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Year: 1875

In Missouri there are two desperadoes
who appear to regard the constituted
authorities of the State with q degree of
contempt which may perhaps have iusti
fication when it is considered how long
they have pursued their criminal career
unchecked. They are known as the
James brothers, and their home is in
Clay county, though their depredations
have not been confined to any particular
locality. They are the sons of re-
spectacle preacher, but taking the field
during the late war as guerrillas, they
developed into audacious freebooters
after it ended, and by their reckless
daring seem to have completely cowed
the communities which they have in
tested A short time ago party of
private detectives attempted their cap
ture, and rosorted to the plan of throw
ing torpedoes into their house in the
night time, with the expectation, prob
ably, that the James boys would rush
out if they were in the house, OF per-
'haps be drawn thither if they were
secreted in the neighborhood. The ex-
pedient failed, though the explosion cost
the mother of the outlaws an arm, and q
boy, who was half brother to them, his
life. This was considered an outrage
more atrocious than any committed by
the brothers themselves, and created a
certain degree of sympathy for them.
At the last session of the Missouri
Legislature a bill was introduced to
grant these men amnesty for all their
misdeeds, and while it was pending they
kept tolerably quiet. But as it failed,
they have taken to the war path again,
their first victim being neighbor named
Askew, an inofensive farmer who was
suspected, though without any sufficient
evidence, of having harbored one of the
detectives in the torpedo affair. He was
shot down in cold blood, and as the man
had been threatened, and as there is no
reason to suppose that any one else had
any motive for the crime, they are ac-
cused of it. Whether this new atrocity
will have any effect in stimulating the
proper authorities to effective action re-
mains to be seen.
Year: 1875

There is no part of the year, says the
Tribune, when greater care and wisdom
in the adjustment of ones clothing to
the weather is required than in spring.
We are so glad to lay aside thick winter
garments and array ourselves in fresh,
CHEEKY, light attire, that frequently our
inclinations lead us to overstep the
bounds of prudence. Not until the end
of May, hardly before the middle of
June, will it be safe to lay aside fannels
next the person. Indeed, children, aged
people, and invalids should wear thin
flannel undergarmentS daring even the
heated season, and even those IN the
most robust health will find it to their
advantage often during the summer to
put on flannel during parts of the day or
on cold and rainy days. Especially those
living near the sea shore and in malari-
GUS districts need to keep careful guard
over themselves and adjust their cloth
ing to the rise and fail of the mercury in
the thermometer, and to the changes Ill
the direction of the wind The secret OF
good health does not lie as some think
in total disregard to the demands of the
body, in getting toughened to cold,
hunger and roughness, but in prompt,
uniform, implicit obedience to the laws
of hygiene, especially in relation to diet,
exercise, sleep and clothing. So we will
not be in hurry to part with our warm
wraps and comfortable overcoats, but,
taking hints from nature, gradually en-
robe ourselves in garments growing
thinner and lighter, as the leaves of the
trees deepen from the first tender green
of the opening leaf-bud to the rich,
full luxuriance of mid-Jqne, and the
summer splendor of July and August.


Our stoves and CRATES we will not be
in haste to put away. Many cool
morning and evening it will be pleasant
to watch the firelight and bask in the
genial warmth of glowing Goals, or the
fascinating flames of spicy birch faggots,
honest oak and sturdy hickory.
Indeed there should be one room
in every household where, during
the summer, quick fire may be
kindled for warmth and cheer
and health. I ...f


By thus taking pains to keep away
dampness from our houses and chilliness
from our persons, we shall stop many
secret drain ON health, save doctors
bills, and prevent hours of weariness and
pain. # t-. ......
Year: 1875

An hour later she would emerge from
her apartment, always in company with
her cousin, Miss Flanders, eat her
lunch with some appetite, and then walk
among the cliffs, or sit quietly with her
crochet work under tree, sometimes
singing or grooming in a low, murmur-
ing tone, or would sometimes, on bright
afternoons, enter into general converse
tion, so general and sane that it was i'm
possible, utterly impossible, to observe
or remember her weakness of mind.


And SO she continued day by day, with
little or no change, till as autumn ad-
vanced, and the many summer guests
began their fittings, /, too, must de-
part for other places. Mrs. Mansfield
had begun to seem quite natural, and
her cousin did not hesitate to follow her
about, or conduct her wherever her fancy
might lead. She sang sweetly, and con-
versed pleasantly, and often in their
rambles 1 was invited to join. Mrs.
Mansfield was a study TO me, and we
began to hope that she would recover
her mental vigor. If that coach would
only cease its comings, she might have
few and rare reminders of him whom
she was awaiting; but it was not to be.


1t was to be the last day of my So
journ, and Mrs. Mansfield, with Miss
Flanders and myself, were seated near
the edge of precipice where we had
often been before, to gaze upon and
admire the changing scenery below, as
the setting orb behind us showed sun and
shade on different objects in the valley,
and the retiring rays glanced upon the
changing leaves, futtering in their
autumn dress.


1t was beautiful and glorious sight,
the rich autumnal tints illumined by the
setting sun-the far-off villages that dot
ted along in little patches from place to
place-here little grove of trees, there
pretty stream winding in its course,
and everything in nature in perfectkeep
ing. We longed for a spyglass to see
even better than we did; but the varied
scenery was sufficient, or ought to have
been; but when ever was man or woman
fully satisfied?


Well, we had sat in this way for nearly
an hour; our talk was general, entirely
so-mostly in reference to the scenery,
comparing the view before us with other
prospects elsewhere, and trying to i'm
agine what would be the effect if certain
parts were differently arranged and
grouped-mere idle wonderings, nothing
more. In this conversation Mrs. Mans
field seemed to be especially happy and
light hearted. At a time when Miss
Flanders was relating to us some inter-
esting occurrence that seemed to chain
our attention, Mrs. Mansfield suddenly
rose, without warning, cried out,
"There he is !" and reaching out her
arms as if to embrace her husband,
sprang forward into the air.


The jagged rocks received her far be-
low as she fell lifeless among them. We
took her up carefully and tenderly, and
she now restsby the side of her husband.
Years have passed since the tragic occur
renee, but the writer never thinks of the
Catskills without the scene coming up
before him in vivid colors, and a thrill
of horror fills his soul as he thinks of
the catastrophe he witnessed.
Year: 1875

A coroner of New York held an inquest
on the body of John Mccormack, who
died from asphyxia, from swallowing a
fishbone while at supper at friends
house. Mccormack, after leaving the
table, complained of pain in his throat
He went to a dispensary, but the physi-
clan in charge was unable to get the bone
out. The deceased, when he attempted
to swallow anything, suffered excru-
ciating pain. He had eaten nothing for
some days before his death. BY advice
of his physician he went to the Reose-
velt hospital, where he was taken with a
weakness as soon as he was placed upon
q bed. A coroner made a post nlortena
examination and found death was due to
asphyxia from the pressure on the
trachea of q large abscess in the @sopha-
gus, resulting from swallowing and lodg-
ment Of fish bone The jury rendered
q verdict accordingly. assn
Year: 1875

The hard times of the past year, says
the Sun, have so increased the number of
tramps throughout the country that they
are becoming an intolerable nuisance to
the inhabitants of interior towns, as well
as to the farmers and others who live in
isolated dwellings on the great thorough
fares. From Boston through Massachu-
setts, Connecticut, New York, and New
Jersey to Philadelphia, isthe mostpopu-
lar route of these vagrants, the great
mass of whom are not workingmen
thrown out of employment, but great
hulking fellows who would starve before
they would do an honest days work,
though they will tramp from one town
to another, begging-many of them pill
fering when they have an opportunity
and sleeping in police stations in towns
and in wayside barns in the country,
from one months end to another without
cessation. 1t is estimated that there are
usually 3d. 900 of these vagrants roaming
about Massachusetts alone, while the
Western newspapers describe them as
overwhelming that part of the country
like vermin. 1t is curious to watch these
fellows in a suburban town on morning
after snow storm. After nights sleep
in the police station they will hang
around the place, refusing all offers to
earn few honest shillings by shoveling
snow, and waiting until the sidewalks are
all nicely cleaned, they will start off in
couples to hunt upa breakfast, frequent
ly visiting two or three houses in sue
ceesion in order to lay in a stock of pro-
visions that will last them through the
day. In Massachusetts law has been
passed for the especial benefit of these
gentry. 1t provides that when they ap-
ply to the authorities of any city OF town
for food or lodging, if their application
is granted they may be made to perform
a reasonable amount of labor in return
for such food or lodging, and may be
detained until such labor is performed,
but not beyond the hour of eleven in the
forenoon. If they refuse to perform the
work offered them they can then be
prosecuted and sent to the State work
house, or punished as otherwise pro-
vided by law. The nature of the work
to be required of the tramps is not speci-
fed, but it is fair to presume that in
genuity will result in finding something
for them to do which will not only be
useful but sufficiently irksome to the
professional vagrant to render him unde-
sirous of further trespass upon the I'm.
willing hospitality of those who have fed
and lodged him. The example of Mas
sachusetts in this regard might be imi
tated to advantage in other States. Oh
course there are many foot travellers who
are in search of employment, and who
are really deserving of assistance; but il
is easy to distinguish these from the
regular tramp.
Year: 1875

A French scientific paper suggests
that birthstone should be carried on
board every ship for use in case of fire.
Half hundred weight (thirty kilos) of
birthstone would be sufficient to abstract
the whole of the oxygen from one hun
dred cubic meters of air, thus rendering
it untitled to support combustion. In a
closed space, like ships hold, the sui
phrirous gas produced by the burning of
the birthstone would penetrate where
water from the decks could not be
brought to bear, and the density of the
gas would prevent its rising or spreading
if care were taken to close the matches
carefully with wet sails, etc. 1t is sug-
gested that the birthstone should be
made up in the form of large matches,
the ends of which could be passed
through scuttles prepared for them in
the decks or bulkheads in case of need.
1t is asserted that twenty to twenty five
francs worth of birthstone would be suf-
ficient to stiHe and annihilate all traces
of combustion in an air space of one
thousand cubic meters capacity,
Year: 1875

We are pleased to learn thattho Con-
Rervatlve DesnOc. ats of Brunswick
county nave nominated MIR. David S
Co"an for Convention. We hail this
nomination with great satisfaction and
pleasure Mr.. Cowan viii make his
people faithful, intelligent and zeal
ou4 representative, in whom they can
and will place the utmost confidence


We have no doubt he will make a
thorough aud vigorous canvass of the
county, for he does nothing by halves.
We know the people of Brunswick
well, and we are sure that they ara
just the people TO appreciate the yos
tive merits Of a gentleman like MIR.
Cowan, as his nomination amply testi-
fes. We predict for him q triumphant
election and useful service i'll behalf
of his people and section in the Con
ventiOn.
Year: 1875

The New York correspondent OF tt e
Boston Journal says: "From tie time
the General stood kicking his heels en-
the intels Of the State House at
Springfield 20 the present moment he
has been distinguished for good luck.
He always comes down Oh his feet.
An excited Democrat uttered quite
philosophical truth the other day on
this matter: "Grant's the luckiest dog
alive. / never saw anything like it.
They have cornered him q dozen times
and he wasn't there. They have in
vestigated him with the hostile COM
mittees, and it is no use. They ex-
pected to catch him in the San Domin-
SO matter. The Jay Cooke failure
ruined him financially, only he had Mt
any money in that bank. The Credit
Mobilier was to use him up, but it
only scorched the men that tried to
put him in. Now, this book of Sher-
mans would kill any other man but
Grant. When l read it L was sure the
General would have to come to the
front. Just here his luck came in.
Sherman has struck SO many men
Democrats as we'll as Radicals-and
they are SO ready for the fray, that
these men will fight the battle with
Sherman, and the President will quiet
Iy smoke his cigar in the White House
and saw as susual-uothiro "a
Year: 1875




As this IS u year Of CenteuiaIs and
Reunions, we desire TO propose re-
union which will not only prove q
very pleasant, but an interesting and
profitable one. We propose that the
survivors of the battle OF Fort Fisher
shall meet II this city during the week
Of~our next Fair to be held on the OH,
10th, 11th and 18th days Of November.


We make this suggestion because We
believe il Will be most pleasant for the
heroes Of that seige to meet together
and revisit the scenes of their heroism
and sufferings, and 10 mingie together
once more before they pass away.


And III the second place, We desire
to see some measures taken to write
a full and accurate history of the seige
and fight. Little is known in regard
to it by the Southern people, and we
know Of nc better means of getting a
reliable account written than by get
ting the actors toge her, and appoint
ing one Of their number to write up
the record, each actor giving him the
benefit Of his personal 1ecollections.


North Carolina and the other States
whose troops fought there cannot al
ford to let the history OF that transac-
ton be lost or be told 10y those who
fought against us.


What says Colonel Lamb What say
his noble comrades, to our proposi-
ton? Let them meet by all Means
We want to see the reunion We want
to see some history written and some
tangible evidence nnd reminder of
that great event; We want to see some
thing done TO properly mark the rest
ing place Of the Commanding General,
vino lies buried III Green wood.
Year: 1875

''Gath, the Intelligent Washington
correspondent of the st. Louis Times,
writes:


''The social circle at the Republican
capital is Democratic, and sometimes
ludicrously SO. For example,


THE CABINET MINISTER'S


and their wives differ in natural mag
nitude more than the planets. Ham
ilton Fish is the son of an aide-de-
camp to General Washington, II de
scendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the
sterling Dutch Governor Of New York
two centuries and half ago, and both
in his extraction and character is an
aristocrat, or could be if he chose.
Next 10 him is Williams, a frontier
Judge, who has rolled over from State
TO State, stopping finally at the brink
Of the Pacific. There IS Belknap, son
of an old officer OF the regular army,
cheek by jowl with RObeson, com
monpiace and obscure Jersey county
politician. Jewel, brought up as a
mechanic and enriched i'll the leath-
er manufacture, sharp in money
transactions and with the soul of q
salesman animated by the gregarious-
ness of a bon vivant, takes his place
beside the bland old DelanO, who Is
a perfected type of the country note
shaving advantage taker at large. Yet,
these men not only assemble political
ly, but they get on socially like a set
of boys, and if their wives ever wbis-
per against each other, it is only when
the gas is turned low and the dame re-
lieves her mind while her honorable
husband is stretching out for his
sleep. If they did talk about each
other, what q rumpus there would be,
as # you can see from the Internal
commotion made over Mrs. Williams.
It most generally happens to the pub
lie man, when lie has made his a appear-
ance Mt the capital, that his wife, de
lighted with his political success and
her own pleasant surroundings, works
faithfully to neutralize any unpopular
ity he may have"
Year: 1875

ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.-A
Commercial correspondent reports the
following attempt to wreck a train on
the Delaware Railroad, near Middle.
town, Saturday; The train due here
at 7:45 was coming down at the usual
speed, and when between Armstrong; s
and this town, the engine struck a
half dozen OF old cross ties that had
been laid directly across the track
Samuel Barnes, the engineer, reversed
his engine, and put on athe air brakes
in moment, and when the tain
stopped bar of railroad iron was dis
covered lying across the track just in
front of the engine, showing that the
malicious persons were determined to
throw the train from the track by one
of these two distractions.


Nothing about the engine was brok.
en- except the pump, and it was con.
tinued on the trp. A majority OF
the passengers were not aware of the
occurrence; one gentlemen from this
town did not even notice the sudden
stopping of the train. A walk to the
scene did not disclose any damage to
the track, although the ties were found
broken very much,
Year: 1875

LADIES SUITS AND CLoAKs-F. L.
Frank, 5l1 Market street is closing out
the large and we'll selected stock of
ladies alpaca and poplin dresses and
ladies cloaks and coats at extraordi-
nary low prices; they are made of first
class material and in the latest style
they will be sold for just what the
material cost, regardless of making and
trimming. Call at Franks. 511 Market
street and secure bargain.
Year: 1875

Let the country congratulate Itself
upon the fact, that the cost of entertain
ing King Kalakaua cost the United State
only little over $4,000 That it wa,
not thrice as much, is the thing that sur
prises.
Year: 1875

Cotton is fully recovered, and bear
ing his confinement with considerable
spirit. Mrs. Norton is more nervous,
crying good deal, woman fashion,
and receiving much sympathy from
some of the soft-hearted ladies who
visit her, though they unite in won
dering what fascination she could find
in Cotton, who has not even good looks
to recommend him; but, of course,
tastes differ, and he may have seemed
beautiful in her eyes, compared with
her less prerossessing husband. 1t is
thought they will try to act a change
of venue, as the feeling is SO strong
against them in this eounry.


The Republican, over which we
chanted a lively little dirge yesterday,
flames fitfully up again, like disor-
dered lamp that fiickers quite out of
sight for an instant to blaze feebly
forth again before going out in dark
hess. The Republican died out very
naturally, by easy stages and it was
pardonable to suppose it quite extinct
when it flickered out of sight the 9TH
er morning. But we do not consider
the obituary we gave it wasted, for
it will answer just as well when the
feeble blaze does cease to burn.
Year: 1875

No man becomes honest till he has
got face to face with God. There is q
certain insincerity about us ALA
something dramatic. One of those
dreadful moments which throw us
upon ourselves and strip off the hol-
lowness of our outside show, must
come before the insincere is true.-E
w RObPrtSOn
Year: 1875

1t has been found by experiment
that when n tensile strain (that is Il
pulling or tearing STRAIN is applied
to bar of IRON, or other metal, it
is stretched before it parts. A prop
er weight applied to any iron bar,
whatever its size, will tear it apart.


Befere the tearing strain is reached,
the bar will stretch in proportion
to It's size and the strain. If the
strain does not exceed one-fifth that
of the tearing strain, the bar will,
by its own elasticity, recover itself,
and assume its original length. A
million successive strains, provided
they do not exceed this elasticity,
may be applied to tho bar, aud ev-
ry time it will recover itself and be
uninjured. The greatest strain that
the bar will bear without being
permanently stretched is called its
limit of elasticity. Exceed this
limit, and the bar Will be perma-
nently elongated and become set
When a bar has become thus per.
manentiy set its value is greatly
impaired. The tensile strain can
no longer be applied with safety.
Every pull increases the set, and
after a few applications, it tears
apart. Furthermore, when the
limit of elasticity is reached, the
very character of the iron is chang
ed. 1t becomes brittle, and less
able to resist sudden pull. It's
"llfe" seems to depart, and its end
is so N reached. This limit Of elias
ticty represents the ultimate
strength of the bar, and.t lis recon
cd at one-iitth its tensile limits, or
the point of which 1t breaks.


The human brain has its limit of
eIasticity-its ultimate strcuth. 1t
will do II certain amount of work
IN one day without injury. Give a
nights rest or days Idleness, and
it will recover and be as good as
ever, The strain can be enormous
~ increased, but like the iron bar,
the brain will "set." 1t will give
way, stretched and become fixed.
Apply the strain IL few times more
and 1t will exceed its tensile limit
and break. The doctors will give
it learned name, and the unwise
will cal it stroke Of Providence.
The mechanic will call it a "bad
SET" or n "tear," or "rupture."
X eep within the limit of montal
elasticity, and one may do the same
amount of mental work every day.
Let each nights rest recover the
stretch, and the brain may be
stretched again million times.
Exceed the ultimate mental
strength, carry the weariness of one
day over into the next, and mental
set will be established. Then the
whole mental character will be
changed. The next pull will
stretch it more, and soon it gives
way in total rupture. The secret Of
success is, never to exceed the limit
OF elasticity, never to acquire a
mental set. To this there is but
one guide-expOrlence.-[ScrIb
ncr's for Sept,
Year: 1875

Vermont which are now shipped west at
great trouble and expense, would furnish 50
large an amount of return freights as to Sc
riously reduce the rate of freights bound to
tide waters. The prosperity of the country,
according to the best authorities in political
economy, is mainly based upon deposits Of
coal and iron, and the proper development Of
this region alone in the vast addition to the
material wealth of the state, would justify
the construction of this great work. as
merely state work, without reference to
its national character.


1t is impossible, within the limits at my
disposal to more than touch upon the i'm
portant issues involved, and therefore dis
miss the subject commenting its careful
consideration to all interested in the present
and future prosperity of cur state, believ-
ing it to be the subject of the most sur
passing and paramount importance now be-
fore the people.


Respectfully submitted,


ALEXANDER BARKLEY,


Canal Commissioner
Albany, March, 1875.
Year: 1875

The San Antonia (Texas) Herald gives
the following notice To its Subscribers
Hereafter We shall publish the list OF The
names of those vino 20 fishing on the
Lords day and fail to send Us string Oh
trout ~