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Year: 1875

CsEruL REcIrEs.-A simple method Of
determining the quantity of cream in any
sample Of milk consists in agitating the
milk in a graduated glass tube with
its bulk of either for four or five min-
utes. Add alcohol in volume equal 70
that Of the milk, and shake for five min,
utcs. Place the tube vertically and allow
it to rest for brief period, when the oily
matter will rise to the surface so that ita
amount may be read off on the scale and
the percentage easily computed.


good transfer paper for copying monu-
mental inscriptions and metallic patterns
may be made by rubbing . mixture Of
black lead and soap over the surface Of
common silver paper.


An OK will consume two per cent of his
weight Of hay per day to maintain his
condition. II put to moderate labor, m
increase Of this quantity to three per cent.
will enable him to perform his work and
still maintain his flesh. If he is to be
fatted, he requires about four and a half
per cent. of his weight daily in nutritious
food.


The strongest side of piece of timber
is that which in its natural position faced
the rorth


A good zinc wash for rooms is made Of
oxide of zinc mixed with common size.
and applied like whitewash. After it IL
dry, put on u wash of chloride of zinc.
which will produce glossy surface.


Too great care Of the health ut this
period of the year cannot be exercised.
Because 4 few days are open. bright. and
warm, all the windows in the house should
not be thrown open. the fires put aNt, pr
fanncls thrown aside. 1t Is better to err
on the safe side, and endure the tritling
discomfort. than. by free exposure, to in
vite pneumonia and other diseases commQH,
during the damp weather OF n late spring.


TO make liquid glue. dissolve 33 parts Of
best glue on the steam bath in u porcelain
vessel, in sc parts of water. Then add
gradually. stirring constantly. parts Of
aqua fortis. or enough to prevent the & lua
hardening when cool.


The alloy popularity known rs oride. from
which large number of watches, chains.
and trinkets are now manufactured, is
made of pure copper 100 parts, tin II parts,
magncsia Is parts, sal nmmoniac ] part.
quickEme. part, tartar of commerce
parts. The copper is first melted,
then the magnesia, sal ammoniac, lime.
and tartar in powder are added little by
little and briskly stirred for half an hour.
The tin is lastly mixed in grains until
oil is fused. The crucible is covered, and
the fusion maintained for 80 minutes,
when the dross is skinned Off and the alloy
is ready for use.


A simple way Of preparing paper for
bank checks bills, etc, 30 that no writing
can be erased without leaving plainly
visible marks, is to pass the sheets through
solution of gallic acid. One milligram
O5l43 Of q grain) is dissolved in N
much pure distilled water, MS will fill an
ordinary soup plate to a moderate depth.
Sandarac ynrnish is the best material
for mcnding plaster models Stturate the
broken surfaces thoroughly, press them
well together, and allow them to dry.


Silvcrware may be kept bright and clean
by coating the articles (warmed) with .
solution Of colloIion diluted with alcohol.


Damrness Will cause honey to become
thin and watcry.
Year: 1875

THE reconciliation idea would seem
to be altogether one-sided. Elsewhere
We publish from the Chicago tribune
sucb q violent outburst against EXPIRES
ident Davis on the part Of sundry indi-
vjduals. Us will of course keep him this
side oft Ohio river. After this churl-
ish exhibition, northern journals ought
70 be considerate enough to talk small
about the indisposition Of the southern
people to shake hands across the bloody
chasm. So far it seems that business is
be to LEFT to US Of the south.
Year: 1875

The symptoms of Liver Complaint are un-
easiness and pain in the side. Sometimes the
pain is in the shoulder, and is mistaken for
rheumatism. The stomach is affected with


oss OF appetite and sickness, bowels in gen
eral costive, sometimes alternating with lax.
The head is troubled with pain, and dull,
heavy sensation, cOnsidera ble loss of memory


accompanied with painful sensation Of huV-
ing left undOne something which ought to
have been UOne. Often complaining of weak
ness, debility, and low spirits Sometimes
many of the above symptoms attend the dis
ease, and at other timts very few OF them; but
the liver is generally the organ most invOlvej.


Nearly ali diseases originate from lndigeS


ton and TOrpldIty of the Liver, and relief Is
always anxiOusly sought after. If the Liver
Year: 1875

INTERNATIONAL cOurtesies are the
order Of the day. A telegram from Lon
don yesterday informs us that the cor
poration Of southampton and the cham
her Of commerce Of that city have each
rendered a reception and banquet to the
admiral Of the American squadron and
his officers. The squadron will probably
remain at Southampton during the re-
mainder Of the month, and these cour-
tesies will be accepted.
Year: 1875

the murder to leave the place; that I'D
was going TO kill Mrs. Jarratt, and that
If she ever told he would Kill her. There
is no doubt, among those familiar with
the circumstances Of the case, Of his
guilt. There are various expressions OF
sentiment among the citizens about the
act of last night, some approving, but
the majority condemniDg it, since the
law had charge of the accused, his trial
had begun, and there was no disposition
to hinder or delay the due course Of law.
Yours respectfully,
Year: 1875

The administration programme Ia.
alarming, or harmless, accordingly as
1t shall be met by the Democrats. A
violent counter-policy is the very thing
1T Is intentcd to provoke, and for that
reason the very thing that should be
avoided. Nothing is clearer than that
the result of the next Presidential cleo
tion is in the hands of the Democrats
provided they denlean themselves
through the critical period between
now and November, 1875, with wise
composure. 4..s


Let them be careful and consider
every step they take before they take
it. 1t were better to do nothing ut all
than to do Il wrong thing; in fact their
wisest policy is one Of almost absolute
silence and non-action. This Ia proved
by tho desperate efforts their opponents
are making to irritate them into rash
speech and conduct. The country will
bear much from Republicans; 1t will
bear very little from Democrats. 81,


Strange as it may be, the people Of
tho North will conlone ten crimes
committed by tho Republican party
for ono of which 1t would condemn the
Democracy. A violent Democratic
speech in Congress will cause more
alarm than tho invasion of the Louisi-
ann AAeGlSlaturep ny tetter0l troops. The
Democrats hold tho advantage they
gained last November ut the price OF
patience and sclf-control.


The Republicans are rising from the
November prostration, gir,ling their
lions, and preparing for desperate
effort to avert tho doom which impends
over them. If they can mako a case of
quasi rebellion in the South, shout their
old battle-cry in the North and alarm
tho country with the blandisl,t,tl symp-
toms Of II Democratic reaction, they
expect by these signs to succeed and,
with the usual amount OF Democratic
folly, and II few exhibitions of anti
negro violence in the South to aid
them, they may succeed. If the Dom
ocrats in Congress can school themselves
into II patient submission to what they
cannot prevent; If they will carry the
violent measures Of the administration
before the country and demand its
judgment thereon, and II, above all.
the Southern whites shall only avoid
the resistance which the Civil Rights
bill is intended to provoke them into
the desperate programme OF the Admin
istintfon for carrying the next Presf-
Dental election--for this is its sole
object-will signally fail, and the great
contest of next year will end in u crush-
ing defeat to the military party ut
Washington.-,S. Louis Republican.
Year: 1875

We do not hesitate to say that the
average woman, educated in the better
class of schools in this country, is bet
ter scholar, and a more capable and ac-
complished person, than the average col
lege graduate of the other sex. What
we want is cheaper schools of an equal
excellence. The farmers boy goes to
college, finds cheap tuition, wins schol-
arship perhaps, boards in commons, earns
money during vacation, and gets through,
while his sister stays at home, because
the only places where she can get an
equal education are expensive beyond
her means. There is no college that
needs to be so richly endowed as a wo-
mans college. Women are not men,
quarrel with the fact as we may, and
they cannot get along so cheaply and
with such selfhelpfulness as men while
going through the processes of their
education. If we are to have women's
colleges, we must have well-paid profes.
sors, philosophical apparatus, cabinets,
collections, art-galleries, laboratories,
and they must be provided for by pub.
lie munificence. Provision should be
made for the poor, so that high education
shall come within the reach of all
There is not woman's college, or an ad.
vanced public institution for the educa.
ton of women. that is not to-day in need
Of large endowment for the purpose ol
bringing its advantages within the reach
of those whose means are small.


Now we commend this matter particu.
larly to rich women. There are many
scattered up and down the country, who
are wondering what they shall do with
their money when, and even before, they
die. To all these we beg the privilege Of
commencing this great object. Let the
boys alone. They have been pretty well
taken care of already, and the men will
look after them. Itisf for you as women
wishing we'll to your own sex, and anx
ious for its elevation in all possible ways
to endow these institutions that are
springing up about the country in its in
terest, go that the poor will have an equal
chance with the rich. You can greatly
help to give the young women of al
classes as good chance as their brothers
enjoy, and you can hardly claim a great
deal of womanly feeling If you do not
do it.-Scribner MAGAZINE.
Year: 1875

Our tickets were taken to Weyer's
Cave, in the Valley of the Shenandoah,
sixty miles beyond our stopping place.
1t accordingly behooved us to make a
pilgrimage thither, and we made it.
Five miles of staging brought us from
the station to the hotel, which is near
the cave, where an excellent supper and
a nights rest in good bed prepared
us for an excursion before daylight into
the "Cave." Half way up the mount
ain Ga southwestern peak of the Blue
Ridge) we discovered the entrance, and
making our way therein, spent the next
hour and half very pleasantly in the
inclosure, two hundred and ffty-nine
feet in length. 1t has the name of WASH
ington's Chamber, in the midst of which
is Washington's statue, a solitary stalag-
mite, being fancied resemblance to the
figure of a man standing with folded
arms and head bent, in the attitude of
thought or repose. Beyond this, follow
ing an elevation on the side of the cave,
we came upon group Of columns
formed by the drippings of limestone
water from the roof. These columns re-
sembled, in shape, the pipes of an organ,
and, on being struck, emitted hollow,
metallic and not unmuscal sound-the
intonation varying in each column. In
the ballroom" the guide points out a
peculiar formation of limestone project
ing from the side of the cave, which, on
being struck, emitted a sound precisely
similar to that of base drum, and we
were informed that upon certain occa-
sions, when balls were held in the cham
ber, this rock was used by the musicians
as an instrument. At the further ex-
tremity of the cave Zone mile in lengthy,
we're two gigantic oyster-shells, which
might have passed for genuine antedilu-
vian specimens of the genial bivalve, 20
perfect was the resemblance which the
capricious limestone formation hal
taken upon itself. Having satisfied our
curiosity, we emerged from the cave just
as the sun was shaking off his morning
slumbers, and returned to the hotel, pre-
pared to do ample justice to the we'll
cooked breakfast,
Year: 1875

/ A lively fracas is reported to have
occurred in hunters camp on the head


quarters of the Republican a week ago to-
day. The party of hunters consisted of
six white men, four of whom had squaws
for wives. 1t was the habit of the party,
as is the usual custom with such outfits,


to leave pretty much all the details of
the camp work to the squaws, who per-
formed hecooking, did the washing and
such other work as was necessary to the
general comfort of the lords of the king
dom. 1t is rarely ever the case that
squaws thus invested with the care of a
camp forget themselves and indulge in


practices displeasing to the hunters


whom they have engaged to serve, but
in this instance we have most fragrant
exception.


On the day referred TO the hunters
left the camp for their days work, leav-
ing the four squaws in charge of'the
camp, with instructions to have q meal
ready at the hour of sunset. The
hunters returned about the time speci-
fed, to find state of affairs more
shocking and desperate than even these
sons of border life were accustomed to
see. Among the essential stores pro-
vided for their trip was keg of whisky,
which was regarded as entirely safe, in
the hands of the squaws; but the evil
spirit tempted them, and they fell. The
camp presented an appearance suggestive
of having been struck by double-geared
whirlwind or forty strokes of chain
lightning.


The cooking utensils were scattered
around in magnificent confusion; the
-four sack had been ripped open and the
flour scattered promiscuously; knives,
forks, dishes and everything seemed to
have been caught up in the whirlwind
and strewn in every direction. Two of
the squnws were lying lifeless within a
few feet of the camp, with their faces
gashed in the most ghaslty manner, and
their clothes literally cut to pieces. One
squaw had crawled several feet after she
had been disemboweled, dragging her
entrails after her; the other was lying on
her face with her mouth in a pool of
blood, her tongue cut out and her scalp
lifted. The other two were lying in the
midst of the confusion, dead drunk, one
still having a tight gripon the handle of
the whisky jug.


Both were considerably mutilated with
knives, one having an eye gouged out,
and the other had passed through all the
conflict with no more serious damage
than the loss of an ear and the tipend of
her nose. The hunters took in the situa-
tion at a glance. The squaws had taken
it into their heads to 60 on hilarious
old drunk, which terminated in a bloody |
fight that waged vigorously until the
tragic end. The dead squaws were
buried in rude holes as they were found,
and the disabled squaws were taken back
to the Kansas Pacific, where they were
turned over to the fragment of the tribe
to which they belonged. The hunters
say that one squaw does frst-rate, and
is really indispensable to the prosperity
of camp, but two or more together are
sure to bring trouble. At any rate they
have tried the experiment for the last
time, and are satisfied woman is woman,
no matter what kind of skin she wears.
Year: 1875

lThomas Haines Bayly was, In the early part I
the present century, q successful song-writer ii
poems were greatly esteemed. Destined for th
Church, he studied for some time at Oxford, but u
support. His latter years were marked by misfol
tune, under the pressure OF which he addressed th
following beautiful verses to his wife,:
Oh hadst thou never shared my fate,
More dark that fate would prove,
My heart were truly desoate


Without tiny soothing love.
But thou hast suffered for my sake,


Whilst this relief found,
Like fearless lips that strive TO take


Thepoison from wound.
My fond affection thou hast seen,


Then judge OF my regret,
To think more happy thou hadst been
II We had never met.


And has that thought been shared by theeY
All, mol that smiling cheek
Proves more unchanging love for me


Than labored words could speak.
But there are true hearts which the sight
or sorrow summons forth;
Though known In days Of past delight,
We know not half their worth.
How unlike some who have professed
So much In friendships name,
Yet calmly pause to think how best


They may evade her claim.
But ah ! from them to thee turn,


They'd make me lOathe mankind,
Far better lessons may learn


From thy more holy mind.
The love that gives charm to home
feel they can not take;
Well pray for happier years to come
For one anOthers sake.
Year: 1875


Across the RAPID stream of seventy years,


The slender bridge OF human life is thrown:
The past and future form Its moldering piers;


The present moment Is its frail keystone.
From "dust thou art" the arch begins TO rise,


"To dust the fashion OF Its form destends:
"Shalt thou RETURN" the highest curve implies,
In which the first 10 the last lowness bends.
Seen by youths magic light upon that arch,


How lovely does each far-off scene appear!
But ah! how changed when on the onward march,
Our weary footsteps bring the vision near!
Twas tabled that beneath tsc rainbow's foot


treasure lay, the dreamer to bewitch;
And many wasted in the vain pursuit


The golden years that would have made them rich.
So where life's arch Of many colors leads,


The heart expects rich wealth Of Joy to find:
But In the distance the bright hope recedes,


And leaves cold gray waste of care behind.
sunlit stream upon its bosom takes


TIL inverted shadow of bridge on high.
And thus the arch In air or water makes


One perfect circle to the gazer's eye.
So tits with life; the things that do appear
As heeting shadows on times passing tide
Cast by the sunshine Of higher sphere


From viewless things that changelessfy abide.
The real is but the half of life; 1t needs


The ideal TO make perfect whole;
The sphere Of sense Is Incomplete, and pleads
For closer union with the sphere of soul.
All things Of use are bridges that conduct
To things of faith, which gives them truest WORTH;
And Christs own parallels TO us instruct
That heaven but the counterpart Of earth.
The pier that rests upon this shors's the same
As that which stands upon the further bank;
And fitness for our duties here will frame
fitness for the joys of higher rank.
Oh dark were life without Heavens sun to show
The likeness of the other world in this;
Ana l,or md vnt1ld hon hxaln
without the shadow of world of bliss.
Then let us, passing DER life's fragile arch,
Regard IL as means, and not an end;
As but the path of faith on which we march
To where all glores of our being tend.
Year: 1875

ARCHBISHOP WHATELY once puzzled a
number ofclever men, in whose company
he was, by asking them this question
Z" How is 1t that white sheep eat more
than black" Some were not aware OF
the fact; others set to work and tried to
give learned and long reasons, but all
were anxious to know the real cause.
After keeping them wondering for some
time he said: "The reason is, because
there are more of them."
Year: 1875

A PERMANENT and handsome reddish
color may be given to cherry or pear
tree wood by coat of strong solution
of permanganate of potash, left on a
longer or shorter time, according to the
color required.
Year: 1875

the side and to dviI government the other. Hut
for 800 tho Church has reachoed the words Of
savior Give to the civil government under which y3n
1.-Two that civil ohed dence which citizens you should
give hut give 10 God the supreme honor and reverence
wbch s due 10 Him. And should the Jaw Of civil govern
mcn and the law OF God in conflict Il In your
duty first to Obey the law Of God


In Ike manner the Saducecs tie hdels, and sensin
lists OF the day were the prototypes Of others VINO have
since come and who will continue 10 come to tne end OF
time But SIN God Is eternal and His laws are eternal
and those Rws will eterney condemn the worship OF
passion The PhaIi.ees also the hylccitcs who away
accused the Savior OF every crime which their evil nag
natiCn could conceive, have their counterpart in the
PEarisees the religious hypoerites of all Vlo con
stanty accuse the Catholic Church Uf every crime Such
have been. such arc the enemies OF Christ and His
Church The preacher concluded by cShortng his hear
10 beware OF false doctrine the lcaven OF the Phsr
and 10 stand fast by the golden rule, which the
savlor had laid down Of loving God above all things and
our Deighbof ourstlye6
Year: 1875

We have given careful attention TO the
various statements and cOUntcr-statenents con
cei1ing Recorder Iiackett. Approaching the
subject with the general impression
that the Recorder hld been a good
Judge and might properly be reelected,
We have carefully waited the} explanations
that himself and his friends have made ol the
doubtful points in his record have tried to
weigh at their proper value the partisan AZ
tacks TO which he has been subjected, and
TO make all proper allowances for
the comllications with the Ring which
might innocently have arisen because OF alb
sor1,tion in his duties and a failure to watch
closely what the Ring was about. We believe
our conclusions are the same TO which any
candid man who carefully examines the eyi-
dence will come They are these:


l. The Recorder has been III the main a
severe and fearless criminal magistrate. He
hes not. however. been a good judge in the
sense of deciding according to law. Half the
opneals from the Court Of General Sessions
have been on Lis decisions, and the Superior
Corrts have oyerrulcd six of his decisions to
one of either Of the other judges.


.. The reputation made on the ground that
he stcrnly refused to permit politicians TO
claim the patronage of his court is fictitious.
There is the best reason to believe that the
CORRESPONDENCE between him and McisOn was
4 "put up Job" precisely like that between him
and Che Interpreter of his court which Alr.
Oakley Hall concocted, and which was only
exposed on Friday last.


3. The lawyers, both Republican and Demo
cratic, engaged in the prosecution of the Ring
suits openly assert, some OF them over their
own signatures others in outspoken inter
views and speeches, that he is responsible for
defeating the first trial of his friend, eX-MayOr
Oakey Hall that they have been afraid to GER
nit any of the Ring suits IN any form to come
before him, and that he is responsible for the
ouashing of the indictments against Hugh
smith, Sweeny, Tweed and others.


4. Mr.. Hackett was a member OF the Board
Of Supervisors after 1870. At that time the
Ring jobs had already become notoriouc but
he made no opposition to single one of them,
although it was in his power to defeat them.
He is badly compromised also by drawing
salary for duties which he never performed
drawing his salary as counsel and also as
Judge at the same time, acting in some OF the
more corrupt street openings, and otherwise
pursuing less conspicuously the practices OF
other members of the Ring


8. HIS suspensions of sentence in the cases
of convicted criminals seem to have been a
monstrous abuse far Offsetting his occasional
severe sentences.


Wc do not think this record on which