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Year: 1873

In Philadelphia there lives q doctor so
lean and attenuated that the sobriquet of
"Old Bones is far from being misnomer.


This doctor has a student, and that stu
dent is trying his best to become doctor.
He attends to the Office while the doctor at
tensts to the outdoor patients Among
other fixtures of the Office is a wired skele-
ton, SO hung and adjusted that it will walk
out of the cupboard where it is kept; and,
by manipulating it rightly, it can be made
to go through several grotesque antics.


One day, while the student sat poring
over some medical work, the street door
opened, and youthful peddler, with a
basket of kniclSnacks, presented himself
When told that nothing in his line was
wanted, the little rascal began to ''talk
back" in the most impudent manner, and
was finally ordered to leave the Office.


This he refused to do, and thinking to
scare him, the student pulled a string, and
open few the door where the skeleton was
hidden, and that emblem of death sprang
out at the boy, who, frightened half out of
his wits, dropped his basket and scampered
out of the Office, taking up position on the
opposite side of the street to await further
events.


just then the doctor, sold Bones," came
from his study, and, learning the cause of
the uproar, he went to the door and mo-
toned the boy to come and get his wares.
mo, you don't, he called out, II know you,
if you have got your clothes on"
Year: 1873

This charming game may be played by children
of all ages and will interest the old and young
alike. We have seen grandparents unite in it with
their grandchildren, with mutual pleasure and profit
1t is adapted TO any number of performers although
at least ten persons should be engaged in it, to rem
der it most effective, and twenty-five are not too
many The company is first divided, so that each
side may have a fair proportion of old and young,
and of gentlemen and ladies and children. One
party goes into adjoining room, while those who
remain in the apartment select a word. They then
call in the leader of the other side, and as guide,
tell him some word that rhyme5tesih the one they
have chosen. He then consults his psrty, and they
try to guess it among themselves; but instead of
telling the word they return and act it before the
players who selected it. They in tum must guess
the word which is performed before thsm, and
name it. If the actors have fixed upon the wrong
word they are sent back TO select another, and act
it, which they continue 10 do until they hit upon
the right one when they in turn select word to be
guessed and Scted out by the other side. This
game can be played out of doors quite as well, by
the two parties taking different sides Of field or
grove The best words for the purpose are those
which easily rhymed and the more difficult they
are to express in pautomime, the more fun there is
for the audience and actors.
Year: 1873

Spring isn't very far advanced, but yet chill
dren are out digging up roots to put the blood
in order. That Is great notion people have
about fixing mp the blood when spring comes.


They are very particular about the Blood. They
want TO get it in good order. When mosquitoes
get around they will regret what they have done.
Year: 1873

We call the attention of parents, teach
ers and all those having charge of chill
dren to the fact that a physiological jour
nal condemns the practice of boxing
children's ears We bad supposed, in
this advanced age OF civilization, that
such barbarous punisments were only re
membered as relies of the darker ages
But it appears that the practice is sui
fcieutly common in some sections of the
country to call forth decided remon
STRANGE Besides being a brutal method
of punishment, it is dangerous. The
passage of the ear is closed by a thin
membrane, especially adapted to be in
fuenced by every impulse Of the air, and
with nothing but the air to support it in
terna!ly. Ii any one designed to break
or overstrain the membrane, he could
scarcely devise a more effective means
than to bring the hand suddenly and
forcibly down upon the passage Of The
ear, no possibility for its escape but by
the mem brane giving away. Many chill
dren are made deaf in this way.
Year: 1873

At a meeting of the Bucks County
(Pa) Agricultural Society recently a
short essay by Miss Kate Craven, Of
Newtown. was read in response to the
question "Can butter be packed to
advantage in June or July for winter
use p Miss Craven was decidedly in
favor of packing butter in early summer,
when the price is usually so low as to be
Improbable. If properly put up then it
cannot be surpassed. 1t must be fresh
and good or it will not keep well Her
receipt is For twenty pounds of butter
take one and a quarter pounds OF salt, one
ounce pulverized satpetre, and a small
quantity of white sugar, which should be
worked into the butter aud left over night
Next day work again, make into Jumps
put into a stone vessel and cover with
brine strong enough to bear an egg Lay
bag filed with salt in the vessel and re
plensh when empty. Do not remove iht
butter long before it is needed
Year: 1873

1t is curious to note the history of a
Goldfish from the moment when, on the
hook of the fisherman, it is dragged from
its native element, till it disappears down
the human throat on the banks of the
Amazon, the Parana, the Tagus, or the
Po. Alter few expiring wriggles-and
il is a comfort to be informed by naturaists
that fish are almost insensible to pain
the cod is flung from the fisherman boa.
upon the rough stage" where it is seized
by the "cut throat" who cuts the fish
open across the throat and down the belly,
and passes it to the ''heaier." This
operator proceeds TO extract the liver.
which is dropped into "a vessel by his
side, to be converted into cod liver OIL
the great specific for scroiulous diseases,
especially consumption He then tear,
out the entrails, and wrenches off the
head, and throws these into another
receptacle, to be preserved FOR the farmer.
to mix with hog and earth, thus forming
a most iertilizng compost for his fields
The tongue, however, is taken out, and
also the sounds or air bladder; and
these, fresh or picked, are an excellent
article of food The fish is then passed
to the splitter" who, by adexterous
movement, cuts out the back kbone nearly
to the tail, and thus lays the fish entirely
open, and capable of being laid Hat on It's
back This is the incest part of the
operation, and the splitter" always com


mands higher wages than the other
operators The tsalter" next takes the
fish and washes it well from all PARTICLES
of blood, salts it, aud places it in piles to
drain. After lying the proper length of
time, it is washed aDd spread to dry on
the fake" which is formed OF spruce
boughs supported by a frame work rest
ing on upright poles. Here the cod are
spread out individually, to bleach by
exposure to sun and air, and during this
process require constant attention At
night, or on the approach of rain, they
are made up into little round heaps, with
the skin outward. in which state they
look very much like small haycocks =
These heaps are technically called
! heGp{eS. When the bloom, or whitish
! appearance which after a time they
assume, comes out on the dried fish, the
process is finished, and they are then
quite ready for storing. On being con
veyed to the premises of the exporting
merchant, they are first "cnlled," OIL
assorted into four different kinds, known
as Merchantable, Madeira, West India
and Dun, or broken fish The first j,
prime fish the second nearly as good, the
third is intended for tougher stomachs
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keeping, is used at home. The cod sem
to hot countries is packed by screw power
into small casks called drums - that
which goes to the Mediterranean is usual
ly exported in bulk.
Year: 1873

The Valley Farmer says collars are or
force on the lower part of the shoulder
The horse can apply but little strength is
exerted on the lower part of the shoulder.
The collar should be purchased of the
proper size just before putting it on the
first time immerse it in water. letting it
remain about minute, and Immediately
putting it on to work The collar. by
being wet, will adapt itself to the shoul
ders, and should dry on the horse =
When taken off it should be lett In the
same shape it occupied on the horse, and
ever after you will have a snug fitting
collar and no wounds
Year: 1873

The disa reemeot Of the jury in the
Tweed case, last Friday, is pnb-
lie misfortune. J he day of retrlbu-
ton for his many crimes is thus indie
fntely postponed. Some of the jurors
are now found to be adhereuts or depend
ents OF the Boss. from whom ne had moth
ing to fear. The Tammany ring 10 New
York is jubilant over the result of the
trial. but the daily press iudicates very
different state of public feeling. 1t is
the universal sentiment among intelligent
people that although Tweed has this time
managed to escape conviction be is none
the less a thief
Year: 1873

4 Canada farmer put wire bottom in
a trough in which he fed his stock the
wire being two or three inches above the
pulling the clover hay from the rack
would scatter the seed almost pure
throughh the wire into the receptacle be
low In this way he saved seed enough
for his own sowing and to pay for all the
dry goods used in his family, and received
SO in cash besides.
Year: 1873

a New York lady opened letter ad.
dressed to her husband the other day,
and read, among other soft words. these !:
Darling John, come to me again soon ::
| cant bear to think you are at home
with that old rip OF "A wife OF yours -
When John came home that evening he
found domestic parlor wave in his man
sion that chilled the very beef marrow in
his hair
Year: 1873

The Inconvenience of frozen cisterns
and gas meters may he ohvi4ed by put
ting lump Of salt into the water once
week, and into the closet trap the last
thing at night. The explanation is that
water holding salt iu solution requires
20 degrees OF cold more than pure water
to freeze it
Year: 1873

To cure smoky chimney, initiate a
large OK bladder with air. and tie it by
the neck to stick, and place in across
the inside about two feet from the top
The huoyance of the air keeps the blad
der n circular motion. and thus pre-
vents the down rush of air
Year: 1873

In the case OF the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad Company
against the .New Jersey Central. the Vice
Chancellor of New jersey, on Friday,
enjoincd the Central from taking up the
third rail on their road, or in any way
interfering with the use of their broad
guage track in connection with the Del.
aware, Lackawanna aud Western Railroad
aud has ordered the Central to continue
to transport the coal OF rhe Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western in broad guage
ears as heretofore
Year: 1873

An ASCENT AND A DBsCENT.-The balioOnist,
who accompanied the Great Eastern Circus, yes
terdov made an ascent which ended in q sudden
descent. lie had not rose far, when something
about his balloon got wrong, and it came down
pretiv rapidly. When near the ground, the car
turned over and the @ronaut tumbled into a mud
middle on jefferson street between Twelfth and
TLirteenth. Fortunately, he was not much hurt.
Year: 1873

DEMAND FOR CARPENTERS, Owing to the re-
pairs needed ON the Delaware Railroad, the de-
maud for carpenters is very great, and no man
who can handle e saw and plane, need be idle ioI
the next few days All the carpenters who can
be secured are being sent down to the Canal
bridge
Year: 1873

need and invite to come among us. We
need men of experience courage and pa
thence. For the help of such we offer in
compensation lands at comparatively
nominal prices. We offer homes as rich
in scenery and fertility as any in the old
world or the new, IIGHTwooD.
Year: 1873

An Atlanta cynic was observed
recently sitting on rail fence
looking the picture of''thoughtful
wretchednesS." Upon being quest
iOned as to the occasion of his
melancholy appearance, he said
he was trying to think ifany Office
could be created that Sam Bard
wouldn't be candidate for.
Year: 1873




Mr.. BradlaugI, the distinguish
ed English Democrat, says, IRE
publicS can not be made in a day;
they must grow; they must be al
most the work of centuries. The
first genuine Republic we shall
have in Europe will be iu Great
Britain. While France is a mon
archy under republican form, Eng
land is almost a republic under
the guise of monarchy. Slowly
and by degrees the monarchical
| principle is being trod out of the
British Constitution. 1t has been
going on ever since the revolution
of 1859. No people are fit for
freedom unless they understand
and can maintain what the Eng
lish race mean by the habeas cor
pus, the right of trial by jury and
! the freedom of the press. Gov
ernments where the are respected
are essentially republican, no
matter what they may be called.
Where they don't exist there is no
liberty. One of the worst results
of our late war was the education
of our people into the setting
aside of these great principles,
| We became accustomed to seeing
ing military tyrants, without the
least reason or justice, violate
every thing that had been previ
ously considered the bulwark o.


our freedom. 1t was justified up


on that most miserable of all pleas
State necessity, under which al


the odious tyrannies the worlc
j has ever seen have been created
1t should be the aim of ever!
American to do his best to eradi
cate the idea that in times of wa
individual liberty is not to be pro
tected just as vigorously as it is il
times of peace.
Year: 1873

Cuba is governed virtually by
the Spanish-born residents of the
island, who have formed them
selves into militia organizations
somewhat analogous to our target
companies. They permit the reg
ulars to do the fighting, while
they do the clustering and the
butcherlng of defenceless prison
erS. The visitor to Cuba will see
these fellows swarming in every
direction, in uniforms of white and
blue stripped cotton CLOTH, with
straw hats ornamented with red
cockades. They are intrusive,
insolent and noisy, and evidently
feel that they are masters of the
island. The officers of the vOlun
teer companies in Havana have
a club called the Casino Espanol,
and it is from that institution that
the DEGREES for the government of
the island are furnished. No Cap
tain General dares for a moment
TO oppose the Casino EspanoL


DuIce tried it and barely escaped
out of the country with his life.
Compared with the whole number
of inhabitants in Cuba, these
Spanish residents are but as a
handful. If the Cubans and slaves
had arms in their hands they
could destroy them in a night.
These are the men whom the
United States have to deal with
directly, whether Spain likes it
or not. They are ignorant, brutal
and vile, and, like all people of
that character, they are vaporing
hraggarts. The average Volunteer
has no more doubt of the ability
of his military corps to whip the
American army than he has of its
power to butcher American pris-
Oners who fall into its hands. He
will continue to boast and butcher
until we take the conceit and APP
petite for blood out of him.-N.Y.
News.
Year: 1873

The last proposition. looking to state
Constitutional Convention. comes from late
issue Of the Camden TiibuRs. 1t proposes
that all the members of the present senate
ard House of Representatives. send their re-
siynations to Gov. Baxter and that he accepts
them and orders at once an rlcetion Tor ne"
Legislature. which shall, Immediately after
its election be called together by the Govern
or, and they proceed at once to order an elec-
tion for members to Constitutional convcn-
tiun. This proposition is accepted by the
Iitt,e Reek Gazette, which is supposed t,'
somewhat represent Gov. Baxter's feelings on
the question. Tie proposition (aside from the
great expense at this time is well enough II
it could be carried out Gut will it he ac-
cepteds We predict not. Mcclure Is mum
on the subject, and We have yet to learn o
one radical member of either body. that has
rendered his resignation, or that feels willing
to do so. They are the kind thst sometimes
die, but never resign an office.


The people are not prepared and do not de-
sire an election at this time.


The failure of the people to respond to the
call of the Liberal State Committee urging M
early call of Constitutional Convention
should convince all that they are not ready
to enter into another fruitless contest Mt this
time-as this would certainly prove to be.
The people desire rest and will abide the time
when their efforts can be made available for
good. II Is expected that the few constit-
tional convention howlers, will still agitate
the call for Convention. at once, but they
represent but few outside Of Office seeking
aspirants.


Let VS. have rest for a.fcw months. when the
time shall have arrived, that the question
will properly come up for discussion and ac-
ton at the hands of the people.
Year: 1873

.Sy- We are glad, on one account that MIR,
Brooks proposes to canvass the State. rs 1t
viii show him. satisfactorily we think. that
the people are tired of the Improbable agita-
lion for an Office that there Is not the least
likelihood of his possessing, and that they are
willing to biGe their time for a relief OF the
ills they have-rather than fly to those they
know not of.
Year: 1873

Fred Douglas writes of his recent trip to
Tennessee: 'On the train from Louisville TO
Nashville, my son Frederick aBd took
seats in 4 ear intended only for white pass
engers' We had not SAT long before we
were rather roughly told that we must
move ourselves into the car reserved fc,r
colored people exclusively. This was abo,,l
the first incident of the trip that told us.
that we were now fairly beyond the lina,is
free State civilization, and in fact Were on
the "Old Kentucky Shore.n phe first Or
der to move out was given by the brakes
man, evidently rough customer. Erho
meant business in case his order was
not obeyed. All the way from Washing
ton to Cincinnati, on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad we had been treated with
the respect and attention shown to other
passengers, and it came little hand to be
humiliated in the presence of our fellow
passengers by this ingidious and offensive
order so boisterousIy given as to arrest the
attention of all in the ear, aud for n mo-
ment L was a little disconnected and hardly
knew what course to pursue-Whether to
rise and obey the distasteful command or
not-whether to go out or wait and be re-,
moved by force. /, however, decided To
remain where l was and await the resuIt
did not welt long when / was called m
on by more important officer, the con-
ductor himself. He told me in a highes,
tone of authority to leave and 90 into the
car reserved exclusively for persons of
color. Well, l did not go worth a cent.
but said to him, sir, L prefer to sit where I
am, and held my seat, and received no
further annoyance during the MASSAGE
Had been a gentemAna dog, I shoHId
not have been ordered out at all, but bein~
man, and an American citizen, my pres
ence was not to be tolerated i'm a eoninor
railway car! Hail Columbian
Year: 1873

Michigan's Constitutional Convention
has adopted clause prohibiting railway
companies from giving free passes to any
but railway operatives. The constitution
al amendments specifying whom a Michi-.
gander may invite to dine with him, and
what he may do with his pocket money
have not yet we believe, been decided
upon.
Year: 1873

This firm are closing ont their immense stock
OF winter goods, such as ,hawls, and all sorts Ut
wooens, at very low figure. They are dong
this 10 make room for their spring stock. Their
lines in winter goods are full. and comprise an
extensive variety of each SORT, with splsndid
variety to select from. In the line Of furs they
have very large supply, and are selling these
this line should come early ana secure bar.
gain as these goods are positively being sold a,
original Gust prices.
Year: 1873

We have it from reliable source that Riale
Bros. are making arrarg cement with We, J
large China tea importing house for their teas
which they intend putting up in patent pack
sges with their private trade mark GU each pack
age, guaran teei.,g the quality aud favor. II
they succeed in he arrangement OF which we
have not much douS. they will, you may look
for different class of goods in this market from
what has formerly been kept CTtana RepuHi.
can.


The above We clip from the columns of our
neighbor. As piece Of news, We should be
glad to see it come to pass. We have no doubt
Of the ability and energy of Rale Bros to do
what they undertake and should they by this
be able to sell better teas for lsss moaey, aud
put she goods up in those de-irable pack ge.,
cestsinly the co immunity would De giad Of tue
change from the Old routine Of handling teas.
On inquiry, they tsll US thar it may be several
weeks before they will be able to bring the mat.
ter into effect We propose to have the frs,
package Of tea, If nobody beats US
Year: 1873

Great reduction IN prices of Boots and Shoes
at Child Bros. & Phipps'. Now is the time to
secure bargains, rs We must make room for our
spring stock, and for the next thirty days will
sell everything IN our line at cost.
Year: 1873

TIE Hartford COtrant, speaking Of
Mart" Aliens being psrdooed out Of
prison some years ago in Connecticut,
Gays that the pardon was thus msneu-
vered by "Isrts" brother. When the
resolution for the action vss brought
up iu the General Assembly i, was
feared that it would not pass. 1t was
Summer, aud the members Of the


House often went out TO drink at the
water tanks. The men most likely to
oppose the measure Eat a, one side OF
the room, and those likely TO favor it
at the other The prisoners brother
put q powerful emetic 10 the water OF
which his enemies would drink, and
soon many were forced to leave the
room for . season, shich proved long
enough to secure the passage Of the
resolution which set Mart ct liberty.
Year: 1873

While canal boat and tow were coming
down Hudson river yesterday with a Ger


man barge, the Captain of the canal
boat. his wife and two children were swept
into the river, and all but ore child drown