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Year: 1872

A SERIOUS accident befel Mr. Bernard Weisel, brother in law of Charles Le- sinsky, on last Saturday while gunning above town. While loading one barrel of his piece, the other went of and the full contents passed into and through his hand, terribly shattering the first, second and third fingers. The muzzle of the gun was within a few inches of his hand. Upon reaching town, he was almost pulse, less and quite distracted and prostrated, but was resuscitated, and by the next day, it was deemed advisable to remove the carpel bone of the third and all of the second finger. It is quite certain no more than his fourth finger and thumb can be saved. Dr. J. c. Handy has charge ot the case, and all that patience and skill can save will be saved.
Year: 1872

It is said that the Khedive intends to


turn the great pyramid of Ghizeh into
q lighthouse. He is an enterprising and


somewhat unimaginative sovereign,


prone to works of utility, and with


scant veneration for that which is mere
ly old or curious, and it is quite posi-


Bile that he may cause that ancient sum
init to be crowned with a Federal Ian
tern and occupied by discontented
stipendiary with coil of Manchester
wicking and Copic pitcher of clarified
benzine. Notwithstanding the advaH-
tage to the neighboring commerce of
the Nile of such a lofty and far-beanl-
ing Pharos, all reverent travellers who
have seen it from across dim levels of
desert, pillar of cloud by day, will re-
gret to see it turned into pillar OF fire
by night The Arabs had a tradition
that these structures were built by the
inhabitants of the elder world, and
alone of human works bore the burden
of the food. Whether or not this be
true, they are at least old enough to be
released from obligations OF utility.
The Inummied sovereign in the base
ment, whoever be was in life, Memes or
Cephren, Thotmes or Rameses, or Pha-
raoh, must experience an emotion OF
posthumous resentment at the mere
mention of such an employment Of his
towering and venerable monument If
it were Cleopatra who slumbered there,
she would break from her cere-cloths IN
rage at such presumptuous audacity,
and disperse avenging asps throughout
the twenty-five palaces of the present
ruler of the lands of Egypt. If indeed
that able but rather sacrilegious soyer-
eign is bent upon employing the Pyra-
mid in purposes of use, let him turn the
crypt into consular residence. He
may again have accredited to him pc
culiar official like Butler, in which event
he has bnt to watch the ingress of that
inconvenient and Objectionable function
ary, brick up the entrance, and thus re-
lieve two nations by one act of masonry.
-Ne,r York Tribune.
Year: 1872

Apropos of the recent change in the
style Of the Missouri Republican, one of
our exchanges relates the fol-
lowing. As we have seen the
Republican Of a later date, and
find no contradiction of the story it
must be true:


For years past the Republican has ex-
cited remark by its strict adherence to
the old rules regarding newspaper man
agement, one feature being the careful
exclusion Of light, spicy matter, its ar
ticles being characterized by straight
forward recital of facts written up in a
style somewhat similar to that of the
London Times. This was especi-
ally the case with respect to the
local page, the Republican re-
porter being instructed to make
their reports Of local matters full and
complete without any attempt to enliven
the dry detail OF facts. This being a
well-known characteristic of the paper,
a lively reporter of the St Louis Journal
got off little joke at its expense last
summer. He said that at a late hour
the night before, a Republican reporter
dashed off local item in a spicy man
ner. He was naturally a funny man,
and having been on the paper for years
without an opportunity to give vent to
his talents in this line, he declared that
he would get Off a joke if he died for it.
The item passed the local editor un-
noticed, and was not discovered until
several sheets had been struck of,
| but the moment it was found that a
joke had crept into the columns of the
Republican "a thing which had not
occurred before for years., the managing
editor, Mr.. Hyde, was sent for, a solemn
| consultation held, and the instant death
OF the luekless reporter determined upon.
No time was lost, but the unfortunate
man was hurried off 10 the river and
Immediately drowned.


The day after this story appeared in
the Journal, the writer lat that time
connected with the st. Louis press) met
Brown, a Republican reporter, on the
street. Brown was fair sample of the
Republican reporters-painstaki me-
thOdical, industrious and perfectly relia-
bic. Brown" said the writer, " 1t
seems rather hard that you Republican
folks should drown a poor devil of a re-
/ porter merely because he got of a little
/ joke when he found it impossible to re-
sist the temptation


! Now, B." responded Brown, SOL
emnly, "there is not a word Of truth in
that journal stOry-I know there is not,
for am one of the last men to leave
the Office in the morning, and il one Of
the reporters had been drowned, should
have known it; but as it is, the first 1
heard Of the story was its coming out in
| the ,Jo1rpdl.n
Year: 1872

Providence, November lS.-The
Equitable Insurance Company of this
city has stopped taking risks and called
a meeting Of its stockholders. The total
risks Of the company in the Boston
burnt district are three hundred and
seventeen thousand dollars, and the to
tai assets three hundred and forty thou
sand dollars. The Merchants Insurance
Company also called a meeting Of its
stockholders to determine what course is
to be taken in the future. The total
assets OF the company are three hundred
and eighty-five thousand four hundred
and sixty-one dollars, and the total risks
in the burnt district Of Boston two hun
dred and ten thousand dollars.
Year: 1872

Did you never catch a glimpse of your.


self unexpectedly in looking-glass, and


think at first it was stranger approach
ing2 And did you never get a sudden
view of your own personality by means
of psychic accident such as that2 A
friend of mine, who is as uneonceited as
any man know, told me that he once
saw his own character, that way, and ii
brought tears TO his eyes 10 was only
for an instaHt-7a fash of lightning in a
dark Dight-but he was confident it
made better man Of him. II gave him
6rmer faith in his friends. Il manifested
what there was in him that It was possi-
bic for them to love. 1t made him happy
and humble. He knew that those about
him did not see all; but he strove ever
after TO be true TO thet gracious vision Of
himself-The old Cabinet, an Scrib.
le for August.
Year: 1872

Speaking of the style of cutting the


hair in which we notice some Of our


young men are indulging, We local of


the Doylestown Democrat discourseth


thusly: We certainly would not, in


this, the warmest weather. place any OBJ


staele IN the way Of a man having his


hair cut short, if he wishes it that way,


but when they begin to have their crowns
sand-papered, as numbers of them are
doing hereabouts, it is time for their
friends to interfere, il they have any
and if not, then our City Fathers should
look 70 them, as in The case Of any other
luney. They frighten horses, scare
children out Of their natural growth
while the insectiverous birds migrate in
a hurry when they see these sausage.
shaped craniums, and leave the worms
IN peaceful possession Of the shade
trees. There seems 10 be pugnacious
desire to 60 for each other bald-headed
on the part Of some young men. They
are in the dreadful position Of the
childless king who had no heir apparent
to the throne, ard for the sake OF their
they ought like him TO
coYer their bead with sack-cloth and 4
wigs, o. muskmelons, or any
thing that will give them more pic
tnresque appearance"
Year: 1872

and vigorous, lifting its snowy banner
far into the pure air of,the desert, in
summers burning heat and winter
driving storm, proclaiming, like the
muezzin from the mnarets Of the
Mosque Of Omar, the benefcence and
the glory Of the Most Mereifal, the AL
mighty. in land Of silence, and home
illness, and savage desolation. W.
Year: 1872

THE Signal Service Bureau receives
the commentator of all parties The
Bureau is under the charge of scientific
men, none of whom are Grant relatives; /;
hence the deserved commentator. 1t
is plain that the administra ton has moth
ing to do with the Bureau. H
Year: 1872

The following well timed remarks, on an
important subject, are from the New York


Commercial Bulletin:


Commercial advertising should properly be
treated as an investment, or an article of COM
merce and of purchase so much return for a
certain amount Of capital expended, and a
certain amount ofsubstantial benefit in a par
ticular direction for certain amount Of cur.
renoy in return. The science of advertising
in its general aspect is simple enough, and is
founded on the fact that publicity can be cer-
tainly insured for definite and ascertainable
sum but in its application to any particular
case the conditions necessary for obtaining
success in the desired result, and to the fullest
extent, are matter of fact knowledge and
observation. It will be generally granted
that there are almost no branches Of public
or private business whatever that do not re-
ceive direct benefit from publicity, or which
are not in many instances wholly dependent
on it. Advertisers Of whatever kind may be
divided into two classes-those who have a
regular branch of business to increase and to
maintain, and those who desire to bring some
particular specially under the notice of the
public or some particular branch of the pub
lie. We think it may be safely promised that
no description of investment or speculation
confers a more certain benefit and re-
turn than this, when conducted with ordinary
prudence and discretion. Bread of this kind,
when cast upon the waters, is generally found
before many days. In those descriptions of
business, in which the amounts of the sale are
large, or the quantity Of the desired article of
Year: 1872

are soluble, that is, they pass into the blood
and injuriously affect the functions OF life.
The object of the chemist, to render poison
inert, is to make it insoluble, when it will pass
away and escape without producing any dele
terious effect. To do this in the stomach is
to administer an antidote which will meet
every condition of the human system.


There is in acid used in many houses for
removing stains from furniture and clothes,
and for cleansing brass, named "oxalic acid :"
it greatly resembles common salts, and has
been sometimes taken for them by mistake.
If this poison is taken into the stomach it will
be rendered inert by speedily drinking down
quantity of magnesia or lime water. An
other poison is corrosive sublimate, which is
also used in families for destroying bed-bugs
if this is taken by children or others by mis-
take, the remedy is to swallow, as quick as
possible, the white of eggs, and if these are
not convenient, some pearlash and dissolved
glue. Of these facts every person should be
Informed. These substances combine with
the poison in the stomach and form an insolu-
BILE, inert compound.
Year: 1872

traffic great, advertisements have ever proved
themselves to be powerful ally toward sue
cess upon large scale. Wholesale trades,
especially, increase in fourfold ratio, accord
ing to the business transacted, and single
stream added to the river of trade at any time
may prove the parent to the other currents or
the means of directing their course into the
main channel. In regard to specialties and
ordinary trade, it is to be noticed that the di.
rect benefit to be derived from the insertion OF
advertisements is more definite and apprecia-
BILE when applied in the case of the former,
while in the latter the good moves silently
but not less surely on the objective point.
Most establishments of Importance find it to
their interest in these times, although only on
the principle of selfdefence, and to hold their
own, to expend a yearly sum in this manner,
while the fact that some successful enterprises
are independent of this aid does in no wise
prove that they do not stand at a disadvan.
tage upon this account, or that they 90 not
thus place bar to the successful following
up of the full sum of their advantages. Ex-
perience on the most extended scale has


proved beyond doubt that the benefits to be
gained by this important adjunct to every de-
scription of modern trade and commerce, If
they come silently, are upon this account no
less real and lasting. And where advertisers
on large scale have met with mishaps, the
cause has generally been found to have been
extravaganza in very different direction
than the one under present consideration.
Year: 1872

ps Few people really realize how many
acres are unoccupied in the great West
There are eleven Territories two or three of
which are twice or three times as large as all
New England; and it is small Territory
that is not at least ten times as large as Mas
sachusetts. Colorado is thirteen times as large
as Massachusetts, while Dakota and Arizona
are half as large as Colorado. The eleven
Territories contain over two billion and
quarter acres, exceeding by nearly two hum
dred thousand square miles the aggregate
Territory of all the present admitted States
of the Union. The Territory of Alaska con-
tains 365, 800 acres.
Year: 1872

Po1soNs AND THEIR ART1DoTEs.-At an
early age the alchymists devoted as much time
to the discovery of antidotes for poisons as
they did to discover the philosophers stone.
Ali the knowledge derived from them, how
ever, respecting this branch of chemical SCI
ence, is of scarcely any worth whatever.
Chemistryis modern science in every respect,
and in no one instance was more than the in.
vestigations of such men as Christosson into the
nature of poisons The virulence of any poi
son is known only by experiment Poisons
Year: 1872

THE NEW White sIAK STEAMSHIP AKDIATIC


By the adoption of the many modern in
venons for comfort safety, and luxury the trip
the Atlantic has been changed from dreaded fortnight
Of discomfort and misery delightful ten days ex.
cursion. This fact made unusually apparent yes


erday TO the visitors who inspected the new steamer
Adratc Of the White Star Iue. now for the first time
living at the COmpany's wharf in Jersey City. The
Adratc il an iron screw steamer of $50 tuns 450 feet


in length Al feet bea and so feet deep She has four
iron mast fully rigged for carrying SAIL and when the
wind is favorable shorenher by spreading
OF to the breeze In the arrangement of
saloons and sateroOms everything Is provided that can
add the comfort and pleasure OF her passengers
10 the furnishing Of each room with electric signal
communicating with the purser's Office. During her
stay in port she has been visited and admired by hund
reds and her passenger accommodations have already
been engaged flor several months in advance Capt
Digby Murray, Commodore OF the line and an old and
experienced navigator, Is in command, and manfess
pride III his noble craft She sails for Liverpool
Year: 1872

Undoubtedly we Americans are the most
wasleful and eXtravagant people in food on
the globe. A Freuchnan or a German will
take the odds aud ends of an American
dinner table, when the family would aver
There was nothing left lit to eat, and in two
nours Will make more palatable and nutrl-
tIous meal than the original one which the
family discussed. Edibles of most kinds
are now quite cheap and none need 90 hun
cry. TINS is particularly the case with
meats OF all kinds. What il wanted is a
knowledge of cooking, and the patience and
industry to do it.


Most persons in cold weather like good
peel soup, but are people aware that ten
persons can make good and substantial
meal on shin or huff that will not cost
over forty cents. of course there must be
a small additional expense for potatoes and
other vegetables, but we assert that ten
persons can make palatable and substan-
ial meal, the whole cost Of which shall not
be over sixty cents. The writer makes a
history of one particular shin of beef, and
here 1t Is. The shin cost thirty cents-was
made into soup and four persons dined ch
IT, The meat left, made five mince or meat
pies; the fat skinned from the pot which
makes the best of ''ohortening weighed
1ull pound, which with butter at forty
cents per pound, was worth more than the
whole shln cost in the market To re-
capltulate we have the results: -Four per-
sons made a good meal; five pies are made
OF the meat-and a quantity of fat obtained
worth more than the first cost of the meats


Bangor Commercial.
Year: 1872

Our agricultural journals abound with
statements, in regard to the value of this
variety, which are generally decidedly in
its favor. SO far as we know, it has not
been tried to any extent in this vicinity,
but with the evidence before us, we should
think it would be good plan to give it
trial. Now is the time to make a move in
that direction. Here is the testimony of a
correspondent of the Maine Farmer:


AS have had some experience in raising
this valuable variety of clover, | thought
perhaps Il few statements of facts concern
ing it might be of benefit to the farmers of
Maine; especially at this time, when all
other grasses are in so poor a condition
and there Is so much more ground to seed
this spring than common. | have thirty
acres seeded to Alsike, and have cut it for
hay, saved for seed, and pastured it for five
years. | commenced with one-half acre the
first year. sowed on a moist piece of land
bordering or cedar swale. | raised one
hundred and twenty five pounds of seed the
first year; the second year | cut one and
half tons of hay on the same ground,
and had one hundred and sixty five pounds
of seed. | have saved the seed four years





last season the clover was as thick on the
ground as it was at the first. For hay all
kinds of stock prefer it to any other. Ny
neat, which are all thoroughbred Durhams
(and don't starVe them have eaten a large
part Of the straw this winter, after the seed
was threshed of, preterrin9 it to good red
clover and timothy hay well cured. The
stalk remains green after the seed is ripe,
and it does not lose so much as other
grasses, if it is not cut in season. 1t grows
quicker and comes to maturity earlier;
consequently is not so much affected by
drouth. | have ten acres of pasture; one
acre | considered worth as much as one and
a half Of any other pasture ground | ever
had My stock last season would leave
good feed in the other part of my pasture
and Craze on The Alsike as long as they
could get bit. 1t grows nearly as long
as our Aroostook or Pea vine colver but
much finer having more branches on the
stalk, more leaves and heads, and the
leaves and heads do not break off and
lose in curing as much as red clover.
The roots run very deep in the ground,
which prevents the frost throwing them out
and winter killing. The difference in ex-
pense OF seeding with Alsike is but trifle
as one pound will seed as much as two and
half OF red clover, the seed being much
finer. 1t wants to be sown after the grain
is narrowed in, and then the ground rolled
or bushed, as the seeds will not terminate
if they are put in very deep. | formerly
sowed twelve and a half pounds of red
clover, and four quarts of timothy to the
acre. | now sow five pounds of Alsike and
four quarts Of timothy, and get thicker
set OF grass. There will be large quantl-
ties of seed down this spring in this vicini-
ty, by farmers who have seen my success
in raising it, There is no humbug about it,
and farmers need not be afraid of it. 1t is
a success as far as | can learn, wherever it
has been cultivated both North and South


Presque Isle. f. Z. PARkHURsr
Year: 1872

There seems to be diversity of opinion
upon this subject. Some stock raisers for
butchering) turn their stock to grass during
the day as soon as it appears, sheltering
nights, until the grass is Of sufficient length
to afford all necessary nutriment; others
insist upon feeding to hay and grain until
the grass in the pastures is knee high, stat
ing that grass when short possesses but
little fattening properties, and by feeding
hay and grain for longer period, much
valuable manure is obtained


AS far as my observation has extended, |
would not advise turning stock to pasture
until most of the blades of grass were two
inches in height-for the reason that earlier
the soil is loose and soft by the action of
frost during the winter, that many roots of
the growing plants are injured by feet of
cattle, or pulled out of their insecure place
by animals which, in their greediness, bite
close to them, sooner to satiate their wants.
Many fields have been g. eatly damaged by
the turning on of stock before the soil be-
comes fairly settled.
Year: 1872

The Danbury New says that Salisbury
German went hunting for a crow on Mon
day week. He put couple of quarts of
powder and shot it his gun, shut his eyes,
and blazed away. 1t is impossible to
tell what a gun will do when thus load
ed but il is certain that it came apart
in this case, an1 that the village physician
promptly sews in every piece Of the Ger
man barber as rapidly as it is found The
crow has not since been seen; it is likely
it has left town until the excitement blows
over.
Year: 1872

BAR SOAP. A young lady gives the follow
ing recipe for good cheap soap: Add to II
quarts of quick lime (shell lime is best) anc
pounds common washing soda. Put al
together and boil for half an hour and lie
it stand all night to clear; draw off the ly'
and add to 1t pound common rosin, and
pounds of fat (any fat will do) boil this hal
an hour, then let it stand till cold, and Gu
into bars.
Year: 1872

To KEEP HAMS IN SUMMER Cut in slices
and trim off the rind and outside; fry it
about halt as much as you would for the
table. Pack 1t tightly in jars pour over
it the fat that has been tried out of it,
close the jars tight, set them in cool
place, and when used give it second fry
ing before serving up.
Year: 1872

"When stranger treats me with want
OF respect" said poor philosopher, Il
comfort myself with the reflection that it
is not myself that he Sights but my old
and shabby hat and cloak, which, to say
the truth. have no particular claim to ad-
Grafton. SO, if my hat and coat choose
to fret about it, let them but it is nothing
to me-"
Year: 1872

An unusual scene took place on Satur-
day afternoon. during the trial Of the case
of Burgess VS.. Anderson. The case is
brought to recover monies won at vari-
Gus times from the plain tiff at faro by
fraudulent practices. The plaintiff used,
as an illustration OF the technalities of the
game complete faro table, with its mark
ing apparatus and silver dealing-box.
An expert, Mr.. Daniel H. Helme, took
his seat at the table and played the game,
the counsel and other spectators betting
on the cards. and taking their chances at
winning and losing. He first used an
honest set of cards and several of the spec
tators won their bets, although luck was
largely in favor of the bank. He then
took set of ''strippers"- is, pack
in which several of the cards were trimmed
at the sides to an edge-unobservable to
the eye but easily perceived by the touch
of the dealer. By this device the dealer
knew the position of any card, and by
dealing two at time, when necessary,
was able to make the opposite players
lose at will. This false deck of cards
being inserted into the box, the spectators
betting at choice against the bank. found
that the dealer distributed the favors of
fortune to himself, and were at once con
vinced how immoral 4 thing gambling is.
The expert testified that he had been in
the service of the defendant, and had used
the "strippers" to defraud his innocent
customers. The defendant denies the use
of the 'skin game at his place, and says
the story of the expert is fabrication re-
sulting from personal.enmity. However
that may be, that such a sinful game is
possible seemed to be pretty clearly
demonstrated in open court. Providence
journal.