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Year: 1875



 2 Port Jervis and a Narrow Escape.

 The first approach at Port Jervis, N. Y., of the ice food which was so de- structive throughout the Delaware valley was discovered by Supervisor Nearpass, l.. O. Rose and James Buchanan about seven o'clock in the morning. They went up along the Sparrowbush road to the camp ground, and thence to Roses tavern, about two miles from the town. The road runs close to the edge of the river bank, which between Roses and the camp ground is eight feet above the river, a quarter of mile. 1t then rises to fifteen feet high. Between seven and was rising very fast. Looking up stream ice as high as the banks moving down toward them. The ice in the river where they were began heaving upward, and was soon almost up to the road. The advancing flood from above was throwing cakes of ice high in the air and hurling them over the banks on either side. It was plain to the three specta tors that unless they could put the quar- ter of mile of low ground between them and the flood of ice, they would he cut off from communication with Port Jervis. .F..

 They instantly jumped in their sleigh. Buchanan put his horses on a dead run. The ice had now raised above the, bank, and great cakes began to fall in the road behind the sleigh. The ice moved with l such velocity that the running horses could not increase the distance between it and the sleigh. Before half the dis tance was accomplished the ice received new impetus from the wave from above, which had overtaken the smaller flood. Buchanan saw the ice gaining on him. He piled the whip at every jump, and his horses almost flew. When they reached the foot of the hill, which car ries the road to higher ground, there was less than a yards space between the sleigh and the ice. t The; occupants of the rear seat jumped forward, expecting that before they were-up the hill the sleigh would be crushed beneath the pursuing ice. The higher bank was reached in safety, however. For half a mile the, food kept abreast, of them. Now and then cake of ice, would be thrown over the top of the bank, falling sometimes within foot of the sleigh. When they came to- the hill beyond Buckley's, on the outskirts of German town, the river for some distance leaving the road, they felt that they had escaped the flood. What was their dis1nay, on looking off to the right, to see that the ice had been stopped in the channel of the river, and was making 8 new one through a gulley across Buckley's fiat, and was rapidly approaching the road at 8 point a hundred yards ahead of the sleigh. The distance to be made by both sleigh and ice to pass that point was about equal. Buchanan knew that he must make 8 last effort to outstrip the flood. Putting the whip to his horses the race was renewed. The sleigh passed the disputed point not more than ayard ahead of the ice, which a second .afterward rushed across the road and carried destruction into Germantown.
Year: 1875

The iano-Harp Cabinet Organ is Q new invention, combining three and one-half octaves of pianoforte, or of an instrument with tones between those of the piano and the harp with the organ. It is beautiful instrument, costing but little more than the organ. The Mason x Hamlin Organ Go. are not able to manufacture it rapidly enough to supply the demand. Y r
Year: 1875

Women. 4~-t6 %-

 By R V. Pierce M. D.. of the Worlds Dis pensary, Buffalo, N. Y.

 Knowing that you are subject to a great amount of suffering, that delicacy on your part has a strong tendency to rrolong, and the longer it is neglected t6e'more you have to en- dure and the more difficult of cure your case becomes, I, as & physician, who is daily con- suited by scores of your sex, desire to say to you that l am constantly meeting with those who have been treated for their ailments for months without being benefited in the least, until they have become perfectly discouraged and have almost made up their minds never to take another dose of medicine. nor be tortured by any further treatment. They had rather die and have their sufferings ended than to live and suffer as they have. They say they are worn out ty suffering and are only made worse by treatment. Of anything more dis couraging, we certainly cannot conceive, and were there no more successful mode of treating such difficulties than that, the principles of which teach the reducing and depicting of the vital forces of the system, when the indications | dictate 8 treatment directly the reverse of the | one adopted for them, their cases would be de- | porable indeed. But, lady sufferers, there is better and far more successful plan of treat ment for you one more in harmony with the | laws and requirements of your system. A | harsh, irritating caustic treatment and strong medicines will never cure you. If you would | use rational means, such as common sense l w AAANSAAAoSAA" such medicines as embody the very best in vigorating tonics and nervines, compounded with special reference to your delicate system. Such happy combination you will find in my Favorte Prescription, which has received the loudest praise from thousands of your sex. | Those lanquid, tiresome sensations causing you to feel scarcely able to be on your feet or ascend flight of stairs that continual drain that is sapping from your systems.all your for mer elasticity, and driving the bloom from your cheeks; that continual strain upon your vital forces that renders you irritable and Fret full may all be overcome and subdued by a pcrsevering use of that marvellous remedy. Irregularities and Instructions to the proper workings of your system are relieved by this mild and safe means while periodical pains, the existence of which is sure indication of serious disease that should not be neglected, readily yield to it, and if it's use is kept up fol reasonable length of time the special cause of these pains is permanently removed. Fur ther light on these subjects may be obtained from my pamphlet en diseases peculiar to youl sex, sent on receipt of two stamps. My Favortte Prescription is sold by druggsts.-C Com.
Year: 1875

! ather, and wrinkled into hard, cal
Ius folds. His flesh continued tc
fall away, and the nerves decayed
till he betrayed no feeling of the
scverest pinch, and could suffer the
deep prick Of II pin with little pain.
His very bones perished (receiving
no material to rebuild themselves),
and finally grew SO small and SC
purple that they could be bent like
u tough stick. Herman Helmet was
a skeleton of leather.


He is living yet, or at last accounts
in the city of New Orleans. But it
is only living death. Now and
skillful surgeons come and inject
the warm blood of some healthy
animal into his veins and this is his
only support. If he is conscious of
his condition, no misery can be
greater than his.


Such is the story of tho tanned
tanner, or the tan-vat drunkard.
How far his appetite may have been
pure mania, we no room to spocu-
late. For his fate he certainly could
blame no one but himself, and his
case (though perhaps without a
parallel i'll kin0 is but another warn
ing against tho danger of yielding to
excess, or to unnatural appotites of
any kind.
Year: 1875

And such docs Robertson, of the
Rock Hill IS. c. Grange aspire to
be. He owns fine dogs and fine guns
and counts himself crack shot.
But if n friend of his and ours tells
the truth, the birds do not look
upon him with that fear and
trembling which would be becoming
i'll them toward "a wicked man with
q gun, in fact you might say such a
"bird butcher" as Robertson is for
it is stated to MS as u fact that n few
days ago, a gentleman passed our
friends Office, and saw II whole covcy
fpnrtridges sitting upon tho caves
Of the house, as much as to say,
"who's afraid?" This is what we
call boarding the lion in his den and
if after hearing this, Robertson does
not get out his trusty gun and hunt
for that particular covcy until he
finds it, or else just keep on hunting,
then we are mistaken in tho metal
Of which he is made; wofully mis-
takon.- Charlotte Observer.
Year: 1875

The Indian question is likely to
claim the serious attention of tho
next Congress, if, indeed, IL general
WAY does not break out before Con
grcss assemblies. A synopsis of the
sixth annual report of tho Board Of
Indian Commissioners has just been
published, in which it is shown that
lazy paupers of the coppor-colorod
persuasion to the number of $4,000
arc now on the Government free
list, doing absolutely nothing for
their own support. The Commits
sioners strongly urge that the whole
system of gratuitics be abolished /;
that the men be compelled to work
for a living, and that tho children DO
forced to attend school
Year: 1875

brother. We have before us e tran
script Of this shield. and fr5m il we are
constrained TO believe that the United
States flag IS seen now very certainly
took its origin. 10 this shield are FIVE
horizontal stripes, of alternate guies
and white. as are those Of the national
dsg, while the three stars IN the upper
stripe bave the parallel popularity of
being fve-pointed. All this may not
be of interest to those who care very
little whether George Washington had a
grandfather or not, but then again there
may be others who viii not think any
the less of the father of the great repub-
lic because his ancestors fought against
Cromwell and his Ironsides tc Keep
Charles head upon his shenlders.-Sg.
Louis Republican.
Year: 1875

Possibly the grief of the ladies of
the treasury department over the resig
nation of Gen. Spinner was owing to
the fact that the generals retirement
viii compel the employees to count every
dollar in the treasury vaults. There
are more than one hundred millions
there.
Year: 1875

THERE is a decrease of one million of
tons of coal in the amount carried from
the Schuylkill and Lehigh regions.
Pennsylvania this year as compared
with last year. This shortage is due to
the unprecedented suspension of work
on account of the strikes among the
Year: 1875

THE spelling-school fever is raising
to the dignity of an epidemic, and is
spreading all over the land. Like the
late epizootic, no section of the broad
land is likely to escape its ravage.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Hartford
Times writes from Italy: "Last night
we were driving slowly home, laden
with flowers, after q warm, golden after
noon, when the air about us became
suddenly glorifed, aud looking back
we saw the most wonderful sunset of
our lives. Driving to a commanding
point we gazed at the marvellous scene,
the setting sun and dazzling western
clouds being only a part of it. The
hills around Florence on every side
were bathed in purple light, soft and
tender, and exquisite as a dream, while
the sky above, after the first blaze of
western glory, was aglow with rosy
light that flooded the heavens aud
rolled III pillows over the bills and
even seemed to touch our cheeks
in its omnipresence. At home I
have seen equally brilliant displays
in the west; they have seemed like
q far-off wonder IN which / had no
part-a panorama to be admired at a
distance. Here the whole world seemed
tremulous with color, sky and earth
glowed together, and it was near us; We
were in 1t. The very air we breathed
was rosy red, and over all there was a
softness, a poetry of color, an ecstasy
of Illumination perfectly indescribable,
throwing such glamour over rs that
when at last the light died out of every
thing we awakened as from a trance,
aud, breaking the long silence, ex-
claimed so this is an Italian sunset


Well, shall always feel that I have
been in one ="
Year: 1875

THE restoration of fogging to the
roll of British punishments for such
offenses as wife-beating and gar
rotting is being seriously discussed. It
is argued that those who persist in,
taking a physical view of humanity can
be best instructed by a vigorous ap-
plication of their own principles.
Year: 1875

In consequence of the increase of
postage on third-clsss matter, the post
Office department is issuing two cent
newspaper-wrappers, the stamp being
the same as the present two cent stamp.
The one cent wrappers are continued
for papers weighing less than one
ounce.
Year: 1875

CITY CHARTER.-A gentleman
just from the Capital informs us
that our new City Charter has
been passed by the Legislature,
amended only by striking out
the portion which transferred
the proceeds for liquor licenses
from the county to the city treas
ury. The law in that respect
remains as it is at present.
Year: 1875

ANOTHER FoRGE.-Mr. C. Nc
Donald has put up another forge
in his blacksmith shop and ap-
piled the fan blast to it. He is
making to-day a large chain to
be used in the mill in hauling
logs out of the water.
Year: 1875

BALL.-The ball of the Sing
'Verein Germania takes place
this evening. Notwithstanding
the disagreeablc weather it is
there will be large
number in attendance. Supper
will be had at the Occidental
Hotel.
Year: 1875

TALBOT Coal. - The Talbot
Coal Co. is now taking out, on
an average, 100 tons Of coal a
day. The recent rains have
raised the river so that there is
no longer any difficulty about
getting the coal down.
Year: 1875

Some Of our Democratic friends are
becoming alArmeu Icsr Jen Davls
should force himself on the Democracy
as the next candidate for President.
Davis and his admirers certainly con-
stitute the majority OF that party, and
il they should take q notion, our
Northern Democrats will certainly
have to cat that kind Of turkey. and
while they mako faces at it now, we
guess they can stand it when the time
comes. The capacity Of the average
Democratic stomach is immense.
Year: 1875

The Chicago Inter Ocean has been
comparing its circulation with that Of


the New York Tribune 1t gives the


following as the record shown at the
New York postofiice, in regard to the
four great newspapers Of New York,
during the month Of January:
Year: 1875

not because any of the Delaware Bavards


gave 1t any great significance, but because


there was an old chevalier who died sans
Pe'er ct sans reprOche, and he said, rebuked


on the battlefield of his death for the
political side he espoused: " 1t is not who
should fear to die, but thou who art in
arms against thy country and thy king"
II Mr.. Bayard can run on this saving. he
will run well.


But, except for the Presidency, he has
qualities worthy of all consideration. He
Is pure, dignifed and sweet of nature and
life He has honor and the desire to keen
1t. He is lawyer in fair practice, success
1ul IN politics early in life, but under con-
dltlons quite unusual in this country. and
his social accompaniments and large family
show that he is in tune as in relation ortbo-
doX and realistic. lie has a residence in
washington, recently, acquired; with the
senators OF the majority he is in fair favor
II we desire good citizen from small
State which does not possess republican
nor even modern form of government.
we cannot do i'll with Tom Bayard. But it
Is good deal to carry on ones back: n
State without an institution of a State
except county government and the full
number OF Senators. a candidate without
any record except the name of Bayard and
opposition to the Democrats picking up
Greeley! But if Iwere good old Bourbon.
and did not believe there had been any
deluge, | should hurrah for this candidate. |
If were politician, likewise, and wanted
sleek virtue, I should be for this political
kitten of Bayard, sans purr.
Year: 1875

Ham AND EGGs.-TO make dish of ham
and eggs as good as possible, cut the ham
nearly half an inch thick, boil it in plenty
of water till barely cooked through. pour
OFT the water, and put the pan in place
just hot enough to brown the fat part or
the ham slightly, but not hot enough to
make smoke or to brown the lean meat
much. When this is finished remove the
frying pan from the fire, take up the ham.
pour off the fat into cup, and wipe the
pan till it shines like mirror without a
single speck to mar the polish. Then put
in spoonful of the clear part of the fat
break in the eggs, and set the pan in a
place scarcely hotter than boiling water; ;
cover it and let the eggs cook as slowly as
possible for four or five minutes, taking
them up as soon as they can be lifted
out. Place them around the ham. and
do not pour any of the fat on the dish.
Eat with mashed potatoes.-Coo,try Gcntc-
man.
Year: 1875

LIE New JERSEY COMPULSORY LAw.-The
recent compulsory school law passed by the
New Jersey Legislature is now in full force.
1t requires parents and guardians who have
children between five and eighteen under
their control to send said children to
school at least twelve weeks in each school
year. Those who do not comply forfeit and
pay for the first oficnse$2. each subsequent
oifenSe IN the same year So a week for not
more than twelve weeks; provided that
the law shall not be operative in those
School districts where there are not sufi.
clent accommodations to seat the children
compelled to attend school under the pro-
visions of the act.
Year: 1875

\ good set of dishes will last for ages. if
properly handled. We have heard of an
excellent housekeepcr whose bridal dishes.
thirty years old, are in excellent condition
to-day, although they have been in use
every week, more or less, during all the
time alluded to. In a common dinner
service 1t is great evil to make the plates
too hot, as it invariably cracks the glaze on
the surface, if not the plate itself We all
know the result. 1t comes apart. Nobody
broke it. at was cracked before" or
" cracked long time ago" The fact is
that when the glaze is injured, every time
the things" are washed the water refs
into the interior, swells the porous clav and
makes the whole fabric rotten. In tbis
condition they will also absorb grease. and
when exposed to further heat the grease
makes the dishes brown and discoIored
1t on old, ill-uscd dish be made very hot
indeed, teaspoonful of fat will be seen TO
eXude from the minute fissures upon its
surface.
Year: 1875

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DROWNED
Last week Mrs. Mary Moller and her
daughter aged twenty years, of New
ofk' went into the surf at Rockaway
Beach, New Jersey. The daughter ven.
tured beyond the safety lines, and was
caught by the outgoing current. Tho
mother seeing her daughters peril, went to
her assistance and she too was taken into
the current. Together they struggled to
gain the shore, but in vain. A number Of
men Immediately rushed into the surf, and
ooth bodies were reached and brought to
the shore, when it was found that thew
We're apparently dead. Every effort was
made to resuscitate them, some two hours
being spent in the endeavor, but without
success.
Year: 1875

For the Smyrna Times
There are fountains that gush in the bosom of earth
From springs deeply hidden below;
And wander afar from the place of their birth
Ere the Sunlight illumines their flow.
So concealed in the heart there feelings that lie
In silence unbroken and deep,
Till affection unbinds every magical tie
And wake them forever from sleep.
As the Ocean shell taken away from its Home
Ever echoes the song of the sea,
So the heart once attuned to a soft kindred tone
Will vibrate in no other key.
Then If sweet spirit voices take up this refrain
And eer whisper kindly of me,
May hope thou will ever fond memory retain
OF one who thinks always of thee


by HENRY S. DEvIINE
Year: 1875

Many housekeepers Danish palatable and
nutritious dishes from the cuisine because
OF the unpleasant odor arising there from
during the process of cooking. This obiec.
ton may be overcome by putting a small
piece of red pepper the size of a wafer, into
the meet or vegetable when they first begin
to boil. o.
Year: 1875

GRAPE JELLY.-Boil your grapes till yer,
soft III double kettle, or, if you have not


that, IN large earthcn pan, covered tightly
with a plate, set in a kettle of boiling water.


When soft, rub through sieve; to every
pound Of pulp thus obtained, put
pound of sugar. Stir well together: boil
slowly twenty minutes, taking care it does
not burn. Dip out, when cool, into small
bowls, Jars, or large tumblcrs. Cover with
piece OF white paper dipped into brandy.
ana theh paste newspaper tightly over the
top The branded paper is to be laid on
top OF the preserve to keep it from mould


ng' ! should not be afraid to warrant Won
that grapes prepared in this way would
keep three years. Be sure to put it in
small dishes, it keeps so much better


" hen wanted for use, remove the pasted
paper; and if you find the other paper all
covered with mould, don't be alarmed. if
won't do any harm. Take it off carefully
and turn the grape out upon plate, when
you can cut out into any shape-round.
square, diamond, or any other wav-as if
Will remain just as you cut it, Keep in a
dry, dark, cool place.-Bostoa C,Zticat9r.
Year: 1875

HE Tides OF THE CHEsAPEAKE.-Thos sub.
Ject of the tides has been one of interest 70
mariners and landsmcn for long time


curious fact, as stated, is that it is always
ebb tide at Cape Henry at moon rising or
setting; it is always high tide at New Point
Comfort at moon rising or setting; it is
always low tide at Iooper's Straits at moon
rising or setting, and high tide at Sandy
folnt at the same time, and flood tide at
all points above Sandy Points whcrt the
moon rises or sets. \ vessel entering the
capes with strong, fair wind at the begin.
ming OF the flood tide may carry the same
tide to Baltimore. But n vessel Ieav;nc
Baltimore for the capcs will enter three
mood tides on her way, no matter how fast
she may sail, and it may be She will have
to contend against several more if She has
head wind. Every flood tide that enters
the Chesapeake bay goes to the head of
every tldewatcr stream or tributary of the
bay, while the same cbb tide does not run
more than sixty miles, and sometimes a
great deal less, so that there are ALWAYS two
cbb tides and two food tides in the Cbcsa-
pcakc bay at the same time, and sometimes
three Of one or the other. Tie food tide
runs about six hours, the ebb runs little
longer, 50 that twelve hours and forty
minutes are required for a food tide and
eDo tide to pass the same point. 1t is
always flood tide in the Wicomico river on
the morning of Easter, and the same at
Whitsuntidc.
Year: 1875

NO lime FOR ANYTHING.-The great diff.
Guilty IN this country is, that we have nc
time for anything. The very walk of an
American shows that he is in hurry. An
Ehgllshman buttons his coat and gloves
and goes to business as deliberately as no
goes to church. An American business man
illes after the car, struggling with his coat
sleeves as he runs, plunges in head.fore
most, and plungcs out at the end without
regard to his neck. Chief amongst onc
accidents stand those which occur bocouso
people jump upon flying trains, or after
departing boats. To wait ten minutes is
something not to be thought of. Dinner Is
not eaten, it is swallowed whole: and when
one comes to the dessert he finds that the
fruit was picked before it was ripe.


Everything is hurried through. from tbo
building Of house to the curing of = ham.
The women who work on sewing machines
stop before they come to the end of the
seam. The dress-malcr sends home vour
dress with basting- threads in it. and no
loops to hang it up by.


There Is none of the slow, sure complete
ness OF the old world about anything. and
even fortunes are made in a hurry. and
lost in the same way. If any man we know
Is getting rich by the slow and patient
process of saving, be sure that he was not
born upon this continent.


Yet people live as long here as they do
anywhere else, and the days are the same
length. Why is it that we have no time
for anything2 MARY KYLE DALLAS
Year: 1875

[lckLED PEAcHEs.-Pick out the largest
ana falrest of clingstone peaches: rub all
the down Off with coarse towel; fill YOUR
steamer and place over a kettle of BOILING
water for fifteen lninutes-some peaches
require more time, some less. Steam them
until they can be easily punctured with a
lork' not till they begin to crack open:
take them oft, and as you place them in an
earthen jar, stick three or four cloves in
each one. When the jar is full, pour over
them boiling vinegar spiced with pounded
cinnamon tied in muslin bag thew need
hight weight to prevent them rising to the
surface ; in week they are ready for use.
lhey are to eat with meat for breakfast and
dinner. 10 have them little nicer, add
one pint of sugar to every quart of vinegar
While boiling, and more spice if desired.
and pour over the same as before.