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Year: 1875

BRUTA1 TREATMENT OF CHuD.-Bernard
Donnelly yesterday made complaint at the
Mayors Office OF the brutal treatment Of little
colored boy by Hester Evans, residing in Eliza
beth street, who had adopted him to raise and
bring up az her own child According to the
Testimony, the treatment of the child was OF the
most inhuman kind, the neighborhood often be-
ing alarmed at its cries of pain mingled with the
sound of the "gad." The little fellow was
about ten years OF age and his appearance indi-
Gated much suffering from the punishments in
iicted by his adopted mother. The Mayor
deemed the woman unfit to have the charge Of
children and delivered the boy over to the Trus-
tees OF the Poor and held the woman in $500
bail for her appearance at Court.
Year: 1875


services Of true men, and they dc not find
them in shoals and in the mud, but alone
and in pure water. ..4.


In the realm Of eminent requirements
and eminent integrity there is always
room enough. Let no young man Of in
dustry and perfect honesty despair be.
cause his profession or calling is crowd
ed. Let him always remember that there
is room enough at the top, and that the
question whether he is ever to reach the
top, Or rise above the crowd at the base of
the pyramid, will be decided by the way
in which he improves the first ten years
of his active life in securing to himself
thorough knowledge Of his profession
and round moral and Intellectual cul.
turc -[Dr. J. G. Holland in Scribner for
January.
Year: 1875

can scarcely secure anything of value
without some loss, perhaps the pleasure
derived from passing over shady road
during the hot weather in summer, as
we'll as the beautiful appearance of such
highways, more than compensate for the
slight losses which they entail.
Year: 1875

also three foot road, is in operation
from Leavenworth to Houlton, Sc miles


No progress has been made in extending
this line since the panic, but it is doing
a paying business in spite Of it's unfor


tunate position, sandwiched as it is in
between the two wide gauge roads, ano
ending on the open prairie 1t is evi
dently the meat of the sandwich, how.
ever, for its outlying neighbors have
both defaulted their interest, proving


with all their land grants and through
traffic, to be less remunerative as an il


vestment than this little road, dependent


entirely upon its local business; indeed


had the Kansas Central been built on the
Year: 1875

we have yet to learn of sny serious one


yet occurring on foot road, or of any
accident whatever traceable to the mar
rowing Of gauge. A car was once over'
turned by a whirlwind on the Denver
and Rio Grande, ,tbut under the same Cir
cumstances the same thing would have
happened to a wide gauge car, and, even
in this instance, neither car. nor. passen


gers were seriously injured. The fact
that the bodysof a narrow gauge car is
placed so much nearer the ground serves
greatly to diminish the danger when one
gets off the track. :
THE wYANDoTTE, KANSAS CITY D. NORTH
Year: 1875

Charles Nordhoff, in the character of a
Methodist layman, enters a ringing protest
against the effort of any Methodist Bishop
to commit the Church to third term. He
says that Bishop Haven has done great
deal at the South to widen the breach
between Northern and Southern Metho-
dists, and to weaken the bond of brother
hood between the sections, or at least to in
crease causes of irritation. Hecloses a letter
to the Herald on the subject by a sharp COM
plant of the conduct of Methodist clergy
men, in endeavoring to usetheirinfiuence at
the White House for political purposes. He
says OF this course: 1T seems to me dis.
honorable, and they have undoubtedly and
within my own painful experience brought
contempt and disgrace upon the Metho-
dist name by such misconduct. In nv
judgement and in that of many other Meth
odlsts the favor in which our more proni.
nent clergy have been held at the White
House, and consequently in the depart-
ments, during number of years, has had
an evil influence upon them, and has
worked badly for the Church. For NV
part should be very happy if the next
PRESIDENT should prove to have an uncon-
querable aversion to all Methodist clergy
men. 1t would be a fortunate thing for
the denomination ~.
Year: 1875

lie in heavy trance,


With world of dream without me.
Shapes of shadow dan ce


In wavering bands about me;
But at times some mystic things
Appear in this phantom lair,
That almost seem to me visitings
Of Truth known elsewhere.
The world is wIde-these things are small
They may be nothing, but they are all.
A prayer in an hour of pain,


Begun in an undertone,
Then lowered, as it would fain
Be heard by the heart alone;
A threb when the soul is entered,
By light that is lit above,
Where the God of Nature has centered
The Beauty Of Love
The world is wide-these things are small.
They may be nothing, but they ale all
A look that is telling tale


Which looks alone dare tell,
When n cheek is no longer pale,
That has caught the glance as i: fell;
A touch, which seems to unlock
Treasures unknown as yet,
And the bitter-sweet first shock,
One never can forget;
The world is wide. these things are small,
They may be nothing. but they are all.
A sense of earnest will


To help the lowly-living
And terrible heart thrill


If you have no power of giving:
An arm of aid to the weak,
A friendly hand to the friendless,
Kind words. so short to speak,
But whose echo is endless.
The world lie wide, these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are ALL.
The moment we think we have learnt
The love of the AllWise One,
By which we could stand unburnt
On the ridge of the seething sun.
The moment we grasp at the clue,
Long lost and strangely riven
Which guides our souls to the True,
And the Poet to Heaven.
The world is wide, these things are small
If they be nothing, what is there at all ?


Lord Hoaghton.
Year: 1875

GSANO
Do you hear the scandalm ongers
Passing by,
Breathing poison in whisper,
In q sigh7
Moving cautiously and slow,
Smiling sweetly as they 20,
Never noisy-gliding smoothly like snake;
Slipping here and slipping there,


Through the meadow fresh and fair,
Leaving subtle slime and poison in their wake.
Saw you not the scandal monger


As she sat,
Beaming brightly meath the roses


In her hat
In her dainty gloves and dress,
Angellike and nothing less
Seemed she. casting smiles and pleasant words about
Once she shrugged and shook her head
Raised her eyes and nethfAg said
When sou spoke of friends, and yet it left doubt
Did you hear the scandalmonger


At the ball.
Through the music, rhythm, beauty.
Light and all
Moving here and moving there,
With whisper light as air
Casting shadow on eister- woman's fame.
Just a whisper. word or glance
AS she hoated through the dance:
All the world lie busy with spotless name.
You will and the scandal-mongers


Everywhere;
Sometimes men, but often women,


Young and fair.
Yet their tongues drop foulest slime.
And they spend their leisure time
Casting mud on those who climb by work and worth.
shun them, shun them as you 60
Shun them, whether high or low:
They are but the cursed serpents of the earth.
Year: 1875

From the Bowling Green Paragraph.


Mr.. William B. Winans has in his pos


session remarkable gum and one that has


an unwritten and partly unknown history


more remarkable than the weapon itself.
As to where it was made, or by what train
of circumstances its death-dealing crack
became a sound of terror along the Ten
| nessee and Cumberland rivers during the
earlier years of the late war, we shall not


pretend to say. Certain it is that many a
Federal soldier bit the dust during the Fort


Donaldson and Shiloh campaigns, being
laid low by the buzzing bali which sped
from her dread muzzle, the trigger drawn
with steady finger, infallible sight and


deadly aim. The very sound of the gun


became known and familiar, and an omi-


nous one along infantry skirmish lines, and


the sharp-shooters. Near the time of the


battle of Shiloh some infantry had been


employed in skirmish or accommodating


duty in the deep tangled woods. Crack,


bang, boom roared at intervals the old gun


i'll the distance, at every discharge laying a


soldier stiff and stark in death, with uner


ring accuracy. Shift their positions as they


might, the gun would bang away, and with


hiss and thud, there would be one SOL


dier less. The direction of the fire was as


certained, and the entire regiment or party


was ordered to charge toward it without


knowing where or what it was. On they


went, losing a man at every few PAGES.


Nothing was accomplished, and the party


returned, leaving the murderous gun crack
ing away as they retreated. Shortly after


ward the old fire lock was heard again
with her murderous music 1t was resoly-
ed at all hazards to find and capture the
Internal machine. After persistent efforts,
tall, raw-boned, grizzle- bearded, large
sized Texas ranger was discovered i'll the
foliage of a tall tree, from among the
branches of which he was picking off his
foes as well as he had picked up hundreds
before. With his iron visage, piercing eye
and unquailing nerve, there he sat fierce as
the untamed jaguar. Brought to bay, he
continued to load and shoot with deadly
aim till brought down, and the famous gun
was captured. 1t afterward fell into the
hands of the late Bone Lucas, and finally
friend Winans became and is now it's Gus
todian. 1t is gun of immense calibre,
being near eight feet long, with a smooth
bore, single barrel, large enough to admit
a small sized walnut. 1t is quite a curiosi
ty, and a relic Of the past, and, could it's
talk, could tell of many death-shots
that bad passed it's steel-rimmed and blaz-
ing lips.
Year: 1875

From the Boston Journal.


A sigular and serious accident occurred
| i'll the village of South Natick, Mass, Oh
Monday evening, by which one man was
seriously and another one probably fatally
injured. 1t seems that a Mr.. Knight who
has charge of a gang of hands employed on
that section of the Sunbury river conduit,
drove up to the store in South Natick
about seven o'clock, and left Patrick Ryan,
a young man eighteen years old. who is
employed on the works in the carriage.


Mr.. Knight, who had been loading rocks,


had carelessly put a charge Of nitro slycer-


inc in his pocket, and it had slipped into


the lining of his coat. When he attempt


ed to get into the carriage this cartridge in


some way struck against the seat and ex-


ploded. Both of the men were thrown


from the wagon quite distance by the


force of the explosion. Mr.. Knights


clothing on the side was torn into shreds


and the flesh was torn badly from his side


and hip. His injuries, though severe and


painful, are not considered dangerous The


force of the explosion struck Ryan in the
abdomen, tearing off the flesh SO as to leave


the intestines bare. 1t is thought that his
injuries will prove fatal. The first sensa-
ton experienced by Mr.. Knight after the
explosion was that he had been shot.
Year: 1875

WAsHINGToE, November 24.-Postmas-
ter-General Jewell had conference yester-
day with several publishers, and, it is said,
formally discussed the question of the re-
peal of the law imposing double rate of
postage on third-class mail matter After
the discussion, the Postmaster-G General said


he supposed all publishers were interested


in having the postage on books put back at


the old rate, and that he would consider the


matter and give his opinion respecting it in
communication he was preparing for Con-
gress. He said he had heard great deal
of talk about the Department charging


more for sending matter to Chicago than it
charged for sending such matter to Liver
pool or Russia, but that he didn't think it


was generally known that it did cost more.
The expenses of his department were thir-
ty-fYe million, while the receipts were
twenty-seven million, and with deficit of
eight million staring them in the face, he
doubted if Congress would look favorably
on the proposition to reduce the postage on
magazines and books.
Year: 1875

Neither the Leader nor any othel
Republican paper in the northern
part of the State, or anywhere else


need be troubled by any apprehen


sion that Hamilton county Repubi


cans are going to ''sulk in then
tents" They are going to do then
level best. Gov. Hayes will have nc
heartier or more honest support any
where than he will get from the Re
publican supporters of Judge Taft.
If our opponents are counting on
disahection or lukewarmness, they
would do well to undecsive them,
selves at once. Business is meant
Year: 1875

Tho Republicans of Ohio enter on
the canvass for the State officers
with good candidates and sensible
platform. Hayes is strong man, as
was proved by the determination Of
an overwhelming majority of the
Convention to choose him in spite of
his repeated refusals to accept the
nomination. The men whom Office
seeks, and who do not seek office,
are the kind the country and the par
ty need.-TN. Y. Times.
Year: 1875

Every Business man should use neatly printed
Bill Heads and Statements We can furnish them
nearly as cheap as you can buy the blank paper.
$3.50.


All other Printing in proportion, at the


sep16d NEWS OFt1CE.
Year: 1875

Probably there is no complaint that affiicts the
human system, which is so little understood at the
present time, of the varied forms of Kidney
Complaints.


There is no disease which causes such acute pair
or more alarming in its results than when the kid
neys fail to secrete from the blood the uric acid
and other poisonous substances, which the blood
accumulates in its circulation through the system.
the functions deyolving upon them, the cumulation:
are taken up by the absorbents and the whole sys
TEN thrown into a state of disease, causing great
pain and suffering, and very often immediate
death. Hence the Importance of keeping the kid
neys and blood in a healthy condition, through
which all the impnrities of the body must pass.
Year: 1875

was introduced to the people. He said his
health was too feeble to permit him to say
much, and asked to be excused for sitting
while he spoke. He narrated many inter-
esting recollections of his early life in
this county. Among other incidents he
Year: 1875

tax-fghting lawyers, hope to get all and more
than their property given for the straet is
worth, and to pay little or nothing for the
advantage Of having tho street. They, want
front on Dearborn street, whereby the
value Of their property will be improved from
$3.50 to 5000 q foot, but want other people who
get no be1efit from it to pay the cost. This
project may be defeated if the city can CON-
mand the proper testimony. But, while real
estate dealers are anxious enough to testify
in behalf Of the property holders, it is next
to impossible to drag them out in behalf OF
the city. We have given the matter proni-
nence at this time in order that taxpayers
may not plead ignorance Of the proceedings.
Let those who ore interested in saving the
city half million or more in general taxes
come to the front and take some setion
in the matter. Let large property-cwners
60 in person to the Board Of Public Works
and volunteer their evidence as to the just
distribution Of the benefits and damages. II
they fail to do so, we do not want to hear
any whining about the Outrage" after it
shall have been consumnated- Something
may be done now to prevent it, and if the
opportunity be neglected there will be no
help for it later. The taxpayers at large
will be mu1cted in the sum Of $500, 900 to
800, GOO to open the street for the benefit Of
people on Third and Fourth avenues.
Year: 1875

| The elections will take place, as now, IN


November; and. ii the charter be adopted IN
August, the Mayor and other officers Will be


elected this fall ...
The charter contains two provisions which


will commend it to the approval Of every


reputable citizen. These are that the salary


Of no officer shall exceed 5000 year, and


that the annual ta1-levy shall not exceed
fifteen mills on the dollar. This last restric-
ton is absolutely necessary, and will operate


most benedcially to taxpayers. 1t vii


result probably in making the one


and a half Per cent the permanent rate


OF taxation, and within the revenue
produced by that rate all expenditures must
be confined It viii necessitate economy, it
will cut of costly jobs, and will force the City
Government to live within its income. Now
the Common Council has m almost unlimited
discretion, aud nay levy tax Of three per
cent whenever it pleases.


The new charter does not abolish the old
one save in these particulars where the two
are inconsistent. The City Govern1pent retains
all its old powers, subject to such modifca-
l1ouS IL LH6 agencies Huu tuOQE6 Oh Executing
them es are provided in the new. The public
have four months in which to consider this
charter before voting to accept it


The main md only objection urged against
it is that, i the people elect dishonest and
corrupt Mayor, and i they elect corrupt,
dishonest Board Of Council and Board Of
Aldermen, then the corrupt and dishonest
Mayor, with his Legislative associates in the
Government, may do the city more or less
damage. While this is true, it is equally true
OF the old charter, and would be equally true
of any charter that could be framed The
possibilities of election are in no wise changed,
and tbs opportunities for fraud and corrup-
ton are much greater under the present
charter than nnder the new one. Now, every
body in Office is independent; each officer
runs his own branch of the service frt,e Of all
to any other officer. Under
the new charter each man is accountable for
all his acts to the rest of the Government,
and can exercise no uncontrolled power or
authority.
Year: 1875

COFFEE.-COffee should be Drowned at
least twice week, and kept in air tight
canisters, and only ground just Immediately
before using Pick the green coffee care
fully over, shake it in cOlander to free it
from dust, and rub it in a CLOTH While
roasting stir it constantly; the moment
the berry crackles and becomes crisp
enough to pulveriZe, it is sufficiently roast
ed. Stir in a small piece of butter the size
OF a walnut, and put the coffee steaming
hot into an air-tight canister. For making
put your ground coffee into bowl with
just sufficient cold water to mOisten it :;
beat in an egg, she'll and all; mix it well
through the coffee. Rinse your coffee.
boiler out with boiling water; put in the
coffee, and pour over it the required amount
OfbOiling water. Lett it boil fifteen minutes
When it begins to boil stir it frequently,
and never leave it until the grounds sink.
Pour little from the spout, in order to re-
move the grounds that may have boiled
into it, and pour it back into the pot. 1t
is very much better if served without de
canting it. Allow one tablespoonful of
ground coffee for each person, and one for
the pot, and add three pints of boiling
water to seven spoonfuls of coffee.


TOCLEAN BRASs.-Brass ornaments should
be first washed with strong lye made of
rock alum, in the proportion of one ounce
of alum to pint of water; when dry, rub
with leather and fine tripoli. This will
give TO brass the brilliancy of gold.


To CLEAN GoLD.-Powder some whiting.
and make it into moist paste with some
sal volatile. Cover over the gold orna-
ments and surface with a soft brush let it
dry and then brush it off with moderately
hard brush.


\ hole in tin dish may be mended by
cleaning around its edge, sprinkling on a
little rosin, putting on a lump of solder and
heating the other side with lamp or other
wise, until the solder melts.


BED BUGs.-To destroy these pests on
bedsteads wash frequently with strong alum
water.
Year: 1875

THE IMPORTANCE OF A CHANGE OF SEED.-
Take two separate parcals of wheat, the
one raised about bone and the other saw
five hundred miles off; they may both
look alike, be of very little or no difference
in weight, measure the same, be even of
the same variety, and, if subjected to chem
ical alalysis, found to be substantially the
same; and yet, if both are sown contiguous
to each other, the product of the one
brought from distance will greatly exceed
that OF the other. This shows the advan-
tage of change of seed. The fact exists,
whether susceptible of explanation or not.
Year: 1875

BREEDING PIGs.-Says the Baltimore IS,n .
Now Is the time to breed pigs for the next
season. Every intelligent and progressive
farmer knows that it is as unnecessary as
1t IS improbable to keep hogs over the
winter, except such as are intended for
breeders. If they have the blood-and
there is no excuse for keeping inferior
stOck-pigs farrowed in March or April
can be made to weigh "a much or more by
Christmas as those which come several
months sooner. And if warm pens are
provided the sows during CESSATION and
proper care taken the pigs may be dropped
as early as the month of February. In any
case, in order to make hogs pay it is of
primary importance to have improved
stock, and to provide the sows with dry.
comfortable and well Uttered pens. and
turn them in with the boar in October or
November, but in no case later than
December.
Year: 1875

POTATOES FOR HORSEs-Nearly every
winter when have my horses up in the
stable, think that | will call the atten-
ton Of your readers TO the practice of feeding
potatoes to their horses. once came near
losing very valuable horse from feeding
him dry hay and oats with nothing loosen
ing. | have never believed in dosing a
horse with medicine, but something is
actually necessary to keep horse in the
right condition. Many use powders, but
potatoes are better, and safer, and cheaper,
if fed judiciously.


If those who are not in the habit of feed
ing potatoes to horses will try them, they
viii be astonished at the result. | have
known horse changed from lazy dumpish
one, to quick, active, headstrong animal
in five days by simply adding two quarts of
potatoes to his feed daily. If very much
clear corn meal Is fed they do not need so
many potatoes.


Too many potatoes are weakening and
so are too many apples. When was a lad
was away from home at school one winter,
and had the care of one horse, one yoke of
oxen and one COW, every one of which l
had to card or curry every day. The horse
had three pals of water, four quarts of oats,
two quarts small potatoes and two quarts of
corn extra every day he worked, with what
hay he wanted, and stronger and more
active horse, of his inches, have never yet
seen.-t6T. Country Gentlemen.
Year: 1875

The writer once lost large jar of butter
down well, where it remained for three
years. On cleaning the well the butter was
found ODE perfectly good, except an inch
on the top. Good butter will keep anv
length of time when completely excluded
from the air, in cool place. Prairie
Farmer
Year: 1875

SMALL THREsHING MAcHINEs.-Thev have
small threshing machine in use in
Switzerland which is carried by one horse
or two men andwhich is said to do its work
exceedingly well at the rate of ten bushels
an hour. 1t sells for $50, and is in general
use on the small farms in that country.