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Year: 1871

BED BUG ExTERMINAToR.-A lady who
moved into house swarming with bed
bugs, after cleaning the house, tells how
she exterminated the bugs from her bed.
stead :-"I took teaspoonful of ouicksil-
yer, costing ten or fifteen cents, which
beat up with the whites Of two eggs, Just
as ] would frosting for cake, or till the
quicksilver was thoroughly mixed with
the egg this applied with feather to
every crack and creviee where bed bug
could hide, after washing the beadsteads
In cold water. This ! repeated three or
four times during the first summer, and
about three times during the second sum-
mer. The result is, have not seen bug
for two years. AS the bugs will not stay
where quicksilver is applied faithfully, It
is necessary to overhaul the beddil fre-
quently, to capture stragglers who are
seeking more healthful abode"
Year: 1871

WAgHINaToN, March 16.-The Loyalist
Claims Commission make the ironclad
oath prerequisite to the entertainment Of
claims.


The Tennessee is expected to reach home
March 25th. The news is but an elabora-
tion of that already published.


Davidson was confirmed rs Collector for
the sixth Tennessee District and Manning
as Collector of Customs for the Albermarle
District, North Carolina.


The Senate caucus was long and stormy.
Eighteen Senators were frequently on the
floor at once. They finally agreed to lay
adjournment on the table and propose
joint commission of Ave Senators and
seven Representatives to take evidence
report on the Kuklux Bill and entertain
no other legislation.
Year: 1871

To REMOVE MILDEw FROM CLOTHING.
Il saw an inquiry how to remove mildew
from clothing. Here is my way: Take q
handful of salt, half q cupful of soft soap,
rub on the cloth and expose to the sun.
!hgs.-A Rural Reader.
Year: 1871

By desire to avoid expense and trouble and knowing
tiesd on large small SCALE is injurious 70 the best


interests OF the business community. we have adopted
and are riEdly enforcing in our Retail Department,
The strictly csh system. We believs ne wi be sus'
tanned In this By the fact that purchasers viii know
that we do not add per csntase 70 eur legitimate
profit, in view Of possible lossss.
Year: 1871

objection ay be urged sgainst the policy Of conduct
each other Our answer isand We think il sufficient
that in addition the fact of our buying goods at
less figures than than the retailers buy them. the
Wholesale and Retail Departm nts conduce to the ad-
vantage Of each other in squalEing expenses thsrsoy
enabling us to sell at lower prices and giving the pur
q aser the benefit Of the difference.
Year: 1871




The author of 1.-The Siege of Metz"
volume just published in London tell:
this story:


They tell a strange tale here, and one
which l could never unfold plainly
For many days past buxom young
damsel came in and out of the lines a,
this point laden each morning with full
bas ket of vegetables, and returning each
night with her basket empty, but appa-
rently heavy. Her passport was duly
signed, SO there was no attempt made 20
stop her Last night her basket was so
heavy she could hardly carry it, and her
back assumed rather more than grace
full Grecian bend under its weight. The
courteous soldiers insisted on relieving
her of her burden. 1t was heavy in
deed. 1t was filled with those new chas-
sepot cartridges we had been SO industri-
ously making at Metz. Often have we
found of late that the enemy's outposts
had fred at longer ranges than usual,
often have we found chas.epot bullet
at our feet or in our wounds. Arms we
knew they had captured in great quanti-
ties here on this very spot, and at Sedan,
but we often wondered where they fonud
the ammunition. Little till then did we
think that we had been making it for
them, but they utilized onr Industry most
pleasantly. As for the young woman,
she was equal to the occasion. While
the astouished sentries were unpacking
her basket, she turnbled them and it over
and sped away down the Hill to Ian
vailliere, and before they could recover
themselves or their arms she was some
distance ahead dodging behind the long
rows of poplars which as usual yet line
the roads outside the lines. An attempt
at pursuit was prevented by the fire of
the Prussian sentries, who, unlike our
own, seem always to be wide awake at
their outposts. and between anger and
mirth we walked back to Meiz again.
Year: 1871

The Journal ef II alM says "What


ever is done must be done quickly. The
instant person is known to have swal-
lowed posion by design or accident give
water to drink, cold or warm as fast as
possible, a gallon or more at a time, and
as fast as vomited drink more tepid wa
ter is best, as it opens the pores Of the
skin and promotes vomiting, and TINS
gives the speedist cure to the poisonous


article. If pains begin to be felt in the
bowels, it shows that part at least of the
poison has passed downwards; the large
and repeated injections of tepid water
should be given, the object in both cases
being to dilute the poison as quickly and
as largely as possible. Do not wait for
warm water-take that which is nearest
at hand, cold or warm, for every second
of time saved is of immense Importance +;
at the same time send instantly for a
physician, and as soon as he comes turn
the case into his hands, telling him what
you have done. This simple fact cannot
be to widely published /; it is not meant
to say that drinking gallon or two of
simple water will cure every case of pol
soning; but it will cure many, and bene-
fits all BY its rapidly diluting quality
Year: 1871

BEE STINss.-A correspondent of the
.Sciieat J6c american says :hat "a good
absorbent" will ease the pain of stings
The best absorbing substance that l
have tried is lean fresh meat. This will
relieve the pain of a wasp sting almost
instantly, and has been recommended for
the cure of rattlesnake bites. l have al
so used it with marked effect in, erysipe-
las "
Year: 1871

able men. Never was there more exasperating interference with a war admitted to be one of necessity. A General who never before made fail ure when he went after hostile In- dians, has been so far defeated by or ders from another Department exc cuted by officers who know the effect if they do deny their intent to produce it. This is the cause of over a months time of the troops being wasted, and the country should bear the fact in mind. Purposely or not, the Indian Bureau is most effectively aiding the Apache Indian to continue the war.

 Disappointed, but more fully in formed and equally determined, Gen. eral Crook is bent on exerting the fullest strength of his command to punish hostile Indians and exhibit kindness and aid to those of unques- tionable friendliness. The large band of Miguel, near Camp Apache, have for sometime been protesting and act ing out friendship. General Crook re- quired of them still clearer proof, and gave Miguel eight days to furnish him fifty warriors to fight on our side, and they were furnished. This will seal the status of that band, as hostile h. dians will be incensed at 1t, and safety and interest must incline 1t to peace with the whites.

 An order published elsewhere to- day shows that the cavalry are to be freed from all possible injunctions ex- cept to pursue the foe. Captain Hen rvs command struck out for McDow- ell for more men and fresh horses. He would take in his route the Sierra Ancha mountains via old Camp Reno.

 General Crook and balance of the expedition reinforced by cavalry and Indians at Apache, left fer Prescott via Verde on the 10th. He is deter mined to mount the three Cavalry Troops at Verde and put them at work.

 Before leaving Apache, the General issued orders requiring every mule and horse in the Department to be put in and kept in the best possible condition for use at an hours notice, also have all aparejos and gearing in perfect or der. The demoralized' war condition in which he found the Department, cannot be instantly put aright, but all possible effort is put forth to do it. Unless interfered with-and we don't believe he will be-the fullest power of the troops will be hurled against hostile Indians at the earliest moment and be continued. The Territory will be secured as it never has been, and the Apaches warred upon in manner that will strike them with awe, and we believe produce an early peace. The General is confident, and his ex- perience so far has strengthened his confidence in a no distant and con- plete success. The exasperating con- duct of the Indian Ring, as before shown, may defer, but not defeat the troops as handled by him. They will give Arizona peace that can be trusted.

 JULY ', by general orders from the War Department, among other as- signments, we find the following ca
Year: 1871

Annual CLEARING OUT.-Read Scott, Hou.z
& Co.'S 'local" in another column. They are
clearing out their winter stock to get ready for
the spring trade


They are Offering most substantial induce
ments to all who wish to purchase goods and no
one should fail to call and see their stock before
looking elsewhere.
Year: 1871

Always remember that at Prescott's is the
place to sell mink, muskrat Or other skins, and
at his store is the only reliable place to buy
prime furs properly cured and neatly and fash.
ionably made up
Year: 1871

When surprise parties are being organized
don't forget to go to Henry Wulthers for oysters,
confections and the like Henry keeps tho boss
assortment of everything in the candy line in
Ottawa
Year: 1871

The Golt1cn Age in recent article
on "Winc and Crime" says:


One reason why the temperance
movement has been so unavailiny here
toforc, is that it has dealt with the alb
stract and the impossible as though
they were practicable. We want now
to strike Il blow where it will tell. We
want to take tic first step towards the
goal. And that step is to prohibit all
and every adulteration OF the liquors
that our people drink.
Year: 1871




1t was Easter Sunday. In the
church of st. Esther, the Easter
lilies made a goodly show; SO did
the ladies' new bonnets - which
blossom, as we all know, about East
er Sunday, on the trees of fashion,
and are plucked by all who are in
funds for the occasion. Grace Bent
more had not .'bran new" bonnet,
but she went to church nevertheless
as though she had one. She would
have gone in something much less
fashionable than the neat straw with
its black ribbons-last summers S
wear-for it was her last Sunday at
Elmthorpe, and she could not have
borne to leave without hearing Har-
vey Atwood preach once more.


As for Gussie Bentmore-she staid
at home; but then she was not 60
ing away from Elmthorpc.


They had been left, these two girls,
with little enough to live on when
their father died. He had made his
regular salary just enough to live on,
no more, ending where he began
forty years before; and now their
mothers little dowry, never used by
the young couple, but ,hoarded for
their children, remained to them.
That and the little brown house,
that Looked as though it had grown
up like the old tree and never been
built by hands.


Aunt Ann will take it for the
summer" Grace Bentmore had said
to her sister, "and you can board
with her. will take the governess
situation with the Browns. l can
have it for the asking"


And the governess situation was
taken, and tomorrow she was to
leave home for the first time. Until
the day drew so near, Grace never
guessed how hard it would be to go.
This last church-going, which she
had believed would make her happy
was the worst of all. The solemn
Easter service, the sweet music
touched her heart. She dared no,
lift her eyes to the broad white fore
head of Harvey Atwood, as he arose
in the pulpit-she kept them on hel
book lest some one should see the
tears in them. -.--


When it was over and the benedic
ton uttered, she went out into the
old church yard. If she guessed
that, seeing her there, Harvey At
wood would follow and speak t.
her, who can blame her? Not I, TO
one.


She stood ON the grass beside :
little child's grave, and looked a
the lilies of the valley growing owe
it. She remembered the merry littl
creature in its mothers arms. Nea
by lay that mother. On the othe
side of the church she dared no
trust herself. There her parents
graves lay. Yonng as she was, We
she had seen so many die. Lif
seemed one great grave just then
Year: 1871

Here is recipe for making ginger
beer, a very wholesome and refresh
ing summer beverage: Put two gal
Ions of cold water into pot upon
the fire; add to it two ounces of
good ginger bruised, and two pounds
Of white or brown sugar. Let this
come to boil, and continue boiling
for about half an hour. Then skim
the liquor and pour into a jar or tub,
along with one sliced lemon and
half an ounce of cream of tartar.
When nearly cold put in ateaspoon-
full of yeast, to cause the whole to
work Tho beer is now made; and
after it has worked for two days,
strain it and bottle it for use. Tie
down the corks firmly.
Year: 1871




SAUSAGE MEAT.-Twenty-fi five lbs.
of pork, half pint of salt, one gill
of rubbed sage, halfa gill of black
pepper, one tablespoonful of cayenne
pepper. --....


RICE WAEFLEs.-One quart of
milk, three eggs, half of q cupful Of
bakers yeast, one and half table
spoonful of rice boiled soft. Stir
all together,and set it to rise stirring
it down occasionally. 1t should be
mixed three hours before the time
of baking them.


FIVE MINUTE BUcKwHEAT CAKES.
Three pints of buckwheat, one
teaspoonful of soda dissolved in
water enough to make a batter.
When mixed,add one teaspoonful of
tartaric acid dissolved in little
warm water. Bake Immediately.


MILK PANs.-Vessels made of
zinc should never be used for hold
ing milk las when milk is allowed to
repose in contact with this metal .
lactate of zinc is formed, as well IS
a compound of caseing and oxide
of zinc, both of which are extremely
injurious if taken into the system.
A solution of sugar which stood q
few hours in a zinc vessel, was found
to contain a considerable quantity
of salts of that metal.


GERMAN PUDDING.-Qaurter of q.
pound of suet chopped fine, quarter
of pound of sugar, quarter of a
pound of bread crumbs, three good
sized apples cut up small. Buffers
pan and put in layer of bread
crumbs, then one of suet, then one
of apples and sugar mixed, seasoned
with lemon rind and cloves. Con-
tinue the layers alternately until the
pan is full, always putting the sugar
and apples together. Bake twenty
minutes.


PRESERVING Stoves IN SUMNER
In the Scientific Convention at New
Haven, Prof. Olmstead stated that
rosin added to lard gives it fluidity
not before possessed by the lard, and
also prevents the latter from form
ing those acids which corrode met
ais. Several important practical ap-
plications result from this property.
1t is applicable to surfaces of sheet
iron. He found very thin coating,
applied with brush, sufficient to
preserve Russia iron stoves and
CRATES from rusting during summer,
even in damp situations. He usual
" adds to it portion of black lead,
and this preparation when applied
with brush, in the thinest possible
film, will be found complete pro-
lection to sheet iron stoves and
pipes.


REMEDY FOR CRoUP.-Some one
has furnished the Fulton Democrat
with the following remedy for Group,
which he has tried effectually, and
claims as infallible. He has known
it to give almost instant relief when
all other remedies have failed.


Nothing could be more simple
The remedy is allspice tea. Make
the tea of whole grains of allspiee.
1t seems at once to cut the phlem
loose and relieve the child.


Also remedy for Ear ache,whi
is simply to melt little salty butter
or gravy, and put drop or two in
the ear. 1t is said to give immedi-
ate relief.
Year: 1871

A Pittsburgher got into mans room
and was robbing the bureau, when the
occupant of the bed struck the burglar
with piece of bedroom crockery, which
fitted SO tight on his head that he had to
have it broken before it could be removed.
He said he never wanted to enter that
mans chamber again. II ..ayse
Year: 1871

A young man in indianapolis is sick.
He is near-sighted, and went to see his
girl, and got on his knees and proposed
to her, real quick, before the old folks
should come in. He was. surprised at
being hit in the mouth with potato,
and at seeing butcher-knife raised over
his head. Come to find out, it was the
old man he had proposed to, who had on
the laby's apron, and was sitting in a
cheir, peeling potatoes. The calico was
what fooled the young man, as calico
does sometimes fool people
Year: 1871

What is it that makes all those men
who associate habitually with women su.
peror to others who do not2 What
makes that woman who is accustomed
and at ease in the society of men supe-
rior to her sex in general2 Solely be.
cause they are in the habit of free,
graceful continued conversation with
the other sex. Women in this way lose
their frivolity, their faculties awaken
their delicacies and pecnliarities unfold
all their beauty and captivation in the
spirit of intellectual rivalry. q And the
men lose their pedantic, rude, declama.
tory, rsullen manner The coin of the
understanding and the heart changes
continually. The asperities are rubbed
off; their better materials polished and
frightened, and their richness, like the
gold, is wrought into the finer workman
ship BY the fingers of women than it
ever could eby those of men! The iron
and steel of their characters are hidden,
like the character and armor of n giant
by studs and knots of good and precious
stones, when they are not wanted in
actual warfare.
Year: 1871

The chronological Journal has q curl
Gus article on blacksmiths, in which
they are viewed from a new point. II
regards the blacksmith rs the prince of
mechanics. He is at once an artist and
mechanic. He who can mold q statue,
having in his mind the image, while the
clay is yet but a rude mass, and knows
how to remove the excrescent parts, and
mold the mass into the requisite forms,
has the same talent which the black
smith requires, who withdraws from the
forge the naming bar Of metal, and is
required 70 mold It with his hammer
into the desired shape. This shape
must exist in his mind as the statue
does IN the mind of the sculptor, and
though the fact Of repeated heavy blows
seems rude way Of working ont his
artistical thought. It is only so because
his metal Is less malieabie than the plas-
tic clay. We contend that whoever can
be irst-elass blacksmith could be also
an artist in clay and marble. But the
blacksmith, IN order 10 reduce the firm
metal to the form required, must have
muscle, strength, executiveness, resolu-
Year: 1871

Give me sincere friends or none.
This hollow glitter Of smiles and words
--oomphments that mean nothing -pro-
testations of affection as solid as the
froth upon champagne--invitations that
are but pretty sentences, uttered because
such things are customary are. worth
less to me. There is no need Of them.
1t is proper to be civil and courteous to
the most Indifferent stranger; but why
assume friendships outward show when
no reality underlies it2 When one feels
friendship, the object Of that sentiment
cannot suffer, and leave our hearts I'M
troubled-cannot be slandered leaving
us unharmed. To see our friends sue
cessful, even beyond our own powers Of
success, is a great joy to us; to hear
that friend applauded is pleasure.
Yet, every day, men who fancy them
selves friends show mean envy of each
others lucky hits; and women who kiss
on both cheeks when they meet, will
whisper treacherous little stories of
each other-yes, and whisper them to
men. So that when most women say
TO me, We were talking of you Just
now% ] wonder only-for one is not
sincere enough to say it out-whether it
has been possible to squeeze one drop of
scandal into the humdrum story Of my
life; or failing that how many times
they have been multiplying my age by
10, 10 prove me older than confess my
self to be. But it is not sincere to praise
everybody. 1t sounds amiablej but men
cannot all be charming" and women
all $50 sweet like to know from the
speech of a man or woman that this one
is friend; not mere acquaintance. i
think warm-hearted people are never
general admirers. All cannot be really
even pleasant Constant laudation Of
everybody may be a pleasant form Of in
sincerity after all, for me. II heaven
help me- | will be sincere. / will not
abuse my intimate friends when their
backs are turned. will not praise any
one do nbt like. will not kiss women
hate nor give them loving smiles when
do not like them. And as | do unto
others may they do unto me, for L de-
serve no better Alice AspiHVaH. 90 /
Year: 1871

Il is essential to our growth, as indi-
viduals and as society, that We should
not have certainty-that faith should be
elective, and not the inevitable result Of
evidence acting with mechanical com
pulsion on the mind. 1t is the liability
to error, and the experience Of error that
makes US human, that furnish to human
nature the topics Of discipline and the
means Of growth Hedge. H
Year: 1871

holding the rope with him. lie had not
proceeded far before two of the keepers
managed to get before him, and by the
aid OF their spears stopped him. He was
brought back, and reached the door OF
the car, when he suddenly turned around
and repeated his previous manoouvrc
Again he was brought back, but blows
from the sticks and spears could not make
the unruly and obstinate brute enter the
cars.


AT last Captain Smalley suggested that
the baby should be brought out of the car
again, with the idea that when Raiah saw
it come out and re-enter he would follow
it. After little coaxing and a sop of
sponge cake and sugar candy the Cap
tain's idea had the desired effect Slow
ly feeling every inch Of his way, and not
moving more than an inch at time, Ra-
jah at las walked into the car. No soon
er had the feat been accomplished than
trusses of hay aud barrels Of water were
placed in each car, the barrels being
screwed to the sides and bottoms I The
Superintendent of the line also ordered
a carpenter to bore several holes in each
Car two inches in diameter, in order to
give the animals plenty of air A bag
gage and passenger car was furnished
for the keepers and others, and soon af-
ter they were loaded powerful engine
was attached and the train started off on
its journey.
Year: 1871

A pleasant piece Of poetic justice IS re-
ported from q town in Oregon. One morn
ing . young man called upon the editor Of
the only paper in the county, and asked
permission to look at the files of that pa
per for 1869. 1t was granted. While the
editor was in bed, waiting till his wife
could wash his shirt, that young man car
ried away the file, nor was it ever seen
again until his lawyer offered it in evil
dcnce during the trial of an action for
So, 900 damages for an alleged libel, which
that young man brought against the editor.
1t is gratifying to learn that the plaintiff
recovered - cents damages, and was
arrested by the editor on charge of steal
ing books, convicted and sent to the Peni-
tentiary for seven years.
Year: 1871

How TO GET R[CH. Josh Billings ought
to have this secret But he's a little late
and so we fix it up for him, as II contribu-
ton for his next "allminaX' A couple
of uncducated but apparently well-to-do
Boston men, in active business, on Satur-
day last came together upon 4 busy street
corner, where for Il few minutes they had
a red-hOt chat over some trivial business
matter. The pilh of the thing was this:
One had been doing something for the
other, and to get even for his work had
sent in u bill, which was regarded rather
steep. After u little savage and rather
profanc talk, the man who had done the
work Strengthened himself out and sugar
ed the thing off into Il bit of ''Josh''
philosophy, and in a very cool bur digniti
ed manner said to him interrogatively-
"Well, amt it better to be Il id hog
and get good pay for what you do, than
to be good fellow and get kicked from
pillar TO post 2' If that remark don't con
tain, in nutshell, the secret of success i'll
business, then what does?