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Year: 1873

1t is said the President will issue an executive
order to all the Federal officers in the county, warn
ing them not to interfere in any way in State poll
ties but to cOnfne themselves strictly to their leg
itimate duties.
Year: 1873

Twenty-Five years ago, says letter
writer, a company of young people, farm
ers' sons and daughters, to the number
of thirty two, drove in the early morning
down to the ancient little city of Anboy,
N. J., to emlsark III i sidop for a sail
down the waters of - the pssStiest
bays that wash the Atlantic coast. Ar
rived at Sandy Hook, they feasted, fished
and frolicked and firted, too, 10 doubt,
for the wash't"b a,ia the dairy 6an never
deprive the daughters of Eve of their
prerogative. At the close of the after
noon they prepared for glorious bath
in the surf of Florida Grove, the young
men retiring rot,n.l the point. leaving
their fair friends in unembarrassed en-
joyment of the situation. Upon their
return the young farmers saw a sight
that might well strike terror to the stout
est heart. The cruel unlertnw lad
sucked the poor girls down to their
deaths, and the waves had cast their
bodies on to the sands from whence they
had dashed so merrily into the rolling
surf a short half hour before, and not
one of the whole party was left alive.


Sadly the young men bore the remains
Of sisters. friend and sweetheart back to
their homes, low made desolate indeed,
and widespread was the grief and
anguish in the hitherto happy township
of Piseataway, There was family not a
that did not mourn the loss of beloved
child and daughter; and such was the
shock produced by the terrible occur-
renee throughout the whole State of
New Jersey that the memory of it is pre-
served to this day, and tile story told by
those who listened to it first, perhaps,
from the lips of sorrowful eyewitness.
Year: 1873

One of the queerest of Genevese GUS
toms is their manner of conducting
their auctions. When a man bids, a
wax taper is lit, and his bid holds good
as long rs the taper lasts. A taper is lit
for every bidder. OF course the last
and highest bidder has the best chance.
Alongside of the auction should be
placed the other queer custom the Cen
evese have, of making the world, as far
as in them lies, to stand still for cou-
pie of hours in the middle of the day.
Nothing can keep your ordinary citizen
of Geneva from throwing everything
aside at noon and going to dinner. The
banker locks up between twelve and two
going on with business in the afternoon.
Even the coachman, that you have taken
by the hour, will want to leave you be-
tween II and o'clock. The fact is,
there has been nothing on the Genevese
stomach but bread and coffee since the
night before. 1t is unquestionably the
meagerness of their breakfasts which
makes them so prompt to disappear be
tween II and 2.
Year: 1873

BY one of those strange popular be-
liefs which are occasionally engendered,
no one knows how, a conviction prevails
in Washington, it is said, that the house
fronting on Lafayette Square in that
city, famous in other days as a club
house and afterwards as one of the CEN
trail points in the tragedy of the murder
of Philip Barton Key, is place of evil
omen, and that it is destined some day
to tumble into ruins as suddenly and
completely as did the old house in Dick
ems novel of Little Dorrit, which fell
and crushed NJ. Blandois, the foreigner.
The late Secretary Seward occupied it as
a residence, and it was there that Payne
made the attack on his life. Within the
four years past Mr.. Belknap, Secretary
of War, lived in it, and during that time
his wife died, and his eldest son is ut
tackled with lung disease which endan.
gers his existence. is it possible thai
sometimes the popular conviction at
taches to itself the solemnity of proph
ecy?
Year: 1873

In the regions around the Medlterra-
mean, where grapes are extensively cul-
tivated, the fruit is plucked from the
vine after ripening, and dried in the sun
or in all oven made something like a
Dutch oven. After drying, they are
packed in boxes for casks for dome site
use. They are sometimes prepared by
drying the ripe grapes after they are
picked, either in the sun or in heated
rooms, and while they are undergoing
this process the grapes are sprinkled
with an alkaline lye. This coats them
with thin varnish, and induces an exu-
dation OF sugary particles. In some
pIaces rue raIsfns are Infur ny cleuriuY
space on the ground, and spreading
the grapes on the smooth surface IN
clined to the sun. They are protected
from dews and rains, and when sufficient
ly dry packed in boxes. The best
raisins are made from the Malaga and
Muscatel grapes. They are dried on the
vine, the stem being partly separated,
and the leaves plucked away so ms
to admit the sun freely. The grapes
soon shrivel and become sweet from the
concentration of the pulp. These raisins
are said to be better than any other
variety, and retain the freshness and
bloom of the fruit and acquire less OF
the saccharine deposit.
Year: 1873

THERE is a man in Kentucky who,
during the late war, had an arm shot of,


and who has since then had his leg
broken by fall from a horse, his re-
manning hand "chawed up by thrash
ing machine, one of his eyes put out by
running against fence rail, and half his
ribs caved in by the kick of mule. He
has not as yet made any lecturing en-
gagements.
Year: 1873

F1og Is . verb,


And so is whack;


Cane is q noun,


And so is back;


And lazy boys 60 to sleep,
And through their lessons crawl and creep,


And stutter and stammer,


Must see the noun and feel the verb


To help them in their grammar.
A FoReErFuL young woman out West,
the other night, aroused the imates OF
hotel to which her bridal trip had led,
on account of finding man in her
room. The trifing circumstance OF her
marriage that morning had quite escaped
her memory, and it was not until sum-
mary justice was about to be visited on
the offender, that she happened to recol-
lect it.
Year: 1873

INVISIBLE WATER.-There is no bet
ter example of invisible water than that
given by DR.. Tyndall. At every puff of
railway locomotive, cloud is pro-
jected into the air. Watch it sharply;
you notice that it first forms at little
distance from the top of the funnel.
Give close attention. and you will some
times see a perfectly clear space between
the funnel and the cloud. Through
that clear space the thing which makes
the cloud must pass. What, then, is
this thing which at one moment is trans
parent and invisible, and at the next
moment visible as a dense, Opaque cloud ?
1t is the steam or vapor of water from
the boiler Every bit of steam shrinks,
when chilled, to much more minute
particle of water. The particles thus
produced form a kind of water dust of
exceeding fineness. which floats in the
air, and is called cloud.
Year: 1873

rlf brother or sister be Naked and destitute OF dai
y food and one of you say unto them Depart in peace
be We warmed and filed; Notwithstanding ye give then
not those things which are good lot the Dody, VIVA
does it profit flames H. 1915
An old lady sat in her old chair,
With wrinked visage and disheveled hair,


And hungIy-worn features;
For DAYS and for weeks her only fare,
As she sat there in her old arm chair,


Had been potatoes.
But now they were gone; of bad or good
Not one was left for the old lady food,


OF those potatoes;
And she sighed and said What shall do?
Where shall send, and to whom shall go


For more potatoes ?"
And she thought Of the deacon over the way,
The deacon so ready to worship and pray,


Whose cellar was full of potatoes
And she said, Il will send for the deacon to come;
He'll not mind much to give me some


OF such store Of potatoes"
And the deacon came over as fast as he could,
Thinking to do the old lady some good


But never for once of potatoes;
lie asked ner AT once what was her chief want
And she poor soul. expected grant,


Immediately answered, "potatoes!"
But the deacons religion didn't lie that way;
lie more accustomed to preach and to pray


Than to give of his boarded potatoes;
So, not hearing of course, what the old lady said
He rose to pray with uncovered head,


pOeoVoOo'
He prayed for patience, wisdom, and grace,
But when he prayed "Lord give her grace


She audibly sighed, "give potatoes"
And at the end Of each prayer which he said
He heard, or thought he heard. in its stead


The same request for potatoes.
The deacon was troubled: knew not what to do;
Twas very embarrassing to have her act so


About these "carnal potatoes
So, ending his prayer, he started for home;
But as the door closed, he heard deep groan,


20, give to the hungry potatoesi"
And that groan followed him all the way home,
In the midst of the night it haunted his room,


20, give to the hungry potatoes!"
He could hear it no longer: arose and dressed;
From his we-Rlled cellar taking in his haste


bag of his best potatoes.
Again he went to the widows lone hut;
Her seepess eyes she had not yet shut;
But there she sat in that old arm chair;
With the same wan features the same sad air.
And entering in, he poured on the floor
bushel or more from his goodly store
or choice potatoes.


The widows heart leaped up for joy
| Her face was haggard and wan no more;
! "Now," said the deacon, "shall we pray?"
"Yes," said the widow, 'now we may"
And he knelt down on the sanded floor,
! Where he had poured his goodly store,
| And such prayer the deacon prayed
! As never before his lips assayed;
| No longer embarrassed, but free and full,
| He poured out the voice of liberal soul.
| And the widow responded aloud "Ameni !"


But said no more of potatoes.


And would you who hear this simple tale
| Pray for the poor, and have praying prevail"
Then preface your prayers with aims and good deeC
| Search out the poor their wants and their needs.
| Pray for peace and grace, and spiritual food
For wisdom, and guidance, for all these are good;
But don't forget the potatoes.
Year: 1873




The temperance bill passed by the
Legislature of Indiana has been signed
by Gov. Hendricks, and is now the law
of the state. The act is lengthy, con-
tanning twenty -one sections. We will
give its main points as briefly as posi-
BILE.


The first section makes it unlawful for
"any person or persons, by himself or
agent, to sell, barter, or give away for
any purpose of gain, to any person whom
soever, any intoxicating liquors to be
drank in, upon or about the buildings or
premises where the liquor is sold, bar
tered or given away for. the purpose of
gain, until such person or persons shall
have obtained permit therefor from the
Board of Commissioners of the county
where he resides A petition for this
permit must be signed by the appli-
cant and a majority of the legal voters
Of his ward, town, or township, and
filed with the County Auditor not less
than twenty days before a regular meet
ing of the Commissioners. If the appli-
cant and petition are satisfactory, he
must give bond for $4,000. with two
approved sureties, that he will comply
with the provisions of the law. Noper-
nit is to be granted for longer or short.
er time than one year.


The sixth section makes it unlawful
for a person holding such permit by him
self or agent, to sell, barter, or give in
toxicating liquors to any minor, or to
persons intoxicated, or to persons who
are in the habit of getting intoxicated" :"


All places where liquor is sold con-
trary to this law are to be abated as
common nuisances. If seller with or
without permit cause the intoxication
of another he is liable to pay reason
able compensation to any one who pro-
vides and takes care of said intoxicated
person. 1t is also made unlawful for
any person to get intoxicated, and if any
one is found intoxicated he shall be
fined S. and be required to tell where
he obtained the liquor. A person hold
ing permit is not permitted to sell on
Sundays nor on election days, nor holi-
days. nor between 8 o'clock p. m. and
6 o'clock a. m. under a penalty of from
So to S25 for each ofense For every
violation of the first and sixth sections,
the penalty is a fine of not less than $40,
nor more than $50, or Imprisonment in
the county jail for not less than ten nor
more than thirty days.


The various provisions fer the enforce
ment of the law are carefully drawn,
and if it is enforced it win prove to be
probably the most effective measure yet
enacted by any state in the Union for
the stringent regulation of the sale Of
intoxicating liquors.
Year: 1873

So You NIGHT HAVE BEEN.-An en-
inent divine, remarkable for the devoted
piety and spotless purity of his charac-
ter, was heard to say that he never read
or heard of crime in his life, no mat
ter how heinous, without feeling an in
ward consciousness that under certain
conditions of education, he might have
committed the same crime himself The
same feeling must have been experienced
more or less, by all rejecting, enlight-
ened men and yet-and yet how little
charity there is in the world.
Year: 1873

MINGLING WITH STRANGERs.-The
effect of mingling with new people, who
have new methods of thought, is very
salutary. Always to see tie same peo-
pie, do the same things, feel the same
way, produces stagnant condition of
the mind and heart that is very distress
ing to behold. There are thousands of
invalids who might be greatly benefited
by getting away from home, to mingle
with strangers, and be touched by the
magnetism of the great world as it
courses in its accustomed rounds. And
tn ere are mental invalids who need the
same change, to get their minds and
hearts enlarged, and let in little more
of the great light Of life. Outside infu-
ences are very valuable to those who at
home have been we'll trained by health
full influences in early youth, SO that they
can avoid the snares and pitfalls into
which these SO often blindly fall
Year: 1873

For some tune past the work Of
removing the remains Of the de-
parted from the old Roman Catho-
lie burylng ground in Ottawa,
Canada, to the new cemetery has
been quietly going on, and moth
ing moro than might be expected
under the circumstances occurred
until the other day. The sacred
ashes have been revercntly taken
from their narrow beds and remov.
ed by the hands of loving friends
to the new city ofthe dead. Affect
ing incidents have naturally oc-
CURED, and some scenes bordering
on the revolving have been wit
messed in the cemetery.


Recently unburied bodies have
been uncofined that fond eyes
might gaze upon their features for
the last time before covering them
with the sod again. One such in
cident of startling nature occur
red last Tuesday. A gentleman
who was engaged in removing the
remains Of some Of his deceased
relatives, was asked by an &C.
quaintance, who was similarly
engaged, to assist him in lifting
coffin from q grave. He did so,
and the lid was taken off. To the
horror of the small body Of specta
tors who gathered around it, they
discovered that the body, which
was that Of an uncle ofthe gentle
man who was removing it, had
been disturbed in the coffin. It
was terribly contorted, as if the
deceased had died in great agony.


The face wore an expression of
intense pain and horror, the arms
were drawn up as far as the
coffin would admit, and the head
was twisted round to the should
ers, from which the flesh had
apparently been guawed by the
struggling man. Sickened by the
horrible sight, the spectators drew
back from the coffin and looked
speechlessly into each others eyes.
Not a word was spoken, but there
was not a man present who did
not feel that the deceased had
been buried alivc-probatly while
in trance-and had awakened
only 10 perish in his living tomb.
The coffin was closed again and
taken to the new cemetery, where
it was decently inferred.
Year: 1873

An Englishman and a German
were travelling together in a dill
gence, and both smoking. The
German did all in his power to
draw his companion into CONVEX
sation, but to no purpose. At one
moment he would with a supera-
bundance Of politeness. apologize
for drawing his attention to the
fact that the ashes Of his cigar had
fallen upon his waistcoat, or a
spark was endangering his neck
ercbief: At length the English
man exclaimed, "Why can't you
leave me alone? "Your coat tail
has been burning for the last ten
minutes, but l didn't bother you
about it."
Year: 1873

These are Spanish proverbs:
Love, horse, and money will
carry q man through the world.
Three things kill a man: a hot sun,
supper, and trouble. TO shave an
ass is q waste Of lather. If the
gossip is not in her own house,
She is in somebody else's. Don't
speak i'll Of the year till it is over.
The mother-in-law forgets that
she was q daughter-in-law. Men
are as grateful for kind deeds as
the sea is when you fling into it
q cup Of water.
Year: 1873

The longevity Of mankind kept
up we'll to near the food. After
this, it decreased with every gene
ration down to Joseph, who lived
to be only 10 years. From that
period to this, the age of man has
varied but little, though hut few
men attain to greater age than
three score and ten.
Year: 1873

The Wheeling REGISTER suggests To
members OF the Legislature that during
their present vacation it would be well
for them to endeavor to gather the
sentiment OF their constituents as TO the
propriety Of making an appropriation
Of two or three thousand dollars for q
Geological Survey OF the State. During
a number OF years past an effort has
been made in successive legislatures to
provide for geological survey, but
from one cause or another it has here
tofore failed OF success. In some coun-
ties the people are fully alive to the Inns
portspce Of such an enterprise, and in
some cases companies have been form
ed to defrsy the expenses OF q thorough
scientific examination OF their own
lands.


We second the suggestion OF the
REGISTER. and are almost sure that the
people of this section of the State would
cordially endorse any proper action
looking toward the attainment OF the
object named. West Virginia abouuds
in mineral wealth, from one end OF her
borders to the other, and to utilize this
vast wealth We must place practical
information of our resources properl,
before the capitalists Of the county,
Chalatncn Spirit.
Year: 1873

" We have the most undoubted au-
thorlty for the reiteration of our asser-
| ton that the whlskey league has con-
tr1buted the largest corruption fund for
| the election of the Reform ticket that If
has ever before raised. 1t is already
busily engaged with the work of can
vasslng IN this city, and nothing that
money can accomplish will be left un-
done TOR bringing out Democratic voters.
Against this sort of work Republicans
have only to oppose their voluntary ef-
forts, and 1t Is certainly to be hoped
that they will not be neglectful of their
duty"


The above we copy from the Sentinel
IN corroboration of which we would
state, that we have seen the effects of the
application of that fund repeatedly in
this county. Not only have we had the
Democratic candidate for State Treasur-
er here, whose electionering expenses
have been guaranteed to him, but we
have now several Democratic emissaries
of different nationalities in our county,
who, known to be personally poor, are
spending money for procuring voters,
with a prodigahty, astonishing even
their own friends, thus showing plainly
that, as the Sentinel says, nothing that
money can accomplish will be left
undone for bringing out Democratic
voters, and against this sol+ of work
Republicans have only to oppose their
voluntary efforts.


Republicans of Manitowoc County
have you seriously considered this all
important subject and acted upon your
conviction, that upon each of you person
ally depends the welfare or the ruin of
your State, and thus of your personal
prospects and interests?


Republicans, there is but little time
now left to work out your own political
salvation if you have not worked be-
fore, do it now, go and see all your
neighbors and friends and pledge them
to meet you at the polls for a good days
success of the Republican nol nations.
Remember that our noble Governor il
savagely assailed by the drunkard makers
the brewers, the. distilIers and their
slaves-the saloon keepers-who form
such a large part, under the name OF
Reformers, of the opposing party, and
have furnished the principal part of their
corruption fund-because he does favor
the execution of our laws even against
saloon keepers remember that our op-
ponents aim their heaviest blows against
him because, if he only is defeated, the
rest of the ticket is of minor considera-
tion, for when the head is cut off, the
body is of little avail.


The Republican ticket is composed OF
men fully capable to fill the offices to
which they are nominated, with honor
to themselves and our party and to the
full satisfaction of their fellow-citizens.
Do not permit any one to mutilate your
ticket, examine it closely to prevent
fraud. Vote early yourselves and get


all you can to vote like you
Year: 1873

The Sentinel closes an article to the
Republican voters as follows:


eff you want your ticket elected go
at home and wish Mr.. Washburn and his
of which every free man ought to be
proud is of any value to you, go and use
it for the success of your principles, if you
have any. The man in the fable who
prayed to Hercules to lift his wagon out
of the mire was rebuked by the god and
made to put his own shoulder to the
ticket and the Republican Assemblymen
and Senator'S elected, you must go to
the polls u1urseIf aud vote the straight
ticket Especially, If it is a wet and
gloomy day, the Republican ticket will
be all the more III danger. Their votes
are in the cities and villages, at the
crossroads and near the voting places,
and where wickedness most abounds,
while our strength is in the rural dis
tricts where men fear God and keep His
commandments. They have the strong
est, richest, most unscrupulous, and most
united political organization in the State
(the whiskey interest) against us, and its
influence penetrates and permeates every
section of the State, and is blatant and
outspoken where boldness is needed, or
it words as silently as the subtle infu-
ences of nature if that is the best policy
To meet and overcome such foe re-
quires all our wisdom, patience and vig-
lance. Let us be admonished of the
danger that threatens US, and not be
caught sleeping at our posts on the day
of battle
Year: 1873

HAVE A CARE.-It is not likely that
the lesson of Tuesday elections will be
loss upon the electors of Wisconsin. So
lar. at least, as the general issues are in-
volved, the lines are distinctly drawn be
tween Republicanism and Democracy.
and unless Republicans are much more
ien.iss than they ought to be, the Demo-
cratic party will undergo its usual pun
ishment ln Aoyem Der. But, With the
experience of the State under Democra
tic sway as reminder OF their outy, it is
hardly probable that they will be so neg
lIgent of their responsibility as to permit
the Democra party to again possess it
self of the reins Of Government and the
keys to the Treasury, to the plundering
and the disgrace of the Commonwealth.
-MUacaukee Sentinel