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Year: 1875

A Washington special to the Chicago
Tribune says: A very curious case has
been discovered at the Treasury Depart
ment by the examination of some old ac-
counts. A few days ago an officer OF the
War Department received notice from the
Treasury that there was balance OF ST.
600 in his favor on an old account. This
officer knew no such balance was due him,
and caused an examination OF the origin
of the account to be made. The discovery
was then made that, by an error in ac-
counting many years ago, this amount had
been deducted from the account of an Off
Ger in another department. where it prob
ably belonged, and credited to this officer
of the War Department. This discovery
explains a very lamentable suicide which
occurred about the time this original error
was made. The officer from whose ac-
count this sum had been wrongly deduct
ed was charged with a defalcation OF that
amount. He was not able to prove his in
| nOcence, and took his own life. The ac-
counts are said to clearly show that the
suicide is due TO the criminal error OF some
clerk in the war days.


OK Ascension Day there was horrible
row in Jerusalem between some Greek
and Armenian priests who had been al
lowed by the Latins to make use Of a
chapel built over what is believed to be
the Saviour's footprint. The quarrel arose
on question of precedence, and ended In
fight. The priests went at it ''tooth
and nall" fighting up and down the
sacred edifice with such fury that they had
/ TO be separated by Turkish soldiers. Two
/ Greek priests were wounded, and one OF
the soldiers, in trying to restore peace,
lost his eye. The Mussulmen population
look upon these sectarian shindies al
Jerusalem as peculiar illustrations of the
brotherly love which is the distinguishing
mark of their Christian fellow-subjects.
Year: 1875

A farmer born upon Georgia soil, was
rocked in a Northern cradle, fed With
Northern medicines from Northern
made spoon, until after eating sufficient
quantity of Northern provision, he grew
TO be large enough to wear Northern
made clothing made from the cotton that
grew on his fathers farm. He was then
taught in Northern-made books until he
arrived at sufficient maturity to enable
him to use a Northern ak to cut hickory
growing near his own door to ship to
have made into helves, spokes, etc. After
which he plOwed the ground with a
Northern-made plOw, and wiped the per-
spiration from his brow with New I 0rk
handkerchief. Often he would sigh that
he had not brought along Connecticut
umbrella to shade his head that was cover
ed with a Cincinnati hat from the South
ern sun. He chopped his cotton with
Northern hoe, ginned it with Northern
gin, threShed his wheat with an Ohio ma
chine, and either tied it up in Northern
bags, or hooped it with Pennsylvania iron
and hauled it to market in a Connecticut
wagon in exchange for Northern-made
goods.


The Georgia housewife cooked with an
ALBANY stove, dressed herself and family
in Northern-made goods, read a Northern
bible, and sung her praises from New
England hymn book, while Boston or
gan harmonized the soul. She combed
he hair with a Northern comb, aided by a
Northern mirror that casts no false retiec-
tons, while she stood upright in Massa-
chusetts shoes, at times glancing at her
better half who reads New York paper
through Philadelphia spectacles, about a
road that led to fortune by an easy cut,
both surrounded by scores of articles di-
rect from the hub of the universe and the
land of isms.


Years rolled on and old father Time
with a Northern scythe came along and
cut them down before they were ripe IN
years, and they were shrouded in clothes
made by a Northern machine out OF
Southern material, laid in Cincinnati cOf.
lin, without even possessing life insur-
ance policy in a New Jersey company,
and buried in grave dug with Northern
spades, with perhaps not even Northern
monument TO eulogiZe their virtues.
Look around, on reader, and see what
was made at the north, and shudder at
your impending dOOm.-DGIton (Ga.) En-
tsrprIss.
Year: 1875

CLEANSING PICTURE FRAMEs.-Black
walnut frames will become dry and rusty
looking. They may be renewed by first
brushing thoroughly with stiff brush to
remove dust and then apply pure linseed
oil, with a proper brush in the absence OF
a brush, piece of new bleached muslin
will answer the purpose.
Year: 1875

By CARL SPENCER.
know a word Of power 10 smite
Inc armies Of embattled wrong;
Like driven leaves go down the strong,
Before the matckless name Of Right.
know word Whcrcwith % one
All pris0n-dOors in any land;
A spell that freesh heart and hand
II is the blessed name Of Hope.
And one that, said above the dust,
Can wake the beauty sleeping there:
'ris that whereby the earth Is fair
The lowly, tender name Of Trust.
And one there Is can tighten bell,
u is the dearest name above;
All power Is In the name Of Love.
Her Watchmen answer, All is we'll
Who knoweth these shall work his will.
It's he shall bind the spoiler Fate;
For him doth sorrows secret wait,
And blooms the hidden heart Of III.
My soul hath given all to buy,
For these she cOunteth loss but gain:
With these she shall outweary pain,
And shall outwatch eternity.
And lightly shall she conquer Death;
BIC hees before the immortal race,
With such a glory in the face,
And such rapture on the breath.


Christian Union
Year: 1875

TIE newest attraction in the Black
Hills is said to be mountains of isinglass,
worth dollar pound. The average
adventurer who goes insane at the men.
ton Of gold, would sooner 60 ten thou
sand miles and brave thousand deaths
to prospect fer gold, than to dig up
wagon load Of isinglass, worth dollar 4
pound, each day At home.
Year: 1875

TnE.tenacity to life exhibited BY Brig
ham Young is remindful of that Of the
prophets Of old. He is now seventy. five,
and still hale and hearty in appearance,
with hair grizz'ed, not gray. His domes.
tic troubles don't seem to wear upon him
seriously, and there is no prospect Of any
Of his followers succeeding to his position
in tho Mormon church within tho next
ten years. Of course his followers re.
joice in the evidences Of his longevity.
Year: 1875

A BABY is very tender thing, people
say, but most of them are very far from
knowing how tender. Imagine how
nervous you are in certain states-when
recovering from illness, say, when the
fall of book or the slam of door makes
you quiver and feel faint, as if some one
gave you blow. That is the way a
young baby feels at best. A puff of
wind will set it gasping, its little breath
blown quite away. A noise makes it
shiver, change OF summer air makes it
turn death cold. A baby is the most
nervous of beings, and the torture it suf-
fers in going to sleep and being awak-
ened by careless sounds, when just
dropping off," is only comparable to
the same experience of an older person
during an acute nervous headache.
Young babies ought to pass the first
month of their lives in the country, for
its stiffness no less than its fresh air.
But where the silence is not to be COM
manded baby may be soothed by folding
soft napkin, wet in warmish water,
lightly over the top of its head, its eyes
and its ears. 1t is the best way to put
nervous babies to sleep. A fine towel
should be wet and laid over it's head the
end twisted a little till it made sort of
skull cap, and, though baby sometimes
fights against being blindfolded in this
way, five minutes usually will send him
off into blissful slumber. The compress
soothes the little, feverish brain, deadens
sound in his ears, and shuts out every
thing that takes his attention, SO that
sleep takes him unaware. Teething
babies find this very comfortable, for
their heads are always hot, and there is
fevered beating in the arteries each
side Western Rural.
Year: 1875

A gentleman who, with his wife and


son, was struck by lightning at Iorbay'
England, recently, has written an account
of their experiences to Nature. After
describing how the flash snapped a flag


staff fifty feet high, near which they


were standing, he proceeds: l must
now attempt to describe the effects on


ourselves and the impressions on our
senses, thouch | am conscious OF dl11l-
Guilty in avoiding subjective matter mere
Of the three, my wife only was struck


and fell to the ground, my son and my
self remaining erect, and all three re-
tanning consciousness. For more than
half an hour my wife lost the use OF her
lower limbs and left hand, both OF when


became rigid. From the feet to the
knees she was splashed with rose-c colored
tree-like marks, branching upward,
while a large tree-like mark, with SIX
principal branches diverging from
common center, thirteen inches in its


largest diameter, and bright rose red,
covered the body. None of US are certain


of having seen the flash, and my wife IS


sure she saw nothing. AS to the noise,
nv wife heard believing sound and


squish,' recalling fireworks; my son


also heard below while l seemed
conscious of sharp explosion, My wife


describes her feelings as that OF dying


away gently into darkness and being
reused by tremendous blow on the
body, where the chief mark was after


ward found My son and myself were


conscious of a sudden and terrific gen"


eral disturbance, and he atlirms that he
received a severe and distinctly electrical


shock in both legs. My left arm,


shoulder and throat especially SUI
fered violent disturbance, but l did
not think it was electrical AS L turned


to help my wife, who was on the ground,


l shouted, as | thought, that was unhurt,


and hoped they were also, but it seems
only uttered inarticulate sounds, and my
son, in his first attempt to answer, did


the same. This, however, was only mo-
| mentary in an instant we both spoke


plainly. Neither of us referred the~o


currence Immediately to its true cause,


but the idea of being fired at was present


to all our minds; my wife indeed re-


mained of the opinion that she was shot


through the body until she heard ne
speak of lightning. An intinlteslmal
lapse of time enabled my son and myself


to recognize lightning; but | cannot say


whether did so before or after my first


glimpse of the wreck on the ground.
Neither of us heard or saw the mast fall,
though it descended fifty feet, and fell


on hard gravel close to US. My son ana


myself both experienced a momentary
| feeling of intense anger against some
| person OF persons unknown further


showing that we primarily referred the
| shock to some conscious agency. l
| ought perhaps to add that neither OF US
| felt any sensation of fear at the time, but


we were all very nervous for several days


after. l have endeavored to keep to fact


throughout, but venture to add re-
mark made by my wife as we raised her


from the ground: 4 feel quite sure that


death from lightning must be absolutely
painless;' and offer it as an unconscious


confederation of views on this subject
| which our experience seems to strength
en-"
Year: 1875

The Gazette is entitled to II reward. II has
discovered that the Board OF Public Education,
in times past, has had prejudice against the
white people and their children" Such acute
ness OF perception AS this is simply wonderful.
Perhaps the Gazeue would make the effort to
point out wherein that prejudice OF the men,
bers of the Board to themselves and their child
ran was manifested
Year: 1875

Thebill "toprovide for the punishment
of peculation and other wrongs effecting
public moneys and rights of property"
which has passed both houses of the
New York Legislature, provides as
follows;


Every person who, with intent to de-
fraud, shall wrongfully obtain. receive,
convert, pay out or dispose of, or who,
with like intent, by willfully paying,
allowing or auditing any false or unjust
claim, or in any other manner or way
whatever shall aid or abet any other in
wrongfully obtaining, receiving, convert
ing, paying out or disposing of any
money, funds, credits or property held
or owned by this State, or held or owned,
officially or otherwise, for or on behalf
of any public or governmental interest
by any municipal or other public corpora
ton, board, officer, agency or agent of
any city, county, town, village, or civil
division, subdivision, department or
portion of this State, shall, on conviction
of such offense, be punished by imprison-
ment in State prison for term not less
than three years or more than ten years,
or by a fine not exceeding five times the
loss resulting from the fraudulent act or
acts which he shall have so committed,
aided or abetted. Any transfer in whole,
Or in part, from any deposit or credit
with any bank, banker, or other deposi-
tory or agent, or of any credit, claim,
chose in action or right, or demand,
whereby the possession, right or title OF
any lawful receiver, custodian or reposi-
tory of any such money, funds, credits
or property in the last preceding section
mentioned shall be actually or apparently
defeated or impaired, shall be deemed a
conversion of such money, funds, credits
or property within the meaning of such
section. When rendering verdict OF
guilty upon the trial of any person in
dicted under this act the jury may find
and state with their verdict the amount
of loss resulting from the offense of the
defendant. And if, on any such trial.
it shall appear that the acts Of which the
defendant was guilty constitute any Other
crime, he shall not by reason thereof be
entitled to an acquittal; but after such
trial and Judgment on the verdict ren.
dered, he shall not be liable to prosecu
ton for such other crime.
Year: 1875

When the Grand Trunk railway of
Canada was completed, in 1860, many of
the farmers had never heard of, much
less seen, a railway, but it soon got re-
ported around that passengers could
travel by it, and even cattle. A back
woodsman who was indebted to country
merchant was pushed by the latter for
payment of the amount due, and the
only means of iquidating the debt was
by taking fat OK to the Quebec market
For this purpose he tied his OK to the
back of his cart, and drove to the railway
station, a distance of nine miles. On
surveying the train and seeing an iron
railing around the platform of the hind
car, he concluded that that was the place
to tie his OK, which he accordingly did,
taking place in a second class car him
self forward. Presently the train began
to move off slowly. The speed increased; +;
quicker and quicker it went. The poor
man got very fidgety, the speed still in
creasing, until large drops of sweat be-
came visible on his brow. By this time
the conductor had reached his car to col
lect the tickets. Nearly out of breath,
the man ran to him, exclaiming:


"My dear conductor, my OK will never
be able to keep up to this pace; it is not
possible"


"Your ok Keep up to this pace
What do you mean? I don't understand
you. Have you oxen on board?"


"Not on board, of course. I tied him
to the railing of the hind car"


"You tied your OK to the railing of
the hind carr Who told you to do so2 ?"


"No one; but that is the way we al
ways do in the country


OF course the conductor could not stop
his train before reaching the next station,
when, needless to say, on looking for
the OK, they found attached to the rope
a pair of horns, with small portion OF
the neck.


The humane conductor made q collec-
ton among the passengers on the spot,
realizing a larger amount than the OK
would have brought at market, which he
presented to the crestfallen farmer, who
Immediately returned home, vowing he
would never have oxen taken to market
by, railway again. He has kept his word,
and to this day he leads his OK to market
| behind his own cart.
Year: 1875

The London Lancet, which ought to
be good authority, says: Anodynes, mar
cotics, cough mixtures and lozenges, are
practically Of no good, and but too often
increase.the debility and hasten the fatal
end The best method of easing cough
is to resist it with all the force of will
possible, until the accumulation of
phlegm becomes greater, then there is
something to cough against, and it comes
up very much easier, and with half the
coughing. A great deal of hacking and
hemming and coughing in invalids is
nervous, purely nervous, or from the
force of habit, as is shown by the fire.
quency when thinking about it, and the
comparative rarity when the person is so
much engaged that there is no time to
think about it, and the attention is COM
PEELED in another direction.
Year: 1875

A piano should be tuned at least four
times in the year by an experienced
tuner. If you allow it to go too long
without tuning, it usually becomes flat
and troubles tuner to get it to stay at
concert pitch, especially in the country.
Never place the instrument against an
outside wall, or in cold, damp room,
particularly in country house. There
is no greater enemy to pianoforte than
damp. Close the instrument Immediately
after you practice; by leaving it open,
dust fixes on the sound board, and cor
rodes the movements, and if in damp
room, the strings soon rust. Should the
piano stand near or opposite to window,
guard, if possible, against it being
opened, especially on wet or damp day;
and when the sun is on the window, draw
the blind down, Avoid putting metallic
or other articles on or in the piano;
such things frequently cause unpleasant
vibrations, and sometimes Injuries the
instrument. The more equal the tenn
perature of the room the better the in
strument will remain in tune.
Year: 1875

THE PRESS. Men look to the press to
guide them in business and in social
affairs. They do not know whether to
applaud foreign artist or a strange or
der until the press has s oxen. The ad-
vertising columns are as much read as
the editorial columns. The heaviest ad
vertisers are the most successful business
men. In this day no man can afford to
let the press alone, if he wishes to do a
large trade, any more than farmer can
withhold his corn in the spring time, or
SOW his grain with sparing hand.
Year: 1875

How TO CURE SORE THROAT Buy
at any drug store one ounce of camphor-
ated oil, and five cents worth of chlorate
of potash. Whenever any soreness ap-
pears in the throat, put the potash in
half tumbler of water, and with it gar
gle the throat thoroughly, then rub the
neck thoroughly with the camphorated
oil at night before going to bed, and also
place around the throat a small strip of
woolen flannel. This is simple, cheap,
and sure remedy.
Year: 1875

A gentleman who rather sus-
pecied some one was watching him
through the key hole Of his Office
door, investigated with a syringe
full OF pepper sauce aud went home
to find that his wife had been cut
ting wood and a chip had Int her
IN ,hc eye.
Year: 1875

A VERDICT IN FAVOR OF TRE CITY.


brought by a carman against the Corporation to
recover the value OF a horse and medical treat
ment to the animal, injured by falling into man
mole, which the plaintiff claimed was left open
through the negligence OF the defendants officers.
He testines that on morning In November last
he.was proceeding to his work, driving team OF
horses ana using proper precautions against acci-
dent, as he turned from Eleventh street into
Greenwich, the off foreloot OF one OF his team
went down into manhole between the railroad
track and curb, which had been left uncovered; ;
that the other horse pulled him out, when both
hlnd feet went down, SO lnJuring him that after
eight weeks treatment ne was pronounced incur
aDle aud sold for S5. The hor5e's value is set at
$3.50 and 500 claimed for the attendance OF q.
veterinary surgeon Tho plaintiffs son. who was
on the truck with him, corroboraLed his evidence
as 10 proper lookout being kept On tue part or
the defence the circumstances under which the
cover was broken were shown and the diligence
used in repairing II that II was broken one az
ternoon and repaired about noen next day, and
that IN the meantime about dozen barrels were
used by the police oflcers on duty TO close the
aperture, a new one being obtained as the OLD one
was destroyed. The more Important evldehce,
however, was that OF carman, who stood on the
corner and a cigar dealer, who testified posi-
lively that as the plaintiff approached lie was not
looking forward, but was turned aside, seemingly
occupied with some matter on his truck ana that
the lines were lying over the seat Judge Alker
cautioned the jury against the prejudice Whleh
was often manifested toward corporations In ac-
tlons at law, and charged thew that II the plain
tlfT was wholly free from negligence ne was en-
titled to recover but that II he failed 10 exercise
that care which was called for IN the driver OF
vehicle, and especially through the crowded
streets of this city, and thereby contributed to
the accident recovery could not De nad. me
jury rendered verdict in favor OF the defendant.
Year: 1875

The scalps of both Uncle and
Nephew are now hanging at Hayes
belt.


Our venerable Governor kept his
word-he died in the arms of the
people. But we imagine he would
have preferred another lease on life.


Farmer" Alleni That was nice
agricultural joke, but it didn't take
in Ross county.


Word came down from Fruit Hill
Wednesday morning that the Gov
ernor did not care for the result as
affecting himself-he felt that it was
time at his age that he was with
drawing from all the turmoil and ex-
citement-but he felt sorry for his
friends. We might add that his
friends also feel quite sorry on their
own account.
Year: 1875

The Chillicothe Advertiser, the
Democratic organ of Ross county,
is SO completely dumbfounded at the
heavy Democratic loss in that county
at the recent election, that it in
effect charges members of its own
party with selling their votes for
money!


1t says: On the whole Ross coun-
ty has done herself but little credit
tits evident that when the money pow
er thinks it worth while to make the
effort it can elect anybody it pleases
in Ross county. The National bank
ers control the county, as is evident
in the tremendous majority of the
National Bank candidate, and the
Democratic majority in Ross is a
mere sham and pretense. When the
money power goes for it it melts
away like the mist before the sun.


1t must be consoling for the Dem
ocrats of Ross, in the hour of defeat,
to have it thrown in their faces
by the party organ, that they are
n purcbasable commodity, to be
bought up at will by the National
Banks" like steers in the cattle
market.
Year: 1875

So strict a party Republican as
General Hawley, so long ago as
April, 1874, prophesied the present
state of things, and solemnly pledged
himself, to disregard party for the
sake of sound currency. These are
his words as uttered in Congress


parties create themselves. They
grow out of some profound belief,
some great moral purpose. Yon are
furnishing that belief and that pur-
pose, to-day, by making it necessary
for men to rally without regard to
party lines for the defense of sound
economical principles and the pre-
servation of the honor of the nation.
There is no man so good that ] vii
vote for him for any office, from
President down to constable, if he
is unsound upon this financial ques-
ton. There is no man so dear to
me that / will not fight him from
the word 'go" until the election
closes, if he is unsound on this ques-
ton"
Year: 1875

A charity patient in Baltimore
hospital on being searched was found
to have over 1000 in money sewed
in the Innings of the coat he wore,
and he is also the owner of two
farms near the city.
Year: 1875

"You never can trust these id
Dutch; nine ont of ten of them havn' {
sufficient intelligence to entitle them
to the right of suffrage" was the re-
mark made on the street by promi
nent Democratic politician the day
after the election Chill. Gaz.