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Year: 1875

One great cause of the poverty Of the
present day is the failure of our people to
appreciate small things. They do not
realize how daily addition, be it ever 50
small, will soon make large pile. IF the
young men and young women of to-day
will will only begin, aud begin now to save
little from their earnings and plant it in
the soil Of some good savings bank, and
weekly or monthly add their mite, they
will wear happy smile of competence whcn
they reach middle life. Not only thc de-
sire but the ability to increase it VIII also
grow. Let clerk and tradesman, laborcr
and artisan, make now and at once Il be
ginning. Store up some of your youthful
force and vigor for future contingency.
Let parents teach their children to begin
early to save. Begin at the fountain-head
to control the stream of extravagance-tc
choose between poverty and riches. Let
our youth go on in habits of extravaganza
for fifty years to come as they have for
fifty years past, and We shall have nation
Of beggars, with monied aristocracy. Let
a generation Of such as save in small sums
be reared, and we shall be free from ali
want Do not be ambitious for extrava-
CANT fortune, but do seek that which is the
duty of every one to obtain, independence
and a comfortable home. Wealth, and
enough of 1t, is within the reach OF all. 1t
is obtainable by one process, and by one
only-saying.
Year: 1875

The mortality report of the District Of
Columbia for the six months ending March.
shows that the death rate of the whites
was 1884 per thousand, while that of the
colored population for the same period was
nearly 70 per thousand.
Year: 1875

The best mode of oiling belt i to take
1t from the pulleys and immerse it in a
warm solution of tallow and oil after al
lowing it to remain a few moments the bell,
should be immersed in water heated to onc
hundred degrees Fahrenhoit, and instantly
removed. This will drive the oil ard tai
low all in, and at the same time property
temper the leather
Year: 1875

Taken in full doses on retiring for the night it
will be found 10 exert the most powerful influence
on the organs of circulation and pcrspiration. Per
spiraton lows from every part OF the body, glow
o. heat extends from head to foot, every muscle and
fibre is relaxed, and in state OF the most crafty
ing repo5c, while pain, soreness OF the bones and
muscles disappear, and the poor sufferer in state
of mind at once composed and happy, sinks into a
refreshing sleep, lasting until morning, from which
he awakens new man. mild dose before break"
fast and another before going ont for the day, will
nrc vcnl his llking more cold.
Year: 1875

Nearly all the injurious statements
made of the place are certainly false.
The great crop is corn, and that is so
profitable that the residents do not
care to spend much time on anything
else. Other crops are only raised in
quantities for home consumption, with
a small surplus. At this time the
country presents very fine appear
ance, as all the crops are growing very
finely.


sF WHAT A MAN CAN DO.


A specimen case of what a man can
do in Gospel Swamp is that of gen.
Year: 1875

There is no such thing as business
The merchants are doing nothing
that is, the Wholesalers. The retail
people are doing . fair holiday trade,
and that 10 all. When l say fair,
should cay light, for it is not &C
heavy BY half - that Of former years
All other lines Of trade are as dull as
dull can be. Thank your stars tha,
you are not in New York.


PIETRo.
Year: 1875

| New York. Dec. Esd. ISIS
THE CAUSES OF CRIME.


The Committee investigating the
causes Of crime in this city are un-
earthing some terrible facts. Among
others is the testimony of one of the
6rst physicians Of the city, DR.. Elisha
Harris, who declared that the increase
of criminals in this city in the past
few years was greater in proportion
than the increase Of population from
births and immigration together


DR.. Willard Parker, AZ authority
Of equal standing, said that liquor
WAS the chief cause of the vice,
crime, idiocy and insanity in the
country. All who have looked into
the cause and cure of crime agree
that the vicious classes must be
made to work harder. 1t is = motor
ious and patent fact that with all ,he
increase Of wages aud regulation Of
hours in the last ten years, the con-
di,ion Of the lower classes does not
seem to be the better for the change.
The complaint is made by all en-
ployers that there is very little, a.
most no fair # turn made for the
wages paid, no matter how liberal
these may be. The average Of work
done in . day with al the labor
saving helps Of the time, is hardly
half what it used 10 De in the old
times. Now. that there is such an
outcry for work, employers bethink
themselves whether they cannot OBJ
tain their own right of days work
for days pay. The fact has rather
been lost sight Of, that employers
had any rights beyond that Of pay
ing the mos, wages for the very
least that stupid and idle help chose
to do. Now that the cry for bread
comes SO urgent there is . chance to
find whether the poor are willing to
work for their money rather than
stsrve. Those of experience among
the lower classes OF New York, are
not wanting who do no: hesitate to
say that these had rather starve than
work hard. Certainly they will all
beg, loaf, or cheat in a mild way.
sooner than stir themselves to do =
brisk DAVIS work.
Year: 1875

1t isa thousand pities that the
heroic devotion shown by women in
humble stations OF life could not End


worthier objects. There is = young
woman dying in hospital Of wounds
given by her lover in u drunken TT,
in which he twisted her arm till he
broke it; yet the girl steadfAs,ly re-
fuses TO say one word about the quar-
rel for fear of making trouble for
him. II she dies without giving her
testimony he cannot be convicted,
as she was the only witness. There
was good blood in that girl, no mat
ter what she was, and ! stout heart
better worth song and story than
any we read about this year. The
brute goes out without trouble,
through the devotion Of the girl: but
all the same, he leaves her 10 die
in = hospital.
Year: 1875

Curious incidents come up among
the labors for the poor. One woman
was found with her FIVE children in
the sixth story Of q wretched tene-
ment house, where she made mis-
cradle living by washing. Her
children were without shoes in bitter
weather, and kind merchant sent a
supply al round. The oldest girl
objected to them because they were
laced with shoe strings, and button
boots were the style. The same
family lost their father, q miserable
wretch, who drank himself to death,
and were obliged to ask for charity
to bury him. The teachers Of the
mission school who helped them be-
fore, agreed to bear the expenses,
whereupon the old woman went out
and ordered hesrse, with plumes,
to attend the funeral of the departed
sot. A member Of the city au,hori-
ties told Of a poor fellow who had
seen better days, who came to him
for help as he was without pos.-
tion, or money. The official handed
him = Eve dollar bill, which he could
spare none too well himself, but he
was rather sorry for il, when he
found the first use'the fellow made
Of it was to 60 to the market and
order pair Of ducks for dinner,
taking most OF the money which
might have kept the family in food
for . week.


This may be considered apropos Of
the study Of crime, for such thrift
lessness is crime not of the least
dimensions. 1t ought to count
heavily against the laboring men of
this and other cities, that with the
high wages of the last ten years, very
few of them have saved money. The
idea at the time was 10 make money,
not TO save it, and to make it in
many ways beside working for it.
ONE WEEK.


A murder week seems the regu-
lar allowance, not counting homicides
of less degree. The last sad and
shocking tragedy is that Of = young
Hebrew girl who has not been long
in this country and who was brutally
killed by her betrayer last Sunday
Mgt. The parties both have the
reputation Of being exceptionally re-
ligious, and careful in observing all
the rites of their church, and the girl
was much beloved by the family OF
the murderer. While a servant in
the family she nursed him through
. long illness, and he seems to have
really loved her in return. But hi.
wife was coming over from the ole
country and there WAS trouble ahead
and no way presented itself out o
the difficulty, but murder. So he
took the girl to walk with him in tn.
lonely outskirts of East New York
and stabbed her, kneelirg at his fee
for mercy.


He betrayed himself by his anxiet,
to show how impossible it was tha
he should have killed girl to whom
he was SO purely attached.


And speaking Of murders, ,her,
are at this time four men under sen


encc to be hanged, and over thirt,
in the various prisons are waiting
trial for the same ofense.


The bloody villain Dolsn, VII


killed Noe, will probably escape tn
hanging he SO richly deserves. Th
politicians are moving heaven an
: earth to clear him, and As they hsv
succeeded in obtaining two respite
Year: 1875

is still non est, and the meaning of it
is no one knows or can imagine
where to look for him. The officials
have dozen theories, but as not one
Oh them lead to the place where he
is, they might rs we'll have none.
The general impression is that he Is
in good hiding IN this city, waiting
till he can make terms with the city
for all unconditional release. This
may, or not, be the correct idea, but
whether the venerable thief is in
New York or Belgium, he is doubt
less waiting for settlement in q
very safe place. His counsel are
preparing the way in the courts al
ready, aud when they get through
work the Boss will ulxke his appear
ance and take charge of the city
once more. There is no danger of
his ever ocing caught. He had his
plans too well laid, and there are too
many prominent meu interested IN
his escape for that.
Year: 1875

One of the strange,t and most horrible
of sensational incidents took place the
other day at Puteaux. A party of children
who were PLAYING in the environs discoy-
cred floating in the air, and partly entar-
gled amid the branches of tree, a white
parcel, upborne by means of some twenty
or thirty little red toy-balloons, which
were attached to it. The attention of the
pelice being called to this singular object.
it was brought down and the package
opened, which proved to contain the
corpse of a newborn infant. Investigation
into the matter brought to light the fol-
lowing facts. The child was that of poor
toy maker and his wife; just after the con-
finement of the latter the husband had died
suddenly, and all the household goods and
chattels had been seized for rent. The un-
happy woman was driven mad by this ac-
cumulation of misfortunes she killed her
infant, and then went out and threw her


self into the river, leaving behind her a


written paper, in which she declared her
Intention of committing suicide, and said


that she "had gotten her baby all ready
! TO 90 ND TO heaven A sadder tale with
a stranger termination it would be hard to
find. The toy-balloons had evidently
formed part of the dead husbands stock IN
trade.-Paris Letter.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Chautauqua n.
W Farmer, starting with the premises
that to make good vinegar you must nave
good pure cider, and see to it that the bar
rel into which it is to be put Is entirely
free from faint, proceeds with the process
of making as follows:


Cider once properly made and put into
sweet, fresh barrels, the balance OF the pro
cess in vinegar making is no trick at al.
1t is chemical process, to be sure, Dut
nature will be good manlpulatOr Oh IL.
The chemistry of the thing consists SIMPLY
in the oxygenation of the cider, and II the
air is allowed free access to it the OXygena-
ton will 90 on slowly through the winter
and more ra idly in the summer. The
process may be accelerated by keeping
cider in a warm room, and made more
rapid still by trickling the cider through
a hogshead or large cylinder perforated
with holes on the side and filled with
birch shavings, so as to allow the alr 10
come in direct contact with it. A little
Yeast added to the cider gives it a good
start on its fermenting course.


Our custom is to await the slow pro-
cess ofnature, and to admit air to the clcer
only through the bunghole. In the sum
mer we take the barrels out of the cellar
and place them in a sunny place, nalllng
some wire gauze over the bungholes 10
keep out flies and straws. We
have known the latter to be IN
serted by thievish bipeds. This process
makes vinegar slowly but surely; but we
are inclined to think the result is a better
article than by more rapid manufacture
Things hastily made are apt to be poorly
made. s. paint in long time and for
long time.n said one of the old Greclan
artists. This mode of making vinegar re-
uuires about twelve months. Early-made
cider will some times go through the vim
ous and acetous lamentations the same
fall, but it forms a poor article, and we
prefer to wait till the latter part OF OctoOer
or the first of November before we start
the cider-mill for the supply Of the ylne-
gar cellar.


Beware of all nostrums in the manuiac-
ture of vinegar. The simple, unadulter-
ated Juice of ripe apples-if small anu
ITnottv. no mathematics the best flavor
ed vinegar. Brown sugar, mOlasses, mus
tard-seeds and all flavOrings and medlca-
tions are a damage. Some rec0mmenu
adding the g mother OF vinegar from an
old vinegar barrel. This ''mother Is q
fungus growth on old vinegar and VIII
doubtless hasten the acetous fermentaitlo Ji
in cider. as it contains within ltseH lne


seeds of decay, but it is very apt 10 contain
sIso had fiayors and too much c0rruptioh'


Putting I. mother with new cider IS 100


much ike bringing up little child 10 as


sociate and sleep with its aged and lnhrnl


grandmother. The child grows Old last
enough without such an unnatural cataiyI-


ic influence.
Year: 1875

The French Minister of Justice has Just
received a report of very sad and extra
ordinary affair. which is not unlikely 10
create some sensation. Thirty years ago
a young girl named Marie Guernic was
found poisoned in her bed. She had been
betrothed short time before to young
man. with whom her younger sister Mad
cline was said to be desperately in love.
The Door girl was at once arrested, tired,
and finally condemned to death, which
she suffered calmly and valiantly, without
uttering word of complaint or of justlfl-
cation. Every body felt the greatest SYM
pathy for the poor old father of the two
girls. who was giving signs of the most
violent grief. He had come into posses
SION of some money which the girls had
inherited from their mother, but his griei
did not seem to be lessened thereby. A
fortnight ago the old man died, and before
his death confessed to his parish priest.
Rev. Able Barreau, that he was himsen
the murderer Of his eldest daughter. lie
/ had. moreover, allowed suspicion to resi-


on the Younger in order to inherit tht


money of both. The poor victim had diet
| innocent without utteriDg word IN hel
defense because she knew who was Uni


murderer, and rather chose to Gle than 4


denounce him to justice.
Year: 1875

A stable-keeper in Rochester has hack
horse of which the following stories are
told: At the end of the stable is water
faucet, under which has been placed q
large tub for the horses TO drink from.
When this horse is thirsty he scorns the
use of the tub, but turns on the faucet
with his teeth, and holds his head under
the running stream until his thirst Is
uuenched, then turns the faucet on again,
and, with knowing look at his observ-
ers. trots back to his stall. During the
present spell of cold weather the water
has been allowed TO run to prevent 1t
freezing in the pipes. One evening, when
the men were elsewhere engaged, he went
for drink in his usual manner, and after
he got through turned the faucet OF. The
consequence was the pipes got frozen up,
and had TO be thawed out before the horse
could quench his thirst in his accustomed
manner. Affidavits in support of these
statements most people win regard as
necessary.
Year: 1875

DURING the recent extremely cold
weather two fishermen of Canarsie, Long
Island, were frozen to death. They went
out late one afternoon, with two cOmpan-
ions, in separate row-boats, to fish for
clans. The weather was bitterly cold,
and the boats became entangled in the ice.
When the men did not return at dark, the
neighbors, anxious for their safety, made
fires along the shore at different points.
As soon as daylight came search was In
stituted, and after much difficulty and suf-
fering two OF the missing men were found.
They were almost unconscious, but when
hey revived they were unable to give any
account of their companions. The condl-
ton of the bay and the severity of the
weather prevented any further search for
some days, but at length the other two
men were found sitting at their oars, but
frozen dead.
Year: 1875

PUSHING A CoURrEsY.-The fash
iouable courtesy Of giving dinner
party or entertainment to visitor is
nov carried on to the extreme OF not
only requesting the lady or gentleman
to name the people they would like to
meet, but to say what music would
he preferred, and what there shall be
for dinner A young lady visiting
some friends in the city was called
upon by a mstron recently: and in
vited to make up party for her house
it being optional what form-whe'her
German. reception or dinner-the
affair should take; in short, the
"invitee" gave the entertainment. and
the fashionable hostess bad the privi
lege of paving the bills Bostor


Gazette.
Year: 1875

1t is said that if gun is fired over
a recently caught lobster both his
claws will drop of We imagine,
however, that the accuracy of the aim
has something to do with the success
of the experiment.
Year: 1875

The symptoms Of Liver Complaint are
uneasincss and pain in the side some
times the pain is in the shoulder, and is
mistaken for rheumatism. The stomach
is affected with loss Of appetite and
sickness, bowels in general costive,
Sometimes alternating with lax. The
head is troubled with pain, and dull,
heavy sensation, considerable loss Of
memo:y, accompanied with painful sem
sation of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. Often
complaing of weakness, debility, and
low spirits. Sometimes many of the
above mptoms attend the disease, and
at other times very few of them but
the liver is generally the organ most in
vnlyp6
Year: 1875

lieve was thoroughly enjoyed BY every
person 10 attendance.


The audience vas much larger than
was expected, the total proceeds
amounting 70 about 4ne hundred dol
lars.


Ata joint meeting Of the Committees
Of arrangement and finance they on be-
half Of the pastor and members Of st.
Clements and the citizens Of Masseys
and vicinity. passed an unanimous vote
of thanks to the members Of the Glse
Club for the pleasure they gave in sup
plying such good music for the occa-
sion s #


A like vote was passed to those from
our sister towns who took part in the
Bee for their share in the good work.


I would here say that it is the wish
Of one and all here to return the favors
thus shown at any time We might be
called on. so to do. H.. B. +.
Year: 1875

In the Senate, on the 9Th, Senator Lo-
gan said he believed it was considered the
duty Of a sailor to stand by his ship in
the midst of a great storm, and Senators
on his side of the chamber had been told
that great storm of indignation was
gathering in this land, which would cei-
tainly wreck the Republican craft. The
Republican party had been characterized
as tyrannical and oppressive, and the
course of the party and the Executive
had been denounced even by the men
who had received clemency from that par


ty. What was the cause Of all this? He
might be mistaken, but he thought this
was the beginning Of the campaign Of
1876. He proposed to discuss the ques-
tions which should be presented to the
American people truly and fairly from an
honest and legal standpoint. He argued
that there was a government in Louisiana !;
whether it was government Of right or
not was not question. Could any Sena-
tor on this floor to-day stand up and de-
ny the fact that government existed in


Louisiana. Whether they called it agov-
Year: 1875

For the benefit of the many
farmers who have subscribed for the
TRIBUNE, we will hereafter devote
the eighth page of our paper to tho
publishing of matter pertaining to
the farm and home. Some of this
will be carefully selected from the
leading agricultural papers and the
rest will be the experience of the
best practical farmers in our own
vicinity.
Year: 1875

THE husband who goes homo
these cold nights and does not roll
his sleeping wife over to the cold
side of the bed and gently place
himself in the warm side and go to
sleep with sigh of grace, mercy
and peace to all mankind, isn't ex-
actly as smart as man ought to be
in this age.-Grunt Co. XeyuiH.
Year: 1875

WE are glad to learn that several
Industrious and intelligent young
men of this vicinity are saving their
earnings for the purpose of getting
an education. Go in boys; send to
Madison to Prof. John w. Sterling
for catalogue of the State Univer-
sity. 1t will meet all your wants
and fit you for any position you
choose.
Year: 1875

WE publish this week the pros
pectus of the Daily advertiser, pub
lished in Milwaukee. 1t is certainly
one of the best papers of the State.
We can heartily endorse the claims
Of its publishers, and recommend it
as all they claim it to be.
Year: 1875

New York Graphic.


1t is mistake TO suppose that the Ohio
Democracy do not know what they want when
they clamor for more money. The imitation
lists are not fools. They know perfectly well
that the difficulty to-day is not that there is too
little currency, but too little business for the
currency we already have. Money is drug
in the market. 1t has not been so plentiful
for years. 1t can be had for two per cent. on
call The cash balances are unprecedentedly
large, simply because there is no demand for
money in legitimate business transactions.
Then, as we pointed cut last winter, the act of
Congress determining resumption in 1879 has
the effect of making people hold on to their
currency, which is constantly approaching IN
value. They have no motive for getting rid
of it. Remove the restriction and go on in
creasing the currency, and people who have
money will rush into trade and speculations of
all kind to get rid of the stuff before it depre-
ciates still more. Every man of sense knows
that if the Ohio resolution, which felicitously
express the policy of the inflationists, were
carried out there would be no limit to the in
crease of the currency, which would depreciate
continually, and finally becomes worthless. A
grand smash-up would be inevitable, but busi-
ness would jump meanwhile. A splendid
drunk, but mighty good time in getting in
toxicated That is what initiation means. The
advocates of it are perfectly right in maintain
ing that it would stimulate business at once.
1t would act on trade as brandy does on the
nerves, and with a similar result.
Year: 1875

tleman himself was not at home. As
we were late getting into camp, and
the rest of the rooms taken before we
got there, we concluded to take his
room. We crawled in through the
window, and made ourselves at home.
We lighted his lamp. used his stove
and dishes-the latter we forgot to
wash before we Ieft-and slept in his
bed.


We always had plenty of beef, for we
killed one or two mdrricks each day.
'Mavricks' are unbranded cattle.


Ira and l took trip into the noun
tains to Little Elk Park, 20 miles from
Longs Peak, to get COW that had
been stolen by one of the band of
thieves which harbor there. 1ra's on
ly weapon was a knife, and mine a
small Smith d Wesson. We got the
cow without much trouble, but were
followed in few days by two of them,
with a pair of revolvers in their belts,
with which they thought to scare us
and get the COW. But they went back
without the COW, and did not punch
any holes in us. One Of this horde had
been arrested a few days before, at the
roundup.


We started for home June 1st, which
was cold day, and very windy, with
a few flakes of snow, and reached home
next day, feeling much better after my
two weeks trip. NoNADIC WILL.