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Year: 1876

There is something very queer about
that Winslow business. The almost
voluntary capture" of the forger in
London; the fact that neither he nor
his family have money, his anxiety to
get to Boston, his confidence that he
will be acquitted, the alleged trepidida-
ton among certain Boston business
circles; the prompt payment of some of
the notes alleged to have beer forged
by him; all these lead us to expect some
strange developments when Brother
Winslow's foot is again on his native
heath of New England.
Year: 1876

THE PHILADELPHIA MUSICAL FESTIVAL.


Theodore Thomas commences Wednesday even.
ing at the Academy Of Music Philadelphia, musical
festival OF moro than ordinary importance Besides
his own incompatible orchestra, which is larger
and stronger than ever. he will have an immense
chorus and host of solosts. Wagner's music will
form leading feature in the festival, which, from
musical point of Will be tho most valuable yet
known during the Centennial year.
Year: 1876

The Cincinnati Enquirer. and the New York
Word are calling each other ''liar, villain,
blatherskite and wooden headed imbecile. I"
We make no comments, except that we have
great respect for what they say.
Year: 1876

In these days Of agricultural progress
no man can afford to farm in the old
humdrum way Of doing 'as Father
did, but to keep abreast Of the times
he must conduct bis farming operations
on the principles Of intelligence and
education. To be able to do this sue
cessfully one Of bis FIRST and most i'm
portant requirements is good, reliable
agricultural journal. on the information
and advice obtained from which be can
depend Believing this to be truth,
that probably none will deny. and hav-
ing opportunities to examine various
journals Of this nature, after a.thorough
trial, We cordially recommend to the
farmers Of Delaware and Maryland the
Maryland Farmer which We regard as
thoroughly reliable and valuable agri-
cultural paper. The April number Of
this monthly is 90 our table and We
will be pleased to have any who wish
to call and examine it..
Year: 1876

THE LEDGER The recent enlarge
ment ard jmpsovement, Of the size and
shape q lbe Philadelphia Ledger makes
it very handsome paper. The quality
of the paper also is much better than
the old straw On which it was printed
SO long, which is another great i'm
provement- Containing every item OF
news. from all parts Of the globe, in
teresting to the public. yet in SO con-
densed form that the reader is not
obliged to read column to learn what
sentence might tell bin, or spend an
hour in ascertaining what might be
done in a fourth Of the time. the Ledger
is invaluable to the business man.
Under the management Of its present
proprietor, George w. Childs, it has
gained most enviable reputation for
the accuracy Of its commercial and
financial reports. and for reliability in
all things. Though the paper has been
heightened and column added to each
page making it in reality almost eight
columns larger-the price remains the
same as before the Improvement, viz:
So 90 per annum ia H


THE EVENING CHRoNIcLE has also
been making improvements in its ap-
pearance. It has just laid in q new
stock of type and came out this week
in new bright dress looking as neat
and pretty as a new legal tender


We note this Improvement in the
Chronicle with much qualification as an
evidence that Philadelphia has at last
become able to support . Democratic
daily. The Chronicle is lively, ener-
getic. pushing. and very readable paper.
strictly Democratic and thoroughly
devoted to the interests Of that party.
and Mr.. Dealy frequently. in fact al
most daily. deals snme telling editorial
blows upon the Administration party
and their ..irregularities," It is the
only Democratic daily journal in the
city and ought to receive the cordial
support Of its party friends both in the
city and surrounding country. Those
Of our readers who want Philadelphia
Democratic paper can obtain their wish
es in the Chronicle. fE. HI
Year: 1876

The new culvert on Atkinson street was
expected to be finished to-day. The c.
r. l. 4 p. r. r. will begin repairing the
old culvert on that street next week, and
all other culverts built by the railroad
company in this city, The Rockford road
has been notified to place in good condi-
ton the two culycrts belonging to that
concern. Superintendent Schacht has
also commenced the building of new 10
feet gutter along the west side of Spring
street to the railroad " aterman street
on the bluff has been lately filled and
graded and is now in good condition. The
mud on Main street has been scraped and
that thoroughfare placed 10 a cleanly con
dition. The new gutter along the south
side of Main street has been placed in
proper condition so that the water can
pow ran off without difficulty. Other
street improvements are in progress and
will be pushed forward as rapidly as pos-
sible. The present superintendent OF
the streets is one of the most active and
best qualified the city has had in many
years, and the council made good selec-
ton when they elected Henry Schacht to
that position
Year: 1876

Perry Loucks, of Pine Plains, has re- cently purchased the old tavern stand and, report says. he is going to add another story and fix it into frst-class boarding house, giving it a thorough overhauling and repairing, which we are in hopes he will do without delay. We are informed that he has just bought four Texan horses with the intention of breaking them as part of his livery. Two of them were brought to Sharon, last week, following in single file behind another horse they are wild and probably have never had halter or a mans hand laid upon them. They are five years old. Mir. Albro Sabins was employed to put them under course of training. They had been in the enclo-. sure but a short time and he had so far succeeded in their training as to get them to approach him head foremost instead of heeSs first, when one of them became frightened at some unfamiliar motion and kicked hip very severely in the abdomen. He was just able to crawl out of the yard, was assisted into the house, and a physi- clan was called. He suffered so much that large quantities of morphine were administered and after the pain of the in. jury had ceased, such was the influence of the narcotic that it was with the great est difficulty that he was restored to con- seriousness. He still lies in very critical condition with strong hopes of his recov- cry if there proves to be no serious in- ternal injury. .lI4 ! ~E

 There are several cases of sickness in town. and colored man died of lung fever, last week. O. P. Q.
Year: 1876

Some wives are not happy who appar-
emily have good husbands. They have
married men who are sober, industrious,
economical, good providers, and who
are respected and esteemed by their
neighbors as good citizens. Where,
then. is the trouble? These men do
not understand woman's nature. She
is emphatically emotional. Her affec-
tions are very strong. 1t is said that
love is only a part OF mans nature, but
it is a woman's life. She is not willing
to take anything for granted. Do not,
then, be chary Of affections language.
Tell her you love her, and show her by
YOUR every act that you mean what you
say. II there comes q bright, pleasant
afternoon, go to the house and take her
with you on a buggy ride; no matter if
you are busy planting corn, you can get
a man to work all the afternoon for fifty
cents. Talk to her of old times; let her
see that you live to make her happy
that she holds the first place in your af-
fections. Praise her attempts to please
you. Let her see that her efforts are
appreciated; and when the ride is over,
and you note the sparkling eye, the
elastic step, and the bright, happy
smile, you will feel more than repaid;
and one thing more let me tell you.
Such rides and such treatment are won
derfully potent to keep the doctor-aye,
more, the undertaker-frOm your door,
Remember, then, always, that happi-
ness is a preventive of disease. Does
your wife love flowers? Then give
her what ground she wants; give it free
ly, as her right. Assist her when you
can. Try to sympathize with her
tastes. Consult her on all important
subjects. Does she love music? Then
get her an organ or piano, even if it be
at the expense of great self-denial.
Does she love literature? Then get her
books and papers. Crafty her tastes.
Let her cultivate her mind-'tis immor-
tai. Let men and women both cultivate
and develop their finer qualities. There
is something in this life better worth
living for than mere dollars and cents.
In the world beyond there is eternal
progress toward perfection, and the
more we develop and cultivate the i'm
mortal mind here, the higher will be
our rank and position in the world to
Year: 1876

HGlycerine added to paper stock in
creases the fexibility of the paper.


Frozen potatoes can be cured by soak
ing them in water three days before
cooking.


After taking up carpet, sprinkle the
floor with Tery dilute carbolic acid be-
fore sweeping. a4t, Haa


Avoid wearing heavy overcoats or
furs for hours in succession; the ten
dency is to weaken the powers of resist
anee of the wearer, leaving him liable
to inflammation of the throat and lungs.


An unexceptionably able physician
has said that mental labor never alone
produces disease of the brain. but that
" worry" is the chief source of soften
ing of the brain, and of that, paralysis,
which is distinct from apOplexy.


The large rejecting telescope at the
Paris Observatory is completed. al
though it will not be brought into use
for two or three months. The eauilib-
rum of the tube is perfect, and It can
be directed with the utmost facility on
any part of the heavens, although it
weighs about six tons.
Year: 1876

The greatest of wastes on the farm is
IN tbe not using of our brains; the great
ost because at the bottom OF all other
wastes. A little thinking often saves
much labor. After accomplishing any
niece of work the most OF us can look
hack and see how much we could have
improved on it if we had but thought.
As we review our crops of this year, we
see how they could have been easily in
creased, had we only thought. The
ditch we dug through our meadows was
not done in the most economical way.
We dhg too deeply at first, and did not
allow for the settling of the land; hence
a waste of labor. We omitted buying
an implement that would have saved
nearly its cost in this one years use,
until we have spent much in trying to
accomplish our work without it. Here
was another waste. We carry a water
pipe too near the surface to save the ex-
pense of digging a trench of safe depth,
and the winters frost necessitates a re-
placement of the pipe and an additional
digging. Certainly waste here. We
allowed the weeds to grow on one piece
of land, not thinking to what proportion
they would grow by the time the crops
were too far advanced to admit the hoe.
waste here which might have been
obviated. And so on, wastes little and
big everywhere, all arising from our not
thinking sufficiently = waste, because
not necessary and easily obviated. We
omit the ordinary wastes from neglect,
from laziness, from want of appreciation
of cleanliness and thoroughness-the
wastes from our stock, from our manure
heap, from our household. Verify, a
little thought. will save to the farmer
much; and the saving through this
means, even on q small farm, will repre-
sent the interest on considerable capi-
tai. The wastes arising from ignorance
can very readily be diminished, and are
in large part inexcusable; those arising
from carelessAess are not deserving of
sympathy. The farmer as we'll as the
business man must use business princi-
pies to secure the largest success, and
the one should be as careful of the out
goes as the ether.-ScientJic FiTmer.
Year: 1876

A lady was one evening sitting in her
drawing-room alone, when the only
other inmate Of the house. a brother,
who for a time had been betnying q
tendency TO unsOundness Of mind. en-
tered with a carving knife in his hand,
and. shutting the door, came up TO her
and said, Margaret, an odd idea has
occurred to me. I wish TO paint the
head Of John the Baptist, and 1 think
yours might make an excellent study
for it. So, If You please, will cut
off your head" The lady looked at her
brothers eye, and seeing in 1t no token
of jest, concluded that he meant to do
what he said. There was an open win
dow and balcony by her side, with q
street in front; but a moment satisfied
her that safety did not lie in that way.
So, putting on a smiling countenance,
she said, "That is a strange idea,
George; but would it not be a pity to
spoil this pretty new lace tippet have
got? I'll just step to my room to put
it of, and be with you again in half a
minute" Without giving him time to
consider, she stepped lightly across the
floor and passed out. In another mo-
ment she was alone in her own room,
whence she easily gave the alarm, and
the mailman was secured.


The story of the gentleman com
manded by some insane persons to jump
from the top of a tower in their asylum,
and who escaped by telling them he
would rather jump from the bottom to
the top. and ran down stairs as if to ex-
ecute his intention, is well known; but
the following anecdote of a similar stu
alton will be news to most readers: A
gentleman accompanying party to in
spect an asylum, CHANGED to be left be-
hind, in the kitchen, with a number of
the inmates who acted as cooks and soul
lions to the establishment. There was
a huge cauldron of boiling water on the
fire, into which the madmen declared
they must put him, in order to broil
him for broth. They would fain have
assisted him into the large pot; and, as
they were laying hold of him, he re-
hected that in a personal struggle he
would have no chance with them-all
he could do was to gain time. So he
said, Very we'll, gentlemen; am sure
1 should make good broth, if you do
not spoil it by boiling my clothes with
it." " Take off your clothes" they
cried out; and he began to take off his
things very slowly, crying out loudly
the while: " Now, gentlemen. my coat
is off, will soon be stripped. There
goes my waistcoat-I shall soon be
ready" and so on, till nothing remained
but his shirt. Fortunately, the keeper.
attracted by his loud speaking, hurried
in just in time to save him.-Grand
Rapids Eveaing Post.
Year: 1876

A QUEER WAY TO Harden BuTrER.-
An English butter-maker of large ex-
perience, who is now on visit to this
country for the purpose Of looking over
our cheese and butter dairies, gives the
following information concerning a
method in practice among the best but
ter-makers in England for rendering
butter firm and solid during hot weather:
Carbonate of soda and alum are used for
the purpose, made into powder. For
twenty pounds of butter, one teaspoon
full of carbonate of soda and one tea
spoonful of powdered alum are mingled
together at the time of churning and
put into the cream. The effect of this
powder is to make the butter come firm
and solid, and to give it clean, sweet
favor. 1T does not enter into the but
ter, but its action is upon the cream,
and it passes off with the buttermilk.
The ingredients of the powder should
not be mingled together until required
to be used, or at the time the cream is
in the churn ready for churning.
Year: 1876

besn arrested on suspicion. He is now
in the lookup. Linquist denies the
charge, but says he can tell who
the parties are that did the deed. Mike
Hoy has the picture of the murdered man,
and up to this he has been identified by
great many.


The man arrested confesscs, but says
the other man did the deed. He says
Erickson threatened to kill the man who
murdered him, and that the murderer
came all the way from Hastings with the
knife to kill him with.


1t now appears that there was no
money in the case, but a woman. The
deceased was keeping company with a
woman on the cast side, and tho murder
ers were jealous of him. They on their
way to see the woman at about eight way
O'Clock on Tuesday evening-when the
murder was committed.
Year: 1876

A means for reforming drunkards
has been found to consist in making
them swallow an unusual quantity of
wine. One of our readers, says the
Figaro, states that this remedy has
been found very efficacious and is
much used as legal punishment in
Sweden and Norway. The following
is the mode of procedure: Habit
ual intoxication is punished by i'm
prisonment. From the moment when
the delinquent is lncarcerated he has
no other nourishment than bread
and wine morning and evening; but
the bread is not served out to him un-
til it has been stepped in wine for an
hour. On the first day the drunkard
swallows his portion gayly enough;
on the second it is less palatable, and
he soon receives it with the utmost
repulsion. In general, eight or ten
DAYS of this diet brings about such
utter nausea that prisoners have been
known to abstain wholly from the
nourishment which is pitilessly offer
ed them. The process once termlna-
ted, the topper, with but rare excep-
tions, is radically cured.
Year: 1876

Such unhesitatiug candor in . news
paper means something. Our neighbor,
the Times, no doubt considers itself good,
staunch Protestant paper, and SO do We.
Bot its article is q straw on the tide which
shows how far Professionalism has progress
ed towards the open profession of that In
fidelity which has always been its active
principle.
Year: 1876

TIE depositOrs of the German Uptown
SAVINGS Bank held meeting last evening at Turtle Bay
Hal, Oh SccOnd-aye between FOrtysixth and Forty
seyentn-sts. The Committee reported that they had


asked the receiver to let them examine the accounte OF
the bank but the books In such confused condi
;ion that ey had unable to make out any clear
statement. Tiky had had an interview with
Mr.. Schultz the former President of the bank.
and he had made several suggcstions which II
was not prudent to reveal at present. but O which the
Committee hoped to avail themselves. The persons VINO
had already sgned the petition for be resumption OF
business By the Oank represented F31oOOo, but IL was
Roseubatt, Secretary OF the Committee; stated to
TRIBUNE repOfter that this method Tor resuinl
tun failed the dcpositors would try another somewhat
similar. This for twOthirds OF the deposlt0s To
reOrganize the bank under name after all the div
dt nds had been pad, and that these depOsors shall
whenever there may bc surplus Of money in the bank
be repaid the losses they suffer by winding up the ars
OF tie present institution.
Year: 1876

Representatives Of the organizations which
had announced that they would give masked balls in the
Academy OF Music and in Irving Hall last night called at
the Police Central Onics frequently yesterday In their
anxiety to permission for tho wearing OF masks
About 2 p M, Mr. Salmon OF the Circle Francas de
rHarrnone received dispatch from Senator Burden
stating that Gov. Tdcn had signed the bill amending
the Masquer ado act and that messenger would reach
this city at p with certified copy Of the now law.
About p. superintendent walling received tclc-
gram from Secretary of State informing him officially
that the bin had become law. consultation then
held by the Police Commissioners.


resolution offered by President Smith was carried,
providing that the Cerce Francais do LH,rmone
have permission to give q masked ball at the
Academy OF Music, under the supervision OF the
OF Police and that he shall have power
10 cause any 10 nnmask, or have the various rooms
vacated whenever any indecent immoral act should,
in hs Judgment, furnish cause for such action.


Commissioner Voorhs offered an amendment that all
persons required TO unmaak In view OF the oucer at
the door previous TO entering. This was lost.
Year: 1876

If the hopes of the farmers, that the
price of butter would be exhorbitant at the
opening of the Centennial, were doomed to
disappointment, they are in position now
to mend their crippled hopes, for butter is
both scarce and high. During the past
week it mas been in fine demand, the price
quickened from twenty-five cents to thirty
five, and Saturday night it was not to be had
at forty-fve cents. In conversation Saturday
evening with large dealer In butter, a rep
resentative of THE HERALD, was informed
that he could have sold one hundred pounds
during the afternoon at retail, and at fifty
cents, if it could have been procured.
There are many reasons given for the
scarcity of the article, one of which is that,
the cream is being sold off to the manufac'
turers of ice cream, another is that the
large supply which flooded the market to
meet the increased demands that the Cen
tennial would entail, has been exhausted,
and hence it's scarcity now.
Year: 1876

0Osoeo EWtS1eF V0e00s-zhe 1Htsefo9 AN1s


6ttu AltVe.


A visit to Hockessin, Saturday evening, by
representative of TEE HlRALD, to ascertain
whether anything further had turned MP
respecting the supposed murder alluded 70
in Saturdays HERALD, resulted as follows:


The citizens of Hockessin having desiro
to further investigate the affair, several Of
them proceeded to the, house Of McCarty,
but could learn nothing except that the in
jured man had never been there, and that
none of them had 20 much as seen him. The
men then went sway, but one afterwards
visited the house alone, and upon question
ing the wife and daughter of Carty, they
told him in half timid and frightful man.
ner, that Mr.. McCarty had gone away, and
that no one who was cut or hurt had been
to the house, but they did see man come
near them, and then 60 up the road in the
direction of Kennett Square. The gentle
men In question then went on to Kennett
and after some inquiries, We learned that
man, very badly cut up and bloody, had
been ct the house of man named Melton,
Oh Tuesday.


When he had his wounds washed and
dressed and had salve applied to the cuts.
He stated that he had been used up, beaten
and cut by Harrigan, but did not say how
he got to the Square. The belief is that he
was not able to walk, being faint from loss
of blood, and that McCarty brought him
near the place and left him. After having
his wounds dressed, be said that he would
60 up to colored mans but little piece
from Kennel, and stay awhile. Whether
he 10 now there, is not known. It was
thought however, that he wo1ld possibly
recover from his wounds. There is much
indignation expressed against Harrigan, and
could the name of the man be found, he
would be prosecuted to the full extent Of
the law. Neither he nor Creadin have H.
censes for selling now, and the people are
quite ANXIOUS to get them out Of the neigh
bOrhood, ..
Year: 1876

swindle SO far as the Senate is concerned.
More than this, he was the adviser, if he
was not actually the author, of the orig
inal bill thet compelled Venezuela to
submit to this extortion. or be subjected
to the horror of a hostile demonstration,
such as had been made against Para
quay, but under very different circum-
stances.


This fraud originated with, and was
perfected through ring formed in In
diana, of which the special friends of
Mr.. Morton were the pillars. His posi-
tion on the Committee of Foreign Af-
fairs, with access to all the documents
filed in the Department of State, required
him to know the nature and extent of
the barefaced swindle. He went into it
with his eyes open, and if he did not
profit by the transaction, he enabled
Others near him to plunder feeble and
friendly State by the menace of brute
force.