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Year: 1873

limits. These roads are mainly built with
Indian money by British engineers and en-
ergy. They must exert an immense influence
in bringing these vast populations into in
innate connection and sympathy with the in
stitutions and peoples of Europe and America
and probably the day is not far distant when we
shall see the weekly arrival of thousands from
those crowded districts to people our vacant
lands, which but wait for industry to furnish
food to millions.
Year: 1873

INC hvohSeAlcuA Alll0mccs


The discussion which took place in the
Alliance Conference on the Church and State
question has not, we think, converted the
American people. Canon Fremantle did his
lishment principle; but it is not our opinion,
able as his paper unquestionably was, that he
made good his position to the minds of the
American portion of his audience Certain it
is that the reported address does not alter the
convictions of the American public. 1t was,
all. 1t is the question which the American
people have already settled, and on which they
neither need nor wish light. It is the ques-
ton which reveals the weakness of the
Alliance, and in America, where the
State Church has no existence, it
would most certainly have been wise
to leave the vexed question alone. Our
Republic has prospered andit goes on to pros
per, because it has left and still leaves religion
to the family and the individual 1t will be
have got on very we'll hitherto-remarkabl
well in comparison with the nations of Eu-
rope. The speech of President Woolsey was
o magnificent defence of the American posi-
ton. In Europe to-day the American system
is working its way with great success Never
during the many years of its existence was
the Liberation Society so strong as it is now.
Disestablishment, in fact, is the order OF the
day in Great Britain. Mr.. Gladstone began
his public life by advancing some such Uto-
plan theory as that of Mr.. Fremantle; but
Mr. Gladstone has long since come into the
fuller light, and the disestablishment Of the
Church in Ireland represents Mr.. Gladstones S
later and more mature convictions. Two
thirds Of the Scottish people worship
in Christian temples supported by
the voluntary contributions Of the
people, and test vote in Scotland tomorrow
would demolish the Church establishment.
The Church is strong in England strong
mainly because Of its enormous wealth in real
estate; but the nonconformists of England
have perfect right to claim at least one-half
of the population. We have no fear that
when, some fifty years from now, the last
traces of the Church establishment are disap-
pearing in England, the American people will
be busy building up great national church.
We do not go backward. There were no State
churches in the beginning. There will be
none in the end. The prominence given to
this question will, we fear, have bad effect
on the future of the Alliance.
Year: 1873




Convention and It's Programme.


The New York State Temperance Conven-
ton, which has, at Utica, defined the political
position and purposes Of our absolute prohibi-
tionists, is, we believe the last of the list of
our political Stats conventions for 1873. 1t
leaves our approaching November election
contest between the republicans and the dem
ocrats; but, nevertheless, upon the liquor
question it proposes an active guerrilla cam
paign against the adherents of John Barley
corn on both sides. The platform of these
temperance men is certainly the broadest,
deepest and most thoroughly radical Of any of
the State temperance organizations of the day.


Their first proposition or requisition is pos
itively startling, and if carried out will be de-
cisive against oil indulgences in or uses of
intoxicating drinks in the United States. It
is nothing less than q demand for law from
Congress interdicting the importation into the
United States of intoxicating liquors and sup
pressing the manufacture and sale thereof
within the limits and jurisdiction of the gen.
eral government We can only say of this
comprehensive project that it strikes at the
root Of the matter, and that, if carried into
complete effect, intemperance will be abol-
ished in this country; but if there is man
child now living destined to see the day when
this proposed law of Congress shall be law
of the land he will doubtless be the happiest
man and the Oldest man that ever trod the
earth. In short, if our total prohibitionists
intend to fight it out on this line they will
have, we fear, to maintain the battle "while
the grass grows and the water runs


Descending to feasible design, our State
temperance party propose to look about them
for temperance candidates for our next Legis-
lature, and where such candidates cannot be
found in the republican or democratic nom
nations they intend, if practicable, to go
for independent nominations, and they in
tend to go for the revival of the Local Option
bill, for the suppression of the Sunday liquor
traffic, for the prohibition of the manufac-
ture and sale of intoxicating beverages by the
State and the legal observance Of the Sabbath.
The democratic and republican parties, there
fore, will please take notice that our liquor
prohibitionists are on the warpath, and that
candidates for the Legislature are to be sub
jected on the liquor issue to o searching
cross-examination.
Year: 1873

from period IN American history which ex-
hibts all positions in the government except
the chief one, in the hands Of mediocrity addi-
itional care should be taken to see also that the
great position Of Chief Justice is not grasped
by the same. The assembled wisdom which
was credited to exist in days gone by, when
the Senate met to deliberate, has no successor
in the servile majority that forms the
ruling power in that body to-day. OF this
mediocrity, or worse, the President must
be well aware. Is ii, then, tribute to the
these alone should be the judges upon the
Presidents nominee to the Chief Justiceship !?
In the haste to be subservient any mistake in
the appointment would be reared by blind
confirmation into the proportions Of national
Injustice crime against the democratic
right of pure appointments. Knowing this,
could any honorable man be satisfied with
such great position which would come to
him through what might, with some truth, be
shgmatized as stealth Of preparation and
hasty servility in accomplishment of the ap-
pointment thereto !? No. For ministry to
Japan or collectorship Of customs down
South we might not expect the same dainti-
ness in the ofice-holder expectant. In their
national insignifcance they might reckon on
burying their shame, if they possessed any, in
the profits of Office but the emoluments Of
the Chief Justiceship are nothing beside the
honor which should cover the holder as with
arobe. If twere sullied with the miry manner
of his appointment it could never be called
clean. Among those who have distinguished
themselves in the Chief Justiceship we have
seen that their best efforts to redeem the cir
cumstances of their appointment have not
been successful. To-day they are remem-
bered above the record Of a long life, blame
less in almost every other particular


| The answer given in some quarters to our
Year: 1873

Three wise men Of Gotham,
are going to sea in a balloon.
Professor Wise and two others
contemplate an aerial voyage to
Europe this summer. 1t is to be
hoped that their fate will be a
happier one than that of the other
three who tried it in a bowl.-Ex.
Year: 1873

before any OF s NewY York Brooklyn cotemporaries
it showed shocking lack OF regard for the esprit
corps OF JOURNALISM and IL would not surprise N
use who were thus left in the lurch should yield TO
their honest Indignation and jerk around so TO speak,
In an ca )iatOry fashion. by the hair.
Year: 1873

lHE Santa Fe Union says that the
grape now grown through the whole
length OF the Rio Grande Valley to the
lines OF Texas aud chihuahua. are among
the highest in the United States, and
perhaps in the world. Vineyards are
yielding their fruit in great abundance,
ana the making of superior native wines
Is becoming business in the country.
Year: 1873




In recent article we showed that the
colored man was not progressing as rapidly
in numbers as the whites, and gave our
reasons for supposing that the disparity
between the ratio of increase Of the respec-
tive races would continue to grow greater.
Circumstances which are certainly abnor-
NAL and possibly only temporary in the
immediate condition Of the colored people
make it rather difficult to cast precise
horoscope for them from contemporary
data as embodied in the tables Of the ninth
census, but the facts which those tables
present to us are certainly very significant,
and certainly not aattering to the negroes
future. The relative death-rates Of the
whites and colored people, in comparison
with the respective aggregates of the two
races when they are largely together, pre-
sent the following figures:
Year: 1873

1t will be some time before Sicily will
be invaded to any extent by sightseeing
yandals, and its comparative immunity
from them adds to its attraction. Travel
ers Tor mere comfort are not likely to be
drawn thither, since railways and telegraphs
have been hardly begun, and the inns,
with few exceptions, furnish bad lodging
and worse fare. No one jburneying there
need fear gout, IT he be secure against
dyspepsia, and any stranger can sleep
soundly IN the interior towns, provided he
be so thoroughly fatigued as to be insensi-
bic to entomle assaults. The taverns out
side OF the cities make no pretense to good
accommodations IN the Anglo-Saxon sense,
and frequently, after the manner of the
Spanish ventas, supply nothing but eggs,
bread, and wlne, with the rudest and
most populous OF couchcs. Several rail.
ways are projected, but the only one in
running order short time ago was from
Palermo to point near Messina, to which
1t will soon be extended. Steamers ply
regularly between Naples and Palermo
and Messina, and between Marseilles and
the latter port, and sail occasionally from
the first two cities to Tapani, Girgenti,
and Catania Mail routes are established
between the chief towns, for which the
usual fare Is fiye bajocchi (nearly eight
cents mile, with the same amount for
the position at every relay. Going into
the interior often requires mule-back,
unless you prefer the tettiga-a species of
sedan, borne by two of the long-eared
quadrupeds TO the monotonous music Of
jingling bells This is dull, drowsy
mode OF getting along, which person of
health and energy will not care to adopt
more than once. The back of a strong
mule and the aid ola trusty muleteer afford
the most satisfactory means of journeying
in the mountainous districts. To these
stock OF provisions, tent, and bedding
may be added with advantage. They are
not indispensable, but they insure indie
pendence. Unless you be pachydcrmatous,
you must not forget to provide yourself
with pair Of sheets, sewed stoutly to-
gether on all sides but one, and drawn with
strings like bag. Into this you must
get at night to avoid the swarm of insects
which will otherwise dcvour you. This
kind Of preparation will seem little odd
Mt first, and may induce you to dream you
are sack Of meal But if you neglect il
you won't be able to dream at all, or even
lose consciousness, and, moreover, your
body will be certain to present the next
morning striking resemblance to South
Sea islanders


The natives never mind the vcrmin.
They are so entirely devoid of sensibility
that they would sleep, fancy, though the
vulture Of Prometheus made perpetual
breakfast of their liver. But if you be
Year: 1873

DOG BITEs.-For the benefit of any
persons who may be so unfortunate as to
be bitten by mad dog, we copy the fol-
lowing advice from Prof. N. X. Smith,
published in the Baltimore ".Sm' of the
9th inst:


To THE PUBLIc.-Allusion having been
made to an article on hydrophobia, pub
lished by me a year and half ago, ]
deem it proper to repeat what / then
emphatically said, 'that a slight scratch
from the dogs tooth is much more danger
Gus than deeper wound because less
blood flows to wash away the poison, and
to render necessary more thorough washing
with soap and water. The part should be
instantly washed with soap and water, and
when dry should be thoroughly touched
with caustic potash by physician, if pos
sible. The milder caustics, such as lunar
caustic, &c, are worthless.


have witnessed many deaths since
that article was published from this disease,
in not one Of which was the caustic used
In all cases the patient said "the scratch
was so slight that they did not mind it,
the very reason that they should have
minded" it. In all these cases life would
have been saved had the means been
promptly employed.


Another error is, always killing the dog
that bites; he should be carefully shut UP.
If he remains well he has not the hydro
phObin. But apply the caustic at any rate
at once.
Year: 1873

Those fercely loyal persons who oppose
as nnpatriotic all attempts to wipe out the
bitter memories Of the Rebellion, and bring
about good feeling between the North and
South, will find food for meditation in
some remarks of Mr.. Peter Clark, col
ored orator in Cincinnati. In recent
address to a mass meeting of men of hi,
race he gave utterance TO these generous
sentiments Il am not vindictive in my
feelings toward the men of the Rebellion
| was an early advocate Of amnesty.
agree with the magnanimous Sumner, and
would not ask SoutherneS to eplist under
a flag which bears on its folds the names
Of battles in which he met with humilia-
tion and defeat. | would build the mon.
uments which mark our battle fields with
the South Of wood, that, when they have
fallen into decay, the memory of tlie strife
may decay with them
Year: 1873

How GREENBAcR PAPER is MADE


All the paper for the money issued by
the Government, is manufactured on 81
inch Fourdrinier machine, at the Glen
Mills, near West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Short pieces of red silk are mixed with the
pulp in the engine, and the finished stuff
is conducted to the wire without passing
through any screens, which might retain
the silk threads. By an arrangement
above the wire cloth, sewer of fine blue
silk threads is dropped in streaks upon the
paper while it is forming The upper side,
on which the blue silk is dropped, is the
one used for the face of the notes, and
from the manner in which the threads are
applied, must show them more distinctly
than the lower or reversed side, although
they are embedded deeply enough to re-
main fixed. The mill is guarded by
officers night and day, to prevent the ab-
straction of any paper.
Year: 1873

ADVICE dRATIs.-Neyer stuff napkin


under your chin aud spread It over your
bosom, As you have pass0d the nursery
period, remember that such precautions
were taken by your nurse IN babyhood.
Then again ladies may think that yonr
linen is reduced to single shirt, or that
you are in arrears to your washer-woman.
Year: 1873

EXCELLENT WHITEwAsH-The fol
lowing is said to be the very best of the
numerous recipes for whithwashing =
White chalk is the best substitute for lime
as wash. A very fine and brilliant
white-wash preparation of chalk is called
the Paris white. This we buy at the paint
store for three cents pound, retail. For
each sixteen pounds of Paris white we
procure half pound of the white transpa-
rent glue, costing twenty-five cents fifty
a pound.) The sixteen pounds Of Paris
is about as much as person will use in
one day. 1t is prepared as follows The
glue is covered with cold water at night,
and in the morning is carefully heated
without scorching, until dissolved. The
Paris white is stirred with hot water to
give it the proper milky consistency for
applying to walls, and the dissolved glue
is then added and thoroughly mixed 1t
is then applied with brush like the com
mon lime white-wash, except on very dark
and smoky walls, single coat issuficient.
II is nearly equal in brilliancy to zinc
white, far more expensive article.
Year: 1873

A remarkable case of human petrifac
ton w,s discovered at Whitehall few
days since, by some persons who were
transferring the remains of Sally Jucket
from the old to the new burying ground.
She died and was buried twenty-three
years ago, and from snme unknown
cause the remains have petrifed. The
coffin, hair, aud shroud had clumbled
away, but her original form was perfect
with the exception of an indentation
across the chest, caused by portion of
the coffin resting upon it, which was
imbedded in the ches.. Every limb
was as natural and perfect as in life
The hands were laid at the side of the
body, as was necessary in laying it out.
Tne features were regular and perfectly
natural, with the exception of the end
of the nose being absent, while the sock.
cts showed where the eyes had BEEN
The hair was entirely gone, the skull
being bare and smooth as il it had been
shaven Even the fingers and toes were
perfectly shaped, although the nails had
assumed the same appearance in colol
as the rest of the body. What seems
strange is, that when the body wa.
found it rested only on the calves of til,
legs and the back Of the head, as quite
a hollow 81 ace was found beneath tht
body, where the bottom of the cotfil
once rested. The deceased was larg'


woman while living, weighing 2O'
pounds; and it is also curious fac
that the phenomenal specimen weighet
about the same.
Year: 1873

Oar champion mean man lives in
Montgomery County. He has been mar
ried four times When his second wife
died. he split his first wifa's tombstone
and laid the two bodies lie by side, each
with halt slab. When his last two
wives departed, he placed them in graves
head to head with the first two, 80 that
the spit stone would do for all four He
will not marry again for fear he cannot
utilize that stone again in case there is
ano her death in the family. His neigh
hors do say that he buried his aunt at he
foot of his grapevine so that she would
he useful as nomisher Of the plant II
this is true,o mean man beats the par
simonious Frenchman who, after blowing
the fire, used to put cork into the nozzle
of the bellows in order to save the wind
for next time ; and he removes the scalp
of our old acquaintance Clakstunner of
Darby, who always saved the hackbones
of the shad in order to avoid buying
combs fnr his family, aud who chopped
OFT his dogs tail so that having lost a
! portion Of his 4 .sh AMI sinew, the ami
nal would require smaller amount OF
| food to sustain him
Year: 1873

They propose now to burn metals by
electricity on steamboats, to save bulk
and cost in fuel. Practicable, no doubt,


remarks the Boston Transcript; but
what becomes of Jim Bludso and his
Prairie Bell, and all that tar-barrel school
of lurid light literature? Who will show
us, under the new dispensation of chem
icals, hero who can approach him in
profanity or polygamy? Indeed, we
doubt if the public could be electrified
to the same extent as the picture shown
in the strongest calcium light of themost
heroic disciple of Tyndall, clinging Wild
ly to the negative pole of a battery, his
hair on end, by turn shouting the formu-
la for sulphuric acid and denouncing the
calculus, while his craft slowly but stead
lily and gracefully yielded to the law of
gravitationl We have no quarrel with
science. Let her demolish at pleasure
what little there is left to live for. Let
her go on as she begun, conquering and
to conquer Let her bring the poles to-
gether if she will, and bind them round
and round with the equator. But let
her not eliminate Jim Bludso from his
place in letters. We cannot spare him.
Year: 1873

An anecdote is told of a certain set of
young ladies which hints at great deal
concerning the education of our "upper
classes" So far as manners are con-
cerned," says the narrator, Sc I am
bound to say that the worst cases of
rudeness and ill-breeding that have ever
come to my knowledge have not occurred
in the rural DISTRICTS nor among the
lower ten thousand, but in those circles
of America where the whole aim of life
might seem to be the cultivation of its
excellencies. For instance, I know a
watering place, where the story is cur
rently told of certain young ladies, who
have what is called position in So
ciety," and who, after refusing an invita-
ton to the house of a lady not quite
admitted to such a position, yet did not
disdain to go by night and sit on her
piazza during the entertainment, with
out her knowledge, to look through the
windows at her guests, and finally to
partake of her supper, brought to them
surreptitiously by an obsequious cavalier.
Year: 1873

The dose of opium recommended by
Hahnemann is tao decalL5oa,th parts of
O. qrian. Now the diameter of the
earth is about eight thousand miles.
The population of the world is about
eight hundred millions. A homeopathic
dose of medicine is two decillionth parts
of a grain. From one grain of opium
divide an atomic particle, which shall
bear the same proportion to a whole
grain that sphere thousandth part of
an inch in diameter. bears to our globe ;
divide the particle among the whole
population of the world; cause each
person to swallow homeopathic dose
erery second, and it would require
twenty million years for them to swallow
the particle described. Hahnemann
says he has seen a drop of nux-vomica
at the decillionth degree produce exactly
half the effect of another at the quintil-
honth degree and then he adds: "H
the patient is very sensitive, it will be
sufficient to smell O. ohiaL that contains
one of the gLo6ules. After the patient
has smelled it, the phial is to be cork
ed up for future use. -" Doctors ana
Patierts,'' by John ITnabs.
Year: 1873

It has been practically demonstrated
that the good health of the community
depends more upon good cooking than
upon anything else, and yet cooking Is
the only art that is nowhere systemati-
cally taught. More of practical lessons
in our private schools for girls in this
line would be an advantage. Home edu-
cation by competent heads of families
on the subject is also very desirable. If
large portion of the attention which is
given to dress, of which there is now an
over and silly abundance, was directed
to the careful study and practice of
cooking, SO as to attain to excellence
and economy in the art, good health
would be promoted. Good dispositions
would naturally follow for dyspepsia,
engendered from badly cooked food,
would no longer beget bad temper, and
the peace of the household and happi-
ness of the family would be greatly i'm
proved
Year: 1873

returned to the fence. Understanding
the situation he and his men had moved
around SO as to secure an advantage,
Raleigh's capture was the result. So.
When the rascal found his senses he
was terribly taken back, and cursed
enough, for whole Flanders army. We
took him back to Grafton, and when l
last saw him he was on his way to the
penitentiary to serve a sentence of fif-
teen years. ....... -.... :


The mortgage was lifted after al, and
the gift which Law & Law sent little
Katie Gray kept her in dresses for many