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Year: 1873

furnished, and is already sending postal
reports OF its observations. The cables are at
work, and all that remains to be done
is to secure fair rate from the
agents of the international Ocean Company
for the transmission of the messages. This
company, regulated by the Western Union
Company, we learn. now demands full COM
mercial rates from the Signal Office, while the
West Indian and Panama Company have
agreed to carry the weather kilograms from
Aspinwall to Jamaica at one-third the COM
mercil rates. If this latter, an English COM
pany. can afford TO be so just and reasonable
in its charges we can see no reason why the
former corporation should not be willing to
serve its own nationality upon terms equally
fair. rt


1t is to be earnestly hoped that the Western
Union Company will interpose no further OBJ
stacles in the way of the immediate consum-
nation of this Signal Service extension to the
West Indies. In few weeks the hurricane
season sets in, to last till November, and the
cause of humanity, to say nothing of other
vital economic issues in which the whole
country is deeply interested, demands there
shall be no let or hindrance to the benign
efforts of science to mitigate the horrors of
the storm and the shipwreck.
Year: 1873

NUTRITION; How POSSIBLE. - The
blood is simply this:-A solution of food.
Now it is the function of the blood to build
up afresh continually every portion of the
frame But, for this building up process,
it is not enough that blood be present, sim
ply. There must also, so to speak, be a
willingness and readiness, on the part OF
muscle or brain, or whatever else it may
be, to take up from the blood the peculiar
nourishment it may stand in need OF.
''One man" as the saying goes, may lead
the horse to water, but twenty cannot
make him drink" we must make the
the horse willing we must coax him. 80
also we must coax the worn-out muscle
the worn-out brain, to lrink-drink OF the
life giving blood-stream that washes, as II
we're, its very lips There is nothing thai
coaxes the unwilling horse, in this case
like DR.. Gottlieb Fisch's Bitters.


This subject continued next week under
Hoo to Enjoy Winter.
Year: 1873

From the Knoxville Press and Herald


The passenger train down, yesterday,
due here at twenty-nine minutes past
eleven O'Clock in tie morning, did net
arrive till after four o'clock in the after
noon. The delay was caused by a seri-
Gus accident at Russellville. just as the
locomotive W IS passing the switch ct
that place, the hindmost OF the two
small wheels on the left side which sup
ports the boiler, left the track and ran
off into the ditch, taking with il about
six inches of the axle, and leaving the
track trailing on the crOss-ties. The
train, which was slowly approaching 8
the station, was easily stopped, and no
one was injured. Examination showed
that the axle had broken in the truck,
and the broken ends had rubbed on
each other till they We're perfecty y
smooth. The engine must have run
Hpany miles after the axle broke, and il
was especially fortunate that the wheel
flew off when the train was stopping,
and the broken axle was not the front
one
Year: 1873

Be sure and get the genuine Rcnnes
Pain Killing Magic Oil, Avoid all others
as spurious limitations Don't use spurious
Magic Oil and then blame us. Nopersons
have any right to use the name Magic Oil
except VIM. Renne & Sons. 1t is their le-
gal trade mark.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEST.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after a trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

HEALTHFULNEss. A distinguished ply
sician says: After a careful examination
of DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder / am
satisfied that it is wholesome and valua-
Bile preparation, with which bread and 9th
er articles may be prepared suitable to
weakened and disordered digestion. have
introduced it among my patients, and have
vet to learn Of the first instance where a
convalescent patient could not indulge in
warm biscuits made with it, and feel the
better for il. Sour milk and saleratus will
not, hope, be longer used to poison the
stomach and corrupt the blood. DR.


Price Special Flavoring Extracts, as well
as his Cream Baking Powder, has gained
their popularity and extensive sale from
their perfect purity and unvarying quality.
Year: 1873

~ The notorious Col. York made Fourth of
July speech somewhere in Southern Kansas, in
which he found fault with everything. The
whole universe was ont of joint and everything
was going TO the bad. As York cannot escape
from his own presence, We have no douiht that he
is constantly reminded Of something ineffably
mean, and consequently always has on = big dis
gust. Suicide is the only remedy yet discovered
for that condition.
Year: 1873

y Tho position Of Chief Justice of the su.
preme Court still remains vacant. The President
seems to hesitate. Now is the time to strike.
Doniphan County has never had q Chief Justice
Of the Supreme Court, but she has jurist emil
nently qualified for it, Let us have United
States Senator who win bring influence to bear
in that direction. Let this be the issue in the
County electiOni ~
Year: 1873

Y We have received copy Of the Emporia
Ne~s. We have heard good deal of the paper.
and think We used to exchange with il. and are
glad to see that it is still running For some
reason or other, it takes spell about once a
year, and stops coming for about three months.
We expect to be in Emporia, on or about the Sec
ond Tuesday in next October and in the mean
time, if certain young man, about five feet high
and six feet through, named Statler, don't mend
his ways about the date aforesaid he will find
his toe-nails scattered promiscuously over the
town.
Year: 1873

Y Hero is proposition that tho Repss'icas
may promulgate in it's circle, and give us as au-
thority: If all church members were Of the same
etripe - the editors Of the Repsblican, it would
not matter whether you went to church or to .
house Of prostitution; and Of all people who pro-
tend to be pious, had il ~ bad they have, hell
would be the most pious place in existence.
Year: 1873

C The editor Of the White Cloud CHG q horrhed At
the discovery that e3 900 has been drawn from the
state Treasury agricultural printing Has the Ckif
Lost sight the that about onethrd Of State
for the last years has cse support State printer
ton Patriot


If the Patriot means ms. when it says White
Cloud Ckief, We will remind it that the sum stat
ed by us was over $4,000, with more to come.
As we have never been IN apologist for the State
Printer, it is unnecessary for us to discuss the
other point contained in the above. The editor
of the Patriot will recollect that We withdrew
from the contest for Printer, in favor of Pronty.
solely because We thought there was tempta-
tion in the Office to be dishonest!
Year: 1873

THE PRESENT WOODEN STRUCTURE TO GIVE PLACE


TO ONE OF IRON.


On Friday last committee of the directors Of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad Company awarded to the Baltimore
Bridge Company the contract to replace the
present wooden bridge now spanning the Sus-
guehanna river at Havre de Grace by an iron
structure ID all there are twelve spans in the
bridge, each TWO hundred feet in length. The
replace ment OF the present structure by an iron
one will consume considerable time, az but one
span can be operated upon at one time
Year: 1873

We can say to those who desire to To-
cate in the thrifty, fourishing and pro
gressive town of jackson, that they can
find almost everything here which makes
it desirable. In the 6rst place our town
is remarkably healthy place. The gen
eral health Of jackson has been good
during the past eighteen years that we
have resided here, and during the present
when so many places have been scourged
by epidemics, Jackson has enjoyed its
usual health


The citizens of Jackson are generous,
benevolent, kind hearted; sociable peo-
pie. There is nothing little or mean
about them. One little incident which
took place recently will illustrate our
meaning. Our citizens in few hours
raised three hundred dollars to aid our
home band. This was referred to in some
of the papers in the neighboring counties
as something remarkable, or praiseworthy
But it is just what our people would do
in any other case where worthy object
needed aid.
Year: 1873

Some years ago we commenced speak
'ng of the vast deposits of fire clay in the
vicinity of Oak Hill We had seen it
there when we were boy, and frequently
made marbles of it. This clay is hard as
marble, before it is acted upon by the
weather.


There are deposits of this pure fire
clay from eight to ten feet thick. Re
Gently the capitalists in the vicinity OF
Portland and Oak Hill have organized
two companies for the manufacture OF
fire brick, and two manufactures are
now in full operation, one in the upper
part of Portland, and the other half
mile below. Recently we made short
visit to one of these establishments. We
found large pile Of the fire clay on the
ground. 1t is first put into a close brick
building, which is heated by fues run
ming under it. In this building the clay
is calcined, or thoroughly dried. 1t is
then pulveriz5d, or ground to a powder
This is done by heavy steam machinery.
A great cast iron basin is made to re-
volve by cogs on its under edge, and in
each side rests a cast iron cylinder each
weighing two tons. These are made of
solid cast iron, fourteen inches thick and
three and half feet across. The calcined
or dried clay is put into this basin, the
SAINT 10 SSb W W OhO 1ittOI1lAIO4g
this rolls the great cast iron cylinders
upon the clay, and it is ground to dust.
This dust is now wet and then nodded
into bricks of any shape desired. These
are laid upon brick floor, under which
are fiues for heating it, and after the
bricks are thoroughly dried, they are
put into another close brick building
and subjected to an intense heat for
long time, after which they are ready for
market


The fire brick trade has increased. i'm
mensely within the past few years.
Their great value consists in their resist
ance to the action of intense heat. The
best sandstone ever discovered will burn
out in furnace inwall in a few months,
and it costs large sum to quarry haul,
dress and put in hearth, inwall or
'bosh' of furnace, when made of stone.
Fire brick can be nodded in the proper
shape, and in pieces of suitable size for
all these purposes, and when put in will
last twice as long as the best stone.


These bricks are extensively used
wherever fires are required, and are put
in for CRATE backs in offices, private resi-
dences, DC.
Year: 1873

The newspapers IN majority of the
counties in this State are now passing
through their annual abuse of each other
and abuse of candidates for office. Dur
ing the past year we have been more
than ever convinced that what the great
Charles Dickens said thirty years ago in
his American Notes. is strictly true. In
speaking of the newspaper press of the
United States he says:


"Among the herd of journals which
are published in the States there are
some, the reader scarcely need be told. Of
character and credit. From personal in
tercourse with accomplished gentlemen
connected with publications of this class,
have derived both pleasure and profit.
But the. name of these is Few, and of the
others Legion; and the influence Of the
good is powerless to counteract the NOR
tai poison of the bad


Among the gentry of America, among
the we'll informed and moderate, in the
learned professions, at the bar and on
the bench, there is, as there can be, but
one opinion, in reference TO the vicious
character of these infamous Journals It
is sometimes contended-I will not say
strangely, for it is natural to seek excuses
for such disgrace-that their influence
y
l must be pardoned for saying that
there is nu warrant for this plea
and that every fact and circumstance
tends directly to the opposite conclu-
sion.


When any man, of any grade of desert
in intellect or character, can climb to any
public distinction, no matter what, iii
America, without first groveling down
upon the earth, and bending the knee
before this monster of depravity; when
any ptiYate excellence is safe from its
attacks; when any social confidence is
left unbroken by it, or any tie of social
decency and honor is held in the least
regard when any man in that Free
Codhtry has freedom of opinion, and pre-
sumes to think for himself, and speak
for himself, without humble reference to
censorship which, for its rampant ig-
norance and base dishonesty, he utterly
loathes and despises in his heart; when
those who tnUst acutely feel its infamy
and reproach it casts upon the nation
and who most denounce it to each other
dare to set their heels upon, and crush it
openly, in the sight of all men; then |
will believe that its influence is lessening
and inen are returning to their manly
senses. But while that Press has its evil
eye in every house, its black hand in
every appointment in the State, from a
president to a postman; while, with
ribald slander for its only stock in trade
it is the standard literature of an enor
nous class, who f1itst find their reading
in newspaper, or they will read at all
so long must its odium be upon the coun
try's head, and so long must the evil il
works be plainly visible in the Republic y
Year: 1873

The business on the railroad at this
place is increasing SO fast that more
switches and side tracks are needed.
There is great crowding and jamming
of trains nearly all the time. There are
trains running all the time, and the
whistle is heard at night almost as much
as during the day. We do not see how
the greatly increasing business of Jack
son and Jackson county can be transact
ed on one railroad, and the great finan-
cial crash will perhaps prevent the con-
struction of another road for years
Year: 1873

There is no reason in the world why
Jackson should not have Gas Works,a and
have them at once. We have the raw
material in the greatest abundance, and
of the very best quality. Our citizens are
all anxious to aid in such an enterprise.
We are certain that sufficient number
of consumers could be obtained at once,
to make such an enterprise successful
and profitable one. There are persons
in lrOnton who have been contemplating
organizing a Gas Company for this place.
The amount of capital stock necessary
would by about $50 600. There enough
capital among the business men of this
place to take up the entire amount, or
our home capitalists could unite with
those of Ironton. That it would pay a
large per cent. on the capital, those best
informed are sure.


Now, aside from the benefit to the
owners of the stock, only consider the
the great convenience to our people. We
must have our streets lighted in some
way. An attempt was made with gaso-
line, but that seems to have been a fail
ure. Gas has been tested in every city
and large town, and has always been a
success.


Business houses, offices and private res
licences cannot be so successfully and
cheaply lighted in any other way. Gas
lights are almost indispensable in print
ing Office. When we establish our Daily
permanently, we must have gas lights.


Let our citizens arouse themselves at
once. and secure gas lights for our thirty
ing, enterprising town.
Year: 1873

David L. Evans, Manager of the Oak
Hill Fire Brick and Coal Company,
called on Monday to get some cards and
letter heads printed. He says he is going
to advertise soon. The company are now
making fire bricks of all sizes and shapes
to order They can furnish furnaces
with anything they may need in their
line of work
Year: 1873

Miller has just returned from Cincinnati, where
. he has purchased one of the finest and largest
lots of goods ever brought to this
place. He Is now prepared to offer greater In
ducemenfs than ever to purchasers.


Come at once, and have first choice.


No Inconvenience TO show you the new goods
Year: 1873

sir, God sent the rain in an
swer to many prayers, for many
were suffering as / was. / shall
now be able to pay you all on
the place this autumn, SIR Af-
ter a few more words, we drove
on. M


Did my little girl hear what
Mr.. Smith said 2 asked my
father. 4, too, have cause to be-
thankful for the shower; for
without the payment by Mr..
Smith, / could not have met
the expenses Of the year, and
we also might have been oblig-
ed to leave our pretty home


Of course j felt very sorry for
my vain wishes and hope, that
| never should be so naughty
again. Soon we came in sight
Of the beautiful sea, that / love
to watch. iliD


what means the hurrying to
and fro r asked my father of a
man that was passing. 8ly4


odd Johns boat upset when
three miles out, and though he
did all he could, two OF the
children were drowned replied
the man.


Sad and stricken were two
houses in our village that night,
for each had lost a lovely
child.


Mary, darling; | can thank
God again, and more than
ever, for the shower, said my
father; 'for if it had not rained
this morning, you would have
been in that boat,and we might
never had a little daughter, for
old John could only save two
Oh, how guilty I felt thatI had
pouted and been so wicked r
Year: 1873

SrEAMKRs TO LEwEs--It is said that We are to
have three steam lines of communication this
Summer between this City and the following
points, Philadelphia, Cape May and New York
Who says that We are not growing and import
ant City f-BrenkIedtsr LiglL
Year: 1873

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. Z, 1873.


Some ten days since quite an excitement was
created in the eastern suburbs OF this city by the
arrest or j. Z. White, a prominent citizen, on a
charge of horse stealing, and within few days
subsequent no less than a dozen specific charges
for similar offences were made public. He was
committed for trial without bail. To-day his vile
called TO see him, and after spending about half an
hour with him came to the gate and asked to be
let out When the guard opered the gaze White
presented cooked revolver at ms head and cried,
'Lct me out or diel' The guard sprang back, and
White darted out and mounted horse which was
in waiting, and dashed of before an alarm could
be given. Pursuit was Instituted early as posi-
ble but up to dark he had not been recaptured.
paner to him and had the horse In waiting She
was arrested.
Year: 1873

In the name of oxygen, which is the
great life principle OF the animal body,
let us beg yoH to give the sick person
fgil aad constant supply OF fresh air
II you keep him we'll covered he can
never take cold by having the windows
open day and night. If the wind blows
upon him, rub his face and neck with
your naked hands frequently, and there
can never be a mischievous impression
made there. Rem ember that although
a well man may live on in room with
imperfect ventilation, sick one must
have the help of pure tonic atmos-
pAere. Remember that when typhoid
fever attacks en- aFray, and there is
deficiency OF hospital Accommodations,
those who lie in an open shed or exposed
to the dews and storms do much hettsr
than those who enjoy the average hes.
pitai fasilities - Day,
Year: 1873

A horse weighing from ten to twelve
hundred pounds will eat about six tons
of hay, or its equivalent, in year. And
we suppose the real point to get at is,
whether one can keep his horses cheaper
on some other product than hay. This
is an exceedingly difficult question to
answer-it depends so much on circum-
stances. We shall not attempt to an
swer it fully at this time, but will merely
say that, in our opinion, three and a half
tons of corn stalks and two and half
tons corn would keep horse year in
fully as good condition as six tons Of
geod hay.


We may estimate, also, that It will
take three and half tons of oat straw
and two and half tons of oats to keep
horse a year. A bushel of oats weighs
thirty two pounds, so that it will take
l55 bushels and three and half tons of
straw to keep horse year 1t would
take about two good acres of good land
to produce this amount.
Year: 1873

force. The women and children were
under the boat, while the men were out
side trying to keep the boat from being
washed of. Several times after being
rescued their feet and hands swelled.
and sickness set in. but they recovered
and are now almost entirely we'll"
Year: 1873




PHILADELPHIA Dec. s. 1873
The train men working on the Richmond branch
OF the Reading Railroad struck to-day because the
Reading Railroad had reduced their wages 10 per
cent. The strike OF the workmen on the upper end
OF the Reading road was detailed in to-day's
HERALD. These Richmond employees are only fol-
lowing the example set by them. Richmond is the
principal depot OF the Reading road, and but three
freight trains came into the depot to-day.


In an interview with Mr.. +. b. Gowan, President
OF the Reading road, to-day he said that an ad-
vance OF seven per cent was made on the
mems wages last Spring. On December / they
were reduced 10 per cent, so that the actual re-
duction over the old standard wages has been only
three per cent. He did not think there would be
much difncuity In getting men TO take the
places OF the strikers, as there are so many
out OF work.


CARPET wEAvERS ON A STRIKE


The Nineteenth ward of this city has numerous
carpet manufacturing establishments within its
limits. AT the commencement of the panic they
nearly all stopped, but a few resumed two weeks
ago. The men who did resume told their employees
that they mus: submit TO reduction OF wages
but the men refused and this afternoon went on
a strike. There are fully 1900 men employed in
carpet making IN this city.
Year: 1873

Ha- The tide of immigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
q new one of DESMOND. They say there Is NO
comparison between the two.
Year: 1873

Too BAp.-Our neighbor of the Union
is writing up and filling his paper with
columns of very innocent matter which he
calls Trade Notes" He announces that
he does it free of charge, but even at
that rate it seems that our business men
avoid him in every way possible in order
to save themselves from the affiietion of
his Trade Notes - In his paper this
morning he says that, yesterday, when he
was chasing business men around for data
he was greeted by four not at home :
and three see somebody else s. and If
this thing continues he will be compelled
to quit in despair That exactly what
the business men want him 70 do
Year: 1873

Orr WATER WORKS. -- From Mr..
Mitchell President of the Water Board.
We learn that out of the G3 hydrants only
about 10 are frozen, and that those are be-
ing opened that there is no part of the
city which cannot he covered with hose
and water, in case Of fire that the iniec-
ton OF steam into the water at the Works
raises the temperature about 10 degrees at
Eagle street, and that it will be continued
So long as the cold weather shall make it
necessary There are good many frozen
service pipes the owners of which are
digging them up and thawing them out.
The W Water Board cannot he held respon-
slble for the freezing Of service pipes. the
owners Of which should protect them If
they expect them TO be of any use
Year: 1873

The corJner's jury in the case of Robert
Wclch, returned a verdict that the de-
ceased came to his death through his own
carelessness and that no blame could be
attached 10 the railroad company or its
employees.


The Moline editor Of the Gazctte says:


There is considerable Just Indignation
here in regard 70 the action Of the coroner
N removing the body Of Mr. Welch to
Rock Island for an examination nor is
this the first time he has done the same
thing 1t looks as though the coroner
considers the Moline people unqualified ia
sit as jurors, or that the paltry fees are
considered as perquisites that should be-
long to him and his Rock Island friends
1t may be- also, that railroad influence
had something to do with it, fearing the
verdict Of our outraged citizens, for it is
well known that trains have been run nj
fearful rates of speed through our CITY.
We hope the coroner viii explain matters
satisfactorily.