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Year: 1875

Yesterday was the fOrty-third day OF the trial.
Notwithstanding the driving sDow-storm the court
room was never more crowded and more ladies than
usual were present. The scene about the lawyers
tables was the same that has become farnil-
lar TO constant spectators at the ulai
The only missing figure was that OF Mrs
TIlton, whose continual attendance upon her
little boy Ralph viii coon be unnecessary as he Is
rapidly recovering The cross-exaruination OF Mrs
Ovington was marked by courtesy and poiteness'
but it less searching on that account. and oc-
casiOnally the weapons Of the plaintiffs COUNCIL
brstled from behind the shield Of suavity and good
nature.


Newspaper correspondents and reporters would
seem 10 have been source of annoyance last Sum-
mer to the Ovingtons and to Mrs. TiltOn. Mrs.
OvngtOn says that while they were in the city not
half IN hour passed during the day that come news
Year: 1875

PROBABLE DETEcTIvs APPOINT
MENT.-It is stated that an effort will
be made by prominent business men
to secure authority for the Mayor to
appoint special detective, In addition
to the regular police force. A detect.
i've Is desired to work up larceny, bur.
glarly and other cases, to which the
police cannot give the requisite atten
tion without neglecting their reSula,
dutiea.
Year: 1875

Again we say to the public that the
dissolution of our firm is without
doubt. We must and have to raise
money out of our present stock and we
advise all who are III need of goods to
call Immediately and we guarantee
that they will save 25 to so per cent on
their purchases.


MEYERsTEIN & WINTERS,
jy17.2w Prop'ts of the important.
Year: 1875

At 10 o'clock A. NJ, TO nominate candidates for
the Assembly and for county Offices, TO be
supported by the Independent voters of said
county at the coming election.


The apportionment of delegates is based ON
the vote of 1873 Delegates will be elected by
ballot, and all residents of the county are
qualified to vote at the elections hereinafter
called who are in hearty sympathy with the
reform movement and who will pledge them
selves to support the Peoples Independent
Party in the approaching county election.


Elections for Delegates to said Convention
will be held in the several voting places on -
Year: 1875

President Grant, it is said, will spend
the summer months in Europe this year
His present intention is to visit the
West soon after the adjournment OF
Congress-, and, after short stay here,
to return to the East and accompany his
daughter to her English home, where he
viii femain In as much quiet and retire.
ment as possible until early faii, when he
will come back to Americas
Year: 1875

YOUNG MAN WHO WANTED COSTLY JEWEL


Shortly after SIX O'Clock last evening . fashionaby
dressed young entered the Jewelry store No III
Bowery, kept BY J. Murphy, and requested 70
be shown large diamond cross which has for
some time past been kept in the show window.
The value OF the Jewel $5S5 The clerk, who has OF
late been accustomed to show it 70 people who only
wished to examine it, did suspect that the young
man who requested to be allowed to see
the cross was notorious car thieL
He therefore put the jewel upon the showcase.
II almost Immediately disappeared and the young man
lett the store in great hurry. Third avenue car
was passing the door Of the store when the thief
emerged from t. on the car was Officer
Leddy, of the Broadway squad He caught
sight of the thief the latter going
at a pretty rapid giant down the Bowery At the
moment the clerk cried out, "Stop thiefn Officer
Leddy commenced the chase and taking long strides
was soon close the heels Of the thief In Chryste
street the thief hunted down and arrested.
He conducted 10 the station house, where he
gave his name William Creamer and said he resided
in Grand street The prisoner searched but the
diamond cross not found upon him. IL after
ward discovered at the spot where he arrested
Chrystie street The thief who recognized as one
OF gang OF notorious thieves will be arraigned
the Tombs Police Court this morning.
Year: 1875

PITTsBuRG, oct 15 1875.
great sculllng race for the championship and
purse OF f1 600 between Evan Morris and Henry Coul
ter comes OF tomorrow afternoon over the racing
course al Logan's Eddy, the Allegheny River,
twelve miles from the city


Coulter win row a new shell, which is said TO DO
much better suited for him than the one rowed IN the
former contest and though he is IN as lno condition
az possible the betting rules heavy against him. odds Of
2 70 being frequently offered He has been rowing
constantly since his defeat and IL il quite evident there
is marked Improvement in bis stroke Morris Is ~
excellent trim, and very confident 0f SUCCESS


Inc trouble about the referee has been overcome
through the acceptance of the position BY John Maxwell
Of the Columbia Boat Club


Quite number Of prominent scullsrs and sporting
men from the East are here to witness the contest
which promises TO be exciting than that OF
few weeks ago.
Year: 1875

Let me say, in answer to Mr. +. w.
Fearman, that the object of scattering
wheat bran over cabbage, is 10 protect
them from the rayagcs of the green worm.
II will not do to wait until the worms arc
strong and fat; as then Il win not destroy
them. Two years since ! saw this remedy
recommended, and at the time thought il
humbug, as it seemed scarcely possible
that such simple thing could affect the
worms, still made up my mind to try it.
as do all things, holding fast to what is
good. In June, in going through my ear
ly cabbage, | found one completely cover
ed with the worms. Immediately | OBJ
tained handful of bran and sprinkled il
over the head. The worms began to
squirm and fall off the cabbage, and when
ever the bran touched them, they seemed
to be in pain. The following morning
they were all dead. Since that time. on
the first appearance Of the worm l SOW the
bran. Some seasons it may be necessary
TO do it the second time. If the worms
are very thick it is necessary to take a
handful and sprinkle it over the cabbage.
A hundred weight is ample for an acre
Cor. Ne'o York Tribune.
Year: 1875

Very often screw hole gets 50 worn
that the screw viii not stay TO- Where
glue is handy the regular carpenter makes
the hole larger and Clues in large plug
making . nest for an entirely new hole


But this is not always the case, and poo
pie without tools and in an emergency.
have to fix the thing at once. Generally
leather is used, but this is 50 hard that il
does not hold well. The best Of all things
Is to cut narrow strips Of cork, and gil the
hole completely. Then force the screw in
This viii make as tight job as If driven
into an entirely new hole.


Another hint of similar character may
be useful. One often desires 10 put a
staple into block OF stone. The hole L
made, the staple inserted, and lead melted
and run in. But unless the hole is made
with the bottom larger than the top, inc
lead will in time work out, If there is much
Jar or side strain on the iron. Besides.
the lead itself is liable to some compress
sion, which admits Of looseness, especially
after being subjected to very hot fires. A
much better article is sulphur. Ifthis be
melted and poured ia around the staple
instead Of lead, it makes a much more du-
rable job, besides, it is often more easy to
procure sulphur than lead, as every store
keeps it that deals in general variety
american Builder.
Year: 1875

CHARITY.-We don't mean aims giving.
A man may give money to every beggar
he meets. He may subscribe and pay to
all the benevolent objects of the day; he
may build churches and send fuel to the
widow, and educate the orphan, and yet
not be charitable in the true sense of the
word Much good is done, by even bad
men, to "show off" Pride prompts some
to give what stinginess would withhold.
Vainglory writes the name to thousand
dollar benefaction, and parsimony would
scratch out the name if it had a good
chance. Charity means honest love for
man because he is man, irrespective of
all surroundings The charity, when the
gift of one hundred dollars may be the
price to get the name of being charitable
He who does not give for the love of God
and man, need not give at all, so far as
the giver is concerned, for the giver will
not be 'twicc blessed aud hardly once.
lie who gives good advice in the right
spirit, has charity. Some really good peo-
pie exhort the sinful in so domineering a
style, that anger is the result instead of
penitence. Others, again, rebuke so strong
ly on the Il am holier than thou" princi-
pie, that the person rebuked, dcspairing of
ever becoming so saintly as the censor, in
despair becomes a greater offender than
ever
Year: 1875




The only way for young man to pre-
pare himself for usefulness is to devote
himself to study during all his leisure
hours-First, be industrious in your bust.
ness-ncver complain that you are obliged
to work; so to it with alacrity and cheer
fulness, and it will become a habit which
will make you respected and beloved by
your master or employer; make ii your
business to see and promote his interest;
by taking care of his, you will learn to
take care of your own. Young men in
this age are too fond of getting rid Of
work. They seek for easy and lazy EN-
ployment, and often turn out to be poor,
miserable vagabonds. You must avoid all
wishes to live without labor; labor is a
blessing rather than curse; it makes men
healthy; finds them in food, clothing, and
every other necessary, and frees them from
temptations to be dishonest.
Year: 1875

Telegraph operators are said to suffer
from a peculiar kind of palsy. When
very busily and constantly employed they
find that after some years they are unable
to signal certain signs distinctly. They
change their fingers and get rid of the
troable-ior time; but these fingers fail
and If the labor is persisted in, the whole
arm gives out and the brain becomes af
fected.
Year: 1875

There is many soul trudging along
life's pathway with weary, uncertain steps,
sad and downhearted, who would, If there
was kind hand reached out to help them,
walk erect and step lightly, and even sing
while passing over the rough places
Year: 1875

A few neat little birdhouses, which any
ingenious boy can make, placed in the
trees and around the buildings, would in
duce many pair of sweet singing birds
to locate on your premises, and you viii
find them serviceable as well as pleasant,
for they will rid your gardens of many of
the pests in the form of insects that infest
them.
Year: 1875

If you wish to do good, do good; If you
wish to assist people, assist people. The
only way to learn to do thing is to do it;
and that implies, before you learn to do
right you viii learn to do wrong-you will
make blunders, you will have failures; but
perseverc, and in the end you viii learn
your lessons and many other lessons by
the way.
Year: 1875

Gradually the heat withdrew from vein and
brow, the spirit Of feverish care and haste
throbbed no longer in heart or brain. l
sat entranced the far still figures Of proph-
cts and angels on the dome, depicted SO
truly that they seemed to live, shed the
benediction of their repose on my soul
At that moment from the distant choir
broke the low soft hymn Of the nuns,
gathering pathos and force us it rose and
fell, unutterably mingled of the plaintive-
ness of the mortal and the glory Of the
immortal. My head sank back against
the pillar and the world vanished Borne
aloft on the strains, my soul rose into
region never lighted by sun or stars, but
filed with unimaginable revealings. The
music ceased, and slowly recovering wan
dered out into the street unable to tell
whether | had been lingering there an hour
or hundred years, so profound and Won
dcrful had been the experience


The fittest close for these sketches will
be reminiscenee Of St. Peters, the proud
est fabric ever reared TO the linn ortal by
the genius, faith, skill aud sacrifice of
mortals-"the everlasting shrine Of the
religion of humanity The first object
that fills the vision of the traveller towards
Rome, approach from whatever direction
he will, is this harmonious and gigantic
structure, still expanding as he nears it,
until the astonished Imagination can hard
ly embrace its vastness. As his eyes labor
upward from its mountainous base to its
sun-silvcred pinnacles or follow the end
less sweep of its colonnades, the little diff
ferences Of sects and countries melt into
nothing his kindled sympathies snatch
this universal temple from all partial ap-
preparation, and claim it as mans monu-
mental tribute to God. Its glory was
conceived within that element which was
the supra mortal in man, aud it will ever
reproduce kindred emotions in him who
approaches it, 1t sets on fame religious
sensibility where it exists, and wakens or
creates it where II slumbers or is wanting.
Who can stand amid this ecclesiastical
world of solemn softness, brightness and
richness, which fuses the sentiments in a
refined rapture of tranquility, and gaze
around on this wilderness of yariegated
marble and gold, and not feel the un-
wOrthiness of selfish passion, the petty
ovanescence Of worldly glory?
Year: 1875

A New York correspondent relates a mar
yellous story Of how well known charitable
lady Of that city recently had her pocket
picked Of seven hundred dollars, which she
was carrying home from fair for the benefit
of the poor. The fact Of the robbery is not
in itself SO very remarkable, but the romance
of the story comes in the recital Of how day
or two after the theft, rough looking man
rang the door bell Of the lady's honse aud,
being admitted, returned the seven hundred
dollars, adding: The fraternity, Madam,
desired me to say that you are known and adj
mired By them, and that the annoyance you
have suffered in the loss of this money was
owing to a mistake. The person who took It
did not recognize you Further, that you
never need be worried should YOU lose money
in this city again; ii you do lose any It will
be by accident and will certainly be restored
to you, as this has been. Approaching your
good deeds, the fraternity take the liberty OF
adding one hundred dollars to the amount re-
turned, and now viii bid you good day"
This smacks Of the genuine lootpad Of ro-
nance, aud makes the reader think that Sher-
wood Forest bas been transported 10 New
York. and that modern Robin Hood is cut
ting throats aad dispensing charity, as did bis
prototype Of former years.
Year: 1875

Wlfred Earle seemed lost without
his child; his mansion, deprived of her
fairy form aud sweet voice was desc =
late indeed. Yet he wOuli not recall
her. lie seemed bound to keep his de.
claration that she was deal to him. She
found an asylum beneath the roof OF
her uncle, who also was resident of
the city, and in conSequ nee of this,
the speculator imbiOed u hatred against
the protector his only brother. Frank
Dwight made no attempts to fly from
the city. The tolls of the law We're
about him, and there seemed no avenue
of escape. Wlltred Earle had placed
well paid detectives ON his track, and
he found himself 'shadowed' day and
night.


Still he would not explain his where
abouts during the fatal hour when the
check was hOnOred, but persistently de.
c.ared That he was not near the Cosmos
Bank. The eight hundred dollars found
on his person in the depot on the night
following the crime he still refused to
account for, saying that it involved a
sacred secret, which he would not dis.
Year: 1875

The turbulent element is the dsloyal element,
in the South. The chronic dsturbers OF the
peace, there, are those whose " Secesh spirit
was bred in the bone and fingers, yet, with more
OF less vital force. 1t is always encouraged and
warmed up by manifestations of Northern sym
pathy or weakness. Before the war, the dough-
face behavior of the Free States made Davis,
Toombs, and Yancey believe that Disunion would
be easy, and now the White Leaguers are being
similarly encouraged by the apparent tone of
Northern sentiment, as manifested in the New
York newspapers and at the meetings to "pro-
test against the course of the Administration
in Louisiana. They are warmed up into
new life at these tenders of sympa-
thy and aid, and they are hopeful that
hereafter they may do as they please--that
majority of the people repudiate the Presi-
dent, rebuke Sheridan, and want to shave
peace" with tine Leagaers on top.


To show how they feel over it, here are two
stanzas, as specimen bricks, which come from
their New Orleans organ, the Bulletin. The
the writer says


"Yes, tear 1t down. and lay Its folds


For ever meath the sod


Nor curse us more with mocSeres


And Tyrant's rule and rod.


''Let this be done, and we will raise


Our standard where 1t hung;


And notes of joy will rend the air


By patriot voices sung


AS we said at the outset, the rioters are the
rebels. There are"banditti and there are good
citizens In the South. We charge such utter
ances as the above to the former class, whose
fangs were clipped once, but do not appear to
have been drawn, and whose venom, when again
warmed by Northern encouragement, proposes
instantly to ''tear down" the flag Of the Union.
Year: 1875

Two sailors, one Irish and the other
English, agreed reciprocally to take care
of each other, in case of either being
wounded in the action then about to COM
mence. It was not long before the Eng
lishman's leg was shot off by cannon
ball; and asking Pat to carry him to the
doctor, according to agreement, the other
readily complied, but had scarcely got his
wounded companion on his back when =
ball struck on the poor fellows head.
Pat, through the noise and hustle, had not
perceived his friends last misfortune, but
continued to make the best of his way to
the surgeon. An officer observing him
with his headless trunk, asked him where
he was going! ITO the DOCTOR" said Pat.
ITO the doctor!" said the officer; "why
blockhead, the man has lost his head"
On looking at it very attentively, by my
sowl," said Pat, she told me it was his
leg. but was a fool to believe him, for
he was always : great liar.''
Year: 1875

From careful and extensive observation
have about come to- the conclusion that
no woman can be really stylish who
apparently knows what to do with her
hands.


She may have wealth and position, she
may paint and powder her face, have ele-
giant clothes and wear the mask veil just
below her nose, but if she appears to know
what to do with her hands she is lost.
They absolutely must hang in listless,
graceful (apparent helplessness; but not
all the time; they must wander aimlessly
aboutas if seeking a resting place and
finding none, and they must come together
occasionally with a touch like melting
snowf1akes.


Ny dear girls, my word for it, there's the
whole secret. Il


You may have everything, do oeverything,
be every thing else, but, ifyou seem to know
what to do with your hands your case
Year: 1875

We have used some complicated ar.
rangements, ard many simple ones, for
driving three horses abreast in plowing.
As rule we have always found the more
simple ones the better. We have done q
good deal of fallplowing with three hors-
es and always found that we had as much
land turned over at night, and as deeply,
as we could have accomplished with four
hitched two before two. The reason is
obvious: The leaders are so far from tho
draft and the attachments SO heavy that
the labor of fully one horse is expended
in overcoming this difficulty.


A great deal of ingenuity has been ex-
pended, first and last in SO arranging tho
several parts of these three horse draught
bars that the power of each horse should
be equalized successfully; so, in consid-
erable measure, in the more complicated
ones, and also in some of the patent clev-
ises. In the Canada Farmer we lately saw
a three-horse-equalizer figured which CON-
mends itself at once as being simple and
effective and which any farmer can make
for himself from any rough blacksmith
iron


To make it take three pieces of tough,
hard wood two inches thick by three inch
es wide; that for the middle horse twenty
two inches long, and those for the outside
horses each twenty seven inches long.
These are joined together in line by one
quarter inch strap-iron, so that they will
have considerable fexibility, and leaving
space OF one inch between each. bar.
Now lay these pieces down beside doub-
le-tree five feet long, two inches thick, four
inches wide at the center and three inches
at the end, and mark where the attachments
of strap-iron, as described for connecting
the draw-bars, should be. Connect, and
the whole will be ready for use. The hors-
es are attached to the ends Of the long
pieces and on the middle of the short piece,
each by common singleree.- Chicago
Tribune
Year: 1875

The discussions which have taken place
in regard to the best methods Of prepar.
ing food for stock, and the practice Of
selling. stesming food and cutting fodder,
have undoubtedly had the effect to lead
to a general improvement in the care and
feeding Of cattle. In questions OF this
kind, as in most others, the truth is most
commonly found in the middle course.
and however applicable it may be to
special cases it is not universal. Though
the opinions Of practical farmers differ as
to the advantage OF steaming food, fer
example, it is surprising to find that 50
many danymen who are raising milk for
sale are either steaming their food system
atically or doing what amounts to tho
same thing essentially, treating it with
hot water poured upon it in tubs or feed
ing boxes which are. covered and allowed
to stand till the materials are completely
softened, In this way they induce an en-.
ormous flow Of milk, the quality Of which
depends chiefly upon the ingredients
which constitute the mass subjected to this
treatment.


steaming food will undoubtedly pay In
a large milk dairy-that is stcaming orits
equivalent-bu it will not pay, as gen.
eral rule, except where the object is to
produce large quantity. 1t has the ad"
vantage ofenabling the farmer to ccono.
mize many feeding substances, like corr.
stalks, coarse hay and straw, since it soft.
ems and renders them easily digestible.
But though it pays to cut and steam such
materials the same can hardly be said Of
good English hay.


That cooking TODD improves it is per-
fectly well known to most careful feeders
of stock One bushcl OF dry corn, for ex-
ample, made FIVE pounds ten ounces of
pork, while one bushel Of boiled corn
made fourteen pounds seven ounces and
one bushel of boiled meal made sixteen
to eighteen pounds, thus showing the
great advantage Of preparing food for fat.
tening stock 80 as to put it in perfectly
digcstible form. System and regularly in
feeding is quite as important to success
as the condition in which the food is Civ.
cn.-Massachusetts Ploughman.
Year: 1875

The following Blanks are KEEP. regularly
on sale at TBE CLARION OFFICE. Others
Will be added as the demand may seem TO
justify Orders filled promptly by mail on
receipt of the price, or by Express e o. d.
a liberal deduction where Blanks are
ordered by the ream. Parties ordering
from the following list, may give the num-
ber at the beginning Of the line. The price
is One Dollar per q#ire. The figures III the
end of each line give the number Of blanks
10 each qulre.
Year: 1875

pS- NOTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS ENTERING
THE PORT OF NEW YORK AT NIGHT.-The NEw YORK
has adopted distinguishing Coston night signal for
board the HERALD steam yacht showing while burn
ing the red green red changing 90 the other
in succession be several miles distant Cap
Of upon seeing this signal win oblige by
pairing any they have for the Ship News
Department of the HERALD


r5Persons desrous Of communicating with vessels arriv-
ing New York addressing such vessels
of HERALD yacht pier No East River, New York
received from all Of the world and promptly do.
hvered. Duplicates required
Year: 1875

Judge Tappen presiding, TO the murder OF the two
cOored men, Samuel jackson and Henry Thompson.
He said that the public were becoming excited over
these cases. and he hoped His Honor would SO arrange
business that criminal branch or the Court could be
held next week when the alleged murderers-McG
ana Dowden--could be tried Judge Tappen said ne
would talk with him IN regard 70 the matter sitter the
adjournment Of the Court