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Year: 1873

A PHILOSOPHER remarks that
there is something peculiarly in.
structive in standing upon street
corner in large city, and watch
the men all running around to
make money, and the women all
floating around 10 spend it.
Year: 1873

A WOMAN with a young child
appeared in tho streets Of South
Berlin, N. Y a few days ago,
and after begging a little food
disappeared. She was found the
ucx: morning, in a coal kiln, her
child by her side frozon to death
She said sho had been without
foor for nine days. The town
authorities took her in charge, but
before anything could be done
for ler che died.
Year: 1873

HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF BADLY.-The
recommendation of the Secretary Of the Trea-
sury to increase the tax on tea may constitute
the subject for some lively comment at the
celebration Of the centennial anniversary of
the destruction of the tea in Boston harbor
which takes place in Faneuil Hall, Boston
and takes place tomorrow (Dec. 16). 1t was
the tax on tea imposed by the British Govern
ment hundred years ago that led to the event
which is thus to be commemorated, and the
people of our day do not relish the idea Of his
tory repeating itself in so Objectionable q
manner,


THAT SALARY GRAB.-Ths endorsement and
defence Of the salary-grab business by Mr.. Ste-
phens is no feather IN his cap, if they who perpe-
trated the Outrage did applaud him for it, Nor
was 1t any credit TO the Democratic members OF
Congress who voted to make Fernando Wood
Speaker, when they knew that, if Wood did not
vote for that bill. be lodged the question, and
then poeketed the pay as Others did, The Demo
Gratis, or anti-administration party, must go into
the next Presidential campaign with clean hands,
and must not have been connected directly or in
directly, with any of the corrupt practices of the
last Congress- petersburg Netcs.
Year: 1873

The Americus Social Club are again in
complimentary tickets TO . grand dramatic
exhibition and concert. 70 be given at the
Mechanics Institute. under the auspices of
the above named club on Thursday even
ing next. We know some of the young
can assure our readers that it will be rich
treat for those who may attend.
Year: 1873

THE Khedive has eighty children"
Then all we've got to say about it is that
Russia ought to be ashamed Of herself to
pitch into man who has 80 much family
depending upon him for support.
Year: 1873

A little girl reading the history Of Eng
land with her governess. and coming to the
statement that Henry l. never laughed at
ter the death of hi. son. looked up and said.
"Wha. di d he do when he was tickled!
Year: 1873

THERE is an increasing demand in East
ern fashionable circles for the old-fashioned
door knock to supersede the present style
of door-bell. The trouble is, that young
men who make calls, frequently miscalcu-
late their strength while ringing, and are
precipitsted backward several feet into the
street by the breaking of the bel-wire,
which would not be the case if they had
stronger support to clucth in case of emer-
gency.
Year: 1873

The following is description of dress
on exhibition in New York last week, aud
that caused young lady to remark she
would ''have one like it or explode fue."
"The skirt fall court train, ruffied to the
panier, the sides finished in medallions of
point lace; the front adorned viii q deem
tlounce Of lace; lace apron made in form
Of a crescent and held in place Oh the hips
with clusters of ivy vines left trailing down
the sides; a large lace barbe fastened at the
back of the position jacket, which is cut
high in the neck' with closely pulled lace
sleeves
Year: 1873

AT an adjourned meeting of the caucus
of Senators this morning, it was agreed
that for the remainder of the session no
bills be taken up except the regular appro-
priation bills. The bill reported from the
Committee on Education and Labor, some
measure yet to be reported from the Judi.
ciary Committee on The Mormon question
together with the bills on the regular Ca
lender can be taken up without single OBJ
lection. The Finance Committees bill for
the resumption of specie payments and
postal telegraph bill were by vote of the
Year: 1873

The question often arises in our
minds, could we know the exact hour
of our departure from earth, and the
manner of it; in short, could our flu
ture existence in this world be reveal
ed us, how would we deport ourselves
under circumstances so strange and
terrible? Would we set our house in
order and stand in the door and watch
for the coming of the dreaded, uninvit-
ed visitor? Of course we would have,
in some degree, to attend to the pur-
suits of life, but these would often be
thrown down for fruitless mourning
and lamentation.


We think that the larger portion of
us would be seized with an indescriba-
BILE terror, which would wholly unfit
us for the work of preparation, work
requiring deliberation and GOODNESS,
yet energy and decision, and would
spend our fast passing probation in
counting our pulses, each beat of which
would sound more appalling than the
mightiest thunder; watching, with pal
lid faces, each rising and setting sun,
and looking with adrighted horror into
our open graves.


The nobler hearted would, with all
of earth's best selfishness, cling, re-
gardless of their own doom, to their
loved ones, mourning with hopeless
anguish their Inevitable doom. The
strong would in their despair crush
the weak; the desperately wicked
would swarm upon the earth in muir
derous bands, and with uplifted knife
or stealthy dagger strike down the
helpless and the unwary. Blasphem-
GUS curses would cause the sweet stars
to hide their light, and the wall of in
fancy, age and innocence would as
cend upon the shuddering air to heav-
en-. The frivolous and vain would still
be frivolous and vain, like the maiden
pure, in life's early morning, who, a.
mid the horr ors which surround her.
is welded to her gold and gems, and
who, although she knows that in one
year she shall be wrecked in mid ocean
tries, in dance and song, to drown re-
feetion, just as her class in tempera.
ment and intellect act in the present
existence, and clings to her diamonds
which among seaweed and pearls shall
lie. 49,


Here is group-parents and chill
dren-plunged into frantic grief, Oh
crushed by despair. Their last hour
Year: 1873

disastrous, we cannot pass it by so ca
silly. We do not intend to add any


thing to the many excellent things that


have already been said concerning the
evil effects that boots a size or so too
small produce upon the health, COM
fort business capacities, and temper
of the 5wearer. We would only beg


leave to remind all who thus immediate
themselves, under the impression that


a small foot is necessarily the object
of universal admiration, that the dom
KEY is generally conceded to have
and more delicate hoof than
the horse, which would undoubtedly
establish his claim to superior beau


ty, if it were not for the unfortunate
length ofrhis ears. Wo would also, in
this. connection, assure those gentle
men who are determined to have
small foot at any cost that the price
of the article to them will very likely
be the same as was imposed upon Mi
das for the possession which he coveted.
Science of Health. -
Year: 1873

One of our citizens who has been
troubled with asevere cold on the lungs
effected his recovery in the following
simple manner: He boiled little


boneset and 'hoarhound together and
drank freely Of the tea before going to


bed. The next day he took five pills,
|put one kind of plaster on his breast,
another under his arms, and still an
other on his back. Under advice from
an experienced old lady, he took all of
these off with an oyster knife in the
Iafternoon, and slapped on d mustard
plaster instead. His mother put some
onion drafts on his feet and gave him
"a lump Of tar to swallow. Then he


put some hot bricks to his feet, and


went to bed. Next morning, another


lady came in with a bottle of goose oil,
and gave him a dose of it in quill,
and an aunt. arrived about the same
time from Bethel with a bundle of
sweet fern which she had made into a
tea, and gave him every half hour un-
It'll noon, when he took a big dose Of
salts. After dinner his wife, who had
seen a fine old lady of great experience
in doctoring ON Franklin street, gave
him two table-spoonfuls of homemade


balsam to keep them down. Then he
took half pint of hot rum at the sug-
geation of an old sea captain who lived
in the next honse, and steamed his
legs, with an alcohol bath. At this
crisis two of the neighbors. arrived,
who saw at once that his blood was
put of order, and gave him half gal
Ion of spearmint tea, and a big dose of
castor oil. Before going to bed he
took eight of a new kind of pills, wrap
ped about his neck a flannel soaked in.
hot vinegar and salt, and had feathers
burnt on shovel in his room. He is
now thoroughly cured and full of graf
itude. We advise our readers to out
this out and keep it where it can be
readily found when danger threatens.
-Danbury News.
Year: 1873

Rclcc. that sound mind and body arc tho
most necessary requisites to promote connub,al
happiness Indeed, without these the journey
prospect hourly durkcns to the Wow, tho mlnd
becomes .hadowcd with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that tue Happiness OF
Year: 1873

Coroncr's Inquest Yesterday-No Clew


to the Criminal.


The extraordinary murder OF Jacob Nate In
Newark on Christmas Eve, BY trio OF highway
men, for few cents, is still q cause OF alarm and
excitement in Newark. Yesterday an inquest was
held by Coroner Osborne. A number OF witnesses
were examined, but no material facts elected
which might furnish clew to the assailants. 1t
was shown that Nate had probably not more
than 20 cents on his person, and possibly not
that. Alter conflicting evidence by the medical
experts the jury returned verdict that deceased
came to his death by violence at the hands OF some
person or persons to the Jury unknown. No ar
trated as 1t was on an evening like Christmas Eve,
when throngs OF people were abroad, IN most
public part OF a most public th0roughfare, and
coming, too, swiftly after the series OF bold and
daring burgaries recently recorded, has naturally
excited general alarm among law abiding citizens,
who argue that such crimes would not be possible
II the police force were anything like what 1t ought
to be IN strength and efficiency.


THE sEvEREST DENUNCIATIoNs


are heaped by the people on the heads OF the SO.
called guardians OF the peace,v and general
demand Is beginning to be made for q thorough
REORGANIZATION when the new Common Council Is
sworn In In this instance as In many others, the
deserved. The real culpabity for the scandalous
fneniciency and worthlessness or the force does
not rest on the head or body OF the f0rce, Dut on
the Common Council Police committee, which mas
turned the organization almost entirely into an
asylum for the very lowest and most worthless
and as others have for years stood, let the execu.
tive officers OF the force be ever 30 able and
efficient they are p0weress "a make good material
out Of bad.
Year: 1873

having violated her treaty obligations by execut-
ing American citizens IN Cuba without due process
OF law, mas succeeded even without hearing, IN
condemning both me and the VirgtDius, here In
the united States, where United states citizens
should az least have as much protection against
Spain as spain has agreed TO give them when they
may De on trial In SPAN Even Captain Fry and
his unfortunate companions have had one adyan-
tage over me- lor they we're present before the
extemporiZed Judge who condemned them upon
evidence which, even II alse, they yet heard.


OF course am aware mat however controlling
this decision may be in condemnation OF my gov
ernment the rights OF Individual citizens are so
protected by the constitution that cannot thereby
be deprived or property or liberty; but yet, you
well know that such a condemnation from what
the statute has denominated the Department ofJus-
tice Is calculated to iniure me more than verdict
OF a jury, and, as have no appeal therefrom to
Supreme Court, have felt 1t my duty declaring
my innocence, TO make this protest against a de-
cison which must alike have astonished and graft
fed that foreign government which. by Its agents,
has procured Its dispositions against me.


In conclusion, ask that you viii please furnish
me with copy OF the documents and deposi-
tionsn upon which and the Virginius have been
tried and condemned by the Attorney General, and
that you will also please notify me OF the time and
place when and where any other witnesses are In
this matter to be examined and subjected to
cross-examination.n


send copy OF this letter by the same mail to
the Attorney General, and shall think Ii due TO
myself to make the same public On the day OF its
probable receipt by you and him. Yours, respect
fully, JOHN f. PATTERSON.
Year: 1873

He has been to our house-the sewing
machine man. There is nothing that my
dog likes so well as a man for supper,
unless it's two men for supper but the
dog smiled like a sucking dove when the
sewing machine man came. | learn that
the man has been hanging around the
house pleasant afternoons for a week, get
ting acquainted with the dog. | shall be
obliged to kill the dog, because all that
was wanted of him was to keed agents
away from the house, especially sewing
machine agents. Sewing machine men
will not steal-at least they never stole
anything from our folks-but if man
had nineteen sewing machines and one
dollar in money aud was starving, a sew
ing machine man would sell that chap
another machine and take the dollar as
first installment, with mortage on the
other machines as security for the rest Of
the payment. L sold machines myself for
a while, so | know something about it.


The machine came yesterday. Maria
met me at the door, when | went to sup
per, and she said; Joshua, my dear,
Chat was sarcasm) | have got such a
nice new sewing machine. The man
brought it to day. 1t cost ninety dollars
aud it is all paid for" Now, to one
acquainted with the finances of the house
at noon, that statement was rather
astonishing. | commenced few in
quiries. The machine was not absolute
ly paid for, Of course not, but the sewing
machine man, by his elltering sophistry
his unanswerable logic, his silvery elo.
quence, and his limitless barney, had
impressed upon the mind of my gui!eless
Maria Ann, an idea that when he came
to see how we liked the machine he would
briDg US the money to pay for 1t with,
provided of course we liked the machine,
lie felt sure we would like the machine,
'and lie was such gentleman, not at all
like some obtrusive agents who insist on
leaving machine whether you want il
or not"


| am afraid the man will get into house
again, and then of course | sheli take the
machine. | am starving the dog, on one
meal of raw beef and whisky in two days
to make him savage, but have no more
confidence in him. The baby gets nut,
Year: 1873

There have been in the Providence
market this winter few hundred pals of
butter which have a history They came
from a single dairy in Illinois, and are
uniform in quality, hardly distinguish
able, indeed, one from another, although
made in summer, autumn and winter
They are swceter, and have faresh-
er and more delicate aroma than any
ball butter we were able to find last
summer in Rhode Island. They cop-
tain little salt and no buttermilk. This
perfect butter is churned daily from fresh
milk. Here lies the secret. Milk one
hOur-butter the next. No setting of
milk pans and skimming and storing up
of cream No subjection of milk and
cream to atmospheric, electric aud ther-
NAL changes. No expensive cellars with
running water to secure fresh air and
equal temperature, or, in default, per-
petually fluctuating product of butter. In
place of the inefficient hand working of
the butter, jaws worked by power, squeez-
ing out the bUttermilk, just as the melted
Stag is squeezed out Of the softened iron
in pudding. The dairy farm at which
this butter is made has, we believe, a
hundred or more COWS, in addition to
which milk is purchased from the neigh
boring farms. 1t is, in other words, a
factory, producing butter On a large scale,
of uniform, excellent quality Our theory
of butter making has always been to carry
the milk from the cows directly to the
churn, aud only to delay churnipg long
enough for the milk to cool to the proper
temperature. There would then be two
churnings each day, and the quantity
should be sufficient to make one or more
complete packages for the market at each
churning. theoretically, also, the caseine
should be Immediately separated from the
residual milk and buttermilk, and the
ultimate products, butter and cheese, be
the only substances remaining to be cared
for from day to day In such factoru,
power and good machinery would sub
stitute hand labor, and a uniformly good
product of butter should result. The
cheese would be of secondary, though
considerable Importance. At the present
time large quantities of French butter, of
uniform quality, are sold in the English
market, at good price. Meanwhile,
American butter, in England, brings
much less than its value, from the fact
that no two packages are alike, even from
the same dairy. This holds good of
Rhode Island butter, in our own market.
The butter from the same dairy, in sue
cessive weeks, in summer, has hardly
recognizable resemblance. A principal
cause of this diversity and inferiority of
product, is the difficulty or impossibility
of keeping milk and cream, ia our yaria-
bic climate, and in any but the best ap-
pointed dairy rooms or cellars The re-
medy for this is in churniug fresh milk
Instead of stale cream Prorileace Jour
nat
Year: 1873

One day the king rang his bell several
times aud nobody came. He opened the
door, and found his page fast asleep in au
armchair. Advancing to awake him, he
perceived the corner of a note peeping
out of his pocket. Curious to known what
it was, he took it, and read it. 1t was "a
letter from the mother of the youth, thank
ing him for sending her part of his wa
ges, to relieve her poverty. She couclud
ed by telling him that God would bless
him for his good conduct The king, af
ter having read it, went softly into his
room, took purse of ducats, aud slipped
it with the letter into the pocket OF the
page. He returned, and rang his bell so
loud that the page awoke, and went IN
"Thou hast slept WE'LL said the king
The page wished to excuse himself and


in his confusion put his hand by chance
iuto his pocket, and felt the purse with
astonishment He drew it out, turned
pale, and looking at the king, burst into
tears, without being able to utter word
What is the matter z" said the king,
what hast thou 2" "Ah, sire" replied
the youth, falling on his knees, "they
wish to ruin me DO not known how
this money came into my pocket" My
friend" said Frederick, "God often sends
US blessings while We are asleep. Send
that to thy mother, salute her from me,
and say that will take care of her and
flee "
Year: 1873

the wheel and makes an accident of her.
self every few minutes; the canary won't
sing unless the machine in running, aud
the pie is left to burn while long seam
is finished. The man will come back,
and we shall sell the kitchen stove or the
parlor carpet, anb buy the machine. That
is the way it will turn out We shall
probably sell the parlor carpet because it
is not paid for yet. aud then the stove is
not worth more than fifteen dollars When
we can enforce the ordinance against
vagrant cattle, VIC must have an ordinance
against sewing machine men. If another
one gets into the house, shall so into
bankrupt ey.
Year: 1873

The use of soda for washing linen is
very injurious to the tissue, and imparts
to it yeIlowsh color. In Germany and
Belgium, the following mixture is now
extensively used Two pounds OF soap
are dissolved in about five gallons OF wa
ter as hot as the hand can bear it then
next is added to this fluid three large
sized tablespoonfuls of liquid ammonia
and one spoonful of best oil of terPentine.
These fluids are incorporated rapidly by
means of beating them together with a
small birch broom. The linen is then
soaked in this liquid for three hours, care
being taken to cover the washing tub by
a closely fitting wooden cover. BY this
means the linen is thoroughly cleaned
saving much rubbing, time and fuel. =
Ammonia.. docs not affect linen or WOODEN
goods, and is largely used as washing
LIQUID both in England and America.
Year: 1873

A colored deacon was praying for the
recovery of sick sister, aud ended in
this way "Oh! Lord help her Oh
Lord make her well Oh! Lord if you
cannot make her well, then Oh Lord,
help her to grin and bear it p
Year: 1873

The dogs in Detroit do not have many
chances to bark and bite, as their nature
dictates, because the playful young
Detroiters throw snuff in their eyes, and
they can't see where to get hold.
Year: 1873

Young people should acquire the hab-
it of correct speaking and writing, and
abandon as early as possible any use of
slang words and phrases. The longer
YOU put this off, the more difficult the
acquirement of correct language will be;
and if the golden age of youth, the
proper season for the acquisition of Ian
guage, be passed in its abuse, the unfor-
tunate victim will most probably be
doomed to talk slang for life. You have
merely to use the language which you
read, instead of the slang which you
hear, to form taste in agreement with
the best speakers and poets in the
country.
Year: 1873

An Indianian says he has cured a
valuable horse of sweeney in this way
Take an old stocking make little bag
out of some part of it, four or five
inches long fill it with salt : sew the
end up; take a bucket with some water
in it ; dip in the bag with salt; now
double up your shirt sleeve and rub the
sunken part for fifteen or twenty min
utes. Rub freely, occasionally pulling
the skin so as to loosen it after rubbing
Year: 1873

Grease it; fresh butter is best, although
other grease will do. Rub it in also.
By so doing several mornings success
sively no doubt the mare will get well.
1t will take two or three months for the
sunken part to grow out even with the
other parts. If the hair rnbs off it will
grow again.
Year: 1873

All communications for this paper should be accom-
panied by the OF the author not necessarily for
publication, but an evidence OF good faith on tho
part the writer. Write only OF the paper
Be particu arly careful in giving aud oates 10
have tho letters and figures plain and distinct.
Year: 1873

DROWsINEss AFTER EATING
persons feel more or less drowsiness after
eating, \ full and hearty, although not
excessive mealis almost irresistible This
is caused By the stomach and liver attract
ing to themselves, in order TO carry on the
work in hand, an amount of blood which
would otherwise have gone to nourish the
brain, and to maintain its functions
ture, deciding that the business Of diges-
ton. when there is food in the stomach to
digest. is mme important for the time be
ing than any other business whatever,
Nevertheless, for MANY reasons, the heay-
mess after eating isincanvenient and unde
sirable But it may always be relieved by
the use Of pure tonic stimUlant, such as
Dr. Gottlieb Fisch Bitters, This spurs
on the system to do double work, till the
system then repays itself literally ont Of
the newly secured fund of nuurishment :
reaction Is thus prccluded


This subject continued next week under
What q g90d aPpstife is Wortd
Year: 1873

THE Coon OLD RENEDY-It will not
do, when your horse is attacked by the
numerous ills which affiiet equine nature,
to try experiments. Besides the suffering
of the useful beast you endanger his life
and your money. Its safest to have always
ready the Mexican Mustang Imminent
which everybody knows about For near
u two decades of years this remedy has
been used, and invariably with satisfaction.
1t may do to try experiments with play
things, but not with medicines 1t is dan
gerous Therefore stick to the Mus
tang, it will bring man and horse through
all right
Year: 1873

In tho local columns will bo found a statement
Of tho atrects through which tho Board Of Public
Works have decided to run tho Bowers, for which
provision was recently made by tho Common
Council. in accordance with tho Recommendation
Of tho Mayor