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Year: 1875

DIED FROM THE SMALL-Pox.-Yes
terday evening Israel Fox who resi-
ded at No. 2l3 West Second street
died Of the small pox. There is now
but one case of the dread disease re.
naming in the city, which is not
dangerous and If people will but use
ordinary precaution there is no fear of
contagion.


The remaining case is at Rhefuss'
Sixth and Tatnall streets, but the house
has been closed and all precautionary
measures adopted.
Year: 1875

THE LAMPs.-It has been suggested
that the Lamp Committee should pay
some particular attention to the street
lamps. Some Of them are in such con
dition that they will not light, and
some are really neglected. II is i'm
portant that we should have light at
nights, and the Committee should look
into the matter.
Year: 1875

The Ice IN THE BRANDYwlNE.-
night the ice on the three lower dams
in the Brandywine broke and came
down below the Market street bridge,
Above the third dam it still remains
while the creek below the bridge is al
so filled with the exception of a small
channel. There was slight rise in
the water but no serious freshet is ex
Dected
Year: 1875

From his Speeches in the Senate.


Never have i spoken in favor of that
imitation of the currency which | think
see full well means that there shall
never be any resumption at all"


Imitation means precisely demOrali-
ing gold and silver in perpetuity, and
substituting a currency of irredeemable
paper, based wholly and entirely upon
government credit and depending upon
the opinion and interests of members of
Congress, and their hopes ofDopularity,
whether the volume of it shall be large
or small"


Upon this measure / have word to
say. 1t simply means that no man of
my age shall ever again see in this conn
try that kind Of currency which the
trainers Of the Constitution intended
should be the currency of the Union,
which every sound writer on political
economy the world over says is the only
currency that defrauds no man.


That is what this initiation means.
Sir, have never said anything in favor
Of that. / am too ol1-fashioned Dem
oerat for that. I can not give up the
convictions Of lifetime, whether they
be popular or unpopular"


''It means so long as live, and pos
sibIy long after / shall be laid in the
grave, this people shall have nothing
but an irredeemable currency with
which TO transact their business; that
currency which has been well described
as the most effective invention that ever
the wit of man devised to fertilize the
rich mans 6ebd at the expense of the
poor mans brow. will have nothing
to do with it. )"
Year: 1875

IL is a truism which we dare not slight
ly value that no success is reached with


out effort. This is as well applicable to


political success as TO the business affairs


of life If the Republicans are to sue.


eeed the following fail, with anything


like respectable majority, they must


work, and in order to make them work


efficiently, they must effect close or


gapization in every township. This will


bring out our party in regular platoons


in which way it can do the best execu-


ton. 1t matters not what the Republi-


can strength may be, if it is handled in


Struggling way, without any order, it


cannot be certain of success against a


party who usually attend the election


by kind of intuitive instinct. The Re
publieans are largely in the majority in


Ohio, and it but requires fair vote to
insure their success. But when so many


become careless in attending the polls.


we sometimes suffer defeat through sheer
neglect. Last year the Republican vote
in Ohio was not pOlled by sixty thous-
and. The apathy elected VIM. Allen
and gave the State into the hands of the
Democracy: and a pretty mess they
have made of State, legislation. They
are ashamed of it themselves, though
they are still vehement in their efforts
to retain the affairs of State in their
hands. As Republicans we promise to
relieve that party this fall. Two years
of their corrupt dOings are quite suffi-
cient to satisfy a majority of the people |
of Ohio with Democratic rule for some |
years to come.


To make our strength available to the /
utmost, we must make a thorough or
ganizatiOn of our forces. In Union eoun- |
ty we can poll a clear majority of 500 |
votes. There is nothing to prevent us
except our own apathy. We must work
to get out our full vote. 1t ought not
to be urged upon any one to go to the |
polls to vote. All should go as an act |
of duty. The true patriot will look /
after the political party of the country |
with the same earnestness that he will |
look after the interests of his farm, store |
or workshop. He cannot neglect the
one or the other without receiving injury |
in return. Let us then think seriously |
about our political interests in the COM
ing fall. Let us work to poll our vote.
We propose to run the Republican boat
in the old Republican channel, which is
the safest in all respects for the country.
Let us, therefore, to the work early and
in good earnest, that we may not Only
secnre a victory, but that that victory
shall be decisive beyond. any cavil-
NdTysDille Tribune
Year: 1875

OH pass Ye by the aged


With gentle step and slow;
They have the burden of years to bear,


And the tide of their life is low
Speak kindly aS We greet them,


For their world is dim and cold,
And beaming look from youthful heaI


Is the sunlight of the. old.
And common with the aged;


Ask them of days gone by;
Ye know not what a store they have


OF boarded memory;
of hopes that like the rainbow shone,


Only to fade in tears;
And love and sorrow, change and death,
Bind their long scroll of years.
And learn We from the aged


How with the tranquil eye,
They look back on life's stormy sea
And all its vanity;
The hope deferred, the dark despair.
The daily toll and strife,
They are buried all in the waves OF time
OF the aged ask of life!
And pray We for the agedi


With tOttering steps they stand
Upon the very borders


OF the Everlasting Land
Ask for them strength in weakness,
And Faiths supporting rod;
And through Deaths cold, dark water
The strong right arm of God.
Year: 1875

| SILVER vs. GOLD MINEs-We frequently ! hear parties say that they would like to find a gold mine, believing that they are of more value and surer than those of silver. This is not borne out by the mining history of the old world nor of the Pacific Coast. There have been hundreds of failures from mines that have 'petered cut" where one has occurred in silver mines. We think that the inordinate desire to find gold mines and to get rich quickly has prevented many miners from making their pile'' who would have succeeded had they been content to settle down to solid work upon silver mines. It may seem to be slower, and may require more capital to get into working operation on silver ledges, but the race is not always to the swift. Professor Luller, who is an emi- nent authority, in his popular treatise on silver mines, says:

 Wherever in any part of the world silver mines have been worked, they are worked now, unless for some unexplainable cause, such as the lack of machinery, the existence of war, the invasion of indians, etc. We know of no silver mining regions in the world that have given out.

 The Aztecs, long before the conquest, worked silver mines in Mexico which are stiii oelhS prontaoly opeTateu. lne oiu Spanish mines, which were opened before the time of Hannibal are yet producing enormous profits, Those of South America have been worked upwards of three hundred years, with the same immense profits they are now furnishing to their owners. The Hungarian mines, which were developed by the Romans before the birth of Christ, still yields rich returns. So with the Freiburgh silver mines. which were opened in the eleventh century, and have been constantly and proiitably worked ever since. To come down to later period, we find the silver mines of California and Nevada, and in fact of the whole Pacific Coast, prove the better the deeper they are worked; the greater is their increase, not only from a more abundant supply of ore but also of a richer and better quality Pana- mint News.
Year: 1875

SEVERE FALL. - Ex-Sheriff Armstrong, who
sustained severe injuries in fall in this cty,
last winter, met with another painful injury in a
similar accident while in Philadelphia, ON Mon
day lust on his way to the depot to take the cars
improving
Year: 1875

BREATHINa THROUGH THE NosH.-Tbe
pernicious habit of breathing through
the mouth while sleeping or walking is
very hurtful. There are many persons
who sleep with their mouths open and
do not know it. They go to sleep with
it closed and wake up with it closed +:
but if the mouth is parched and dry on
awaking n is sign that the mouth has
been open during sleep. Snoring is a
certain sign. This habit should be over
come. At all times, except when eating.
drinking or speaking, keep the mouth
firmly closed and breathe through the
nostrils. and retire with firm determi.
nation to conquer. The nostrils ARE the
proper breathing apparatus--nottth
mouth. A man may inhale poisonous
gases through the mouth without being
aware of it. but not through the nose.
Year: 1875

mrs. Lincoln's Recovery Denied.


The Boston Globes Chicago correspond
ent telegraphs his paper to this ect:-"The
attempt on the part of q newspaper in this
city to work up sensation in regard to Mrs.
Lincoln is received with but little favor by
the better class Of citizens. The allegation
that she is perfectly sane, and that her i'm
prisonment at Batavia is consequently ali
outrage, is not borne out by the facts, and is
known to be utterly untrue by those who are
familiar with the circumstances. At the
time she was placed in the institution at
Batavia her insanity was very marked,
though, as is usually the case, it was not
apparent at all times. Since she has been
under treatment she has shown some i'm
provement, and it is thought probable she
will be allowed to visit her sister at Spring.
field. Like al insane persons, she is very
certain that she Is in the full possession .oi
her reason, and letters written by her To
meddlesome persons in this city have led Ia
the report that she is Improperly restrained
of her liberty. Mr.. Robert Lincoln, n. 4
said, has been unremitting In his attention
to his mother, and no one who knows the
character of the man would for . moment
accuse him Of acting wrongfully towards
her."
Year: 1875




THE GLUrs which our people have ex.
perienced since the peach season begar
have caused those who are engaged in
growing the fruit, loss which was un'
avoidable, as all the circumstances were o.
such nature as to tend that way. What
the lessons to be deduced from this are
must occur to the growers between this and
next season. Numbers have already be.
gun to give the matter serious considera-
tion, and it has been suggested that refrig-
orators be erected at the most prominent
places on the peninsula. which would aid
very materially in the preservation Of fruit.
To accomplish this, capital must be invited
here from elsewhere, and if this PROPOSE
ton succeeds in consummation we have no
doubt that it will prove, in great meas
ure the means Of preventing peach glut
hereafter SO great as the one we have just
been through, if it does not check the in
convenience altogether. The canneries
are not numerous enough to consume all
the surplus of fruit that becomes burthen
to the market, and if the growers were to
pay more attention to drying they could
turn to good account hundreds Of bushels
annually that rot, and consequently be-
come dead loss. Too much attention
cannot be given this matter, and we hope
the growers will loose no time in taking
action upon it to relieve what is now a
private loss to them as we'll as to the reve-
nue. of the State.
Year: 1875

OUR people should have an eye to their
houses, and see that they are properly se-
cured against robbers. We give this as a
warning to citizens against the tramps and
public thieves who are constantly drifting
into the city. Our police have proved
very efficient in ferreting out such charac-
ters but they are not ubiquitous, and can
not offer protection to every house unless
the owners take some precaution them
selves to avert robberies.
Year: 1875

THE SUICIDE of the president of the
Bank of California furnishes strong evi-
dence Of the humiliation and embarrass-
ment character that has borne high
reputation for superior business qualifica-
tions can suffer at any calamity which
may overthrow its brilliancy. Such a
standing Mr.. Ralston occupied previous
to the suspension of the bank. The loss
Of this standing wrought the melancholy
and remorse that led to suicide and thus
blotted from existence strong mind that
was too weak to face its own missfortun.. =.
Year: 1875

1t would be too long to relate all the uses
to which elephants are applied in Burnah.
Let us watch them at work among the
woodyar,is where the trunks Of lockwood
tree, which come floating down the river, are
piled. Every working-c!ephant is mounted
by Il driver called Il 'coruac,' whose prin-
cipal business is rather to excite the ami
nal than to direct it.


In the season when the roads are cut, the
trunks come down the bar much faster
than they can be disposed of in the saw
mills. and they accumulate in vast quanti
ties all along the banks 1t is necessary,
therefore, to drag the trees out of the W..
ter and arrange them in piles until such
time as they can be cut up. There are on
ly three sorts of piles, varying with the
size of the trees. First an elephant in the
water clears the logs from the mass and
ranges them one by one upon the river
bank. He carefully examines the chaos of
logs and proceeds with tusks and trunk to
disengage the tree he has selected and
which he intends to carry to land. AS
soon as the tree is placed on the bank
another elephant is harnessed to it and
drags it to the woodward, where he leaves
it. Two other elephants now come up, and
one of them takes one end of the log upon
his trunk and drags it to the pile upon
which, III view Of its size, it ought to be
placed, while his companion assists him by
pushing the log with all his might. As
soon as they reach the proper pile the first
elephant lifts the top of the log upon the
pile, then he forms kind of ring around
the log with his trunk, while the other with
vigorous blow of his head shoots the log
into its place. The intelligence displayed
by these animals is almost incredible, and
We should scarcely have believed it if we
had not seen their movements as described
above.
Year: 1875

Whatever you are about, pay attention
to it. Keep your mind on what you are
at. Think Of what you are doing. Close
attention is very much matter Of habit;
and it is bahit which should be Gilligcnt-
ly cultivated.


Take, for instance, the habit of mind in
reading. One law student has general
idoa that he has seen clse reported some
where, in which he rather believes q GER
ttin point arose-hc is not quite sure of
that-which was decided one way or the
othor, he don't remember which Another
student who had the same book in his
hand the same length of time, remembers
what Reports it was in, the number Of the
volume, the name of the case, the names CT
the counsel, the points that came up, the
views Of the different JUICES, if there WIS
conflict of opinion upon them. and pre-
ciscly what the decision was. He even re-
members the part of the book. the very
number Of the page where it is to be found.
In his minds eye he can see the lines. the
words, the letters. He has the habit Of
fixed attention, which all students should
strive to acquire,


The opposite extreme Of loose reading
and listening is illustrated by some anus
ing anecdotes One is Of man who said
he had recently read in some paper. he
couldn't remember where it was, of man
named Johnson-he believed his name was
Johnson-who had raised thousand bar
rels ofpotatocs to the acrc--hc believed it
was barrels, it might possibly have been
bushels; he WAS quite sure it Wis potatoes,
though possibly it might have been apples;
it seemed. "A good deal for an acre, he might
be mistaken about that really it WAS i'm
possible, it must have been more than an
acre


Another is OF an old woman who said she
had learnt a sure way to tell whether an
egg was good or not she had heard
great many before, but this was certain,
and it was so simple, too: it WAS to just
drop the egg into II pail of water and if it
WAS good it would-cithtr sink or SWIM she
really had forgotten which


1t is very good practice after laying T.
book down to take up Il pen and see how
much you can write of what you have
read. After trying it regularly for Il week
you will be pleased to find how much more
you can remember than You could at first.
SO rapidly does the habit Of concentrating
ones thoughts grow with cultivation.


Think Of what you are doing and you
will remember what you have done. Cul-
tivate the habit of keeping wide awake,
and of fixing your attention closely,
Year: 1875

A NEAR-sldHrED citizen stepped into
butchers shop, yesterday, with the lnten-
ton Of ordering six pounds of meat sent to
his house but after sitting down on the
butchers rat terrier, which was lying curled
up IN chair, the citizen changed his mind,
and went to another shop. 1t is curious
how the purpose Of the human mind is
sometimes changed by the me est trihe!
Year: 1875

1t Is related of Michael Angelo that,
while walking with some friends in an
obscure street in the city of Florence,
he discovered fine block of marble
lying neglected in yard and half
buried in dirt and rubbish. Regard
less Of his holiday attire. he at once
fell to work upon it, clearing away its
filth and striving to lift it from the
slime and mire In which itlay. His
companions asked him In astonish-
nient what he was doing and what he
wanted with that worthless piece of
rock. go, there's an angel in this
stone," was the answer, land must
get it out" He had it removed to his
studio, and with patient toll with
mallet and chisel, he let the angel
out. e.t fss tiil"


Fellow worker, do you see yon bare
footed boy, ragged and dirty, with
pert tongue and mischevious eye !?
There's an angel there, but it will take
master workman to get it out. Wilt
thou be the artist? Faith must first
behold the angel there; canst thou see
1t? Patience will be needed; hast
thou the grace? Skill, exquisite skill,
Is called for; canst thou respond :?
trayer must increasingly arise; wilt
thou pray? Love, unselfish love, must
guide the work; is it in your breast?


II SO, then take the rough block and
wash and chisel and clothe and teach
and feed and guide and watch and
love; and when your work is done the
work will immortalize the workman,
and the workman will immortalize
the work, and God will crown you
b0th.--GOOd NeVs. .er.fFT =
Year: 1875

.&ssE .sEVes sa ss


Thirty days have gone by since the Inn
portant" commenced selling out. A great
many persons have bought such as dry goods,
that did buy will tell you how we'll pleased
they are and what bargains they received.
Our orders for Spring goods were sent to our
buyer in New York in January and February
and part Of them we are receiving now. They
are without a doubt the prettiest and incest
goods ever brought To this cit, and we wish
the public to please bear lii mind that all new
goods will be sold at the same reduced prices.
the prices, and you will say the best and
cheapest place to buy goods is at the
H-an '6ofea $50 f"IMPORTANT,"t


apps ea Under Lafayette Hotel.
Year: 1875

The following calculation shows the i'm
mense value of tiny insects and worms.


Great Britain pays annually one million
dollars for the dried bodies of the insect
known as the cochineal while another,
peculiar to Indian-gum chellal, or rather
its productions scarcely less valuable.


More than fifteen hundred thousand hu-
man beings derive their sole support from
the culture and manufacture of the fbres
spun by the silk worm, of which the annual
circulating medium is about two hundred
millions of dollars. In England alone, to
say nothing Of the other parts of Europe,
five hundred thousand dollars are spent
every year in the purchase of foreign honey,
while the value of that which is native is
not mentioned and this does not include
the ten thousand pounds of wax imported
annually. Besides, there are the nut gals,
used in making ink the cantharides, or
Spanish fly, used in medicine. Nearly every
insect known contributes, in some way, to
swell commercial profits. Even the dread
ed Colorado potato bug may become use
full, as will be seen from the following note
which We clip from an exchange =


"An order just received from chemi-
cal manufacturing firm of indianapolis for
one thousand pounds of potato bugs may
be classed as one of the curiosities of com
merce. 1t has been discovered that these
insects possess qualities which make a good
substitute for the Spanish fly"
Year: 1875

4 neighbor told me how to make board
fence rapidly and chcaply last year. He
and his hired man went to the field where
the fence-posts with ends slightly sharpened
were lying along the line of the proposed
fence One man stood on platform two
and half feet high, and with heavy NAL
lets drove the posts as the other held them
in position. Eighty posts were thus put
down three feet deep in one afternoon.
The ground was free from large stones,
and the time selected was just after frost
had left the ground in the Spring. The
posts were white oak, and did not split by
being driven. The ground was so soft
that severe pounding was not necessary,
and doubtless softer wood might have been
used The fence stood frmer than where
holes had been dug and the posts regularly
set. 1t is possible this method could be
adopted on soils where there are some
stones by working a crowbar down through
the soft earth to the required depth, shov-
ing aside the stones before the post is driy-
en- down. Two stakes driven down side by
side, with room for rails between and wired
at top, make an excellent and cheap tenn
porary fence, and post driven or set three
feet, with stake beside and wired to it to
hold the rails, make fence both cheap
and durable, by driving the stake into the
ground twelve to fifteen inches, only one
wire will be needed, and that at or near
the top. Such fence takes little room,
and by using old rails and pieces of rails
need cost but little money. 1t is less Ii
able to sag than the ordinary board fence
made in the usual way.-Ecchange.
Year: 1875

across the street from the bank and COM
municated with his pals by cord laid
like telegraph wire between the ceiling
and floor of the bank and the hall above.
They had rope ladders prepared and at
tached to the back windows of the hall to
facilitate escape in case of being cut off at
the front. They had finely tempered we'd
ges of all sizes and leaden mallets to drive
them between the doors of the safe, and af-
ter reaching the interior of the vault in
which the burglar proof safe containing the
treasure was kept, they encountered the
first serious opposition. Here their skill
and ingenuity were put to the severest test,
for they could not have commenced final
operations till two or three o'clock this
morning, as the hall occupied by the lodge
until long after one o'clock. The drills
and wedges were used on the safe, and four
cans of powder containing one pound each
were used in the effort to blow it open.


The rivets were sprung and the seams
all started. Terrific explosions were heard
during the night, but the cause was not
suspected, nor was any discovery made un-
til the bank was opened for business this
morning. All the plaster had fallen from
the ceiling by the force of the conclusion,
and the entire outfit of the burglars was
found, indicating a precipitate flight just
on the verge of a tremendous success, for
few more blasts would have burst the
safe, and the millions it contained would
have been left bare to the eager clutch Of
the gang.


The safe contained large number of
private deposits of bands and considerable
specie, besides the large funds of the bank
which the officers will not enumerate now
that they have escaped the tremendous
loss. The treasure was only reached to-
night, by experts from the manufactures
of this city, as the safe was so twisted by
the blasts as to defy opening by the lock
The burglars outfit of tools and apparatus
is valued at 81 900.