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Year: 1870




At the establishment of the Nancbe,-
| ter Carriage Company, PendletOn, there
is now in practical operation novel
and ingenious system of cleaning horses


by means Of steam-brushing machine


invented by Mr.. HawOrth. The idea


has evidently been derived from the


revolving brush which many hair dress


ers have had in use; but the application


Of the idea to hOrse-Cleaning is of such


utility, and has had so great an eff


feet in eConomizing labor, that il is


worth q public notice especially as we


believe the machine is not in use in any


other stable. In the lower stable-yaT{
at PendletOn, there is large shed,
where ten or twelve hOrsesCan be clean
ed at one time. Along the centre of the
roof IS q revolving shaft, from which
hang several endless straps. Each strap
gives motion to a horizontal pole, at on,
end of which is a cORical brush that rn-
tates rapidly. On an omnibus horse be-
ing brought into the stable, after his
three hours work, during which in
auy kind of weather, ne removes from
the roads of Manchester and Salford an
almost incredible quantity of dirt, ne is
taken to this shed, and man applies To
him the machine brush. In about half
an hour the horse is thoroughly cleaned
and only the head requires finishing bv
hand. The cleaning effected by the
machine is much more searching and
than the most diligent hand
currylng can possibly be; and to the
majority of animals the greater cleanIi-
ness of their skins, as well os the inn
proved circulation Of the blood which is
produced by the machine brush, appear
To be acceptable Most horses undergo
the operation patiently and quietly, but
in some animals timidity is produced
by the rattle of the machinery. Under
the old system, man was said to have
done fair days work if cleaned tenor
or twelve horses, but by the machine he
can clean thirty in the same time, and
with considerably less bodily labor
When it is remembered that from PEN
tletOn several hundred horses are daily
sent out to work, it will be seen how
saving in money is effected
by the employment Of this new process,
Year: 1870

For Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,


such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping


Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,


and Consumption.


Probably never before in the whole history Of
medicine, has anything won so widely and so deeply
upon the confidence of mankind, as this excellent
remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through long
series of years, and among most of the races Of
men 1t has risen higher and higher IN their estima-
tion as it has become better known. Its uniform
character and power to cure the various affections
of the lungs and throat, have made 1t known
liable protector against them. While adapted to
mil Ter forms of disease and to young children, it is
at the came time the most e1ectual remedy that
be given for incipient consumption, and tho dan
gerous affections of the throat and lungs. As pro-
vision against sudden attacks of Group, it should
be kept on hand in every family, and indeed as all
are sometimes subject to colds and coughs, all
should be provided with this antidote for them.


Although settled Consumption is thought in.
curabe still great numbers of cases where the dis
ease seemed settled, have been completely cured,
and the patient restored to sound health by the
Cherrv PecforaI. So complete is its mastery
over the disorders of the Lungs and Throat, that
the most obstinate of them yield to it. When MOTH
ing else could reach them, under the Cherry Pee
toral they subside and disappear.


Singers aud Public Speakers find great pro.
lection from it.


Isfhma is always relieved and often wholly
cured by it.


bronchitis is generally cured by taking the
Cherry Pecfordi in small and frequent doses.


SO generally are its virtues known that we need
not publish the certificates of them here, do more
than the public that its qualities are fully
maintained.
Year: 1870

DR.. Hall, in his Journal of Health, saws;
If you have walking or riding to do, ride
first, because if you walk you may get
.overheated, and then, when you ride, you
may be exposed to an open window or a
draft of air while you are in a still posi-
ton, to be followed by a chill, a pleurisy,
or lung fever, which is pneumonia.


If on any occasion you find yourself the
least bit nOticeably cool, or notice the very
slightest disposition to a chill running
along the back, as you value health and
life, begin a brisk walk instantaneousIy,
and keep at it until perspiration begins to
return; this will seldom fail to ward of a
summer cold, which is more dangerous
than cold taken in winter to all persons
having the slightest tendency to consump-
tion.


Drinking Water.-If very thirsty and
warm, take but swallow al a time, tax
ing the glass from your lips with a dozen
seconds between the swallows; then you
will never fall dead while taking drink,


as many have; in this way half the amount
of water will abundantly satisfy the thirst.
Soda water is an agreeable beverage, but
half glass of cold water will better and
more safely satisfy the thirst, and costs
nothing; besides, in taking glass of wa
ter, you stop when you feel you have had
enough; this you never 60 with a glass oil
soda, but keep on drinking after it is pos
ltively disagreeable, and you to hate to
stop, but drink on again to prevent vast
ing it.


Never sleep in the day time uncovered;
in summer tits always dangerous; even if it


be but half an hour on a bed, lace shawl
Is better fO- a covering than nothing
Many lie down for a few moments, espec-
tally ladies coming from walk, visit or
shopping; they do not intend TO 90 to sleep,
just to rest a minute or two; but many
times they go to sleep, and wake up With
an indistinct chilly feeling, followed in
many cases by serious illness.


When you reach home tired and weak,
maybe accom- panied with an indefnable
feeling of sadness or depression, without
being conscious of any adequate cause of
it, don't take a drink of ice water, howev-
er thirsty, nor a glass of soda, nor a drink
Of wine, but cup of hot tea, as hot as you
can swallow comfortably; the heat is of
more value than the tea itself, but both
combined are Of incaIculable value; if you
are sitting down to meal in this tired
condition Of body, and mental depression,
some hot tea, taken before anything is
eaten, will rouse the circulation, exhile-
rate the StOmach, rally tue spirits and
make you different, better and hap
pier man in less than ten minutes, because
the increasing debility and downward
progress Of the system is arrested by the
warmth Of the water and the active quail
ty Of the tea, until strength begins to be
impaired to the system from the food ta-
ken.


1t is safe to cool ones self off by dabbling
the hands in cold water; safer and more
natural if the water is warm, by the rapid
evaporation every time the hand is lifted
out Of the water. But it is positively dan
gerous TO wash the face in cold water when
much heated. It is not dangerous, but
pleasantly elieaeious, if warm water is
used.
Year: 1870

A writer in the Iowa Homestead,
who has had many years of observa-
ton, talks thus knowingly of weather
signs:


t If at sunrise, the sun reflects red on
the then existing clouds, it denotes
wind and rain; the storm will rage in
proportion to the brightness of the red.
At sunset the same signs will produce
the opposite kind of weather the fol-
lowing day. If the sun rises clear and
goes under a cloud, look out for bad
day. If you have had bad day, and
the sun rests in a cloud, and the cloud
settles down with the sun, you can de-
pend on a bad storm the next day;
but if the sun gets under cloud and
disperses it, the weather will continue
good. If it clears off in the night,
look out for foul weather in three
days.


A circle around the sun or moon de-
notes a storm within three days. A
rainbow at night is a sign of pleasant
weather, but one in the morning a
sign of bad weather. If fog arises it
viii shortly come down in rain; but
if the fog disperses, it will be clear
weather. A south wind blowing hard
is sure to bring rain in tWenty-four
hours; and an east wind, if it contin-
ues long, will bring rain also.
Year: 1870

It is a sad day for a Chinaman papa
when the birth Of a girl is announced; and
if the bringer of the wOefuI tidings escapes
without black eye, he does well. Not
all this prejudice against the fair sex is
taken out of the converts to Christianity,
and little disaPpointraent will be pater-
naally and naturally manifest at the an
nOuncement Of the ninth girl for instance.
Brother Kan POu brought his daughter to
his pastOr-a Presbyterian missionary
for baptism. When the minister asked
for the name Ofthe baby, it struck him as
a new word of the vocabulary; but sup
posing it all right, he performed the rite.
Having little curiosity to know the En-, .
lish Of the curious name, he found to his
horror and, it must be confessed, to the
great anger Of his cisibilities-that he had
sent that baby out into the world with
this Christian name: "YOu-Ough 20 have
been-a-buy, Kan Pow" Think of that
missionary IN future years appOioting
from the pulpit, sister Ought-tO-have-been-
a-bOy Kan Pow as chairwOman of the
committee on the annual strawberry
festival, or to any other Apostolic Office:
Year: 1870

In answer to the statements that
the cost of collecting the income tax
will nearly equal the whole amount
collected, the Treasury Department
furnishes information that the whole
cost Of collecting the entire internal
tax, including the income tax, will fall
short of seven millions of dollars, and
that the collection of the income tax,
for the year 1870 will add but little to
the cost of collecting internal revenue
taxes assessed upon other objects of
taxation. 1t will add something to
the fees of collectors, and a few days
labor and pay to those deputy asses
sors who reside in wealthy districts
from which this revenue is derived,
and that is all. The additional cost
to that which would have been paid
to assessors and collectors had there
been no such tax assessed will not ex-
ceed two per cent, or two hundred
thousand dollars in all.
Year: 1870

Whatever else you may abuse, never
never abuse woman. Always remember
you had a motherj perhaps you have a
sister, maybe q wife. 1t is cowardly,
mean, unjust. If any act deserves the
pillOry, it is this. The fact Of her sex
should make her exempt from all that is
coarse, unkind, or cruel. No genuine
man ever yet abused a woman. As soon
expect 20 see "a dart of Lightning in the
blue sky Of June, a rose in the snow bank
of January, gift from a nliser, a great
act from a mean soul, as real man abus-
ing woman.
Year: 1870

Begin by fancying that no ono
cares for you, that you are not of any
use to anybody-=a sort Of nonentity
in the household, where your place
WCuld not he missed, but easily sup
piled. Ponder well on your want of
beauty, and lead not yourself to be-
lieve that no one can love plain face
or think you agreeable because there
are others more charming. Fancy
that every one who looks upon you
makes a mental comparison which
initiates against you in favor of some
one else. Imagine that every word
said in Jest is only meant to cover a
deeper and more painful onej that
every article Of wearing apparel you
don is criticized aud ridiculed. Do
all this, and your tendency to NOR
bidity of feeling will so increase that
in very short time you will becOme
one of the most miserable of human
beings.
Year: 1870

An advertiser in an English newspaper
offered, for a small remittance, to explain
how great deal of money might be saved.
\ tOo-cOnfding gentleman sent the re-
quired amount, and received the following
directions for saving money: "Never pay
boy to look after your shadow, while you
elm a tree TO look into the middle OF
next week."
Year: 1870

al like to see the dear little creatures
amusing themselves" ," said Mrs. Brown,
when her older boy took the visitors new
bonnet and affixed it to the tail of his kite.
"Never fear" said the good matron to her
visitor, when she saw her bonnet in the
air, "as soon as the kite comes down he
will give it to you"
Year: 1870

Work Upon the Chambers Street side Of The


Court House Resuued.


The Court House Commissioners were to have
held a meeting yesterday afternoon, but as Colonel
Ingersoll and Alderman Conan were the only par
ties who put in an appearance the coniab did not
take place. 1t may be mentioned IN this connection
that by order OF the commissioners work has been
resumed on the Chambers street side OF the Court
House. II Is their intention TO have the pertico
completed according to the original plan. The mar
bic railing border on the roof Is also TO be run
round the entire building, after the same fashion
as chat portion now facing Broadway from
the westerly wing, and men are now at
work upon It, The question OF completing the
dome, IL would seem. VIII be settled next week. IL
Is understood that the majority OF the Commission
ers are opposed TO the Idea OF the dome, and will
decide upon the Mansar1 roof plan, suggested by
of them at their first meeting 1t does not fol-
low, however, because the dome may not be COM
pleted according 70 the original plans that the in
OF the srotunda,n up 10 the full height Of the
roof VIII not DE embeillshed after the fashion
adopted q few weeks ago. It may be, however, that
the architects who have given advice in the matter
VIII yet prevail upon the officials to KICK the idea Of
the Mansar1 roof INTO II cooked nat.
Year: 1870

[From The Vineland IN J.l Weekly, Dec. I'LL


THE NEW YORK HERALD.


The energy and enterprise displayed by this paper
In its pursuit and publication of news from all quar-
ters Of the civilized and uncvllzed world exct
ing the envy and jealousy Of cerai OF the journals Of
England which have to be dependent, in measure,
upon the HERALD for their home as well as foreign
news. several OF tho English papers are exercised
because or the fact that on ahache Of the
HERALD succeeded IN Interviewing the Emperor
Napoleon In his compulsory retirement while q
correspondent Of the "Great Thunderer'' was de-
claed the privilege OF being seen. The leading
journals OF Europe can learn considerably Of news
paper enterprise by closly watching the .manners
and customs'' OF our leading papers chief among
them being the HERALD.
Year: 1870

[From the Atchison Champion, July 271


The harvest of small grains is over, and the re-
suit gives us special cause for cOngratulaton. II
is the opinion Of careful observers that the wheat
crop throughout Northern Kansas will average
from eighteen to twenty bushels per acre. There
are numerous instances where thirty-hve and
forty bushels to the acre have been produced.
The straw is generally short, but the berry is I'M
usually large and healthy. In quality the wheat
of this season is far superior to any hereto
fore raised in the State. The oat crop Is i'm
mcnse. The yield is larger than has ever before
been known in the State, and 1t weighs out more
than IL had done in any previous year. The yield of
rye and barley is also excellent, and SO OF early
broom corn. We hear of portions of our county
where the corn is growing finely, having had
abundance Of ran while in other sections not
shower has come to refresh it, and it is shriveng
in the intense heat. The same accounts come to
us from all parts of Northern Kansas. All concur,
however, in saying that the long cheated spell"
Is doing the crop great damage, and that to give
us any thing like fair yield there must be generous
showers within a short time. The abundant yield
of small grains will make the failure of n full crop
Of corn less calamity than it otherwise would
have been. Many of our farmers however, had
planted very little except corn, and a partial or
total failure Of this crop would be a severe blow
to them.
Year: 1870

Mesdames Woodruff, Cladin & Co. pro
pose to enter the lecture field this year, and
have applied to distinguished theatrical
manager to bring them before the public
They intend to travel in oil the northern
states advocating women's rights and thei,
own peculiar fitness for Office
Year: 1870

The first returns under the new census,
are from the Fourteenth Ward of Cincin-
natl, sent in BY Assistant Marshal Dempster
who took ,440 and did his work iu three
DAYS and and half, to the entire satisfac-
ton of the Superintendent here.
Year: 1870

a German, discharged from Pressen s
lager beer brewery at Philadelphia, placed q
key of powder in front of the building and
set fire to fuse, but q party discovered it
in time to prevent an explosion.
Year: 1870

The Internal Revenue Blil.


Special Despatch 20 The EveninJ Telegraph


WASHINGTON, March 2-Commssioner Delano
had long interview with the Ways and Means Com
mittee to-day on the Internal Revenue bill The
Commissioner came before the committee upon in
vitaton, to assist In adjusting and arranging the
revenue law. Very little progress being made by
the committee, and there is no prospect OF the bill
being reported before April.


Newspaper Postage.


The House Postal Committee decided to-day not
TO take action on the subject OF newspaper postage
until the Senate has disposed OF the blu to abolish
the franking privilege. .....


BrRdley's Confirmation.


When the Senate goes into Executive session to-
day 1t is expected there will be lively fight over
the case Of Bradley His friends are sanguine OF
his confirmation, but II he is confirmed at all 1t will
be by small majority. Advocacy OF his case by
Democratic Senators has injured him considerably.


The Georgia Question.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, through Mr..
Edmunds, made report to-day in the case OF Geor-
ga. They hold that many irregularities have taken
place In the reorganization OF the Legislature under
the Reconstruction act Of last December but that it
is not advisable for Congress to- take any further
steps on that subject. incidentally they declare
against the right OF the State oricals to hold office
for any longer time than they were originally elected
The Senatorial question ia not touched In the report
Year: 1870

The latest remarkable dog story come from
Charlottesville, Va. A few Sundays ago
clerical doctor was preaching, in the absence
of the regular pastor, in the Disciples church.
Near the close of the sermon his dog got up,
stretched himself and walked around uneasi-
ly. The doctor taking no notice of this, the
dog deliberately looked around till he found
the doctors hat, took it in his mouth, carried
it up to him, and would not leave till he was
relieved of it. He then went down in front of
the pulpit and waited impatiently for few
minutes for the doctor TO take the hint. Find
ing he would not, he looked around and got
his stick and carried it to him, which hint was
quickly trken by the doctor, fyr fear he might
do something worse.
Year: 1870

MINING UNDER THE SEA.-There is a
vast copper mine in England, where shafts


extend many hundred yards under the sea.
The moaning of the waves as they dash
against the rocks is forever sounding in
those gloomy aisles. When the storms come,
the sound of the waters become SO terrific
that even the boldest miners cannot stay,
below, but leave their work and come out
upon the earth. Overhead are masses of
bright copper streaming through the gallery
in all directions, traversed by network Of
thin ned veins ofiron, and over all the salt
waters drips down from tiny crevices in
the rock. Immense wealth of metal is con-
tained in these roofs, but no miner dare give
j tanother stroke with the pickaxe. Already
there has been one days work too much


upon it, as huge wedge of wood driven
into the rock hears testimoney. The wedge
is all that keeps back the sea from bursting
in upon them. Yet there are three tiers oI
galleries where men work day by day, not
knowing but at some fatal hour the flood
may be upon them, rendering all escape. as
hopeless as it was in the days of Noah. The
awe-stricken visitor hufries away from the
scene with q heart appalled, in view Of the
hourly dangen. 81
Year: 1870

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1t has been and is now apparently the aim


of some American women to &C abroad to find


husbands, either for themselves or their


daughters, so that the whole subject has as.
sumed serious Importance, snd probably at
this very hour there are scores, perhaps hun
dreds Of American girls abroad who are
thinking of the matter themselves with an


eye to direct applicant for their hand.


We know, very we'll that good matches are


sometimes made there, and that Germans,
and even Frenchmen and Italians, have
made good husbands to our daughters. But


the chances are quite the other way, and the


difference of birth and manners is apt to be
a root of discord. There is difference in
the very starting idea of the marriage rela-


tion between the two worlds, and an Ameri-
ican woman cannot expect to find in for
eign husband the same thorough recogni-
ton of her asserted equality to him that
prevails in our own American men. In one
respect there is generally no mincing the
matter on the part of the European lover.
He goes at once to business, and before he
makes open love to the daughter he puts
the matter of money to the father, and
finds out precisely what he may expect.
This is not charming aspect of the love
relation to our American vision for we take
it for, granted that man ought to marry
mainly for love, while we do not object to
having little thrown into the bargain if it
happens to be convenient We have what
we call the American system on this subject,
! and it is the best system with all due wis
dom in carrying it out. 1t seems to keep
| its place with our best American families
| in Europe, and 1 was greatly pleased, in
Paris, to hear fine girl who had been asked
in marriage by an Italian prince, on certain
| financial conditions within her ability, say
that she was wholly American ON that point
American think she said, "to the back
bone;" a very memorable comparison in
case OF one whose vertebre were so prettily
strung together and gracefully poised as
hers. She meant to say that she should
marry the man who loved her and whom
she loved, and she was not in the market
for bid, and that the prince might go to
his own sulphur estates, or down lower, be-
fore he could have her or her money


There is something, indeed to be said in


behalflof this sIopen bargaining for a wife, for
man adds 10 his expenses by marriage and
it is comfort to have A. little help in meet
ing the extra outlay. Yet the foreign Gus


tom robs mar riaee Of its sanctity by making
money the first thing, and tempting men to


bestow their affection upon mistresses, and
reserve their cold thrift and prudence for
| the wife. TOO often q reprobrte who has
souandered bis patrimony' in gambling and


Neutrality-suspicious. to q wife to- save him
from utter ruin., And perhaps nav, what, are


called the debts of honor, We have bad
full enough of this thing, and it is time that
Year: 1870

''0h, say not it is wrong to love,
To love, to worship thee;


The sea yearns for the stars above,
The stars look on the sea, slH
The hot moon woos the scented gale,
The parched flower the dew ~.
Their love, their loving does not fail,
And why should mine for you? '
Likea bird all spent with wandering,


All weary must roam
Until | droop my restless wing


In the dear nest OF home. t
But what were home without thy face,
o fairest love OF mine!


Then deign that humble home to grace
And bless your valentine"
Year: 1870

It may be, as the Chicago TINES sug-
'gests, that the collection of the statistics
furnished by our Board Of Health is costly,
but there is no room to doubt that the sta
tistics themselves are very valuable, and
MI tho more 50 as the Sanitary Inspector is
the first to achieve success in the attempt
to gather accurately the Vital Statistics of
Chicago. We are too apt to regard the
collection Of these data as of small i'm
portance, but their great value has long
been recognized in Europe, and in the
Eastern cities of the United States It is
difficult for one unacquainted practically
with the subject to estimate the difficulties
which beset the attempt to institute cor
rect mode Of recording our civic mortality,


&c-, with the accompanying indications,
and il is not well to beIttle the efforts made
to effect so desirable reform.