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Year: 1870

There was very warm and Interesting
tariff debate in the House to-day over the
duty on steel rails made by the Beesemer
or pneumatic process. The interest in
volved was declared to be millions of dol


lars, and so excited did the discussion be-
come that public att ntion was called to
the fact that presidents and officers of
steel works were lobbying on the floor of
the House among members to secure the
highest possible duty on steel rails, while
O point of order was raised on the Hon.
Daniel J. Morrell, of Pennsylvania, that as
he was interested in the Freedom and
Cambria Iron Works, it was improper for
linn to vote to increase the duty. The
rule was read, which declares that no
member shall vote on question in which
he is Immediately interested. Mr.. Nor
rell, however, voted. Finally an amend
ment to make the duty at thirty-six dollars
per ton was adopted by 78 to SO. The duty
fixed in the bill was fortyf four dollars per
ton, while the rate adopted is fourteen
dollars per ton less than the present law
in force The result Of the days contest
is fixing the duty about eight dollars less
per ton than the steel men desired, but If
the democrats had all been present it is
believed that an amendment fixing upon
thirty dollars would have been adopted.
Year: 1870




About eight o'clock last evening two
ladies, residing upstairs in the block on
Woodward avenue, just beyond State
street, observed that a large Ncwiound-
land dog, which had long been in pos.
session OF the family, was exhibiting
strange conduct. lie had been with
them in the room for an hour or more,
whining and seeming to be very restless;
but when the attention of the ladies was
directed to the animal he was swapping
his jaws, scratching, and his eyes had an
excited look. The ladies were not easily
alarmed, and no particular attention was
paid to the dog for some time, he lying
down in a corner at the command of
one of the females. Suddenly, and
without warning, the brute sprang into
the middle Of the room, eyes ablaze and
his hair like bristles, and he uttered a
howl Of rage and pain that sent the
blood from the ladies faces in an in
stant. Leading of from the room was
n closet or clothes-press, and for this
both Of the women instantly sprang.
The dog did not follow nor attempt to
modest them until just as they were
closing the door, when he came near
gaining admittancc, swapping and snarl-
ing savagely. The male portion Of The
family were away TO market and the
ladies found themselves prisoners, with
a genuine M dog for a keeper. Tie
animal how al and barked, aud ran
about the room, biting at every article
Of furniture, and his heavy breathing
and yells Of intense pain would have
made stronger hearts quail than those
shut up in the little closet. The ladies
screamed, the dog howled, and for near
" an hour there was an exciting time
within n small space, the dog now
and then scratching and tearing away
at the closet door. At last alarmed
by the screams, several men
from the street made their way upstairs
and with clubs, after sharp struggle,
killed the frothing brute. The dead
body Of the animal was thrown into the
alley and was carted off by the scaven-
gers. 1t was looked upon by large
numbers before being conveyed away,
and none who saw the eyes and the
foam-flecked jaws doubted that the ami
nal had been seized with an attack of
hydrophobia.
Year: 1870

The FIRE YESTERDAY Mourning
The fire at Louis Ebcrling's stable on
Market street, near Third, Centre
Wheeling, which occurred about half
past three o'clock yesterday morning,
was undoubtedly the work Of an inden-
diary.


Mr.. Ebcrling informs us that three
men called for liquor at his bar about
three o'clock. 1t being market morn
ing he did not take particular notice Of
the strangers, but remarked that they
kept their hats pulled down over their
brows and that their coat collars were
pulled up. One was rather tall, stout
man. The others were smaller than
he. When they left, Mr.. Ebcrling went
into the stable to see it the horses were
all right, and when he left there, not ten
minutes before the fire broke out, he Is
satisfied there was no fire about the
place. As the blaze first leapcdupward
from the hay, Mr.. Eberlings son and the
hostler saw two of the men who had
been in the bar running with all speed
down Third street to the alley, up which
they turned and escaped in the confu-
sion and excitement which Immediately
cnsued


Mr.. Eberling estimates his loss at
about $500, which is fully insured in
the Franklin. Mr.. IIosenfcld, who
owns the building next north OF the
destroyed stable suffers considerable
loss BY fire and water and by removal
OF furniture. 1t will not be much
less than $1,000; fully insured in the
German Insurance Company, which, il
we mistake not, thus suffers its first loss.


What the object OF the wretches who
are thus endeavoring to destroy our
city by fire can he, we know not 1t
was first thought to he plunder pu' We
fail to hear of any one having beer
robbed during the excitement attend
ant ON these repeated acts Of incendia
rism. Whatever may be the motive
one thing is certain, our citizens vii
have to organize and protect them
selves. 1t is useless to expect police
force of seven men TO patrol the cit.
day and night and perform their othe'
duties. Let the Insurance Companies
the CITY, through the Mayor, and th'
business men of Main street make up
reward that shall render the captur
and conviction OF the rascals certain
and this Fire Bug business will sool
end
Year: 1870

The Louisville Courier-J0wnal makes
the following amusing explanation Of
why the Natchez did not win the race ::


Itturns out now that, if the Natchcz
had been properly stripped for the race
and had taken on full supply Of wood
and pine knots and rosin and turpen-
tine and had started from New Orleans
two hours and a half sooner than she
did and had run like scared mule from
the start and had lost no time in taking
aboard a double.j jointed steam saw-mill
at Vicksburg nor in landing at Milliken' :
Bend to afford the pilot and the engi-
neer an opportunity to stroll up town
and inquire the price of putty and
hadn't been compelled to stop and have
the teeth of the mud-clerk plugged at
Memphis and to lie over and let the
chambermaid spend 4 couple Of hours
or so with her greatgrandmother at
Columbus and had got ahead at Cairo
and kept ahead all the rest Of the
way through with plenty Of water in
the river and no sign of fog to be seen
anywhere, she would have beaten the
K. E. Lee 10 St Louis so far that ii
would have been almost equal to no race
at all. That's what her friends say, any
how.
Year: 1870

A PARAGRAPH FOR THE DRESSING
Rooy.-Gcntlemen who are trying to
revive the tinge Of other days in their
Crizzlcd hair with muddy and glutinous
preparations, are hereby informed that
PHALON'S VITALIA. OR SALIVA
TION FOR TIE UAIR, will accom-
pli.h the object more cffectually than
any Of these, and i. transparent and
without sediment


Cut this paragraph out and lay it on
YOUR toilet as a reminder.
Year: 1870

The Crown Princess of Prussia gave,
the other day, birth to a little daughter
A complete reconciliation between her
and her husband, with whom she re-
Gently quarrelled about his love affairs
with pretty actresses, is said to have
taken place after his retreat from Carls-
had
Year: 1870

Every person should cultivate a nice
sense OF honor. In hundred different
ways this most fitting adjunct of the true
lady or gentleman is often tried For in.
stance, one is a guest in family where.
perhaps, the domestic machinery does NOT
run smoothly. There is sorrow in The
house unsuspected by the outer word
Sometimes it is dissipated son, whose
conduct is shame and griet to his
PARENTS sometimes relative whose &C.
centricities and peculiarities are a cloud
on the home. Or, worst of all, husband
and wife may not be in accord, and there
may be often bitter words spoken, and
harsh recriminations. In any of these
cases the guest is in honor bound to be
blind and deaf, so far as people without
are concerned. If gentle word within
can do any good, it may we'll be said, but
to go forth and reveal the shadow of an
unhappy secret to any one, even your
nearest friend, is an act of indelicacy and
meanness almost unparalleled. Once in
the sacred precincts of any home, admit
ted to its privacy, sharing its lite, all
that you see and hear is a sacred trust. lt
is as allyscontemptible to gossip of such
things as it would be to steal the silver or
borrow the books and forget to return
them, ,-4Adua0ce.
Year: 1870

years ago, and have undergone but little
change. One of them requires that all
persons must truthfully represent their
profession, and that generation after gene
ration they must not change or alter it.
Another exempts all literary and religious
institutions from taxation, and another
provides that the possessor of land shall
cultivate it under pain of forfeiture.
NEW HAVEN papers commend the idel-
ity and thoughtfulness of Mr.. Dom
mond, railroad switchman, who, at the
time of the explosion of the boiler in
chair factory in that city, while conscious
of the fact that his loved wife and daughter


were lying crushed under the ruins, dis


patched trusty messenger to flag the ap-


preaching express train, then due, and
thus prevented what in all probability


would have been another appalling ca
lanity-


A FARMER in Buckinghamshire, who is
weekly visitor to the Aylesbury Market,
married one of two sisters who were joint
lessees of farm, and for upward ct
twenty years was obliged to give an ac-
count to his wife of the weekly transac-
tions and expenses to market, even to a
glass of ale and three halfpence for the
turnpike A short time ago the wife died,
and within the same month the sister died
also, when the farmer, who could neither


read nor write, called in neighbor to


look through two boxes belonging to the
deceased sisters. To his surprise, upward
Of $4,000 were discovered in them, in q
great number of small and dirty packages.


A ALUDICRoUs story of an abortive duel
appearsJin the Paris Gazette des 1f5bat1adatr.
Two boys, aged respectively II and IA,
met upon the field Of honor, when the af-
fair was summarily decided, before an ex-
change Of shots, by kick administered
to each by'a gamekeeper. The duelists
had quarreled at play, and to decide their
differences had stolen pair of pistols,
bought cracker from which they emp.
tied the gunpower, and melted a brace of
bullets in moulds of nut shells, from metal
obtained from pewter spoon. The
President of the Police Court said that
the keeper had done quite right in treat
ing them as young vagabonds, and, as
they were not known to the police, he
handed them to their parents
Year: 1870

ONE of the Oldest elm trees in South
Boston stood in Fourth street, between
Dorchester and G streets, and within a
few days has heen felled. The tree was
quite sound and about six feet in dame
ter near the base. In saving the trunk
into sections for use as butchers blocks,
an obstruction was found in the center, at
about ten feet from the butt. by cutting
a parallel section at distance OF a few
inches, and taking out the Intervening
wood, it was discovered that gun barrel
ran up the core of the tree, itself filed
with wood or pith. The weight and char
acter of the gun barrel indicate that it
may have belonged to Queen Anne mus
ket. A question similar to that which
weighed upon the mind Of George III,
as to how the apple got inside Of the
dumping, troubles the inquisitive Yankee
mind
Year: 1870

HER platform is only the cradle
Her speeches are funny and few
wise little head,


But all that is said


Is only vague little "gooP'
But how baby's rights are respected
One nod of her dear, downy head,
Whenever she thinks she g neglected,
And down to her feet we are led.
She lifts up her voice in a minute
Her protests are loud and are longl
Each household affair-she is in 1t, s-
To see there is nothing goes wrong.
The right to twist limbs that are dimpled,
In every extravagant way;
To maui and to tease ~


The cat at her ease


To crow and to creep all the day.
The right to love that is purest-
The right to mothers own love-
The right to guide that is sure.t
To lead her wee footsteps above.
Her sweet little mouth she upraises,
As pure as a rose, dew impearledl
The right to our kisses and praises
D, these her rights, over The world


Little COTpOTGL.
Year: 1870

Not few of our sober, staid farmers


who use to beforemost in the exhibition OF


farm products have quit the fairgrounds.


They say the exhibition has changed


in its character, and is now practically


in the hands of the horsejockeys, and
4 is given over to racing and gambling.


The highest premiums are given for
| fast horses, and the whole interest Of
the fair eliminates in the races. Sensi-


bic people with other products stand no


chance of fair notice, and they wait for


change in public opinion. We think


this course is not wise. In most COM
munities with public spirit enough TO


get up county or local agricultural


society, gamblers are not in the ascend


ant, and those who think speed every


thing valuable in a horse are a very


small minority. Such men come into


the management Of the society more by


the apathy of others than by their own


numbers. They have fine horses, and


want to show them, and the gambling
Paternity want to bet on them. We ad-
nit the influence of fair managed by
gamblers to be demoralizing, and for
this reason men of staid habits should
rally at the annual meetings, and take
the management out OF their hands.
This is legitimate way Of doing busi-


ness, infinitely better than grumbllng
and staying at home. A few public
spirited men in any county can effect
the change by little Of that zeal which
they manifest in political affairs. III
the management is wrong, put in new
officers who will manage better If the
premiums encourage hor1e-hesh too
much, change them, and bring up other
interests that have stood in the back !
ground. This, of course, cannot be
done without some painstaking; but it
can be done in almost. every county, and
our societies he brought back to their
legitimate aims, the encouragement Of
all departments of our home industry.
The object is worthy of the efforts Of all
our good citizens. An annual fair well
managed has most happy influence
upon farm-life. 1t brings together the
best cultivators of the county, with
their best animals and products, and
diffuses much useful knowledge that can
be gained so easily in no other way. 1t
is not wise in staid, old-school farmers
to give up these institutions because
some men are disposed to pervert and
abuse them.
Year: 1870

Not a State election has taken place
during this year, which has not shown
a Democratic gain. Even in bigoted
Maine. the change is of most marked
character. In order to show how gen
eral is the decline in the Radical vote,
we present below the Gubernatorial
vote of Maine, by Congressional dis
tricts, as compared with the vote of the
State at the last election in 1868 ::
Year: 1870

When We are suffering we want a
remedy that will cure at once and with
out making us sicker than before we
took it. We don't want to lose time,
suffer on a sick bed, and get up with
all our faculties impaired. Avoid all
this; use Rosenheim' Stomach Bitters
the Great Western Remedy
Year: 1870


If such results take place in Maine,
why not in this State ? The people
here are tired OF taxation, OF supporting
an army of idle office holders. They
petitioncd against re imposition of the
Infamous Income Tax; but their peti-
tons were treated with contempt by a
Radical Congress No relief can be
expected from that source. Hence a
majority OF business men have deter
mined to vote the Democratic ticket,
and that addition to the stream will
submerge the Radical candidates, and
help to place the Forty-second Congress
in the hands of the Democrats. Let
the Democratic party in Pennsylvania
do their duty at the polls, and they will
be abundantlv satisfied with the result
-IJs
Year: 1870

How CABLE MEssAo rs ARE TRANS.
MlrrED.--Tho Journal of the Tele.
graph thus describes the manner in
which European news is sent over the
cable: Nm.


"llere is man sitting in dark room
at Hearts Content. The ocean cable
, terminates here. A fine wire attach
ed thereto is made to surround the
two small cores of soft iron. AS tho
electric wavo, produced by a few
pieces of copper and zinc at Valontia,
passes through the wire, these cores
become magnetic enough TO move the
slightest object. a looking-glass half
an inch in diameter, is fixed on bar
OF iron one -tenth of an inch square
and half an inch long, On this tiny
glass lamp is made to glare SO that
its light is reflected on tablet on tho
wall. The language of the cable is
denoted by shifting this reflected light
from side to side. Letter by letter is
thus expressed in this fitting idiom,
III uttor silence, on the wall. There
Is no record made by the machine OK
cept as he patient watcher calls out
to a comradc the translated flashes as
AZ they come, and which he records
1t seems like u miracle of patience.
There is something of awe creeps over
us as VIC see the evidence of human
touch three thousand miles away
s"aying that tide of light"
Year: 1870

few days ago young woman Of very prepos-
sessing appearance went before Justice NILS OF the
Newark Police Court, and made complaint that her
husband Franklin Miller, Of Court street, had
deserted her under circumstances equally peculiar
as distressing. According TO her story he married
her some TWO years ago at her home In Ulster county
n " representing himself to be quite
within hve months ago he cleared out leaving
her with an infant and with earthly
means OF gaining living. Through the kindness
Of strangers she was enabled TO glin her parents
place, and lived there until deatl whipped or tie
Old 1oks, VIII III she was forced to hunt up the re-
creant husband, who recently returned to Newark.
warrant FOR his arrest was issued and yesterday,
IN default OF bonds, lie was committed to prison.
The young wife Is now but seventeen years old aad
was cared for bY the police autllor.tIes.
Year: 1870

Indianapolis correspondence Cincinnati Commercial


make mention of novel divorce. the
history of which came to my knowledge at
party, from the lips of an attorney con-
suited. Some ten days ago, said attorney
was applied to by a lady to procure a d.
vorce from her husband. When questioned
as to her reasons for the step, she was un-
able to state any particular grievance. She
just could not bear him, that was all, and
she could not and would not live under his
roof any longer. The lawyer, somewhat
puzzled, suggested ''incompatibility of
temper for q plea. but she insisted there
was no incompatibility of temper about it;
she could not bear him. He was good and
kind. but was disagreeable to her. That
was enough.


While yst the matter was fresh in his
mind, the attorney was startled at receiv-
ing visit from the husband in question,
who, after much circumlocution and great
apparent agitation, solicited his services to
procure him divorce. A mutual friend,
Attorney B. g bewilderment was fast be-
coming painful. Seeking for cause, he
was intrusted with a statement so identic-
ally the same as given by his wife, that he
suspected himself the victim of practical
joke.


NY SOOQ lIIcuO, uo ediu, 10 DOl
quite understand you. You have been
married several years p


"Yes, thirteen years"


"And you want divorce from your
wife,"


by Jove. do, SO do"


"You say she was good.wife and true?'


"As true as steel and as good as saint. u


"Well. then, on what ground can you
urge divorce?"


"That's your business, not mine. ]
come to you for that. Money is no object
She can have half my real estate, SO will. y


"But it is my duty to advise you to con-
slider what you are about. Think of the
talk it will occasion"


"Think of the devil 1 never want 10
see my wife's face again. Get me a divorce. .


When the mutual resolve became known
to the family relatives, there was hurried
council of war which resulted in a partial
reconciliation. But expressed hatred is
like fuel to the fame, and if Providence
does not mercifully interfere, the case will
yet come up in court. In justice to the
parties concerned. it is worth while to state
that neither one has q fancy to third per.
son. When interrogated on this point, the
answer of each was, "No more marriage
for me-"
Year: 1870

The following concerning a new method
of employing photography in preparing
surfaces, may be worthy of notice from
those taking an interest in photo-lithogra-
ply. The invention, made by Mr.. r. II.
Courtenay, of Clapham Junction, England,
consists in preparing eollodion or other
suitable solutions with silex which has
been precipitated and removed from liquor
of fints or water-glass The inventor COW
ers plate of glass with this mixture, and
takes a positive picture on 1t by the ordi-
nary method of Photographic copying
The positive is printed on to the surface of
q substance composed preferably of parch-
ment, size, sugar candy, gum, and chronic
acid; this substance is poured upon q plate
of glass and allowed to settle and become
dry before the positive is placed in the
printing frame with it.


This substance forms q matrix or mould
from which an electrotype can be taken.
The matrix with the composition above
mentioned upon it is we'll washed in order
to free it from the sensitive salts, ano thor
oughly drained; it is then immersed in q
solution of chloride of gold, after which it
is drained agl lin. 1t is then coated with a
solution of nitrate of silver and grape gu
gar, and immersed in solution of proto-
sulphate of iron and grape or candied su.
gar, by means of which the metallic salts
are decomposed into the film as we'll as on
the surface of it, thus rendering it imper-
vious q the action of the acid copper solu-
ton fIoiI which the copper printing sur
face is produced. The silver being one of
the best conductors, the deposit of copper
is instal taneous.