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Year: 1873

The Household says that all kinds
of poultry and meat can be cooked
quicker by adding to the water in
which they are boiled a little vinegar
or piece of lemon By the use OF
an acid, there will be considerable
saving of fuel, as well as shortening
of time. Its action is beneficial on
old, tough meats, rendering them
quite tender, and easy of digestion.
Tainted meats and fowls will lose
their bad taste and odor if cooked in
this way, and, if not used too freely,
no bad taste will be acquired.
Year: 1873

The attention of gentleman visiting
the lunatic asylum on Blackwell's Isl.
and, a few days ago, was drawn TO a
pretty, fair haired girl about twenty
years ofage, who had not spoken word
since she entered the asylum, over two
years and half ago. Her name is Lora
Beekman, anu her insanity was caused
by disappointment in love. She was
engaged to be married 10 young man
who, shortly before the wedding day,
left her and became engaged to another
woman. The keeper and his assistants


have resorted 10 many expedients to
make her speak, but her strange silence
remains unbroken. With her arms
tightly drawn over her breast, she sits
on the same stool and listlessly stares at
the walls the whole day long, recogniz-
ing nobody and seemingly unconscious
of the presence of others. The most ro-
mantle episode in this deranged wo-
mans life is, once year young man
comes and places bouquet of flowers
in her hands, after which ne im mediate
ly goes away. The name and residence
of this mysterious visitor are unknown.
Year: 1873

IT IS A Curious FACT-Illustrating
the necessity of cleanliness and of
keeping the pores of the skin open,
that if coat Of varnish or other sub
stance impervious to moisture be ap-
piled to the exterior of the body, death
will ensue in about six hours. The ex-
pertinent was once tried on a child
in Florence. On occasion of Pope
Leo the Tenth's accession to the
Papal chair, it was desired to have a
living figure represent the Golden
Age, and child was gilded all over
with varnish and gold leaf. The
child died in a few hours. If the fur
of a rabbit or the skin of a pig be
covered with a solution of India-rub-
Der in naphtha, the animal ceases to
breathe in few hours.
Year: 1873

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in a
recent lecture, said: Il don't think it is
inconsistent with the teachings of Chris
tianity for a man to wear justas good clothes


as he can afford, to live in just as good
a house as he. can afford to build, and to
make his house just as beautiful for his
children as he can afford to make it. "
This is the true secret of life in its re-
lations to wealth, and it is to be hoped that
other speakers and writers of Mr.. Beecher's
influence will assist in educating the people
up to that standard, where they will not
feel that every picture or other work of art
placed in house is bit of extravaganza
to awaken qualms of conscience that the
money was not used in some more utilitari-
an sense
Year: 1873

Aman who was crossed In love at
tempted suicide, but in his hurry to
leave this world of woe he made a
mistake, and instead of taking arsenic,
swallowed dose of yeast powders.
He Immediately rose above his troub-
les.
Year: 1873

ANashville paper relates case of lady
of sixty years of age who recently gave
birth to a child two respectable physicians
attesting the fact. Both mother and child
are doing well, the child, girl, being the
very picture of health. The lady in question
is the mother of several daughters, all of
whom were married several years ago, and
before this new departure had the happy
privilege of paying her attentions to numer-
GUS grandchildren. This very remarkable
case, and we doubt if the medical records
show similar one anywhere.
Year: 1873

AS this is the time of year when
certain men decide what drink they
will swallow during the summer, the
following old item will not be out of
place: A wife asked her husband for
a new dress. He replied: "Times
are hard my dear-so hard I can hard
ly keep my nose above water" Where
upon she retorted: "You can keep
your nose above water easy enough,
if you have a mind to; but the trouble
is that you keep it too much above
brandy"
Year: 1873

81 had more money than he had to
carry on the suit, said very mean
individual who had just won law
suit over apoor neighbor, "and that's
where I had the advantage of him.
Then I had much better counsel than
he, and there I had the advantage OF
him. And the suit was pending so
he couldn't attend to it, and there !
had the advantage of him again. But,
then, Brown is very decent sort of
a man after all. y "Yes," said his lis
tener, "and there's where he has the
advantage ofyou."
Year: 1873




'Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tel
us why you never married. You re
member you once said that when you
were girl you were engaged to q
minister, and promised you would tell
us all about it sometime. Now, aunt,
please tell us"


"WeIl, you see when I was about
seventeen years old I was living in
Utica, in the State of New York.
Though I say it myself, I was quite a
good looking girl then, and had sew
beaux. The one that took my fancy
was young minister, a very promis-
ing man, and remarkably pious and
steady. He thought a good deal of
me and 1 kind of took fancy to him,
and things went on until we were en-
gagged. One evening he came to me,
and kind of hugged me, when I got
excited and some frustrated. 1t was
a long time ago, and I don't know
but what I might have hugged back
little. I was like any other girl,
and pretty soon pretended to be
mad about it, and pushed him away,
though I wasn't mad bit You
must know that the house where l
lived was on one of the back streets
of the town. There were glass doors
in the parlor, which opened over the
streets. These doors were drawn to-
/ stepped.back little from him, and
when he came up close I pushed him
back again. I pushed him harder
than I intended to; and don't you
think, girls, the poor fellow lost his
balance and fell through one of the
doors into the street"


"Oh, Aunt Was he hlled?"


'FNo; he fell head Fl rst and as he
was going caught him by the legs
of his trousers. I held on for min
ute and tried to pull him back; but
his suspenders gave way, and the
poor young man fell clear out of his
pantaloons into a parcel of ladies and
gentlemen along the street"


"Oh! Aunty! Auntyl Lordy!"


-"There, that's right; squal and
giggle as much as you want to. Girls
that can't hear little thing like that
without tearing around the room and
in such way, don't know
enough to come in when it rains. A
nice time the man who marries one of
you will have, won't he. Catch me
telling you anything again"


".But Aunt Sallie, what become of
him? Did y ou ever see him again?


'HNo, the moment he touched the
ground he got up and left that place
in terrible hurry. I tell you it was
a sight to be remembered. How.
that man did runl He went out West
and I believe he is preaching out in
Illinois. But he never married. He
was very modest, and I suppose he
was so badly frightened that time,
that he never dared trust himself
near woman. again. That, girls, is
,he reason why 1 never married. I
livery bad about it fora long time,
or he was real good man, and I've
often thought to myself that we
should have been very happy if his
hadn't given way.
Year: 1873

Some time since young minister in
the West End wished to impress his
Sabbath school with the dignity Of life
by reference to the fact that men have
souls while ordinary animals have
none.


"Now children, what is the great diff
ference between monkey and a boy ?"


"The tail, the tail, the tail" came
from all parts of the house, and the
minister was satisfied.
Year: 1873

am composed OF 9letters.
My first is in jug, but not in flask,
My second is in barrel, also in cask,
Ny third is in mud, also in mire,
My fourth is in smoke, also in fire,
My fifth is in sun, but not in moon,
My sixth is in dog, but not in coon,
Ny seventh is in mistake, but not in blTJnder,
My eighth is in lightning, but not in thunder,
My ninth Is in perch, also in acre.
My whole is the name of worthy shoemaker.


BLACKEYED JOHNNY
Year: 1873




AT certain seasons, as in spring and sum.
mer, the appetite of even the very robust is
apt to fail, and the relish for meats and heavy
food to wane, This is all right enough. for
animal diet in warm weather heats the blood
tends to headaches, and is generally unwhole.
some, unless sparingy used On the other
hand, fresh vegetables, berries fruit and
bread are cooling, corrective, and what the
palate most Graves. Don't be afraid to 90
without meat for a month or so, and, if you
like, live on purely vegetable regimen. We
Will warrant that you will lose no more
strength than is common to the time, ana
that you will not suffer from protracteed sae neat
as when dining on the regulation roast


Many persons regard a heai ty desire for
food as something unrefined, indelicate, and
to he constantly discouraged. This is a
oreater and more harmful mistake than that
of coaxing the appetite. 1t is just as neces-
sarv for the man who works only with his
brain to eat beef and mutton, as for the man AN
who lahors solely with his hands. The stom-
ach and the brain are twins; the former be-
ing the elder, and having prior right to care.
Let that De well provided for, and it will sus-
tam ils pr0tner. The people who strive to
the people who regard dinner merely as a
feed, not the center of an agreeable cocial
custom and as the domestic event of the day.
we are sorry for them, as they must regard
eating at all as prosaic duty. obligatory on
them because they have a bias in favor OF liv-
ing. We all know that we must eat TO live;
but we by no means live to eat simply be-
cause we enjoy what we eat. We are not
gourmands because we relish chops, nor are
we ihvalds because we want strawberries.


A good appetite is a good thing; but not
if it is to be worried by urging or neglect.
-"Homc and Society p Scribner's for Aa-
gust.
Year: 1873

DIR. Kedzie, of the Michigan Agricultural
College, gives the following account Cf the in
furious action of salt Oh trees: "On the Col
lege grounds there formerly grew fine yigor-
Gus specimen of common sasafras apparently
in perfect health, A quantity of strong brine
was inadvertently thrown beneath this tree,
forming stagnant pool in its immediate vi
cini1y. In a very short time the tree began
to manifest signs of decreasing vitality. The
salt was absorbed unchanged in such immense
quantities, that entering the circulation, it
effioresced upon the surface of the leaves as
white Crystalline deposit, and the tree soon af-
Year: 1873

A youth of Terre Haute, who recently put
pistol to his head and pulled the trigger, is
described as "young fool" We cannot ad-
NIT tie fidelity of the description. If there is
any fool connected with that affair, it was the
pistol, which doesn't seem to have had sense
enough to go of.
Year: 1873

Redingotes for summer wear are now made
of Turkish towelling and trimmed with wide
black velvet. They are made double breast
ed, and without fitting too close TO the figure,
they outline the form sufficiently to do away
with belts and ashes.
Year: 1873

WITHDRAWAL OF Mr.. WAIT AS CANDIDATE


THE SITUATION AT PREsENT-THE POLICY


OF THE DEMOCRATS.


lFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF The TBlBUNEl


HARTFORD, Jan. 14.-THe NOi1oich Bulletin,
this morning contains letter from the Hon. John T.
Wait Of that city, withdrawing his name as candidate
for the nomination for the Governorshp OF this State
He says: al am not willing to remain in position
where by so doing, might embarrass the Republican
party or prevent harmonious action in the State Con-
vention am indebted TO the Republicans Of Connecti
cut for many honors heretofore conferred me- and
prefer TO do everything on my part that VIII contribute
the Of the party and its principles at the com
ing election" -.


The Interpretation Of this is that If Mr. Wait continued
10 be candidate il would divide the Republican forces
in Eastern Connecticut and possibly result in the nom
nation of candidate from some other portion OF the
state, while his withdrawal substantially unites the
party In that section upon Henry r. Haven OF New Lon
dom whose prospects for receiving the nomination
now exceedingly promising. The only leading candl-
date against him is Henry b. Harrison OF NewHaven.


The call for the Democratic State Convention win be
issued this week The question OF candidates is not
openly discussed at ALL the managers evidently feeling
that is best policy to say little possible until the
Republican programme Is pretty well dehned
Year: 1873

provides that of the Legislature shall receive
elvll apponneDt during M Ihe term Tor which ne was
member salutary and wise provision whics ought to
be enforced by the Courts II he we're Of opinion that
the section did create an officer within the meaning
OF the provision he would not hesitate state II but
il different thing 70 separate the duties Of
listing Office and impose them other officers in the
same local jurisdiction. The auditing Of accounts was
before this by the Board OF Supervisors the
Aldermen, some other local authorities who were
clothed with power to ascertain the liabilities against
certain other existing local officers the duties
discharged by the Board OF Supervisors,
could not in his Judgment, be said 10 have created
office. They took from officer and put upon another
officer, portions OF the duties 10 be performed. and
IL not the intention OF the Constitution 10 prohibit
that sort of act He did not see why the duties OF Clerk
reporter OF the county might not be transferred
part, hut with change as TO performing them locally.
The section meLely provides that the liabilities shall be
know that there was Mayor, Controller and Presi-
of the Board OF Supervisors as they were
under public statute and these officers clothed with
the additional power He could conceive OF the Leglsla-
lures prohibiting such transfer O duties II l done
means OF giving additional Compensation, but none
was given this case the officers named were directed
Legislature should not confer additional powers
officer The provision Of the law OF 1870 dad give
Office IL conferred the President Of the Board
OF supervisors and he did carry that Office ont Of
position Presdent OF the Board OF Supervisors When
IN HE Official character as President Of The Board OF 81
pervlsorr the defendant took that junction. took
Office, bat assumed additional duty and was bound
70 do 30, as IL was imposed upon him by law.


The third OBJECTION thatth Is an attempt the part
OF the Legislature TO establish debt aeanst the City
OF Iewfork. 10 mistake OF fact Tie section does
attempt 10 do but only 10 ascertain the amount Of the
exisundiabites OF the city, and provide for them.


Tho fourth objection IL that II IA attempt create
an once unknown under tho Constitution put 10 only
imposes additional duties upon the occupants Of Offices
already created.


The NTH objectionis that the three officers named are
appointed 10 perform duties that belong 10 ontr local
0foers That objection do Not think is well t.ksn N"
Year: 1873

HAVING just received fresh and large sup sll ply of reasonable goods, would respectfully Nsollcit continuance of patronage from all of their old customers, and also hope that all per- sons desirous of purchasing anything in their line will give them call and compare their goods and prices with any in the County.

 We are particularly desirous of the patronage of those who wish to make their money go as far as possible, and who always pay for their goods when they get them. To such we offer the fol- lowing special inducement: We will return to all persons paying cash for their goods at the time of purchase per cent of the price thereof, thus making it pay to pay cash down. We can afford to sell goods for very small commission when we get the money so that we can use it again, and tre scM do d.

 Fine French and American Calf and Klpp Boots made to order at short notice, at reasona- ble prices and warranted to suit All kinds of Repairing promptly and neatly done. Give us a call and see our goods and prices, whether you buy or not.

 Respectfully,

 s. G. BEACH .& SON.

 Litchfeld. May 2Oth. 1873: 7tf
Year: 1873

Waiting and Watching for


Me.
There are little ones glancing about on my


path,


In need Of friend and guide,
There are dim little eyes looking up into


mine,


Whose tears could be easily dried;
But Jesus may beckOn the children away
In the midst of their grief or their gIee-
Will any of these at the beautiful gate
Be waiting and watching for me?
There are old and forsaken who linger awhile
In the homes which their dearest have .eft
And an action of love or few gentle words
Might cheer the sad spirit bereit;
But the reaper is near the long standing corn
The weary shall soon be set free
Will any OF these at the beautiful gate
Be waiting and watching for me?'
There are dear ones at home may bless


with my love, .-
There are wretched ones pacing the street
There are friendless and suffering stran-
gers around,


There are tempted and poor. / must meet
There are many uEthought Of. whom happy


and blest,


In the land of pure love shall see
Will airy of these at the beautiful gate
Be waiting and watching for me?
Year: 1873

Olive Logan tells of a nice young
young man who waltzed superbly.
All the girls went ior him. No
body else could catch their pace
as we'll as she.s When asked how
he managed it SO handsomely, he
replied he never Thought about
it he never tried hard-All he did
was to hold his partner in his arms
and let her kick.
Year: 1873

An Eastern reporter accuses
another of having stolen his ac-
count of a meeting, which was
recognized by certain ear marks.
The retort courteous is that the
first reporter "shouid tie his ears
over the top of his head while
writing, to keep them out of
the ink bottle"
Year: 1873

It seems to have been customa-
ry in New York city for some years,
when a murderer was on trial. Tor
the counsel of the murderer to
bring into court and in sight Of


the jury the distressed wife and
children of the murderer during
the trial. This was again done
in the late trial of Nixon. BGton
the last day of the trial the Dis
trict Attorney turned the tables
ty bringing INTO the court the dis
tressed widow of Mr.. Pieirer, the
murdered man. Nixon was con-
victed and sentenced to be hung.
Year: 1873

In healthy condition the skin is kept
supple by an oily secretion, which answers
the same purpose as oiIing leather.
During warm weather this secretion. in
common with all the other secretions of
the skin, is more abundant than in cold
When it is insufficient the skin becomes
dry and harsh and on those parts Of the
body where the skin is thick and subject
to much motion. as on the hands, it readily
cracks or assures. The amount Of this Sc
cretion is 50 much reduced in cold weather
that the frequent washing Of the hands
with soap causes them to chap readily
and this the mere certainly If the soap is
not washed off. The alkkah in soap is
usually in excess. and this combines with
the oily secretion, and 50 deprives the skin
of its natural lubricator.. To prevent the
hands from chapping, then, be careful to
wash all soap from them thoroughly ID
clean water This viii ordinarily Sutilee ;
but, if not, it will be necessary to make
good the removed oil by using hENNkDf
SALT RHEuM OINTMENT, a sure cure toI


all skin disease of kYhateyer name or nature


PRICE 50 CENTS. Sold by Druggists.


| 3-IdIy.
Year: 1873

DROvIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
7 additional Wcighers.


of the City OF Rock Island That in addition TO the
city weigher now provided for by ordinance, the
City Council may appoint as many persons a. they
may deem proper within the city Of Rock Island to
do public weighing.


Sec >. Any person appointed a. public
weigher shall before acting in that capacity. give
bond In the penal OF 500 10 the city Of Rock
Island with two good and sufficient securities. to
be approved by the Mayor, conditioned that he will
lhithiutly perform all the duties of such public
welgher IL accordance with this ordinance.


Sec .. Each public weigher shall cease to be
such on the hrst day OF April of each year, when
be may be re-appointed If the City Council sees ft
TO do 80.


Sec 4. Each public weigher shall. before enter
ing on his duties as such be furnished by the City
Clerk with certificate OF his appointment and also
with q bound book In which record shall he kau,
Of each load weighed on his scales for any peTsan
other than himself He shall also furnish the ner-
son for whom he weighs certificate showing III,
full wei ht Of the load, the tare TO be allowed for
the vehicle of conveyance, and the weight of the
same after deducting the tare, which certificate
shall be numbered the same as, and be duplicate
Of, the record kept by the weigher and be signed
oy said weigher, for which weigh book said
welgher shall pay to the city, at the time Of pro
curing H. the sum of three dollars.


sec. .. Each public weigher shall, at the end OF
eaCh ana every month, report to the City Clerk


Sec. 8. The sum to be paid to the civ Treasurer
by each public weigher the end Of each and
every month, shall be two aud half cents for each
load weighed by him, from the last renort


Sec. T. Any public weigher who shall neglect te
furnish the person Tor whom he weighs q certin
cate as provided for by this ordinance or fail n
keep a record of any weighing, usa any deyfcs
or shift TO evaae the provisiOns of this Ordinance
shall be fined not less than five nor more than nft,
dollars for each offence, and may oe prohibited b,
the City Council from further acting as such publi
weigher


Sec. 8. The sum Of ten cents shall be charged b,
each public weigher for weighing each load on hi
ecales.


sec W Any person procuring weighing done OF
any OF said public scales who shall fail to procure
ScfIucAle lnefelOT, shall. either with with
out eollusion with any public weigher, make an
shiIt or device TO eYade this ordinance shall b
nhed not less than i've dollars, nor more thai
twenty give dollars.


Approved, THOMAS MURDOCH, Mayor.


Attest: JoHN BARsE, City Clerk


ROCK ISLAND, March iTth, 1sIa lsdst
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after a trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be prOcur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
arS
Year: 1873

$4,000 IN CASH FOR Sl-We call the
attention of our readers to the advertise
ment in another column of the Nebraska
State Orphan Asylum. Here is chance
to win fortune in a Public Legal Drawing
and aid noble charity
Year: 1873

THE TREATMENT OF ISEBRIATES, -
When a man has fallen so far into intem-
perate habits, that his appetite is all but
ruined, and that what he does eat no
longer nourishes him, his position becomes
critical Pathologists, at the present day,
regard Chronic Drunkenness as a disease !;
and their first aim Is to enable the organs
of nutrition to derive, as in health, the
requisite vital forces from food. Under
this system, the patient ought to give up
at once the use of all stimulants. Where
the appetite is extremely feeble, the diet,
at first, should consist of beef tea or NUT
ton-broth. Immediately after eating, the
patient should take one wine glassful Of
DR.. Gottlieb Fisch's Bitters He will
thus be enabled to eat. and also digest and
assimilate, more and more, daily-his vigor
and cheerfulness increasing meanwhile in
proportion After few months, the use
Of the Bitters may be discontinued. The


patient win thus have become INDEPEND-


ENT Of stimulants altogether! This sub


ject continued next week under What Is q
| Tonic
Year: 1873

From lands end TO lands end, that all may read
and reading, believe that for the countless mil
lions who the road to an untimely grave
with bilious complaints there is but one truly great
and reliable remedy, and that is