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Year: 1876

rHE SUSPENDED COMMISSIONERS ON HIS


DHFENCE.


special meeting OF tho Brooklyn Board OF Alder
men held yesterday afternoon, President French
In the chair, pursuant to call issued by Mayor
Schroeder take action with reference the suspen
sion OF City Works Commissioner William A. Fowler


About four weeks ago the Mayor suspended Mr.
Fowler the ground that no had fned TO carry out
tho instructions OF the Board Of Aldermen and that
he had also disrcgarded tho mandatory order Of tho
Supreme Court, which directed the Board Of City
Works TO advertise for proposals "6nsh tho work
the Storage Reservoir at expense not exceeding
$30, 000" Fowler being a democrat his suspen-
sion was tho means Of depiiviug his party
OF considerable patronage, Nj there was q
"deadiock" between the otner commissioners,
Messrs Slocum and Adams In order to remove from
Office the suspended Official two-thirds vote oil tho
Aldermen is requisite, and there excitement us TO
whether certain alleged independent democrats would
vote with tho republicans in favor OF Fowers removal
Tho lobby Of the Common Council chamber and tho
space within tie ratings crowded with politicians
Oi both parties during the proceedings yesterday,
which were watched with great interest.


letter vas read from the Mayor scttinR forth his
Year: 1876

from the city say that they did not buy
their property at reduced rates on account
of the location. that the the course of the
creek has not been chacged except by the
city authorities; that If the city does not
afford relief they will take legal measures
to secure it. They further claim that the
city has promised them relief frequently
and that at the time the suits were tempo
rarily Withdrawn it was understood that
something definite would be done.
This is about the way the case stands at
present, and unless some compromise can
be effected it looks as if litigation would be
the final result.
Year: 1876

For Book BINDING or Ruling, go to
THE ARGUS Bindery. No better work
can be done in this vicinity. Prices reason
able. Work done quick, Leave orders at
THE ARGUS Counting Room, opposite the
the Post Office.
Year: 1876

\ physician says: For the wind in


the stomach children are thought to
have for their tiresome crying, and for
their restlessness and worrying at night
with which they are afflicted, if the
warm bath were resorted to oftener in
stead of using soothing syrups and
worse nostrums, it would be far better
for the children -


In preparing warm baths for infants
great care should be taken not to have
the water too hot. A lady remarks on
this subject: "When my child was sick
one night the doctor ordered the hot
bath. The lady who was with ME got
the water ready, and said it was all
right. just as she was going to put the
child into the water said, Put your el-
bow into the water first She did so,
and found it altogether too hot. In
washing babies l often find the water
that is agreeable to my hands not so to
my flesh that is kept covered with clo-
thing, which leads me to think often
times babies are tortured, and even in
jured, by giving them bath in water
that is too hot"
Year: 1876

! MARYYILLE, Tenn, March l, 1876.
To the Editor Of the Horristown Gazette: ~


TO those who anticipate becoming


candidates before the people of East


Tennessee, at the next election, either


for Senatorial, Legislative or any other


honors in the gift of the voters, I would


suggest that they voluntarily, deliber-


ately, dispassionately and understand
| ingly mediate and deliberate on the


great question of the day, THE Doc Tax.


This may appear mere foolishness to
some, but it is, nevertheless, the question.
The people are not satisfied with the
law IN its present shape, but it can be so
shaped that the people win not reject it.
| The money collected as tax on dogs,
in each county in the State, should be
applied to the public school fund of that
county. Let the people know that what
you take away from them in the way of
dog tax, will be given to their children
in the shape of an education-a thing
that cannot be taken away from them
and they will pay it with pleasure. But
while ever they are kept in the dark, or
cannot see and know what use is made
Of this money, they win oppose the law.
Moreover, it would be nothing more
than just and right to use the money col
lected as tax on dogs in this way and no
other.


The public school fund, under the pre-
sent arrangement, is not sufficient to run
the schools more than three months to |
the year, but with the dog tax added TO !
it. there would be sufficient amount to |
run the schools at least six months. Our
children need the schools, and parents |
will not grumble at paying a dog tax for |
the purpose; therefore, let all who expect |
to be, and are candidates. advocate this |
policy.


Had I anticipated becoming a candi-
date myself l should have not made this
public as yet, but as do not lay it be- /
fore the public, but claim it as my pat
emf, and shall expect all who use it to
pay me at least the sum of 50 for the
benefits to be derived from the same.
Though, as matter of course, small fa-
yors will be thankfully received, and
larger ones in proportion. Or, in other
words, a candidate for Overseer of the
road or the poor house, is not expected
to pay as much as one for the State senate.


Any infringement on this patent will
be taken as an insult, and the offender
punished by being elected to whatever.
station the people may choose to give
him. As | cannot insure the election of !
more than one aspirant to the same of
flee, l will, of course, recommend the
defeated to the leniency of the people


Come forward, gentlemen, and secure
your letters patent to whatever territory
you may wish to canvass. Remember
that delays arc dangerous but more es-
Decially under the existing circumstances
therefore announce your names at once
N all the newspapers of the country
Don't be backward, but let the people
know that you are willing to die lin of
ice} for them. The country needs your
services, therefore announce your name.


T. BAscUM
Year: 1876

A gentleman Of distinguished pres
ence appeared at a fashionable restau-
rant in Paris, the other day, and asked
to be shown to a particular room. He
ordered a dozen oysters on the half
shell, and the waiter retired. Immedi-
ately afterward peculiar noise was
heard, and the attendants on rushing
into the room found that the gentleman
had demolished the mirror with his
cane. Put that on my bill, " he quiet
ly remarked, Il will pay for it," The
keeper of the restaurant said that even
though he were willing to pay for the
damage, he had 20 right to break the
mirror. An explanation followed and
it transpired that the gentleman had on
a former occasion had the imprudence
to cut his own name on the mirror with
that of lady, and having recently mar
ried, he found il advisable to destroy
this obtrusive evidence in room where
1t might chance to meet the conjugaI
eye
Year: 1876

A Correspondent of the Progress
iUe Farmer says he often hears per-
SOUS dlsputing about the age of
sheep, to his surprise, for nothing is
easier than to tell a sleeps age.
The first year sleeps front teeth
are eight in number, and are all of
equal size. The. second year the
two middle ones shed out and are
replaced by two much larger than
the other. The third year two very
small teeth appears. one on either
side of the eight. At the end of the
fourth year there are six large teeth.
The fifth year all the front teeth are
large. The sixth year all begin to
show signs Of wear.
Year: 1876

Burned to. Death by a Meteor.


st. Louis Republican.


An intelligent black boy was trudg-
ing along a highway at night in the
vicinity of Palestine, Texas. There
was negro woman riding horse in
the same direction the boy was go
ing The intelligent black boy re-
appeared in Palestine that night out
of breath and as pale as he could
get, He said he saw ball of fire
come out of the sky and strike the
woman and set her ablaze. The
horse ran one way with the woman
afire on his back, and he ran back to
town to tell the people what had
happened. The people went to look
after further particulars of the Gu
rious incident. They found the wo-
man lying on the ground, with all
ber clothing burned off. but with life
enough in her TO tell that she had
been struck in the breast by a ball
of fire. The horse was found with
his name singed, and The woman died
the next day. The people think she
was hit by a meteor.
Year: 1876

At the marriage off Alabama wild
over one of the servants was asked
if his master would take bridal tour.
Dunno, sab; when old missus's
alive he took paddle to her; dunno
If he take bride to de new one or
not"
Year: 1876

Headache is bad enough anywhere,
but our readers who have it often,
should be thankful that they do not live
in the Loyalty islands. The Scientific
american thus describes fearful and
wonderful method of "cure" practiced
there There is well known trick per-
formed by the clowns in pantomimes,
to the mystifcation of the boys, which
consists in shooting hole in mans
head, and then plugging up the orifice
with a carrot, thus completely curing
the apparently assassinated Individual.
While it is, Of course, very ridiculous,
it is not more so than somewhat similar
opel alton practiced by the inhabitants
Of Uvea, an island in the Loyalty
group. ~


These queer people have notion that
when person gets headache his skull
is cracked, or that the bone is pressing
down on the brain. Consequently they
proceed to cure the trouble by cutting
open the scalp and scraping hole In
the cranium with bit of glass, and then
stopping the aperture with piece OF
cocoanut shell rubbed smooth.


Sometimes the surgeon scrapes too
far and Injuries the pia mater, when the
patient is killed; but ordinarily the bor-
ing proceeds to the dura mater, leaving
hole in the skull. 1t seems that few
adults are without perforated heads, and
that the cocoanut patch is common.
Year: 1876

Not far out in the suburbs of Boston,
says the Transcript, is an ancient bury
ing place, wherein are headstones that
afford food for the antiquarian mind,
which are zealously guarded by faith
full sexton. Recently this custodian
missed one of the earliest dated of the
mortuary memorials, and he put all his
wits to work to discover its whereabouts
for some time without success. One
Sunday morning he went to his bakers
for the customary Sunday breakfast OF
brown bread and beans. In serving the
repast his eyes fell upon something un-
usual on the under face of the loaf
" Here lyes ye in reverse order,
which, after some study, he succeeded
in deciphering. No breakfast passed
the sexton's lips until the cause OF this
strange impress was solved. He hasten
ened to the bakers for solution. The
bakehouse adjoined the cemetery. The
floor of the bakers oven had given out,
and the break had been covered with the
ancient gravestone, which, happily for
the sexton's peace of mind, was unin-
iured by the heat to which it had been
subjected.
Year: 1876

Two dogs were often, observed to 90
to O certain point, together, when the
small one remained behind at corner OF
q large field, while the mastiff went
around by the side of the field, which
ran up hill for nearly mile and led to a
wood on the left. Game abounded in
those districts, and the object OF the
dogs arrangement was soon seen: The
terrier would start hare and chase 1T
up hill towards the large wood at the
summit, where they arrived somewhat
tired. At this point the large dog,


which was fresh and had rested after his
walk, darted after the animal, which he
usually captured. They then ate the
hare between them and returned home.


This course had been systematically car
ried on for some time before it was fully
understood. D.. .fs.s. s..,.f.r
Year: 1876

Among the innumerable anecdotes re-
lated of the ruin of persons at play, there
is one worth relating which refers to q
Mr.. Porter, an English gentleman, who,
in the reign of Queen Anne, possessed
one of the best estates in Northumber-
land, the whole of which he lost at hazard
in twelve months. According to the
story told of this madman, for wec can
call him nothing else, when he had Just
completed the loss of his last acre at a
gambling house in London, and was pro-
ceeding down stairs to throw himself
into his carriage to carry him to his
house in town, he resolved upon having
one throw more to retrieve his losses, and
Immediately returned to the room where
the play was going on. Neryed fer the
worst that might happen, he insisted
that the person whom he had been play
ing with should give him one more
chance OF recovery or fight with him.
His proposition was this: that his car
rage and horses, the trinkets and loose
money in his pockets, his town house,
plate and furniture short all he had
left in the world except the clothes on
his back, should be valued in lump at
certain price, and be thrown for at .
single cast. No persuasion could prevail
upon him to depart from his purpose.
He threw, and lost then, conducting
the winner to the door, he told his coach
man that there was his master, and
marched forth into the dark and dismal
streets, without house or home, or any
other creditable means of support.
Thus beggared, he retired to an obscure
lodging in cheap part of the town, sub
sisting partly on charity, sometimes act
ING as the marker in billiard game, and
occasionally as helper at livery stable.
In this miserable condition, and with
nakedness and famine staring him In the
face, exposed to the taunts and insults
of those whom he once supported, he
was recognized by an old friend, who
gave him ten guineas to purchase neces-
saries. He expended five in purchasing
decent apparel. With the remaining
five he repaired to common gaming
house, and increased them to fifty. He
then adjourned to one of the higher
order of houses, sat down with former
associates, and won twenty thousand
pounds. Returning the next night, he
lost it all, and once more penniless, and
after subsisting many years in abject
penury, died, a ragged beggar, at apenny
lodging house in st. Giles.
Year: 1876

The New York Tribune, referring to
the matter of borrowing money to pay
dividends with, says: So few corpora
tions, comparatively speaking, are earn
ing more than their interest and their
expenses, that it is sort OF distinction
to be able to pay dividends, and a board
of directors, in doubt as to the pro-
priety of declaring q dividend, might
easily Z Be induced to vote for it
through this feeling Of innocent pride.
But in the vast majority Of cases where
unearned dividends are declared, the
motives which govern the men who, do
It are by NO means 30 venial. They are
simplyidishonest, and the act is ciearely
fraudulent. It is done for two or three
reasons, all equally unavoidable.


Sometimes the dividend itself is the
object: Where the directors are Large
stockholders the two or three per cent.


brings in no inconsiderable sum to their
private pouches. But what is OF in
finitely more importance, the usual re-
suit of such 8 declaration is an lmmedl-
ate advance In the price of stock, by
means of which the holders are able to
unload upon the ignorant and enterprls-
ing public. The issuing Of bonds, the
creation of floating debt, and the varl-
GUS forms of kite-fying to which mana
gers resort when they propose to pay
dividends which have not been earned,
are all channels of dishonest gain to the
small inside rings of operators by which
sc, =, many, corporations are governed.
These devices have been, practiced so
long that they have attained a certain
sanction in business circles, and are re-
parded rather as questionable irregu-
larities 9. than as downright swindhng.


The declaration of dividend, when
none has been earned, is not a mere trick
Of trade. It is fraud at common law,
and any one who is swindled by thus
means into the purchase OF worthless
stock has the right to bring an action
against those who have been guilty OF
the fraud. If few dozen people would
bring such suits, and lay open In court
of Justice the proceedings OF as many
rotten boards, it would be of great ad-
vantage to the public, and would open
t, eyes not only of spectators bat OF
those respectable and dull corporation
figure-heads who know nothing OF the
doings of their sharper associates, and
whose names are used merely as decoys
for the unwary.


: IL would be a good thing just now to
bring such suits. At the present time
hundreds Of boards are consulting
whether they shall frankly declare that
their companies have earned nothing
this year, or shall cook their accounts so
as to justify dividend. A large num-
ber of others are not discussing the mat


ter at all. They are busy devislng ways
and means of concealing their true con-
dition and of hoodwinking the pubhc
by a false balance sheet. A strong e1,
preston of public opinion now would
induce these who are reasonably honest
Year: 1876

It is an evil Of the intense competi-
ton in great mercantile communities
that it drives many from the walks of
legitimate business into schemes OF
speculation withreference to sudden and
extravagant gains. The history of
frauds teaches that they originate chiefly
in the attempt to grow rich rapidly by
financiering rather than by diligence In
business. Financiering has its place in
legitimate business. Some men have q
talent for this, which is as true a mark
of genius as is poetry or art. But it is
not a talent that every man can acquire,
and it is fortunate that this is so; for If
all the world should turn fnanciers, the
earth itself would soon 60 into bank
ruptcy. Now. the calamity of. great
city is that every one who gains little
money takes to fnanciering as reader
mode of increasing it than regular bust
ness. Wall street, the focus of 6nan-
ciering, gives tone to the whole bust
ness community.


But fpanciering is deep game ; and
he who leaves an honest toll in q bust
ness that he does understand, for calcula-
tons of chance in matters where he has
no skill, is very apt to become the loser,
and, as in all lotteries, to grow desperate
in the attempt to make up his losses.
We do not speak of investments in stock
as property, but of the spirit of specula-
tion and we have no doubt that a just
verdict upon many cases of fraud would
be: "This man lost his capital and his
character by speculation in stocks. y
Keep, therefore, to honest toll in q legiti-
mate business, and do not aspire to be-
come q financier. "Be content with
such things as ye have"
Year: 1876

trial was brief; the principal witness
was the reporter; nearly all the other
spectators at the tragedy were too
drunk to remember what transpired.
The six jurymen brought in q verdict
OF mot guilty. Then the acquitted
man was rearrested for shooting with
IN the city limits and fined TWENTY-FIVE
collars and cost, which was paid, and
Mllllgan started forth free man. to
orlnk, brag and shoot again,
should the spirit prompt him to
90 so: This isa true sketch of Black
Hllls life, and fully illustrates one of
the peculiar phases of frontier justice,
as executed by people who govern
themselves in a little republic Of their
own.
Year: 1876




A correspondent of the Sunny S.,utl
offers the following suggestion in re
gard to making syrup for the table
from sugar, which, we think, is wor
thy of consideration by all who value
strict cleanliness in the preparation OF
food.


There are several reasons suggested
by economy and convenience for max
ing the manufacture of syrup from
sugar 4 household practice. The deal
er who retails syrup has to pay freigh,
on the weight of it's contained water
This he exacts from the consumer ir
the price at which it is offered. The
package in which the syrup is trans
ported is much more costly than that
in which sugar is conveyed. The diff
ference is added to the manufacturer
price, and is another element of cost
to the consumer. The retailer OF
sugar adjusts his price at the lowest
practicable rate of profit, because mod
ern luxury has made it an article OF
prime necessity and which will moi
bear profit. Not so, however, with
syrup on which rate of profit equa'
to the average Of that made on the
table supplies is required by the
dealer.


TO make a gallon of syrup of beauti
full whiteness and crystalline trans
parency, such as are known in on,
markets rs silver drips, or rock.candy
drips, there are required eight pounds
of refined sugar, such as is known by
it's various names and grades OF A. ol
B. or Extra c., and costing from ten tc
twelve-and-a-half cents Per pound, &C
cording to locality and distance from
the sugar refinery. 10 this quantity
should be added three pints of boiling
water, and the whole subjected to slow
boiling for a period of fifteen to twenty
minutes after which. the solution,
while warm should be strained
through fabric of moderately close
texture. This will produce a gallon
of syrup, at much less cost than the
price demanded in market for the
grades of syrup named. For light
yellow or golden syrup the same quan.
tity of light brown sugar may be en-
ployed, and so on through the lower
grades of sugar and syrup; but nc
grade of sugar can be found which
will produce 50 worthless IN article as
the Cuba molasses generally offered In
all markets.
Year: 1876

The following is a good recipe for
cleaning kid gloves: Get gasoline
which can be procured at the drug
store at forty cents a gallon. Lay
your glove in long, flat.bottomed
dish, like a common vegetable dish,
and cover it with the gasoline rub
soiled spots with clean white rag,
squeeze, not wiring with your hand, as
dry as you can, lay it on clean old mus
lin, take one corner of the muslin and
rub the fingers and thumb out smooth,
rub soiled spots if any remain, initiate
by blowing into it, then pin on a cloth
out.of.doors to dry. The process
should be gone through with quickly,
as the glove is injured by remaining in
the liquid not more than ten minutes
being occupied in cleaning a pair of
gloves. This will he found excellent
economy.
Year: 1876

The Housekeeper says: We have
found from our own experience that
potatoes are very watery from the
month of March until the market of.
ters us new ones, in our kitchen we
overcome the s0ggy disposition of
these valuable vegetables by soaking
them a few hours in cold water, and
putting them into hot water to boil,
without salt; then, when they are ten
der nearly all the way through, turn
the water off, and refill the saucepan
with cold water. Put in salt and boil
till they are quite done; drain off that
water also, cover as tightly as possible,
and set on the back part Of the range
to steam, lifting the cover for an in.
stant once or twice; then, with one
hand holding down the lid, shake the
saucepan gently, quickly and steadily
for a moment, and serve your pota.
toes hot. If rightly managed they
will be like snow balls.