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Year: 1872

A fellow who has been shaved in
China says that his barber first strapped
the razor on his leg, and then did the
shaving without any lather. The Gus
toner demonstrated, but was told that
the lather was entirely useless, and had
a tendency to make the hair stiff and
tough, and was, therefore, never used
by persons who had any knowledge Of
the face and its appendages.


After the beard had been taken of
and it was done in very short time
the barber took a long, sharp, needle
shaped spoon, and began 10 explore his
customers ears. He brought up from
numerous little crevices bits of wax and
dirt that had been accumulating since
his childhood. The barber suddenly
twisted his subjects neck to one side in
such manner that it cracked as ii the
verfebr@ had been dislocated.


"Hold onr' shouted the party,
alarmed for TIE safety of his neck.


"All right" replied the tonsor, me
no hurt you," and he continued to jerk
and twist the neck until it was as linn
Der as an old laGy's dish.rag. He then
fell to beating the back, breast, arms,
and side with his fist, then he pummeled
the muscles, until they fairly glowed
with the beating they received. He
then dashed bucket of cold water over
his man, dried his skin with towels,
and declared that his work was done.
Price, two cents.
Year: 1872

A gentleman from the lower country,
where grizzly bears help the herders to
take care of the sheep, relates curious
which occurred to an Indian
herdman in his employ. He sent the
man to o distant portion of q large
rancho to look after a herd of sheep.
The Indian at nightfall got under
shed with roof of branches, but open
on all sides, and lay down in his blank
ets. After few hours sleep, he was
awakened by feeling the hot breath of
some animal on his face. He moved
his arms, and at once understood the
huge bear was snufing him.
The man, with great presence Of mind,
determined to keep perfectly still, for
he knew if he moved or cried out, one
blow Of those huge paws would break
his skull like walnut. Bruin scratched
off the blankets and seized the Indian
by the leg. Though suffering terribly,
the brave fellow did not allow groan
or cry to escape him. The bear dragged
MIN from the hut for some distance and
then commenced to dig hole TO lay
the Indian in and cover him up from
the coyotes. After the grave had been
dug deep enough the bear (contenting
himself with about q pound of flesh from
the victims thigh) moved the body to
the hole and covered it up. The In
dian managed to keep the earth over
his face loose enough to allow him to
breathe, and when the bear retired, he
crawled out toward the mustang, which
was picket.d some yards outside the


hut. With great difficulty he mounted,
and then rode toward the rancho house.


A doctor was sent for, and pronounced


the wounds, though severe and painful,


not likely to prove fatal. The next day
hunt was organized, and the grizzly


was killed in the neighborhood OF the
spot where he had slowed away his in


tended NEAL Calf fornia paper.
Year: 1872

Uncle Sam has bees enough to give us
all stingi There are two million bee
hives in the United States. Every hive
yields on an average little over %
pounds of honey. The average price at
which honey 10 sold is Is cents pound.
So that after paying for their own board.
our bees present us with . revenue OF
over s., 500, 900. To reckon it another
way, they make a clear gift Of over 3
pound of honey to every man, woman
and child in tho vast domain of the
United States. In 1860 over %, 800 800
pounds of wax were made and given to
US by those industrious workers. The
keeping of bees is one of the most profit
able investments that our people can
make Of their money. The profit arising
from the sale of surplus honey averages
from 50 to 200 per cont. of the capital
invested.
Year: 1872

An Eastern Pennsylvania farmers
wife thus gives, in the Rural NeO York
er, the result of twenty-five years' ex-
perience.


Commence to heat the milk when the
COWS are Arst given corn fodder, which
l manage in this way Strain the milk
in tin pans, filling only half full-a lit.
tie more or less will make NO difference !;
then as soon as convenient set the pans
of milk ON the stove, where let them re-
main until roughness or wrinkled ap-
pearance on the top Of the milk is
noticed (if the milk gets too hot the
only harm will be less cream then take
it in the milk room or cellar, in good
place until next morning, when bring
it up in . warm room md let it stand
until the next day, when It. is generally
ready to skim. When treated in this
way it will not do to skim much under
forty.eight hours. My plan is to skim
morning and nights milking both at the
same time in winter.


1t does not hurt butter for the cream
to sour-rather aids in churning. making
butter come sooner. The cream kettle
l keep in the cellar until the day or
evening before wish to churn then, if
convenient, set near . coal stove or one
that FIRE is kept in all night. In the
morning, before churning, try with
thermometer it should be at the tenn.
perature of 60 degrees. 1fnot convent
emit to set the cream near . warm stove,
setting the kettle in hot water will
answer every purpose.


Many persons object to heating the
milk because the milk some times burns
to the bottom Of the pans. To avoid
this, set pans with water on the stove
and place the pans with milk in these,
and the difficulty ID At once avoided.


If butter needs oolorine, l would pre-
fer carrot, which il prepared by scraping
of the outside and washing; then CRATE
into small portion Of the cream and
strain this into the whole. For churn,
Spaine's is . good one, with large open.
ing for putting in the cream and taking
out the butter also can take the dashers
out, wash and clean moro easily.


would say, never wash butter; use
as little water about butter as possible.
Year: 1872

There is . difference of opinion among
good farmers q to whether the wheat
field should be rolled before or after
drilling in the seed. There il no doubt
that rolling, if the ground be dry enough,
either before or after sowing, is As ind
portant and beneficial an operation as
narrowing. It crushes the lumps, COM
pacts the soil and smooths the surface.
Those who favor rolling after sowing
contend that BY thus smootbing the sur.
face, the water passes off dat land M re
rapidly in the winter and spring, and
that ice will not form over the wheat TO
smother it. Thi, il undoubtedly true
on fat land, bur wherc it is rolling, the
drill ridges serve rs a great protection TO
the wheat, and the water passes of
readily enough.


So a. to the time Of rolling the wheat
field, the grower must be governed by
circumst .nces. Water standing still is
. great enemy to the wheat crop. If the
soil holds it, drainage is needed before
the crop can be made certain. Under.
drainage is best; but in the absence
of this, q great deal can be accomplished
by judicious surface drainage. Surface
bitches are barriers 70 the reaping ma.
chine, which no good farmer likes to
have in his 6eld, but in many cases
they must be endured. However, the
drain may be made of very easy slope
by blowing out two or three furrsws
each side, and smoothing the bottom so
that the reaper will have but little
trouble in passing. But this work must
be done either before sowing or before
the grain has sprouted.


In many instances the roller may be
substituted in place of the plow, in sur
face draining the wheat field. Pass this
once or twice along the hollows and
runs, 30 as to form smooth passage for
the surface water, and it will take the
place of furrow very we'll.
Year: 1872

At length it il proved that man has
more vanity than woman. This is tho
way that it came to pass: A curious IN.
yestigator watched while . thousand
men passed Q looking g-glass used a
sign on the sidewalk in Broadway. The
result of his observation showed that
nine hundred and ninety.nine men
glanced complacently at their image -
they passed. The other man was blind.
Four hundred and ffty.two women
psssed during the same hour and hall,
and none of them looked in the mirror
all of them being engaged intently
examining each Others appearance and
dress.
Year: 1872

There is hardly any ache to which
children are subject SO bad to bear and
difficult to cure as the earache. But
there is a remedy never known to fail.
Take bit of cotton batting, put on it .
pinch of black pepper, gather it up and
tie it, dip it in sweet oil and insert it In
the ear. Put flannel bandage over tho
head to keep it warm. 1t will give i'm.
mediate relief. of
Year: 1872

Warm some pine tar and apply with
feather to the affected part heat it in
by the FIRE before going to bed. In very
bad cases it may need the second or
third application. 1t is q sure cure, and
the tar can easily be removed with lard
aud soap.
Year: 1872

The Fire and Pluck Of its People.


A prominent citizen of Knoxville, while
in Boston, writes us as follows:


{ The fire was great calamity, and bore
heavily on many people, but it would seem
that strangers realize the great loss much
more acutely than do The Bostonians
themselves, for they speak of the matter
as of very little moment, Certainly they
do not sit down and cry over the split
milk, but are up and doing, and are fast
clearing away the debris and preparing to
rebuild. 1t is astonishing what resolution
and energy must possess the souls of these
Bostonians. IT is said that some of the
merchants, even before their buildings
were inflamed by the fire fiend, had rented
other premises in which to continue their
business. The ashes were hardly cold ere
the whole burnt part of the city was alive
with laborers, hauling out safes and great
blocks of stones, and removing the rubbish
! Preparatory to rebuilding. Seen now from
distance, the burnt district appears like
vast black harbor with the,numerous der
ricks and cranes, their tackles being the
masts and rigging of the shipping.


-'.'F For crooked, narrow and Small streets,
Boston would take the first prize. If YOU
are unacquainted with the city, YOU may
start from. a certain point, and should you
Year: 1872

happen to get astray, all you have to do is
to go straight ahead, and you certainly re-
turn to about the same spot you started
from. So many strangers visiting Boston
the streets were given this peculiar course
for their convenience.


1 had the honor of an introduction to
many of the first citizens of Boston, and
can not be too loud in my praise of their
courteousness and hospitality to me.


If any of my Southern brethren are of
opinion that the people of the Northern
States have any i'll feeling towards the
Southern people. SO far as / have been able
to discover they are certainly mistaken.
All here who spoke of the subject express
ed earnest and unqualified sympathy with
the Southern people, and have the liveliest
disposition to help develop our Southern
country
Year: 1872

When your horse first shows signs Of the dis
ease blanket well and put in warm stable,
Give Immediately a warm bran mash with o
large dose of Damon's Stock Powders, to move
the bowels and stimulate the action of the kid
neys; then rub the throat and chest freely and
vigorously with DIR. Harris Great Relief. This
will relieve the swelling and soreness of the
throat, and by repeating this treatment a few
times your horse viii be all right again. - s.
Year: 1872

A literary pilgrim writes to the editor
OF the London Daily 1elegrdph In
credible as the fact may seem, the public
are now shut out from Rydal Mount
which, as all the world knows, was the
home of Wordsworth during the most fa-
nous years of his life, and the scene of
his death. On Tuesday last found the
gate of the beautiful cottage padlocked
and surmounted by huge placard pro-
claiming that the ground was private,
and that the public could not be admit
ted. The penciled comments Of disap-
pointed pilgrims we're not flattering to
the author of the placard. Fortunately
for myself, had gene into the gardens
by an open side gate before | observed
the notice, and so, in spite of the owner,
| went round the poets house and saw
the wondrous view of Winderlnere from
its doorstep. The house is at present
tenantless, and is undergoing repairs
but no one happened to be present to
hinder me from going through my devo-
tions at the shrine of my favorite poet.
As j wandered through the grounds,
however, was stopped by the growl Of
dog. The owner had chained cur in a
spot where he could bite such pilgrims as
myself. | ask the public, sir, whether
this is quite right2 Because | go to see
the place in which Wordsworth lived and
died, am to be bitten by an un@sthetic
mongrel, and to be made, possibly, the
victim of hydrophobia2
Year: 1872

the sea and towod them TO the bark Some were taken
from the stranded hul but most came from the shore
the air was so cold that the spray dashed
on deck would instantly freeze. They re,
them leave, which they did after getting the Seneca
aloat and towing her on with the Florence The
Minerva had cargo Of 800 barrels OF whale oil and 100
barrels OF sperm. The ships making good progress
when heavy wind arose and the icefelds came moving
down upon them, making it necessary 70 abandon the
seneca which dTtod away and was cast ashore During
the week OF October the Florence arrived at San
Francisco followed the next day by the Minerva the
cargo both consisting Of 1900 barrels Of oil and $4,000
worth OF whaleb0ne, beside number OF walrus usks
aud considerable ivory The wreckers think IL probable
that suit will he brought for the recovered cargoes,
they intend to clam all they brought back as their
nurh
Year: 1872

The Board of AppOrtionment received on
Saturday estimate Of expenses for tho Fire Depart
nent and the Bureau Of Taxation FOR 1873 The gross
amount was published in THE TRIBUNE week ago, but
the details will be found below:
Year: 1872

The Pittsburg Dispatch says some of the
Southern people are getting their eyes open
to the character of Carl Schurz, and the
active part which he took in denouncing
them as still disloyal after the close of the
war. The Richmond Enquirer, which
supports the Baltimore ticket, does not
have an exalted opinion of the Missouri
turncoat, and reminds its readers that, in
1865, Gen. Grant was sent South by Pres
ident johnson to report upon the condi-
ton of that section of country. He re-
turned and reported that there was "uni-
versal acquiescence in the authority of the
General Government" President John
son sent this report to Congress in his an
nual message. "Sumner declared that it
was an effort to white-wash the South
ern people, and demanded the reading of
another report directly opposite, made by
Carl Schurz, to prove that they were still
rebellious, and did not acquiesce in the
authority of the Federal Government.
This continues the Enquirer, was the
beginning of the reconstruction measures
of Congress, from the effects of which we
are still suffering.'n
Year: 1872

der the crack and sting of the party lash,
while others are in bad way for MAIN
tanning their reputation as faithful Demo-
Gratis.


The Eighth Senatorial District Conven-
tion met after the Congressional Conven-
ton Adjourned, and as an act of concilia-
ton, nominated Eb. James for State Sem
ate, without opposition. By this means
they expected to keep him quiet, although
have heard some of the delegates swear
they would not vote for him. What they
will do for Byrd and Blizzard remains to be
seen. They may perhaps give them Leg
just now. We will know by waiting.
Year: 1872

AS this gentleman has been nominated
and is now supposed to be acandidate for
Congress, it is presumed he will follow the
Democratic schedule, and appeal to the
colored voters of the First District, with
hypocritical cry of having almays been
one of the best friends to the colored people.


This is the usual Democratic cry. Carter
ofcourse will repeat it. Before voting for
him, however, the colored people will per-
haps require an explanation from him,
touching the language he used in one of
the Committee rooms of the House of Del
egates composing the Constitutional Con-
vention, during the sitting of that body.


He there said :" The negro is not ca
pdJle Of exercising the elective franchise.
You had as aUeH tell me, that the male is
qualified to cote as to insist that the negro is
competent to discharge that great right"


OF course he is the man to receive a
Democratic nomination. But what will
the colored voters of the First District say !?
Year: 1872

The Cabinet session to-day was unim-
pOrtant. The President leaves for Long
Branch tonight,


Another conscience contribution of fifty
dollars was received at the treasury from
New York to-day.


tbs not supposed that the President will
be able to visit Chattanooga this season.
Year: 1872

The Scranton (Penn.) Republican says
it has been pretty fully demonstrated
throughout the State that the disaffection


in the Republican party against General
Grant is so puny and weak that it can be
set aside without the least solicitude, The
proportion of so-called Liberals is so small
that it is more than doubly made good by
trtie-blue Democrats who have come to the
support of Grant in preference to Greeley.
Year: 1872

B. Gratz Brown has again made
failure to come to time on speech
This time it was at Bellevillc, Illinois,
The best of supports could not bring
him to the scratch until after two hours
severe training, and then only to the
extent Of a ten minutes apology. Soft
shell crabs are no longer an exotic on
the prairies of Illiuois.
Year: 1872

II is true that the New York Tribune
bad under the leadership of Horace
Greeley acquired good deal ef rcpu-


tation for candor in former years,
though it had at the same time brought
about in the minds OF its readers a set
tied conviction that its editor was Wis.
ionary and an unsafe counsellor
Now, however, for one year past, it has
lost, totally lost, even its reputation for
candor. II is now considered devoid
of responsibility and shamelessly reck-
less OF truth in its statements. So
patent has this become that the most
gullible and least intelligent people dis
cover its mendacity with half an eye.
Year: 1872

of ascertaning the amount due. There is no
money to pay them with.


1t the opinion of the Board of Directors that
the oreclosurc of the mortgage of the road is in
evtabIe unless the Stockholders can devise
some plan by which it may be prevented.


Th-January interest is long past due. The
ninety days grace allowed by the mortgage has
expirad AS vet we not informed of the
comm ment of legal proceedings beyond the
demand made for the payment Of the past due
coupons.
Year: 1872

Years came and went. The little chest
nut girl passed entirely out of Ralph
Moore's memory as II those pleading
eyes had never touched tho soft spot in
his heart; but May Lee never forgot the
stranger who had given her the silver
half.crown.
Year: 1872

THE Register is informed that our cor.
respondent Legitimist" is not "dis.
cardcd oflice.seeker," as the proprietor oil
that journals, but (unlike him AGAIN. he
is gentleman Of education and and high
repute in the community OF which he IS
a member. And he is, moreover, a good
Judge Of law.
Year: 1872

ends Why not lot the duty go. and bring
these praters about "chcap fuel for the
million 10 conGusonf Nobody asks for
duty on Iron Ore; yet one is needed by our
ore-diggcrs quite as much ~ duty on Coal
is by our Coal-mincrs In either case, tne
great bulk of The article, as compared win its
value, affords adequate Protection.


We would have Congress let the Tarih Sc
verely alone for it will be sure TO alter IL
for the worse If at all but, whenever IL
shall be- again revised, we hope Coal WIZ Dc
made free then we shall see where and no"
much the price is affected by the change In
our judgment, Anthracite Coal is sold as cheap
at wholesale as it ought to be, and both its
price and It's consumption will be wholly un-
affected by an abolition of the duty Oh its
Bituminous counterpart. We have fully con-
sidered tho matter and such Ii our decided
conviction.
Year: 1872

II has been broadly asserted in our present
Legislature that no acts of member prior
TO his election can invalidate his right to ait.
That doctrine will never answer. IL may
plausibly be contended that candidates acts
which were known to and considered by the
constituency who nevertheless elected hin
should not disqualify him to SIT and vote as
their representative. That il as far as it can
ever be safe TO go; and cvon this rule is sub
ject to exceptions.


But suppose it to have become known since
his election that the representative perpetrated
a secret murder years ago, is legislative body
bound to receive and treat the undOubted
murderer as their peer7 Surely not.


Well, then Suppose one who has bribed
and been bribed repcatedly-has bought and
sold legislation as though it were cheese
OF cOffee-shall present himself to a
legislative body armed with certificate
of elertioD, and shall claim that his
unquesti0ned infamy il no bar to his ac-
ceptance as a member-is the House bound to
accept and cOns0rt with bimf Who says Yes


-" But why not let constituency Judge
" who is or who is not fit to be its representa-
"tive |"


We answer:


Because the presumption ia legitimate that
the damaging facts were imperiectly known.
if not wholly unknown, to most OF the voters.
Men do not deliberately court disgrace; while
personal criminatiOns in the heat Of can
vass arc apt to be lightly regarded. That
many voters were ignorant of the gross cor
ruption Of the candidate they voted for will
not excuse his reception and retention as a
member by those who are not thus Ignorant,
or could not have remained so had they made
proper inquiry.


We arc prejudgng no one. The current impu-
tations Of vcnality and corruption to which GER
tain members of our present Legislature have
been subjected may. either wholly or in part,
be groundless slandcrs. But such imputatiOns
should impcl prompt inquiry and searching in
vcstgation. And whenever such inquiry shall
have proved the imputations well grounded,
the great AK should fall. 40 matter whose
necks are on the block. In other words: a
thief, clearly proved such, has no right to sit
in legislature; and. should one nevertheless
ret in, ne shonld be wccded out


We have hero chosen to discuss this qncs-
tiOn on it's abstract merits rather than with
special reference to any particular case. Thus
discussed tho matter seems entirely free from
doubt. "r--
Year: 1872

The Miners Journal (Pottsville, Pa.,) thinks
it very "erTatic" in THE TRIBUNE 10 wish tho
present duty on Bituminous Coal (there ia
none on Anthracite) taken of. 1t says


"TIIE TRIBUNE says it Knows the removal Of the duty
will not cheaper Coal yet advocates IL on the novel
principle that II taken of 1t would prove In its effects
that the advoestes Of the deliberate falsi-
Hers when they made the assertion. To advocate u
wrong TO prove that others lie. Ia kind Of morality that
we do not understand tho virtue Of"


The Journal does not indicate any dissent
from our opinion that the price of Anthracite
Coal on this coast, and Of Bituminous Coal in
the West and almost everywhere else, would
not be affected by making Bituminous rs well
as Anthracite entirely free. 1t probably un-
derstands as well as we do that, except for a
part Of New-England. tho Coal duty is abso-
lutely worthless to our Coal-producers. II must
see moreover. that our Free-Traders make tho
Ignorant and foolish believe that the Coal
duty raises the price Of fuel throughout our
whole country. Why should it wish them
givqu that advantage TO no practical
Year: 1872

The ridiculous but costly Congressional
Globe was again exposed In the Senate yes
terday, When it was shown that it was not a
record of the proceedings of Congress. To be
sure, nobody supposes that it is, though it pre-
tends to be an exact record of all that is said
and done there. Attention was directed to the
fact that one or two Senators had modified
the verbatim" report of their remarks OF
last Friday, being ashamed to let their silly
speeches go down TO posterity thus embalmed
in the columns of The Globe. But this is the
regular practice of members of both Houses
of Congress; and the so-called record is what
they choose to make it.