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Year: 1873

In altering the relations now exist.
ing between the Roads and the Leg
islature the anti-mOnOpolists should
take care lest the remedy prove
worse than the disease. The Legis-
lature Of Illinois has passed q law
making Railroad charges proportion
ate to distances. Some OF the Roads
which it effects run to the Mississippi
River, connecting with Iowa Roads
built with special reference to Chics-
90 and other Eastern markets, Say
ihst the rate of charges in this State
is FIVE cents for fifty miles, then it
will be ten cents for one hundred miles,
and go on. Now ifthe Legislature OF
Iowa adopts q similar policy, what


will be the result ? The rates will


make il absolutely impossible to move
freight from the center Of Iowa
to Chicago, or any Eastern point,


or to receive goods in return


The further west from the center the
freight is TO be shipped the worse off
will the shippers he. BY such an
insane policy, Iowa would literally
fence herself off from any market at
all. A very large proportion Of her
producers would be unable to raise
anything except for local consump-


ton. Real estate would depreeiaoe
one half, and the great cattle and
corn raisers in Western and Central
Iowa would find their occupation
gone, and would discover that, in
seeking to regulate railways, they
had literally regulated the business
OF production out of existence by
cutting themselves off from q market.
Year: 1873

Starch and iron shirt bosoms as


usual, and when the articles are thor


oughly dry, place one at time on g
narrow, hard and very smooth board,


which has had one thickness of cotton
cloth over it, sewed tightly; have the
rpolishing iron" heated so that it will
not scorch, and rub it quick and hard
over the surface, up and down the
bosom, using only the rounded part
on the front of the iron. A still high
er polish may be obtained by passing
a damp cloth lightly over the smooth
surface, and then rubbing hard and
quickly with the hot iron. / think it
needs good deal of patient practice
to do this admirably, but l know il is
crowned with success, and when once
learned it is easy as other ironing. A
"polishing iron'' is small and highly
polished, with rounded part which
allows all the friction to come on q
small part at one time, which develops
the gloss that may be in both linen and
starch. These irons may be had at
our hardware stores for about seventy
Eve cents each; one is sufficient for a
family. Collars and cuffs look nicely
done in this way.
Year: 1873

California has this drama: One


Whitney, having q sum of money in


bank, and owing an equal sum, con-
suited one Dixon as to the best means
of avoiding payment. Dixon prompt
ly counseled that Whitney should
withdraw the money and lodge it Sc
curely in his hands, so that it could
not be attached by legal process.
This was done but when Whitney
desired TO withdraw the sum from his
and guileless friend, the
latter denied all knowledge of the
transaction. Thereupon the despoiled
Whitney crxyes. the interposition Of
the law, and makes clean breast ot
it. The legal myrmidons overheard
Dixon, and it is at last discovered
that he has made over the cash to an
evil woman named Richardson, with
the understanding that both are to
fly, rejoining each other in a distant
city, where they can diffuse the booty
in peace. Searching and urgent in
vestigation of this person disclosed
the fact that she had just perfected
her arrangements to throw overheard
her fellow felon and Tun away with
another man q man of the Hoodlum
color, with a taking eye and correct


taste in hair oil. Search for this


young man brought to light the


amusing fact that he had spent quite


a portion of the money in purchasing


fugitive outfit for another young


woman, who, as soon as she had got


the articles, did literally and actually
fly with still another young nan
about whom nothing is known, except
that he seems to be the only one in
this strange succession Of criminals
who has reaped any Of the fruits OF
the original crime. Considering the
extreme complication and embarrass-
ment OF everybody concerned, and
the small Likelihood that he will ever
get any of the money back, it is pos
sible that Whitney may now almost
wish that, instead OF monopolizing
his capital in that secret fashion, he
had quietly paid his debts with il.
Year: 1873

How often do we read in the news
papers accounts of fires supposed to
have been occssioned by "defect in
the chimney" Indeed, to have q
sire proof chimney, so to speak,
should be one of the prime objects Of
every man who builds q house. To
know that your chimney is safe is one
Of the most secure feelings man can
have in contemplating his house. and
no man should undertake to build one,
without putting the building of the
chimney into competent hands. Then
as rule, no wood work should be
within four inches of chimney. An
experienced builder in this city has
told US that he once knew an instance
where q nail driven into the mortar be.
tween the brick became so heated
from a FIRE in an old-fashioned brick
oven-as to communicate fire to the
wood work, which if it had not been
timely discovered must have complete
ly consumed the dwelling. In build
ing chimneyssee that they are con
structed in the most thorough manner.
L-Mdiae Former.
Year: 1873

The TschnOlogiss says: The best
time for painting the exterior OF
buildings is late in autumn or during
the winter. Paint then applied will
endure twice as long as when applied
in early summer or in hot weather.
In the former it dries slowly and be-
comes hard, like glazed surface, not
easily affected by the weather OF
worn off by the be,ting of storms.
But in hot weather the oil in the paint
soaks into the wood at once, as INTO a
sponge, leaving the lead nearly dry
and nearly ready to crumble off.
This last difficulty, however, might in
q measure be guarded against, though
at an increased expense, by first 90
ing over the surface with raw oil. By
painting in cold weather one annoy,
ance might certainly be escaped
namely, the collection of flies on tht


fresh pant.
Year: 1873

DISTRICT ISDEBTEDSEss.-Consid-
cradle excitement was created in the
Legislature OF the District of CoIum-
bia, on the 23d, by q member Affirm
ing that the figures showed that the
debt Of the District amounted to over
SI5, 100000, and that without aid
from Congress bankruptcy was in
eyitsble. The Legislature, at this
session, hiss been profiigate in making
appropriations, but it is discovered
that there is no money in the District
Treasury wheresi.h TO pay them. It
seems 10 be generally conceded that
a crisis in the affairs OF the District
Government it at hand, and it is
charged that some startling develop
ments will be made as to the manner
in which the millions of dollars voted
BY Congress for the Improvement of
Washington have been spent.
Year: 1873

CATERPILLARs.-Now is the time to
look out sharply for caterpillars. They
are busy weaving their nests and strip.
'ping the leaves Of the apple trees. 1t
is the best time to take them vile they
are young and small, for if neglected
till the leaves are fully green, there is
necessarily greater injury to the tree
to say nothing of the obstruction they
cause in the process of growth. Fix
a brush on the end of long pole and
go at them. Ifthe trees are kept per,
fectly clean this year, you will have
less of them uext, unless some careless
and slovenly neighbOr lets all his GO
to seed. Caterpillars are a sign q
careless farming.
Year: 1873

executed in the most faultless and artistic
style, and DOTtrdyin9 accurately and fully all
leading ereIlts tgfuiTl tiCety-J four hours after


hetrOecurence. Those who have made Jour-
nalism study, and fully appreciate the great
enterprise manifested in the collection and
publication of news by the aid of the tele-
graph, steam presses, and the development
of journalistic talent, have been fond of ad-
vancing the theory that the next advance In
that field would result in a newspaper fur
nlshing in its regular issue pictures of all
current prominent events. That theory Is a
theory no longer; the newspaper of the fu-


ture is the newspaper OF to-day, and that pa


per is TIE DAILY GRAPHIC. The processes


which render this marvellous achievement


an existing fact are the result of the most


careful study and an endless variety of exper-


iments, gradually perfected during the past


twelve years They depend upon improve


ments in lithOgraphy and the application of
the photographer camera. Bytheir aid a pic.


ture is engraved and made ready to print in
from twenty minutes to two hours, Costly
and elaborate plates, works of art scenes OF
interest, are reproduced and pictured forth
with equal facility and the most scrupuIOus
fidelity. Illustrations ofleadIng events are
engraved and prepared for the press even be-
fore the accompanying written narrative or
description leavesthe hands ofthe com positor
For the proper practical working of so great
an enterprise. THE GRAPHIC COMPANY
was formed with
Year: 1873

SUGGESTION To Horse BREEDRRs.-
The following is from an article in the


RHraI NeW Yorker There Is another
most essential condition of success
with all young stock, and particular


ly with colts, which is, that they should
be born as early as it can be contrived
Aor them TO come in the spring, as
strength and all the age which can be
gained tells wonderfully in their favor
through the winter Whoever goes
through the country at this season will
see colts rough and weak and even il
they call at the great breeders of trot-
ing and high priced animals, the poor
colts will be the worst looking objects
on the premises for, although much
attention has been paid, and good
food given, the appetites have failed,
or the food has not seemed TO tell.
Year: 1873

A CASE has recently been decided
in England which shows at once the ex
istence of extended adulteration oi
food, and that the courts are prepared
to repress it, and punish it If possible
A tradesman was sued for having
sold to the plaintiff as butter a com.
pound of lard, dripping fat, palm oil
and oil from certain seeds. He had
the GOODNESS to plead that he did no,
represent the article to be pure, bu,
the court said that when, on being
asked for butter, tradesman handed
an article across.'the counter, he there
by represented that the article wa
butter, and not mixture Of the horri
bic ingredients mentioned in the case
The case was decided on apl'caI far tb
plaintiff.
Year: 1873

However often horse stumbles,
from any cause whatever, do not shout
at him, for the animal breads to be
chided. Do not shake the reins, for
his mouth is much more sensitive
than your lips are. Do not use the
whip, for the horse Is naturally so
timid that the moment you begin to
correct him, he becomes SO terrified
that he looses control of his own rea-
soning faculties, and in his wild terror
plunges, and resrs, and fails to obey
The right course to pursue is to speak
quietly but firmly to the creature
Comfort the trembling animal with
the magic of your voice, and bring
back those perceptions which help your
horse to guard against repesting the
act of stumbling. This manner o.
procedure is tar more human and
reasonable than to yell at the animal
and lash him fercely, thus frightening
and bewildering instead of teaching
him what is expected of hin.
Year: 1873

BENEFIT OF TRADE Give your
sons trade. One man with-ao trade
is worth thousand without one. The
hosts OF young men in every large
city who apply for employment and
fail to get it, for the reason that
they can not truthfuIly affirm that they
are educated or especially fitted for
any particular business. constitute q
potent argument in favor. reform.
Under the apprentice system, We
should have lever ignorant mechanics
and incompetent business men. A
trade is fortune in itself.
Year: 1873

For CoLIC IN HoRsKs.-Sulphuric
ether may be used to advantage An
ounce of sulphuric ether and an ounce
of tincture of opium, to be given in a
pint of tepid water. and this dose to
be repeated in half an hour ifthe horse
has not been relieved by the first one.
In fiatulent colic great benefits obtain
ed by frequent administration ofinjec-
tions, and they are also very servicable
wheD collie arises from indigestion
which it frequently does. Seven or
eight drachms Of aloes. also, should be
given to remove any irritating sub
stance from the intestines, which may
have given rise to the collie.
Year: 1873

The Chicago memorial to Con-
gress, asking that the government
build a double track railroad from
New York TO that city, to be used
exclusively for freight, as solution
of the cheap transportation problem
between the East and the West, Is
simply one OF the signs that the de-
mand for such road, to be built
either by public or private enterprise
is among the most pressing wants Of
our internal commerce.
Year: 1873

whether in journalism or general politics, so
that the whole is rather full, just and faith
full representation OF American politics for q
period of forty years


Here You will learn of the rise and fall OF
parties; of the triumph and defeat OF policies;
of the lives and character of


Many Eminent Men.


This work is, in short, the great biogra.
phico-hiStorical work OF the times. 1t is the
great literary success of the times. Every
Intelligent man and woman will have it
Orders are already coming in in such way as
to show they will soon begin TO pour.


Mechanically il Is the handsomest book
published being profusely and Elegantly
illustrated with about 40 engravings, includ'
ing portraits, also a steel engraving of MI
Greeley, which is the most pleasing and
natural OF any yet published-making 4 vol
urne of oyer llll rnNslI octaYn nageS-
Year: 1873

She put my hat and my stick away, and with


tender and wifely care
Led me, who seem'd SO helpless and dark, to


my old ACCUSTOMED chair:
And there she left me minute or So with


kiss and gentle word,
While she ran to bring the children down: and


my heart was kindly stirr'd
As l looked about at the pleasant ROOM and


out on the garden view,
That all seem'd SO familiarly strange, so old,


and yet SO new
And l dropp'd back into my chair once more,


with longing akin to pain,
AS l heard the children come skurrying down


to welcome me home again.
0 Jack, there are times and feelings, old man,


that language can never paint;
And words, when speak of that crowning


scene, seem weak, and feeble, and


faint
Feeble indeed to show one tthe of my bosom's


passionate swell;
But l dare say you can picture it all far better


than words could tell.
| could scarcely see them at first for the tears


that dimm'd my yearning sight,
As they ran to meet me, with eager JOY, my


younglings bonnie and bright;
And then they Chamber d up on my knees, with


merry, welcoming cries,
And | look d for the first time in my life in nv


little darling's eyes.
Year: 1873

We were out in the fields one summers eve


how well | remember it still =
And somehow we two had wandered away from


loyc-lom Katie and VIII,
Till we came i'm the dusk to the lone black


mere, where the aspen branches wave,
And she coaX,d d me to tell her its legend grim


of love yond the grave.
Thcr l look'd down into her soft brown eyes,


with their witchng and lustrous SPELL
And whisper d, Dear. Eve another tale that


| should like to tell -
When We heard merry shout from behind,


and up came Willie and Kate,
And the loving words died out on my lips, and


l knew my story must wait.
But she seem'd from that very time to grow


more shy and distant, YOU see;
Inever could meet her out alone, or tempt her


TO walk with me;
And when | tried to draw her aside to whisper


loving word
she'd flush and tremble and flutter away, like


pretty frightened bird.
saw She Stunned me- and said TO myself,


with proud and passionate throe,
she loves me not, and would spare us both the


pain of telling me so;
And I'd rather, God knows that my heart


should break, in its silence bitter and


drear,


han I'd pester woman with whispers and


vows that she doesn't care 10 hearn'
Year: 1873

A CONNECTICUT man purchased a horse
of neighbor, which upon trial did not
prove the kind he anticipated. Not car
ing to keep the animal, he applied dye
to his hide that made him lovely black
and resold him to the aforesaid neighbor
The animal was subsequently sold to the
first purchaser, his appearance having in
the meantime been again changed, and
now both parties desire to know (which
man should sue the other"
Year: 1873

The UntlFians are most numerous at tho North
As sect their theology is entirely a negative one
They cling 10 the doctrine Of the Trinity. They 60
no further. Beyond that there is no creed no Ak
cd b. lief; no systsmatlzsd church. deoiPlina and
teaching.
Year: 1873

Don't stand right under the porch and
howl, but get out in the middle of the
street, or better still, on the other side
of it. Distance lends enchantment to
the sound. Don't let your screaming
tenor soar an octave above all the balance
Of the chorus, and remain there, setting
everybody's teeth on edge for blocks
around; and above all, don't let him
sing solo; probably there is moth
ing in the world SO suggestive OF serene
contentmen. and perfect bliss as the
spectacle Of n calf chewing dish-rag;
but the nearest approach to it is your
ready tenor, standing apart, in sckly
attitude, with head thrown back and eyes
uplifted to the moon, piping his distress
ing solo. Now do not pass lightly over
this matter, friend, but ponder it with
that seriousness which its importance
entities it to. AS soon as you start, gag
your tenor, otherwise he will be letting
off a screech, every now and then, to let
the people know he is around. Your
amateur tenor is notoriously he most
sef-conceited of all Gods creatures.
Year: 1873

THERE is good deal said in censure of the
custom OF jumping off and on Gals when in
motion. Ii is righteous condemnation, but
is not consistent when coming from railroad
companies. If they truly desire a reform
they must begin at home, for as long as en-
ployees will jump on a train when in mo-
ton, and persist in doing it as gracefully as
they do, an initiative public will be the suf-
ferers. People don't jump on a train befo


it stops, because they are in hurry, but be-
cause they have seen a brakeman or a con-
ductor do it, and have terrible dread of be


irg surpassed. Now, at the station the 9TH
er day, Conductor Phillips, of the eastern


train, after giving the word to start, waited


until the last car reached him. and then rais-
ing one hand to the rail and one foot gently
from the earth, he swung majestically around,
and was at once firmly on the car. Mr.. Phil
lips weighs two hundred pounds, but there
was such grace and poetry in his motion that
he seemed to blend with the car. First there
was yellow paint, and then gold leaf, and ma
rooE, and Phillips. There was an elderly
person who saw Phillips do this, and his eyes
glistened with anticipation. He was going
on the western train, and when it came along
he waited until fine rate of speed was gain
ed, and then raising his hand and leg, Just as
he had seen Phillips do, and looking careless
ly away, just as Phillips did, he reached out
for the rail, and the next instant was irving
to push his head through the platform planks,
and fighting the air with his heels, and madly
paving aroun'. with his hands, and swearing
praying at an awful rate. They stood
him up on his feet, and rubbed his head with
some snow, but it was a long while before
they could convince hin, that the locomotive
had not exploded Netcs.
Year: 1873

A distinguished modern novel st describes
one of his heroes as pleasant fellow, who
waltzes like an angel" The comparison on
ly goes to enforce Mr.. Beecher's testimony as
to the probable occupation of the Celestial
host, and may work a change in many hearts
whose present hopes of heaven are rather
slim.
Year: 1873

The English bad boy does not differ mate


rally from his American brother. He threw


stones at Gladstone and called him ''guy'
the other day. The great statesman threw


aside his dignity and his hat and went for


that boy, and caught him after run of three
squares.
Year: 1873

''British Inquirer Your belief that the


untutored savage of our Western wilds is at
all responsible for the fact that we have ''bald


headed" eagles, is wholly destitute of foun-
dation.
Year: 1873

TOT LAdleA and GentIBnen,
Fashionable and Neat Fitting Boots and Shoes
made to order and warranted. A well selected
stock of Machine Sewed Boots Shoes and Caters
lust received, which will be sold at very reasonable
prices.
Year: 1873

Not as Black as They Are Pninted-Re-
port OF a Citizen Of Cincinnati-MartiaI
Law Deprecated.


CINCINNATI, Ohio Sept. 10, 1878.


A prominent citizen of Cincinnati, who had been
spending several days in the Ku Klux region Of
Kentucky, returned to the city last evening. He
reports the country quiet and the people ready to
talk freely about their troubles. They claim that
the accounts of affairs given recently in letters in
the Louisville COarier-JOtynol are much exag-
Gerayed and that the troubles will be stopped
BY due course Of law. One prominent lawyer
stated that he has no doubt there was
large organization OF Ku Klux, but that
many Of them were respectable citizens who had
no sympathy with marauders, and that within ten
days iull disclosures would be made OF the secrets
of the order, and that those who have repented OF
their connection with 1t would assist in sup
pressing 1t. The idea OF martial law Is not rel
ished by any one. A well known lawyer OF Owen
county asserted that there was no established
order, and that the offenders were merely
common thieves and murderers. The owen
county authorities say that the murder OF the
negro Whitestone is the only one which has taken
place In their county. Two OF those charged with
this murder were acquitted at the preliminary
examination, and three others escaped from jail u
week ago; but they afterwards gave themselves up
to the authorities, declaring they could prove an
alibi, Their examination Is set down for tomor-
row and 1t Is thought they will be bound over
owen county people assert that all concerned In
this outrage are ex-memDers OF the FEDERAL army.