re-
quested to give $4,000 bail, and being
unable to accomplish this, was remanded
to prison for hearing The detectives on
the trail-that is U. S. Deputy Marshal
Slocum and assistants found that Camp was
the head d-center of the counterieiting gang,
the first to make the spurious money, invite
his dupes into the project and give the
information leading to their arrest. 1T
there is a more important parsonage In the
plot, the detectives have so far been unable
to trace him, and they are of opinion that
Camp is the chief conspirator against the
national currency in this formidable crime.
Year: 1875

= EGEiPrs DURING MARCH CONDITION or THE


BONDED DEBT.


City Treasurer Vincent has furnished ls with
the following statement from the books of his
office showing the receipts into the Treasury du-
Year: 1875

before ajury having power to decide
what weight is to be attached to them
The defense will necessarily occupy a
long time in answering the points made
by the prosecution, after which comes
the oratorical display of counsel. If the
case proceeds to the end with no more
interruption than has been met thus far,
the public may expect verdict by
Christmas.-[Minneapolis Tribune.
Year: 1875

niously are they contrived. We are told
that fishermen from other States frequent
the waters of Maryland in great numbers.
in addition to our own citizens, and by the
use of such illegal devices take and destroy
almost all the fish which make their APP
the spawning grounds after running the
gauntlet of the many traps set for them.
Bushels of young fish are left on the shores
to rot, by these city market fishermen,
which are taken in close meshed nets, after
the salable fish are culled out. This course
will very speedily depopulate our already
sparsely stocked streams, ifit is not stopped,
for which there is ample law provided in the
following sections. All that is requisite is
some person to enforce the law, and right
here is where Sportsmen's Association
would find Legitimate employment. Such
associations are much needed to look after
the enforcement of game and fish laws, as
we'll as procure further legislation on these
subjects. 1t is useless to have State Fish
Commission to look after the stocking of
our rivers and creeks witt fish, if poach-
ers are to have unrestrained license to net
the fish, both old and yoang, as fast as they
appear in the fishing grounds.


Not only in the proper season are the fish
indiscriminately destroyed but out of sea-
son as well. We heard of shad being taken
in these fish traps last August.
Year: 1875

TREES ON BOUNDARY LINEs.-The New
York Court of Appeals not long since
decided that man has no right to the
fruit growing upon branches of tree
overhanging his land where the trunk of
the tree stands wholly u pom the land Of
his neighbor. But the law regards the
>overhanging branches as a nuisance and
they may be removed as such; or the
owner of the land shaded may remove
them if he is careful not to eolamit any
~anton or unnecessary destruction in so
doing. Where the trunk Of a tree stands
on the line. the


land have joint ownership in the tree
and fruit, and neither one has the right to
remove it without the consent of the other
Year: 1875

Fish.-As the streams run full with the
Spring freshets, and the ice moves out and
melts with the warm breath from the
South, and the warm showers, the fish,


waiting off the mouths of the rivers and
bays, begin to run up and seek their spawn
ing grounds at the sources and among the
shadows of the streams. Already the fish
ermen are preparing their nets to trap the
inhabitants of the deep as they come forth
on their annual Spring pilgrimage, and by
an indiscriminate slaughter of the young
fish and the old before the latter reach
their spawning grounds, our streams have
we'll nigh become depopulated. The law
makers of our State have sought to enact
laws to protect the fish from the wholesale
slaughter waged against them by reckless
fish trappers, by making it an offense pun
ishable by fine and loss of property, for
taking fish in the rivers except by hauling
seines and drift nets. All set nets, and
other traps, are strictly forbidden, under
heavy penalties, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing sections of the law, which we print
in connection with this article. Of late
years a species of net, called pound, has
been employed in the taking cf FISH, Whi3n
IS sa,o to be cue Of the most ingenious con
Erivances ever invented for catching fish.
These nets allow no fish to pass, but take
all that swim up or down stream, SO inge-
Year: 1875

The Teachers Institute, which was
held at Port Deposit this week, gave
holiday to all the public schools, the teach
ers all having indirect orders to attend the
Institute. We expect to be able to publish
next week full report Of the proceedings,
which are of an interesting character, and
calculated to advance the cause of public
education, by educating the educators and
awakening more interest in the cause
among the mass of the people.


We would call special attention Of
parents to the advertisement Of Mrs. c.
w. Morris Home School, who desire a
quiet location in the country, where COM
fort and health, with a motherly care for
the children may all be enjoyed. Such a
place is offered by Mrs. Morris Home
School. The location of the school is on
the banks Of the Elk river where the
stream widens out to magnificent sheet
of water, and where boating, bathing and
all the enioyments Of healthful and de-
lightful country, Summer home oan be
found in connection with a good school.
See advertisement.
Year: 1875

A HERALD correspondent is desir-
Gus of knowing what evidence is Of
fered that Mr.. HoUGHToN is not now
as entirely the property of the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company as he
was when he rather gloried in ac-
knowledging himself the chattle of
that corporation. There are a great
many people seeking the same infor-
nation, but they seek in vain. No
evidence is to be had on the point. 1t
is the opinion of many well informed
gentlemen that should Mr.. HoUGHToN
chance to be elected he will serve the
railroad company as faithfully in the
future as he has in the past. His ev-
cry act in Congress was in obedience
to their dictation, and that he
will continue to obey their behests we
have no doubt. He is coquetting with
the friends of the Texas Pacific road
for votes, but we have no proof, except
his own word, that he has renounced
his allegiance to the Central Pacific
Railroad Company.
Year: 1875

speaker and his discussion of national
issues and questions will be well worth
listening to. He delivered his first
address in Anaheim last evening and
will speak in San Bernardino tonight.
He will talk to the people of Los An
geles on Saturday evening. AS Gov
ernor WOODS is genuine Republican
ignoring the existence of any but the
Democratic and Republican parties
we have no doubt he will have large
audience composed of members of both
organizations.
Year: 1875

EX-GOVERNOR GEORGE L. WOODS
was in the city yesterday and will re-
main in this county several days. The
The Governor come into Southern Cal
ifornia as the support of the Admins
tration and his speeches will be Re-
publican from introduction to prero-
ration. He is an eloquent an pleasing
Year: 1875

Upon the ceiling, or in some conve-
nient place, are hung two cast-iron disks,
or hemispheres, securely clamped to-
gether. Between the two is an elastic
diaphragm having a piston secured in
the center. The piston passes through a
hole in the lower disk, and is geared to
crank, or short piece of shafting.
From each disk extends a common rub
Der tube. These are united at any con-
venient distance with a small air-tight
cylinder with piston. On applying
power, the diaphragm is driven rapidly
up and down, and the air above and
below it is alternately compressed and
rarefied. This impulse passes, with little
loss by friction, through the pipes, and
the piston in the cylinder is alternately
sucked up and driven down. As there are
two pipes, the movement is reciprocal,
and the piston moves with nearly the
same power, and at a speed correspond
ing with the movement of the diaphragm.
There is no exhaust, no discharge, and
no new supply of air. Even leak does
no harm, except to waste the power, and
the cylinder will work in whatever posi-
ton It is placed, so long as the pipes are
clear. This device has been used in
cutting cloth in a Wholesale clothing
house, and it is said to work satisfac-
torilv.-Svibner
Year: 1875

A WRITER says when you insert
articles on alfalfa or Chilli clover, please
mention that it is the lucern of the
books, then reading farmers will not be
misled by the glowing accounts some
times given of It in California letters
and papers.


The BEST WAY OF ROASTING CHEST
NUTs.-In the south of France chestnuts
are first put into a pan of cold water,
placed on the fire, and boiled until
nearly soft. They are then taken out,
each chestnut receiving small slit on
the rind with a knife, after which they
are put into large fat pan Gan ordinary
frying pan would do) and tossed over a
glowing fire until they become dry and
mealy.


SILVER PIE.-Peel and CRATE one large
white potato in a clean plate; add the
uice and grated rind of one lemon, three
beaten eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup OF
milk, and pour into your crust and bake ,
when done, have ready the beaten whites
of three eggs, half teacup of pulverized
sugar and few drops of rose water (or
other favoring); pour this over all and
return to the oven. When ready for the
table, lay Jumps of current jelly on top.
Have them cold for dinner.


REMOVING WARTs.-Dr. Guttoeit re.
commends rubbing warts, night and
morning, with moistened piece Of fmuri.
ate of ammonia. They soften and
dwindle away, leaving no such white
mark as follows their dispersion with
lunar caustic.


CHEESE FRITTERs.-Slice thin half Q
Year: 1875

Some of our readers will recall the
facts connected with an attempt some
few years ago, made by two printers in a
small sail boat, to reach Errol Island,
some few miles southwark of the Chan
deleurs, in search of hidden treasures.
A tradition has been handed down in the
family of one of these adventures, that
an old negro cook, once employed on one
of Laftte's vessels, had been a witness
to the secreting of a very large amount
of gold on the Chandelier Islands.


About five years ago, the last of the
brothers in this family, in whom the
possession of these were, started out
singly and alone in small boat toward
the fatal Errol Island, and he has not
been heard of since. The repeated at
tempts to reach this almost mysterious
land and the many failures have given
occasion for considerable superstition on
the part of those who look with awe up
on the unfathomable. Time after time
have various parties attempted to land
upon the weird shore of Enrol Istand
after secreted treasures of the bold
smuggler, but in every instance their
efforts have been attended with fatal re-
suits.


The stories of the past coming down
to us tell of considerable sums of Spanish
money having been hid by a Lieutenant
under the command of Lafitte, in one Of
the chains of islands to the southwark
of the Chandeliers, but as yet no proof
Of this tradition has been found. We
learn that, notwithstanding all the
hazards said to be incident to this
Quixotic pilgrimage, there is a party
forming to make another venture after
this secreted gold. By the 10Th of next
month three stalwart young men of oul
city propose to dare the dangers of the
deep and the strange spell said to be
resting about this mysterious island, and
come what may, bring solution to this
time worn question.-NesO Orleans But
ktin.
Year: 1875

There are several kinds of ants which
make incursions into the territories of a
certain species for the purpose of taking
captives. These slave capturers are red
in color, while the captives arc invaria-
bly black, the latter being vulgarly known
as Niger ants" This is very sugges-
lively singular. Did they learn from
men or men from them that "a skin not
colored as their own" is the mark or
badge of slavery? However this may
be, the condition Of the slaves is precise
ly the same as among men. They are
hewers of wood and drawers Of water,
while their masters, the red ants, never
do anything but fight
Year: 1875

Rosy and warm the the freight falls


In the rich mans home tonight
On the pictures hanging against the walls,


And the children's faces bright.
They have parted the curtains crimson fold


Away from the window high,
And their eyes look out at the whirlng snow
And the dull and stormy sky.
Their dainty garments are rich and rare,


Their faces are fair to see,
And the golden gleam OF their shining hair
Is bright as q crown might be.
And many stranger stops TO smile


AT the picture warm and bright
The beautiful children looking out


On the dark and wintry night.
With tattered garments and faces thin,


Abroad In the bitter cold
The poor mans children are looking In


Through the cIrtain's crimson fold.
The bleak wind tosses their rags In scorn,


Their feet are aching and bare,
While they gaze at the beauty and warmth within
And the children's faces fair.
/ think, as hasten along the street,


OF the beautiful home above,
Where the rich anu the poor alike will meet,
And share In the Fathers love.
The Lord will open the shining door,


And gather His dear ones in
The rich with their soft and dainty robes,
And the poor with their garments thin.
Year: 1875

dozen large, tart apples, and prepare
half as many thin slices of nice cheese.
Beat up one or two eggs, according to
the quantity required, and season high
with salt, mustard and little pepper.
Lay the slice of cheese to soak for a few
moments in the mixture, then put each
slice between two slices of apples, sand
wich style, and dip the whole into the
beaten egg, then fry in hot butter like
oysters, and serve very hot. These
fritters are an addition to any breakfast
table.
Year: 1875




A FRENCH scientific writer ascribes
the rapid spread of the oidium and the
phylloxera, the two latest forms of vine
disease in that country, to the scarcity of
small birds.


THE Scientific american says: Tubs
and pals saturated with glycerine will
not shrink and dry up, the hoops will
not fall of, and there will be no necessity
for keeping these articles soaked. Butter
tubs keep fresh and sweet and can be
used second time.


SOME of our young readers may like
to try the experiment tofmaking hanging
garden of a sponge. Take white sponge
of largo size, and sow it full of rice,
hemp, canary, and other seeds; then
place it in shallow dish, in which a lit
tie water is constantly kept, and as the
sponge will absorb the moisture, the seed
will begin to sprout. When this has
taken place, the sponge may be suspend
ed by cords and hung where little sun
shine will enter. 1t will thus become a
mass of green foliage, and should be re-
freshed with water daily SO as to be kept
mOist
Year: 1875

The spelling-matches, now so much in
vogue, seem to have turned general at
tention to the cumbrous photography
of the English language. Perfect SPELL
ing is as much a dream as perfect holi-
ness is. Englishmen may approach, but
can never reach it. In our language
there are forty-two sounds, and these
must be expressed in writing by means
of only twenty-six letters. 1t is, there
fore, to be regretted that not only have
we not characters enough for our sounds,
but, in addition to this, many of the
characters we have must be meaning
lessly thrown away in the construction
system, people who write much perform
a vast deal of labor. Somebody curious
in such matters has calculated that a
person who writes thirty words in min
ute makes, in that time, the equivalent
of a straight mark rod long-that is,
that each word is six and three-fifths
inches in length-a calculation exact
enough for ordinary purposes. Should
he write five hours a day for year or
three hundred days, he would write over
three hundred miles of paper.
If our system of spelling is wrong by
reason of redundancy of letters in any
given word, of course we here use up an
amount of energy that might better be
employed on some profitable task. 1t is
certain that children are tortured unnec-
essarily to teach them our singular mode
of spelling; but there seems to be no
remedy for this, since changes in orthog-
raphy must take place gradually, lam
guage being an evolution, not special
creation. 1t is a pity, however, that
something can not be done to further the
desired change perhaps the present dis
cussion of the matter will do something
toward accomplishing the work.-Neo
York Graphic.


A New ZEALAND paper publishes an
account of the capture of two living
moas (Diornis Gigantea) in that country.
This genus of gigantic birds is believed
by biologists to be completely extinct, al
though specimens probably existed in
New Zealand during the eighteenth cen.
tury, and were certainly to be found
there during the preceding hundred
years. The fossil remains of the partic-
ular species said now to have been found
alive indicate that some of these birds
must have attained height of at least
ten and half feet; and these living
specimens are described as respectively
eight and five feet in height. If the moa
has at last been found alive, the discov-
cry is one of the utmost importance to
ornithologists,
Year: 1875

The Lives Insured by the Society arc carefully
selected in different parts of North America and
Europe furnishing, by this broad field Of opera
TONS an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy holders The assurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the Insured.
Year: 1875

The POLAR BEARS CUNNING.
ding TO the Esqulmaux, the seal con-
structs its abode near the surface Of the
ice in such way that it can enter it from
the water below; here the young seal
passes its infancy, and when the return
ing heat OF sum .ner has destroyed sts ;
loo or dwelling, the young seal is old
enough to take care OF itself; but this
mode of lodging its youth beneath the


ice IS well known to the bear whs with
his nice scent. detects the whereabouts
Of the seals nursery, and in order to
gain entrance makes spring and comes
down heavily on top Of the igloe, crush
es itin, and Immediately sezes the young
seal with its paw. Here it might be sup
posed the hungry bear At once devours
its prey but no; it is far too wary to do
so; it knows full well that where baby
is, there must of necessity be = mother,
and that she will be in search Of her dar-
ling therefore the bear scrapes the snow
away frem the seal hole, and holding the
young seal by the iippers, allows il to
founder about. sns., when the mother
approaches, the bear, slyly draws the
young seal toward it until the old one 10
within reach. when he seizes her with the
other paw, and thus captures both.
Year: 1875

Racing was royal fun. The public
always had an idea that racing was
dangerous; whereas the very oppo.
site was the case-that is, after the
laws were passed which restricted
each boat to 50 many pounds To
the square inch. No engineer was
ever sleepy or careless when his
heart was in boat race. He was
constantly on the alert, trying
gunge'cocks and watching things


The dangerous place was on slow,
popular boats, whero the engineers
drowsed around and allowed chips
to get into the doctor and shut of
the water supply from the boilers


In the "fush times" of steam
boating, q race between two motor
iously fleet steamers was an event
of vast Importance. The date was set
for it several weeks in advance, and
from that timc forward, the whole
Mississippi was in state Of con
sumlng excitement. Politics and
the weather were dropped, and peo-
pie talked only of the coming race.
As the time approached, the two
steamers stripped and got ready.


Every incumbrance that added
weight, or exposed resisting sur
face to wind or weather, was re-
moved, if the boat could possibly
do without it. The 'spars' and
sometimes even their supporting
dcrricks were sent ashore, and no
means left to set the boat afloat in
case she got aground. When the
Eclipse and the A. l.. Shotwell ran
their great race twenty-five years
ago, it was said that pains were
taken to scrapc the gliding off the
fancyfal device that hung between
the Eclipse's chimneys, and that
for that one trip the captain left off
his kid gloves and had his head
shaved. But | always doubted
these things.


III the boat was known to make
her best speed when drawing five
and half ieet forward and five feet
aft, she was carefully loaded to
that exact tigure-she wouldn't en-
ter dose of homeopathic pills on
her manifest after that. Hardly
any passengers were taken, because
they not only add weight but they
will never trlm boat They al
ways run to the side when there is
any thing to see, whereas II con.
scicntious and experienced steam


boatman would stick TO the center
of the boat and part hs hair in the
middle with spirit level, - Mark
Twain, in Augusta Atlantic. g- ...
Year: 1875

1t is shrewdly said, "At three we
love our mothers, at six our faith
crs, at twelve our holidays, at
twenty our swectlrearts, at thirty
our wives, at forty our children
at fifty ourselves" Still, in one
form or other, love is the ground
work of our existence. gf.-


SO at least thinks the passionate
boy or sentimental girl who has
fallen under its influence. For, l
suppose we must all concede the
every day fact that most people
tall in loye some time or other, and
that good many do 1t even in
their teens. You may call it 'cali
love- and so it often is, and il
comes to the salutary end OF such
Il passion r


(which docs At once, like paper set OF Ire,


Burn-and expire"


But gives Il certain amount OF
pain aud discomfort during the
confagration, and often leaves an
ugly little heap Of ashes behind.


Also, it is WELT be cautious, as
the toollshest of fancics may devel-
op into a real love-the blessing or
curse of lifetime. -e


"Fond Of her 7" | heard an old
man once answer, as he stood
watching his wife move slowly
down their beautiful but rather
lonely garden-they had buried
eight of their nine children. and
the ninth was going to be married
that spring-"tond of hcr| with
Il gentle smile "why Pve. been
fond Of her these fifty years."


But such cases are very excep,
tional. it is seldom that one love
"A happy lovc-runs like a gold
en thread through the life of either
man or woman chat we ought to
be patient even with the most fran
tic boy or forlorn girl who has
"ialicn IN love-" and is enduring
ts-frst sharp pleasure, or pain, for
both are much alike,


When they come and tell you
that their hearts are broken, it is
best not to laugh AT them, but to
help them to gather up the trag-
ments as soon as possible. AT
first, Of course, they will not agree
that it Is possible. "This or moth
ing." is the dcspalring cry; and
though we may hint that the world
is vide, and there may be in it 9th
er people AT least as good as the
one particular idol, still we cannot
expect them to believe it. Disap-
pointed lovers would think it trea-
son against love to suppose that
lite is to be henceforward anything
than u total blank 1t is so, some
tunes, Heaven knows. | confess
to being one Of those few who IN
this age dare still to believe in
love, and in its awful consequence
for good or for evil, at the very
outset of life. But it IS not the
whole of | fe nor ought to be-
[ Miss Mulock. .-as a ,,.