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Year: 1872

Results OF the Recent English Munic-


ipal Elections.


In the elections held on Friday in the prin-
cipal cities of England large conservative
gains are reported Our cable dispatches as
sign as reason for this the very general
antipathy elected by the stringent enforce
ment of the new Licensing act, which very
much interferes with the sale Of spirits, par
ticularly ct night and on Sunday. This meas
ure of the liberal administration naturally
receives bitter opposition from certain publi-
cans and those of their customers whose habits
are disturbed by it, and in revenge John Barley
corn has instigated them to cast their votes for
the candidates of the opposition party. But
there are many other causes of growing dissatis-
faction with Mr.. Gladstones government
Not the least Of these is the termination Of the
Alabama difficulty. Britons as race are not
generous enough to relish being fined for the
laches Of their government, even though they
are told that the amercement will purchase for
them the good will of Brother Jonathan. An
ample surplus in the Exchequer enables them
to pay the sixteen million dollars for which
they were cast in damages by the Geneva
Court without special loan or extra tax; but
John Bull don't quite think his case was
thoroughly defended by the Cabinet and its
agents, and he takes the earliest opportunity
to testify his disgust by voting against liberal
nominees for city Offices. Whether the defec-
ton is Of sufficient proportions to threaten the
life Of the Ministry cannot be decided at pres
emit Still it is obvious that much Of the
popularity the Gladstone government origi-
nally enjoyed has been alienated We are told
that the exneriment Of the Ballot act works a.
Year: 1872

The Medical Geography OF the Equine


Epidemic.


The great horse epidemic, which is ravaging
the eastern half of the Continent and has Just
made its appearance in England, seems to
be intimately connected with certain we'll
marked meteorologic phenomena. It is of the
utmost importance to the proper management
Of the disease, as well as to the discovery of its
physical relations and its anticipation in
future years, to ascertain its causal links


In the public equine calamity it has escaped
popular observation, and even the press, that
this epidemic was not unforeseen by scientific
men, and was distinctly foreshadowed, in &C
cordance with physical or cosmiosl law, some
months ago. Since the solar researches of
Secchi, Smith, De La Rue and others have
demonstrated the close thermal and atmos-
pheric relations of our globe with the recur-
renee of sun spots, in supra-annual cycles, it
has been possible to name the period of
nearly twelve years as one which brings the
greatest aerial and electrical arrangements to
our planet. Last year several of our scientists,
counting 1848 and 1850 as late historic periods
Of maximum sun spots, predicted for 1872 the
present prevalence of the numerous vegetable
blights and the present scourges of the animal
kingdom. The striking simultaneity of the
epihippic in this country and the cattle dis
eases now raging in the countries of South
America, on opposite sides Of the Equator,
would induce the belief that the cause is not
terrestrial, but planetary and cosmical This
helps to unravel the mystery and is step in
the right direction.


But it seems also clear that cosmical agencies
operate upon our planet through its great
atmospheric machinery. Thus, according to
the high authority of the English physicist
Keith Johnston, the northeast wind is dis
tinctly catarrhal in its influence; the south
west wind is singularly malarial and the dry
northwest wind, from the higher continent,
sweeping over the Northwestern States and
Territories lying west Of Lake Superior, is the
vitalzing current which corrects the evil effects
of the others This distinction is now the
well-accepted tenet Of the ablest expositors
of medical geography and is highly practical
and suggestive.


1uc uoIIucstSt Wllu WHICH IOr some Clue mas
descended over our country from the Canadian
borders and the western side Of the North
Atlantic Ocean is apparently charged with
climatal conditions favorable to the develop
ment Of influenza, catarrh and similar afEsc-
tions. II reaches us after passing over Canada,
but originally comes from the further ocean
beyond, having, doubtless, traversed the great
Polar current and ice stream which descends
southwark through Bafins Bay and Davis
Strait and on the other side of Greenland, in
the channel between that frozen continent
ard Iceland In both the htter countries
catarrhal fevers and asthmatic diseases Of the
lungs are notoriously severe and common,
| and il 10 said that Icelanden seldom outlive
Year: 1872

List OF CANDDATEs.- give to-day a
carefully revised list of the various principal
candidates, national and State to be voted for
Tomorrow. 1t will be useful statement for
future reference as well as Of practical utility
TO voters generally.
Year: 1872

The Railroad Question I'm Mexico.


Mexico has been and is behind most other
countries in railroad enterprise and develop
ment Her constantly recurring revolutions
and mountainous territory have been great
obstacles to railroad progress. Then, the
Mexicans are slow and unenterprising
people. But there appears to be an awaken
ing in that country on this subject By our
telegraphic news from the city of Mexico, pub
lished yesterday, we learn that the railroad
question was becoming an exciting one. There
had been lively controversy about the claims
of rival parties who had obtained concessions
to build railroads and upon the broad and
narrow gauge question. We learn at the
same time that the Vera Cruz Railroad was
nearly completed, there being only two
leagues of rails to be laid A good
railroad system in Mexico, particularly
in connection with the Texas border, the
Southern Pacific Railroad and the lateral
railroads which are being pushed along
and through the mountain ranges of our own
territory to the Mexican line, will do more to
bring peace and develop the resources of that
rich neighboring Republic than anything
else. We are glad to see there is some move
ment in that direction. The present contro-
versy will have the effect, at least, of throwing
light upon the necessity and value of railroads
in Mexico
Year: 1872

that it was the people who demand
ed the denomination of President
Grant. He was put forward against
his will, because the people insist
ed upon re-electing their favorite
and hero. His nomination at Phil
adelphia was the peoples act. No
other candidate would have been
tolerated for moment. Since his
namination the people have taken
the matter of his reelection up
into their hands, and are showing
their gratitude and enthusiasm for
the great general and successful
President by the way they rally to
his standard. TO read the Admin
istration papers and listen to its
speakers, it would seem that the
people of the United States were
everywhere united and enthusiastic
i'll their admiration for prnsi-
dent Grant and vociferous in their
demand for recollection; while a few
disappointed and soured politicians
had conspired together for his de-
feat, and were trying to disafTect
tho masses Of our citizens and with
draw them from his support.


1t is worth the while sometimes
to hold general statement up in
the light and sec what it is made
of, and how its component threads
hang together and stand the pull
of facts. This matter Of popular
enthusiasm amounts to nothing in
and of itself. The real question is
not whether mojority of the pco-
pie want President Grant re-elect-
ed, but whether they ought to want
him reelected. Does he deserve
recollection Will the interests of
the nation be promoted by giving
him another term (! Does Grantism
realize the highest ideal of Amcri-
can craftsmanship? These ques-
tions, not whether he is popular
with the masses and viii get their
votes, are the questions it is i'm
portant to answer. Tell us that
i


Maine and Vermont have thrown
their votes for Grant governors I.
So did France throw her vote for
Louis Napoleon. And who shall
say that the people of Maine and
Vermont are not as mistaken in
their allegiance rs the people of
France were in their fatal plebis-
cite 1t is not what people clamor
for, but what they ought to demand,
what the good of the country re-
quires, that it really concerns us to
know. We opposed the reelection
Of Grant almost single-handed at
the start, in the face of public in
difference if not of public satisfac-
ton, because convinced that he
ought not to be reelected, that an
other four years of his rule would
be national calamity 1t is not
the popularity Of position that we
are concerned with, but its sound
ness. The question for every
American citizen to-day is not what
popular, but what is true. We are
not trying to count noses but to
learn facts, and weigh arguments,
and see what tho interests of the
country and race require. And the
man who would not vote alone, II
need he, in Guidance to his convic-
tions of duty lacks the principle,
the stamina, and the manlincss
American citizenship require.


But how is it with this constant
ly reiterated statement, that the
people everywhere are clamorous
and enthusiastic for President
Grants reelection : IL this had
been the case, why was Unnecessary
for his friends and favorites TO con-
Year: 1872

A Barber in Ttusvillc. while cutting
the hair Of rural customer, ran his shears
against some hard substance. which turn
Cd oil, to be milestone. Tho old farmer
said he had missed that whetstonc ever
since haying time last July and had look
cd all over a ten acre lot for il, but now
remembered sticking it up over his ear.
Year: 1872

A California man tied one end Of lariat
around his waist aud lassocd COW with
the other. lie thought ho had tho COW,
bst at the cud Of the first half mile he be-
gan to snspcc. tha, the COW had him.
Year: 1872

We wish all the fathers would heed
what the american AgriculturiSt
says: Induce the boys to take new
interest in the farm, in the imple-
meuts, In the stock; tell them all
your plans, your successes and your
failures; give them the history of
your lie and what you did, and how
you lived when a boy but do not harp
too much on the degenerate charac-
ter of young men of the present age;
praise them when you c4n, and en-
courage them to 90 still better Let
them dress up IN the evening instead
of sitting down in their dirty clothes
in dirty room. Provide plenty of
light. Thanks to kerose ne, our coun-
try BONES can be as brilliantly ligh-
ted as the gas-lit residences in t1e
city Encourage the neighbors to
drop in, evenings. Talk agriculture
rather ethan politics; speak OF the
importance of large crops, Of good
stock, of liberal feeding, and OF the
advantage of making animals com
Portable, rather than of the hard
times, low rices and high wages
Above all, encourage tue boy to res d
good agricultural papers Get him
some good agricultural book to
study. Read with him, and give
him the benefit OF your experit nee
and criticism. When he has mas
tered this, give him another. In our
own case, we owe our love for farm
ing principally to the fact that our
father told us of everything that be
was doing on the farm; answe44i .g
all the ques ions and encouraging
rather than refusing our child like
desire of helping him to plow. to
chop, to drain, as well as firing the
brush heaps.
Year: 1872

Mozzini, in his photographed
papers just published by Hurd Il
Houghtcn, says: i: could wish that
mothers would bear IN mind that in
the actual state of Europe, none Of
us is certain of remaining the arbi-
ter of his own destiny, or that Of
those dearest to him, and could be
convinced that by giving their chill
dren q sternor education, hitting
them for any position in life, they
would provide better for their future
welfare, for their true happiness and
for their souls good, than by sur
rounding them with every luxury
and comfort, and thereby enervating
the character that should be Injured
to fatigue and privation in carly
years. l have seen young Italians
TEN pered by nature for noblsness
of life-sink miserably into crime,
or save themselves by suicide from
trials which have undergone with
smile; and 1 have mentally cast
the responsibility upon their moth
ers. My own mother blessed be her
memory , with the earnest, deep
sighted love that looks forward TO
the future, had prepared me to stand
unshaken In the midst of every mis-
fortune"
Year: 1872

FALL PLowING.-Unless the soil is
very sandy and liable to leach or
wash away, you can not go amiss In
keeping the teams busy in plowing
land intended for spring crops. If
possible, pillow the corn-stubbles this
fall. If there is not time for this go
over them with two-horse cultiya-
tor 1t Will kill great many weeds.
and level down the hills, and leave
the land in far better shape to plow
in the spring 1t will also do good
by exposing the soil to the atmos-
phere, and thus develop plant food.
It will also cause a great many weed
seeds to germinate, and the young
plants will be killed by plowing in
the spring We think SO much of
this work that we often cultivate be-
tween the stocks of cTn as soon as
the crop is cut. Try the plan. 1t
will pay
Year: 1872

CURE FOR SrAMMERING Many cures
have been recommended for the dis
tressing habit of stammering, a few
of which are sure This is one of
them: keep the teeth closed To-
gether, and before attempting to
scta ak. respiIe deeply; then give time
for quiet utterance, and after very
slight practice the hesitation will be
relieved. No spasmodic action of
the lower Jaw must be permitted to
separate the teeth when speaking
This plan. regularly carried out for
six months, will cure any one who
has the determination to persevere
in it"
Year: 1872




The provisions of nature are
strange Climate forces upon ami
mails different habits. Toward the
end of December the female white
bear places herself in position
where the snow will drift over her.
Lying still upon rock, the snow
falls thickly upon her, and cell i
formed for Winter habitation In
this cell the animal resides during
the period of accouchement. The
cubs are produced. and the mother
remains secluded with them until
the month of March. The young
are very small at first, but as they
grow the heat of their bodies melfs
the snow and thus enlarges the cell
Tee warm breath ascends upward
and makes an aperture for the ad-
m ssion of pure air. Before hberat-
ing, the bear eats enormously Of nu-
tritious food, and becomes very fat,
on which fat she exists during her
Winter retirement. The phenome
non is all the 10 ore singular, as the
female bear is compelled to give sus-
tenance to her young as well as to
live erself, and the surplus fat in
her own body is her only store OF
food. Pertinent to this, DR.. Wood
remarks: cit is worthy of notice
that in the bears of the Old as well
az the New World, is found the curl
Gus phenomenon of "tappen " "a
hard cornered substance, which
plugs up the intestine, and seems to
be of service in retaining the ami
NAL in condition.
Year: 1872

MOTHERS WHO HAVE DAUGHTERS THAT
HAVE WEAK LUNGS arrest the
disease when it is in the incipient
stages. 1t is indicated by hacking
cough, pains in the chest, difficulty of
breathing, or oppression of the lungs.
If this be permitted to run on, tubercles
viii form, and Consumption will be the
result. A most valuable remedy will
be found in Aliens Lung Balsam to
cure and check this disease in its first
stage.


For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
Year: 1872

least one inch above the chine. The
head is then put in position, and
pressed down by means OF lever.
Apples packed in this way can be
carried long distance without dan
ger of bruising Do not put any poor
fruit with the first quality; as 1t wlii
seriously affect the price. After the
fruit is all barreled it should be
stored in cool place, where there IS
do danger from frost.
Year: 1872

PoULrRY.-F. ed well, and get such
as you intend to sell or eat as fat as
possible. Keep the hen house clean
Do not allow the fowls or turkeys to
roost n trees or on the iml lements.
A little attention for a lew nights
will teach them to go to their proper
roost,
Year: 1872

ToorHAcHE. Aeetate of lead is re-
commended as cure for the tooth
ache. Put one or two grains into
the cavity for q moment and then
spit it out. The relief Is instantan-
eous, and the remedy does not fail
in more than s per cent of the cases.


CoRNs.-La Sante gives the follow
ing as method of removing corns:
siNIaceratc the tender leaves of ivy In
strong vinegar for eight or ten days,
then apply them to the corns. This
dressing should be applied twice
day, and in few days the corns will
be removed"


TEsr OF BURNING fLUIDs Pour a
small quantity of oil in saucer, or
other shallow dish, and pass ligh
ted match near the surface of the oil
IF you detect any small blush flashes
or puffs, or If the vapor takes fire,
then, In either case, the oil is danger
Gus and unfit for use. Be sure and
always have both the dish and the
oil at as warm temperature as they
would be in the shade o! q hot sum
mer's day.


CURE FOR NVHooPING CoUGH-Mr.
John Grantha1n states III the British
american Journal that in cases of
whooping cough in the last stage,
that is after the third week, he has
had one ounce of the strongest liquid
of ammonia put into a gallon of
boiling water in an open pan, and
the steam kept up by means of halt
a brick made red-hot throughout
and put into the boiling water con
tanning the ANN ouia, the pan being
place In the centre OF room, into
which the patients were brought as
the ammoniated steam was passing
Oft This method was used in the
evening just before bedtime; and it
has been so efficacious, he says, IN
abating the spasmodic attack, and
after three or four days terminating
the malady, that he cannot over es-
innate the great value of this mode
of inhaling the ammonia as thera
peutic agent in tranquilizing the
nervous system in whooping cough.
Year: 1872

A STRANGE STORY OF SUPERSrIrIoS.-The vii
lage Of Peacedale was thrown into quite state
Of exci'em=nt on Thursday last, by the report
that two graves had been dug up near waisons
Corner. on the shore Of the Saugatucket river
The circumstances are as follows: The family Of
William Rose, who reside at Saunderstown, near
the South Ferry. are subject TO the consumption,
several members Of the faaily having died Of the
disease, and one member Of the family Is now
quite low with it. At the urgent request Of the
SICK man, the father. assisted by Charles Har
ringtou, Of North Kingston, repaired to the fam
lily buryiug ground. which is located near Wat
sons Coruer. one mile north Of Peacedale, and
after building fire first dug up the grave Of his
son, who had been buried for twelve years, for
the purpose Of taking out his heart and liver,
which we're to be placed in the FIRE and cousum-
ed, in order to carry ont the old superstition that
the cousumptive dead draw nourishmeut from the
living. But as the body was entirely reduced to
ashes. except few boues, it was shortly covered
up, and the body Of daughter who had beer
dead seven years was taken up out OF the grave
beside her brother This body was found to be
nearly wasted away. except the vital parts, the
liver and heart, which were in perfect atate Of
preservation. The coffin also was nearly per-
feet, while the sons coffin was nearly demol-
ished. After the heart and liver had been taken
ont Of the body, they were placed in the fire and
consumed, the ashes only being put back in the
grave The IRE was thea put out and the two
men departed to their respective homes. Only
q few spectators were present to witness the hor-
rIble scene 1t seems that this Is not the first
tine that graves have been dug up where cou-
sumption was prevalent in the family. and the
vital parts burned, in order to save the living
A few years ago the same was done IN the village
Of Noorsfeld and also in the town of Kingston,
both, OF course, without success.-Pr7rids1os
Herald Ssgt- 5ti.
Year: 1872

F1rTIS5 SHoss AND BooTs TO TIE FEET-
Whenever one prOcures a pair Of new boots or
shoes which do net fit the feet uuiiotmly. let the
part or parts Of the upper leather which set IN
comfortably tight be thoroughly saturated with
hot water. while the boots are on the feet; then
let them be worn until the leather has become
quite dry. If by wetting osce the upper leather
does not stretch so as to accommodate itself to
the formation Of the feet let the process be re-
peated- In some instances it.wilI be well to wet
all the upper leather. But let it be remembered
that if boots or shoes sre allowed to dry when
not on ones feet the leather VIII shrink, so that
It VIII sometimes be impraeticable to get them
on the feet until the leather has been wetted ard
stretched. When one has q pair Of rather heavy
boots, before the leather is oiled or stretched let
the upper part be soaked for few minutes in
warm water, then let the boots be worn until
the leather has become quite dry sitter which oil
and black them, and they viii fit the feet far more
satisfactorily than they can ever be made to fit
without we,tiug and drying while they are being
worn To prevent the soles from shrinking they
should be well saturated with linseed oil before
they are worn. The writer once wore pair Of
light calfskiu boots in the vet before the soles
we're oiled, and IL drying they shrank endways
more than half an inch, and during the year the
soles shrank more than three-fourths Of an inch.
Year: 1872

there are many persons who suffered n.
did at that time. must have made
some noise, for = large, red-faeed Irish
woman came and stopped over me. She
asked, DO We know me, honeyT I
shook my head. had never seen her
before, but she seemed satisfied, and
when she had Strengthened my pillow
and placed me in more comfortable
position, felt that had friend near
me. Then, taking her work, she sat
down by my bed.


1 managed to articulate, Where is
mother%


'Ye must be quiet, darling said She
'Ye have been very sick and must not
talk now.'


/ could do nothing but lie still and
study that strange face, so different
from those 1 had been accustomed to
have near me. Soon


Tired Natures sweet restorer, baImy Sleep
stole over me. / think it must have
been the next day that I repeated my
question.


Very gently my new friend told me /
was at my uncle SteadInan's; that my
father was dead and my mother had run
away with a man she had loved in her
youth. But her parents, not approving
the match, had by some means induced
him to leave their neighbOrhOOd, then
finally persuaded her that he was false,
and thus prevailed on her to marry my
poor father for his wealth.


TO be concluded next week
Year: 1872




PROGRESS OF THE onANaEs--REPAIRINd THE


PUMPS.


1t has already been stated in these columns
that important changes were in progress at the
Water Works. the completion of which would
greatly increase their efficiency in the supply
and distribution OF water. The nature and ex-
tent of those changes were also stated.


The digging Of the canal in order that the
Cornish Engine may be kept in CONSTANT en-
ployment, is progressing towards completion.
The required depth has already been attained at
the rear or mill end of it, but it is yet to be
opened out into the bed of the Brandywine.
This part of the work however, will advance
more rapidly as 30 great care will not be neces-
sary in blasting.


The new wharf is also nearly completed, and
the stream is being deepened in the vicinity of
the wharf 30 that vessels may lie close along
side.


Capt Gallagher is oyerhauling the pumps
and putting them in thorough repair. The work
upon one has been completed, and the other ia
now in pieces undergoing the needed repairs
The latter pump is very old, having been in con-
slant use since the Water Works were first erec-
ted, and is very much worn and out of order
The cylinder was almost entirely worn out, and
a new one is being supplied.


The new Worthington pump will be ready to
set up, next month, the manufacturer says The
boilers are completed and ready for removal at
any time. They were built by the Harlan y Hol-
lingsworth Co.