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Year: 1870

THE RIGHT o. sELF-DEFENsE-THE MAN-TRAP


HOMICIDE.


In the Court of General Sessions yesterday,
Recorder Hacke delivered important decision In the
case of Tweedle who shot, Oct. 25, by concealed
premises Of Mr. d. Agostino Agostino arrested for
devising the engine Of DEATH and held TO bail to
await the action OF the Grand jury The Recorder, In
the following opinion, reyerses the decision Of the
Coroner


This Court has imposed on Il duty Of supervising
the correctness incorrectness Of imprisonment MY
attention been invited to the detention OF the a
cIised under the bail bond filed in this Court and also
the papers OF the Coroners inquest BY the finding OF
the Corones jury the accused was censnred Tor having
name Of George Tweedle received his death wound,
while evidently engaged during the night time, In en-
deavorng to effect burgarious entrance into the shop


am unable after careful investigation OF the laws OF
State defining ofenses, TO find any statute which
makes the killing of Tweede under the circumstances
testified to- oense. The verdict OF the jury estab-
fishes the fact that Tweede, while forcbly and feloni
ousy opening the window OF the WORKSHOP oI the &C
cused to his death from gunshot wound In the
head discharged from trapgun within the premises.
That the accused would have been justified in killing
larry had the former surprised him in such attempt, no
one can doubt and at the best the deceased died from
the msdrection OF his own felOnious act.


IL has been said that the trap gun was dangerous In
charge of duty, might have been killed. The to
been the case the fireman policeman would
have been legitimate and in the honest discharge OF
Had the accused by his active agency killed innocent
engaged In laudabe oct for public good the result
might been mansaughter In the fourth degree but
each must be governed and determined by is cir
order the clerk to discharge the recog-
nizance taken from the accused by the Coroner and


file the papers The verdict OF the CorOners jury
should have been death from inadvertance while
gagged in the commission OF felony.
Year: 1870

A MAN had two sons one rose early while the
other slept soundly. The early riser found purse,
which the father tooktO the singgard- Look ye.''
said he, ''if you had been up your brother was.
you would have found the purse" Possibly
answered the son; "but If the owner oft had been
in bed, as am, be would not have lost IT,"
Year: 1870

Next Thursday IS set apart: BY the Inde-
pendent Order of Red Men, all over the
Union, to commemorate the founding of
their order. They are making extensive
PREPARATIONS especially in the Southern
States. We suppose that when the colored
people, under the process of mulattoizing
get to be entirely faded out and extinct
there will start up the Independent Order of
Black Men, to commemorate and keep
alive the virtues which the members will
suppose the obsolete African to have once
nnasesshd
Year: 1870

MAKE NOTE OF Tn1s.-If vou
wish to make any purchases, don't
go away from home to do it. En-
courage home industry and enter
prise, and give your trade to mer-
chants and mechanics, especially
those who advertise freely. That
is the way to build up lively
business in yom own town, and
benefit yourself as well rs others.
Every dollar spent in town is of
advantage to the place in general,
and every dollar spent abroad for
articles which could be bought on
as favorable terms at home, is like
taking so much capital out of the
business interests of the place
There are some that we know of
who buy everything they possibly
can, right here at homo, and such
are doing a good work toward as
sisting their own town people
those with whom they have COM
mon interest.
Year: 1870

NIeHTMARE is caused by re.
manning 80 long in one position
that the blood ceases to circulate.


How hard We try to run in our
sleep sometimes to get ont of the
way Of some terrible danger 1t
does such person no good to ask
what's the matter. Don't waste
time in asking a question, but give
relief to :be sleeper by an instant
aneons shake, or evena touch of the
body that breaks the dreadful spell
in at instant, because it sets the
blood going again toward the
heart.
Year: 1870

Social HoNon.-Every person
should cultivate nice sense of
honor. In n hundred different
ways this most-fitting adjunct of
the true lady or gentleman is often
tried. For instance, one is n gnest
in a family where, perhaps, the
domestic machinery does not run
smoothly. There is sorrow in the
house unsupported by the outer
world. Sometimes il is q dissipated
son whose conduct is a shame and
q grief to his parents, sometimes a
relative whose eccentricities and
peculiarities are q cloud en- the
home. Or, worst of all, husband
and wife may not be in accord,
and there may be ofien bitter
words spoken, and harsh reerimi-
nations. In any Of those cases the
guest is in honor bound to be blind
and deaf, 80 far as people without
are concerned. II a gentle word
within can do good, it may be vel.
said but to 60 forth and reveal
the shadow Of an unhappy secret
to any one, even your friend, ia an
act of indelicaoy and meanness al
most unparalleled. Once in the
sacred precincts Of any home, nd.
mitted to .its privacy, sharingr its,
life, all that you see aad hear
should become a sacred trust. 1t
is as really centemptable to gossip
about such things as it would Be
to steal the silver or borrow the
books and forget to rcturn them
Year: 1870

ALONE IN THEIR GLORY SO far as we
have noticed, every paper 10 the State but
the Stripes and Record have sustained the
Governor in his Railroad vetos; and the pub.
lie know why these two papers take the
other side. Stanford can well say


"My sheep know my voice, when I call they
come unto me.n
Year: 1870




These figures tell the story of the pop
ular acceptance OF the results Of the
war. They give proof Of the fact that the
ratification Of the Fifteenth Amendment by
the Legislature, was truthful expression
of the viii of the people, who have nov,
by vote Of nearly Eve to one, embodied
the sane principle Of political equality in
the State Constitution To this result the
Democratic voters Of this State havo
contributed by their votes fully as
much as the Republicans They de-
serve credit for their manliness, and
for the independence they have shown
Of the few blackguard newspapers, like the
Quincy Herald, which have songht to per-
petuate the antiquated and senseless preju-
diceH against race and color.
Year: 1870

CEMENT FOR BROKEN GLASS OR
CRoCKERY.-Take the white Of an egg and
very quick lime.


LEMON PUDDNG.-Beat the peel and
juice of lemon in mortar, with the yolks
of four eggs and quarter Of pound Of
white sugar mix all with five ounces Of
butter, warmed, and lay il in dish lined
with crust; when cold, turn the pudding
out and serve.


FIsH.-Fresh fish, when boiled, should
be placed in cold, and shell fish in boiling
water. Fish that are not stale may be
known BY the red gills, eyes bright, and
flesh firm. When the gills appear pale,
eyes dull, and body flabby, they have been
from the water too long.


SAUCES AND CREAMS FOR PUDDINGs.-
Take equal quantities Of sugar and mOlasses,
boil them together, and stir in little flour.


Take the juice Of an orange, cup Of
sugar, and the same Of good cream.


Beat two eggs well, then add a cup of
stewed apples, and a cup Of sugar; beat all
well together.


MINCE hEAI.-ldh6 AWO VI
scraped beef, free from skin and strings,
three pounds Of chopped apples, four pounds
Of shred suet, six pounds Of currants, picked
and dry, the peel and juice Of two lemons,
a pint of sweet wine, nutmeg, aquarter Of
an ounce Of cloves, the same Of pimento and
Of mace, in fne powder; mix these well,
press them into deep pan, and keep il
covered in a cool dry place.


OILED FURNIrURE-Oiled furniture,
that has been scratched or marred, may be
restored to its original beauty simply by
rubbing boiled linseed oil, used by painters,
on the surface, with waa Of wOolen rags.
Vanished furniture, dulled, may be similar
ly restored by the use Of a vGrnish composed
of shellac dissolved in alcohol, applied II
similar manner Common beeswax, rubbed
over furniture, and heated by the friction Of
a wooden wad, briskly used, - also an e4-
cellent furniture polish.


/ COOKING POTATOES. may seem rather
strange to some that we should attempt TO
teach them how to do so simple thing as
cook a potato, and yet it il q fact that very
L maDV VINO aLIempl W uO thiS NhNASAy 0A0
bring them on to the table soggy and poor,
when, if they had been properly cooked they
would have been mealy and good. Now,
a good, Aoury potato is very nice thing,
but poor, water soaked one is nuisance.
If they are to be boiled, the water should be
brought to the boiling point before the
potatoes are put in. The addition Of little
salt is the advantage, and if the tubers are
not inclined to come out Of the pot mealy
and good without, pare them in places be-
fore putting them into the water to cook.
When fully done the water should be
turned of, and the potatoes left to dry off.
Some put a towel over them, and it is a
good plan it keeps them hot and yet lets
the steam escape. If the potato is baked
take it from the oven rs soon as cooked
and roll it in cloth SO as to break the skin
and let out the steam, and they will be very
much better than when allowed to remain
after being baked in the usual way.
Year: 1870

A gentleman died last week at his resi-
dence in one Of the uptown fashionable
streets Of New York, leaving 81 900, 900.
He was a member of the Presbyterian
Church, in excellent standing a good bus
band, and thrifty citizen. On bis death
bed, lingering long, he suffered with q
great agony Of mind, and gave continued
expressions Of his remorse for what bis con
science told him had been an illsPent Ire.
"Oh! if | could only live my years over
again. Oh! if l could only be spared for
a few years longer, 1 would willingly give
All the wealth have amassed in lifetime.
It is a life devoted to money getting that |
regret. It Is this which weighs me down
and makes me despair Of the life here
after !"


His clergyman endeavored to soothe
him, but be turned his face to the wall.
" You never have reproved my avaricious
spirit" be said to the minister. "You
have called it wise economy and fore
thought, but | know that riches have been
Year: 1870

The Newly Discovered Caves in Iowa.


The Dubuque Times Of the 9TH instant
says:


"a natural wonder was lately un-
earthed on the Maquolata, about eight
miles northwest Of the city. This natural
wonder consists Of a succession or continua-
ton of caves. These caves were discovered
some months ago one hundred feet below
the surface of the earth, by men who are
now busily engaged with large working
force in prospecting them for mineral. The
large cave is over one thousand two hundred
feet in length and the smaller one six hun
dred feet, the two being separated from
each other by an east and west bar, about
sixty feet in thickness. No lead ore has yet
been discovered in the large cave, it being
filled with large bodies Of iron-rust rock,
which have fallen down from the roof and
sides in great masses. In the smaller
cave, however, the mineral shows itself
quite freely, and large quantities have been
taken out, while the prospect for richer
leads than any yet found grows daily more
Aattering. Mineral also abounds in con-
siderable quantities through the Ear men
toned, and the indications are that it will
soon be developed here in paying quantities.
That these caves thus discovered but lead
to continuation of others is demonstrated
by the fact that current of air puts in from
the west 50 strong that work cannot be pro-
secuted without stopping up the opening.
This volume of air is perfectly pure, and
comes in with rushing, roaring noise, re-
sembling the rumbling Of distant thunder
AS soon as the proper arrangements can bC
made we understand that the work Of drain
ing will be commenced and continued unit
a thorough survey is made Of the whole
range. 1t is quite probable that some new
and striking natural wonder will be de
veloped. Perhaps another Mammoth Cav
is awaiting for the torch Of the explorers
Who knows ~
Year: 1870

only snare for my poor soul! would
give all | possess to have one hope for NV
poor soul )" In this sad state Of mind.
refusing to be consoled. this poor rich man
bewailed life devoted to the mere acuuisi
ton of riches Many came from his bed
side impressed with the uselessness of such
an existence, as the wealthy man had spent,
adding house to house, and dollar to dollar,
until be became a millionaire. All knew
him to be protesting Christian and good
man as the world goes, but the terror and
remorse of his deathbed administered
lesson mot to be lightly dismissed from
memory. He would have given all his
wealth for single hope of heaven.-Tem-
perance Patriot.
Year: 1870

A telegraphic dispatch from Plymouth,
January 1st, gives the following account Of
a disaster the Nottingham mines, which
came near being repetition of the Avon
dale catastrophe:


The FIRE in the breaker of the Nottingham
mine, situased at the northern end Of this
town, and the narrow escape Of the miners,
has already been reported. 1t appears that
there were fty-6v men in the mine at the
time, which is one of the man-traps like the
Avondale-one with but one outlet-yet,
Notwithstanding this, no notice was given to
the men below that the building above was
on fire. Fortunately, it was discovered soon
after it broke out, and, with great exertion,
was not only prevented from spreading, but
was extinguished, the men below remaining
all the while in Ignorance Of their danger.
The fire was the result Of gross carelessness
on the part Of the company working it. 1t
appears that two stoves were kept in the
breaker to give heat to the boys employed
there to pick out the slate from the coal as
it goes in the breaker, and the pipes from
these stoves were run directly through the
woodwork Of the building, without any pro-
lection. The result was that which any man
might have expected The woodwork heat
ed until it became Of the consistency Of tin
der, and then ignited. At noon some Of
the men came up to dinner, and, although
every exertion was made to keep the fire
from tneir knowledge, the fact leaked out,
and they became aware for the first time of
the -errible fate they had escaped. When
they went down again they informed the
rest Of the men in the mine, and they at
once got together and held an indignation
meeting. and resolved at once to 90 up out
of the mine. When they got up they as
sembled the rest Of the men belonging to
the mine-in all about seventy-6ve-and
held another meeting, resolving that they
would not again 60 down into the mine un-
til there was built two brick chimneys for
the stovepipes, a watchman placed in the
building night and day, and bell at the
bottom Of the shaft, SO that they should
have a signal when there was danger
at the surface. Since that time the mine
has not been worked, and tie men still re-
main firm, The proprietors, Messrs. Thos.
Brodrick & Co., not being able to get any
men to supply the places Of their old hands,
have yielded to their demands SO far as the
chimneys are concerned, and their construc-
ton has commenced; but they think one
watchman in the night is sufficient, and de-
cline to place.spns, there in the day time.
The men say that this only shows q willing
ness to protect their own property, and, as
their lives are exposed in the day time. they
say they shall insist on the two watchmen,
and also on the alarm bell.
Year: 1870

Il came about in this way. I had mar
risd and vas going to make my fortune.
and therefore (haviug that laudable end in
view) left good situation in Yorkshire to
settle down in Liverpool as a merchant
Ion nay own account" and commence to
make it without delay. I had not much
capital. and so resolved to ecouomize at
frst. In course Of time I imagined the
tidy brougham and the country house
across the Mersey would certainly come
and one serene September evening. many
years ago. was walking up and down ST.


Georges landiag-stags, building castles
in the air. wondering whether rents were
high at New Brighton, and whether Kate
would prefer pony phaeton to a brough-
am. am not sorry to add that still re-
side in modest house up Edge Hill way
and that come to business as Caesar went
to Rome, according to Joe Miller. sum
Year: 1870

TO part in midmost summer of our love,
When first the flower-scents and the linnet's


tune


Have fallen into harmonies of June
About our lives new-linked, and all above
The fower-blue heaven lies for bliss aswoon-
Were this not sad Yet love must live by pain,
If one would win its fragrance to remain.
II.


Were it not sadder, in the years to come,
To feel the hand-clasp slacken for long use,
The untuned heart-strings for long stress re-


fuse


To yield old harmonies, the songs grow dumb
For weariness and all the old spells lose
The first enchantment? Yet this thing must be-
Love is but mortal, save in memory.
Too rare flower it is, its bloom to keep
In the raw cold of our unlovely cline,
Too frail to thrive in this our weary time.
Iwould not have thy kisses, sweet, grow cheap,
Nor thy dear looks round out an idle rhyme
And so hold that we loose hands and part;
Dear, with my hand you do not loose my heart.
w.
Sweet is the fragrance of remembered love;
The memory Of clasped hands is very sweet,
Joined hands Ae%a.l-eA-s.-->A~~-c4
And never knew that saddest word Enough p
And SO tits well that, ere our springtime feet,
Thus in the heyday of our love part we:
Farewell, and all white omens 60 with thee!


V.


Is it not we'll that we should both retain
The early bloom of love, untouched and pure?
There is no way by which it may endure,
Save if we part before its sweetness wane
And wither since that life is so impure,
And love so frail, it may not blossom long,
Unscathed, amid our stress of care and wrong.
We were not sure of love, my weet,-and yet
The fragrance of its Spring shall never die.
Sweetheart, we shall be sure of memory,
That amber of the years, where Time does set
The dear-beloved shapes of things gone by,
Whereby their gentle semblance may evade
The ills that lurk in eld's ungenial shade.


VII.


So, sweet, our love shall, in the death of it,
Revive, as corn that withers in the ground,
And somewhile after casts fresh blades around
And yields full golden sheavage, as is fit.
1t may be that new flowers will too be found
Among the stubble, and the pale sweet blooms
Of Autumn glorify our woodland glooms.
VIII.


The memory of our kisses shall survive,
And in the glass of time be consecrate.
Our love shall with the distance grow more


great,


And shall for us be sweeter than alive,
When dead for memory shall reduplicate
The sweetness of the past, till you and
Cherish as angels food each bygone sigh.
Year: 1870

in the place who had been drunk for
thirty-fve years, its editor says he has
been called to account by at least twenty
different persons, who insist that the
item was personal attack upon them.
The man he really referred to, the editor
remarks, is sharp enough to keep his
mouth shut about it, but keeps on drink
ing just as if not word had been said. "


A pasterer and his boy being employed
to whitewash house by the day, were so
tedious that the owner asked the lad in
his masters absence, when he thought
they would be done. The boy bluntly
replied that his master was out looking
for another job, and that if he found one,
they would make an end that week.


The ear is queer. Sometimes it hears
the faintest murmurs Of the zephyr;
again it is oblivious to thunder-like
noises. A young lady hears an invita-
ton TO the opera, even il given only in
whispers, but don't hear the loud call of
her mother to go and sweep the sitting
room.


The driver of stage from Yosemite to
Stockton, California, who has long en-
joyed the reputation of driving as well
when drunk as when sober, lately upset
a stage full of passengers, and all rolled
down an embankment together. Nearly
all the passengers were more or less in
jured, but it is singular that no lives
were lost and no bones were broken
The driver attributes their good luck to
the fact that he was pretty drunk, and let
EN- down easy.
Year: 1870




There was good deal of honest
snickerin' turned on this time, and con.
siderable groaning, and one or two old
deacons got up and went out. The
Snowman grated his teeth and cursed the
piano man to himself, and the fellow sat
there like log, and seemed to think he
was doing first-rate.


After things got quiet, the Snowman
thought he would make one more stagger
at it anyhow, though his confidence was
beginning to get mighty shaky. The
supes started the panorama to grinding
again, and he said;


Ladies and gentlemen, this exquisite
painting illustrates the raising of Laza-
rus from the dead by our Savior. The
subject has been handled with rare abil-
ity by the artist, and such touching
sweetness and tenderness he has thrown
into it, that / have known peculiarly SEN
sitive persons to be even affected to tears
by looking at it. Observe the halfcon-
fused, halfinquiring look upon the face
of the awakening Lazarus. Observe,
also, the attitude and expression of the
Savior, who takes him gently by one
hand, while he points with the other
toward the distant city.


Before anybody could get off an
opinion in the case, the innocent old ass
at the piano struck up


fua" Come, rise up William Ri-i-ley,


And go along with me!'
Year: 1870

SUPREME COURT REPORTER. - We feel
ashamed of the mopgrel press, and believe
Judge Hale is in sympathy with us in that
feeling, about the fuss being mado over the
bill legislatng the old Supreme Cont Re
porter out Of office. Judge Hale has held
office for two years longer than any Dem
ocrat possibly could have held it under a
Republican administration, and should, and
doubtlesi does feel grateful to the Dsmocra.
cy for not removing him sooner. Koowin o
all the facts connected with this office since
Stanford commenced his tricks on Low
down to the time Low swindled Governor
Haight's administration out Of its rights
We are perfectly willing to enter into the
discussion Of the subject, il Judge Hale de-
sires it, with any or all the Republican pa
pers in the State. Now let The Union, Rec
ord or any other mongrel sheet say thew
desire tho whole facts TO lie made public
and we are in
Year: 1870


By the above rule each club plays game with every
other club and the winning the most games bears
off the whip pennant. This is the only fair rule for a
baseball tournament, as ii gives all clubs an equal
chance.
Year: 1870

and the extravagant assumption that we
are bound to open the doors of citizenship
to all the world alike. The position OF
California on this subject viii be rein
forced in Congress by the effects of this
little contest about Chinese shoemakers
in Massachusetts. . Ns


On the other hand, the South appears
to have extended an Invitation TO Chinese
labor with other and larger views. 1t is
not to be concealed that many in that sec
ton desire Cinnamon out of antipathy to
the negro. Others reject him for fear of
adding another political element antago-
nistic TO the white race. But the nature
and habits of the Chinese, as we have in
timated, will prevent any large competi-
ton with the negro, and colored suffrage
will prove another strong influence to
hinder extension of citizenship.


There are obviously too many adverse
influences arrayed against Chinese inn
migration to permit it to become very ex-
tensive, even if the Chinese themselves
were disposed to overflow into other
lands, like the Anglo-Saxon. The tide of
humanity has flowed westward hitherto,
and there has been no change in its inn
pulses or habits to reverse the current and
make it flow eastward. Our eastern
friends may study Johns peculisrities,
but need not fear him as cOnqueror, nor
hone for him as a substitute.
Year: 1870

AT Sidney, Ohio, young woman went
into store and asked for " feline intestines
for lyrical purposes" He told her he was
out of them, but he had some mighty good
cat gut fiddle strings She tainted and
had to be carried out on a revenue stamp.
Such is life