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Year: 1870

More complete returns from the West


Virginia election indicate more clearly


the sweeping change that is going on in


the political sentiments Of the corntry,
and the utter loathing in which Grants
administration is held by those who
most sensibly feel the arbitrary weight
of Radical oppression.


1t is now conceded that the Demo
cratic majority will reach two thousand
"a change of seven thousand since
1868, when Grant was candidate for
the Presidency. We especially con-
gratulate the people Of our sister State
that they are at length released from
Radical thraldom, and are henceforth
to assert their manhood and enjoy the
practical benefits OF free government
These are blessings of which the value
is inestimable, and which the people of
West Virginia have achieved for them
selves in the face OF the most bitter
and proscriptive tyranny.


This result carries with it lesson by
which the administration should profit.
1t should teach Grant and his advisers
that the love Of liberty is implanted
deep in the hearts of the people, and
that though frand and malice may -four
ish for their little day, the great under
lying principles of a representative gov
ernment will arise in their might and
assert themselves, despite the grinding
heel Of despotism.


For years nearly or quite half the
citizens Of West Virginia have been dis
franchised by Radical registration laws
that were simply intended to give the
Radical party an indefinite lease Of
power in the State. In view Of this
state of the case, the Democratic tri-
umph is all the more complete and glo-
rious. Itshows that the power OF Radi-
calism is losing its hold upon those who
for wears have acted and voted with that
party.


This is a hopeful sign, and it augurs
we'll for the future welfare of this coun-
try, when we see men boldly deserting
party that has grown monstrous IN Its
corruptions and expressions, and COM
ing out on the side Of free government,
and maintaining that individual and
State sovereignty, without which a rep
resentative government is a gilded
mockery, and despotism where selfish
greed and personal ambition take the
place of the settled principles of pure
monarchy.


We hail this accession to the advance
ing and continually increasing column
of the defenders OF personal and national
liberty, with unfeigned pleasure. 1t
speaks hopefully of the future, and
nerves anew those who are struggling
against the tyrant in other States. We
know not what the result may be in
Missouri one week from to-day, but We
hope to have the pleasure Of recording
in our issue Of the 9th OF November
the triumph of liberal principles there.
If the banner of Grant, carried 10y the
proscriptionist McClurg, goes down In
that State, his star is set forever, and his
becoming the weak and flexible tool OF
the bad men OF his own party, will have
the effect OF furnishing all the military |
honors he ever won.
Year: 1870

NEw YORK, November The total
registration in this city yesterday, was
6lljG total in two days, is 1850.
The total registration for four days last
Year was l43,l and as one day OF
registration vet remains, it is probable


that the total registration of the city
TINS year will amount 10 over 5000.
Year: 1870

No notification has been received by
United States Marshal Sharpe, OF New
York, of any intention on the part OF
the Government to order a new census
to be taken in that city. Officials con-
nected with the Marshals office disbe-
lieve the statement made that such an
order ia to be issued.
Year: 1870

BUFFALO, November l.-At six min
Gtes past five this afternoon another
shock of earthquake was felt at this
point 1t was sharp but short. Doors
and windows wore shaken but no dam
age done.
Year: 1870

Tho Marshal Moving Towards BattIe-A


Coming Effort To Relieve Bazaine.


LONDON, August 31-Night.
The special news kilograms from the seat of war
to the NEW YORK HERALD, which were received
here during the forenoon and In the early part of the
afternoon OF to-day, are very meagre In their con-
tents both actual operations in the field or the
probabilities OF the when and where OF any great
battle between the two armies.


Efforts are being made. continuously and persist
emily, to reinforce MacMahon from Paris.


Notwithstanding that we are informed here Of the
actual occurrence OF some apparently backward
movements OF the army under the command of Mar
shall MacMahon the BELIEF is very strong and ia en-
tertained In some very well informed circles In this
city, that the Marshal will persevere in hts plans
and make q desperate effort to assan the Prussians
before Metz with heavy and telling force and thus il
at all possible, enable the beleaguered army COM
manded by Marshal Bazane to break from its pre-.
sent encirclement and act in conjunction with his
Own troops,
Year: 1870

His Chance OF Relief by MacAIahon.


LONDON, August 3i-Nght.
careful and very able examination OF the teie-
grams and letters special for the HERALD) which
have been received in this city from the seat OF war
during the day create the impression that Mac
Mahons army movement northward may ultimately
succeed In erecting the release Of Marshal BazalDe
and his army at Metz.


This feeling gains on the public mind here rapidly.
Year: 1870

her that he had been hurt. She imme-
diately told him that her husband was
killed. She said she had dreamed the
night before that the building had fallen
on him, and had told him of the dream in
the morning. He laughed it off, kissed
his wife and children all around, and went
to his DOOM"


A LADY in Berlin bought six yards of
green tarlatan for ball dress for her
daughter. The mother, who assisted in
making the dress, and the daughter who
wore it., at the same time fell dangerously
SICK and had narrow escape from death.
The medical adviser of the family at once
discovered poisoning by arsenic. The
green dress was chemically analyzed, and
it was found that the coloring contained
thirteen per cent of arsenic. The mer-
chant was summoned before the criminal
court; but he was acquitted, for the rea-
son that he could prove he had advised
the purchasers of the poisonous quality of
the color used to tint the tarlatan.
A LADY was recently out walking, &C
companied by her nurse and two chill
dren, near st. Louis, when one of the
latter was missed for few moments. On
being called he answered from little dis
tance, Here am, mamma, behind the
stump. I'm playing with beautiful big
worm. I've got chip, and it opens its
mouth ever so wide when I touch it's
teeth with a chip" Anxious to see the
character of the child's playmate, the two
women fastened to the spot, when, be-
hold! they saw rattlesnake, two feet
long, coiled against the butt of the stump,
and the child thrusting chip against its
head. The snake appeared perfectly pas
siye, not even giving the usual warning
with its rattles. 1t is needless, perhaps,
to say that the mother was frightened be-
yond the power Of motion. The nurse
quickly removed the child, and man in
the vicinity dispatched the dangerous
n1avmata
Year: 1870

mat the vessel was gradually letting IN water and
consequently that the plates were defective some
where. IL has been the habit heretofore that such
defects would DO overlooked as trlning since the
pumps might be relied upon as sufficient 20
meet the emergency. But what was done IN this
case3 The agent OF the company, submitting to all
the inconvenience OF change had the cargo trans
lerred 10 the Deutschland, ana this vessel took the
place OF the Hansa. and sailed at the appointed
time. The Hansa is now on the HODoken Dry Dock
for inspection 'and repairs.


TINS case recalls the Ulty or Boston TO mind. When
that ifated vessel arrived ut TINS port her last
"TRIP sue was unlOaded and put on the
hoD0ken Dry Dock the very day OF
her arrival The haste with which this
business was transacted gave rise some observa-
lions between the writer and others at The H0Doken
Terry and It was the prevailing opinion that the
vessel was In need OF general overhanling. But
within TWO days the City OF Boston was or the dock
and. having received passengers and cargo she eft
this port and has not been seen since. II the
ounce OF prevention maxim he OF value to anybody
surely the steamship companies ought TO ADOPT IT.
The case OF the lIansa is an example worth fol-
lowing
Year: 1870

TIE School BILL.-We learn from re-
liable source that the Governor signed the
school bill with great reluctance, on ac-
count of the provision requiring the parent


to pay his taxes before his children can


have the benefit Of the public free schools.
The session was so near its close, however,


that he only signed it in order to save Il
school bill. This would allow the arrange
ment of the preliminaries necessary to the
organization of the system, which is all that
can be done by the time the Legislature re-
assemblies. At that time we learn that the
Governor will recommend modification OF
the law; SO that after all this unjust pro-
vision will in all probability be imperative.
Year: 1870

Well, we did see crowd at LEVY BRorHERs'


store on yesterday morning, and at quite Nm carry
hour. We learned that since the leading stores
dose at O'Clock the ladies make It convenient 70
make their purchascs In the morning waicn, oS
the way, Is the most pleasant time OF the day. our
dry goods men Iully appreciate the endoavors oil
the ladies In farthering their object, and we can
safely say that they will now take more pieasure
than ever IN waiting on tue fair sex. we shthk
twelve hours long enough for any one TO be tied
Down to business, especially daring the hot sum
mer months, aud we trust that the sadiss VIII stys
Year: 1870

THIS HOUSE is entirely new, is commodious


L and furnished in the best style, and is on the
most pleasant location on the Lake. A daily
line Of Stages runs between the Tahoe House
and Truckce. connecting with traus from the
East and West on the Central Pacific Railroad.
Year: 1870




A few day, ago Joseph Lux, q well.
known trapper on the upper waters of the
Muskegon. found in one of his traps large
lynx, securely held by one hind foot, where
upon he cusceived design to capture the
animal alive. which difficult task be success.
fully accomplished in the following manner
Having several steel traps with him, he tied
one to the end OF a pole, set it, and reach
ins it out succeeded in catching another
foot. In this way he secured ALI the "var.
mint's" feet. He then took off his shirt,
which he wound and tied about the animals
head in such manner as to prevent his bi.
ting; he next securely tied his feet, and
took off the traps, having his prize done up
as neatly as though he had served an ap.
premiership in a dry goods store. He
shouldered his game, and was nearly two
days in carrying it to the haunts of ciyi ia.
Year: 1870

number of the Sumner, with Jones' chap
ters, from which Robinson was to continue
the narrative. If Brown poss .ssed true
critical faculty, be must have admired the
inventive power Of his own hired writer,
and have doubted whether Robinson wou'd
be equal to the prerent emergency. l.
short, Jones, having collected every living
parsonage and animal be lad named in the
novel, put them all on board of ship
bound for America, and sent the whole Of
them-ship, freight and passengers-down
to the very bottom of the Atlantic, never to
be brought up again. The words To be
continued at the close of the chapter, feym-
ed challenge to the ingenuity Of Robin
son, which be was too i'll qualified to &C.
cept, and accordingly the story remains
somewhat unfinished. and as forgotten as
the author who stopped and the writer who
could not set It going again.
Year: 1870

man, and he is now travelling around the
country running q cease" when he might
have lived in Injurious ease If he had only
behaved himself But buffaloes don't
know when they are well off any more
than other folks. s..s. ---...


People used to hunt the buffalo in the
vicinity of Cincinnati. They hunted the
buffalo for the last time about twenty
years ago, just across the river. Mr..
Wood, of Woods Theatre, did the wood
work for that hunt. he imported, at
great expense, buffalo from the plains
Just west of La1renceburg. He was
venerable buffalo-the first white buffalo,
we believe, born south of Marietta. He
had voted for all the Presidents from
Washington down, and remembered
when the Ohio was only q little creek.


Although heavy in years, he was very
light in flesh, and so weak that Col Wood
had to carry him into the ring in his
arms. He was paralyzed in all his legs, and
had fourteen different kinds of rheumatism.
The hunters, several hundred in number,
some mounted and some on foot, and all
armed to the teeth with bows and arrows,
tomahawks, scalping, knives and Winches-
ter repeating rifles, were drawn up on one
side of the ring, impatient for the hunt to
begin.


But the buffalo refused to bulge. He
was deaf alike to entreaty or remon-
STRANGE. Col. Wood kicked him with a
pair of heavy solid boots until he was out
Of breath, then jsbbed him with pitch
fork, and burned him with red-hot
poker. The buffalo seemed to take mel
ancholy pleasure in the latter practice it
reminded him of the burning of Buffalo
by the British, an occurrence. which he
distinctly remembered They worried the
life out of the old fellow where he lay,
and it was the Judgment of the Coroner's s
jury that sat on his body that the treat
ment he received to make Queen City
holiday shortened his days and detracted
considerably from his nights. 1t is re-
markable fact that although some thirty
thousand Cincinnatians participated in
that famous hunt, not one of them can
now be found. How soon we are forgot
ten when we are dead. fs. a


And how soon we forgot we ever went
to the buffalo hunt.-Oincinnat Times.
Year: 1870

After all Josh Billings has some sense
mixed up with his nonsense, as witness
the following apothegms from his Farm
er's AlIminax," for 1871, translated into
good English


All the good Indians die young.


Mankind love mysteries. A hole in
the ground excites more wonder than a
star up in heaven.


Just about as ceremonies creep into
one end of a churh, piety backs out Of
the other.


Gravity is no more positive evidence of
wisdom, than paper collar is Of shirt.


There are some folks in this world who
spend their lives hunting after righteous
ness, and can't find any time to practice it.


A man with very small head is like
a pin without any, very apt to get into
things beyond his depth.


There is no passion of the human heart
that promises so much and pays 50 little.
as revenge.


Every time man laughs he takes
kink out of the chain of life, and thus
lengthens it.
Secrets are poor property if you cir
culate them you lose them, and if you
keep them you lose the interest on the in
yestment.


To bring up a child i'll the way he
should 20, travel that way yourself once
in while.
Year: 1870

MAKING Coon CoFFEE-The making
of good coffee is a rare thing in this coun-
try most persons boil it, thus making
decoction instead of an infusion this
efectually gets rid of the delicate and
agreeable aromatic favor, and leaves
comparatively tastcless beverage. The
following particulars will be found worth
attention


Never buy your coffee ground, but grind
it yourself, Immediately before using it;
keep your cofee-pot, whatever kind you
may use, wiped clean and dry inside;
lamp tea or cofee-pot, acquires a musty
iavor that spoils the best tea or coffee.
The cheapest and perhaps the best coffee
pots are those made on the French plan,
;alled cafetieres If you have not one of
these, adopt the following plan: Put your
reshly ground coffee Into the cofee-pot,
previously made warm, and pour upon it
water actually boiling; set the pot by the
side of the fire for few seconds, but do
not let it boil up, then pour cupful out
and return it back again to the pot in order
to clear 1t; having done this let 1t stand
en- the hob or centre to settle, and in less
Fthan FIVE minutes transparent, strong,
aromatic cup of coffee may be poured out.
The proportions of coffee (WHICH should
not be too finely ground) recommended, are
an ounce to pint or a pint and half of
water.


The milk used with coffee should al
ways be boiled and used as hot as possi-
Bile; the boiling of milk imparts peculiar
and exceedingly pleasant favor to the
coffee. White sugar is recommended as
the molasses like flavor of moist sugar
quite overpowers the delicate aroma
GerDlantolrn TeleqraDh.
Year: 1870

The groundwork of a manly character
is veracity or the habit of truthfulness.
That virtue lies at the foundation of every
thing said. How common it is to hear
parents say:


81 have faith in my child 50 long as he
speaks the truth. He may have many
faults but | know he will not Deceive. [
build on that confidence"


They are right. 1t is a lawful and just
ground to build upon. So long as the
truth remains in child, there is some
thing to depend upon; but when the truth
is gone, all is lost, unless the child is
speedily won back again to veracity.


Children, did you ever tell lie !? If
so, you are in imminent danger. Return,
at once, little reader, and enter the strong
hold of truth, and from it may you never
depart again.
Year: 1870

This little instrument, says the Journal
Of APPLIED Chemistry, is prepared in the
following way: Take a. glass about ten
inches in length, and one inch in diameter,
fill it up with the following liquid Two
parts camphor, one part nitrate of potash,
and one part sal ammonia, and dissolved
in spirits Of wine, add water until you
have partially precipitated the camphor.
The extremity of the tube can be left open
or Theoretically closed. The glass tube
thus prepared is then fixed in horizontal
position against the wall or board.


The changes in the weather are thus
indicated


/. IF the weather is to be fine, the
composition Of the substance will remain
entirely at the bottom Of the table, and
and the above liquid will be perfectly
clear and transparent.


2. Before the weather changes 20 be-
come rainy, the preciptate will raise by
degrees, and small crystalizations, similar
in shape to stars, will be seen to move
about the liquid.


3. When a storm is imminent, the pre-
cipitate will nearly rise to the top Of the
tube, assuming the shape of a leaf, or an
assemblage OF crystals; the liquid will APP
pear to be in a state of effervescence.
This change very often takes place twen-
ty-four hours before the change in the
weather.


4. The side from which the wind will
blow in squall will be also indicated by
the particles of the substance floating in
the liquid and assuming the shape of long
hairy needles.


D. In the summer time, the weather be-
ing warm and dry, and crystalization will
have tendency to remain lower in the
tube, the the liquid will also be more
transparent.


The amount of crystalized particles
which will be seen floating in the liquid
will be sure sign Or indication of a fine or
bad weather; will depend entirely upon
the suddenness of the change in the wealth
er which is to take place, acting in the
most energetic way on the composition
above described.


The value of this simple instrument to
forewarn of an impending storm, also to
indicate the continuance of fine weather
will be readily appreciated by those whose
occupations are affected in the change ol
the weather.


An over-worked horse is like an um
! brella-t's used up.
Year: 1870

QUARTER CRACK IN HORSES HOoFs.-
Many plans have been devised by which
to heal quarter crack, such as scoring
with q knife, blistering, cutting with
sharp. hos iron, riyeting and the like; all
which, in many cases, have proved fail
are. Now, if YOU will follow my direc-
tions, you may have sound foot in three
months. Above the crack, and next to
the hair, cut with your knife an ineision
one-half inch long, crosswise Of the crack,
and one-eighth or one-sixteenth Of an
inca deep. Nov, from the incision, draw
a line one-quartet inch each side, parallel
with the crack, down to the shoe; then
with your knife follow those lIaes, and
cut through the enamel, or crust Of the
foot. Now, there is piece of the crust
to be taken out. This is done by loosen
ing the top OF the piece next 10 the hair
with your knife, then with your forceps
take hold of the piece and pull it off; that
leaves space of one-half inch of the crust
taken out from the hair down to the shoe.
Fill the cavity with tar, and lace on
soft piece OF leather to keep the tar IN Its
place.


Keep the animal quiet for three or four
days, and he is ready to drive. Shoe with
a bar shoe, leaving some spring to the
heel, so it will not bear hard upon the
weak quarter, and in three months you
will have sound foot The bar shoe is
often exceedingly useful. 1t is the con-
tinuation of the common shoe around the
heels, and by means of it the pressure may
be taken off, in some measure, from some
tender part of the foot, and thrown on an
other which is better able to bear it, or
more widely and deeply diffused over the
whole foot. 1t is resorted to in cases of
corns, pumiced feet, and quarter crack,
etc. In such cases the bar shoe can be
used to advantage, but it should be left off
as soon as it can be dispensed with. Any
intelligent blacksmith can make them.