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National Republican., 1873-11-27

The ONLY APrEARANcE OF wilkie Collins In
Washington tomorrow night. Secure seats.
National Republican., 1873-11-27
Nh. GEORGE T. DOWNING

said that there never had been an hour since he
lived but that patriotism burned In his breast, no
matter how many outrages he had undergone.
He suggested that they be thoughtful In what
ever was done touching the subject OF Cuba.
Our country had recently allied itself with new
In, aud one he hoped would be consulted. There
must not be too much haste, lest In the eyes OF
the world the finger OF scorn will be pointed at
US. He believed that Cuba would be free, q re-
public, aud ours; but this would oil be accom-
plished In Q short space OF time. He did not
think there would be any war, but believed the
whole difliculiy could aud would be settled by
arbitration.
National Republican., 1873-11-27

And what day Is that. The "ohore boy has
prepared piles OF the drest Of kindllngs, for the
oven must have q whitehead on that occasion.
The good old "inarn," with sleeves tucked up
above elbows, and broad check apron sur
for the Hrye and injun" loayes Of brown bread.
I'VE or six IN number, and In large pans at that.
TO last over both sabbath day" and Thanksgiy,
beaps till they are fully swollen, and piaces
them In the tall earthen pot with a square piece
Of salt pork IN the top, with the Scared rlnd
lust level with the surface OF the beans: the
whole OF which Is covered with slices OF raw
irish potatoes 10 prevent the beans from burn
ing. Now the fire IL lighted In the great brick
oven at the left OF the Kitchen fireplace, and the
mince, and the nour bucket and rolling pin and
spce-6ox, and all the rest OF the paraphefnaIa Of
the pie business are produced, and from nifty to
o. 7e hundred plates OF various sizes, shapes and
,ns~ ,,s neTs and filed with substantial pies-the
in,ncs s Iva, 'g at least an inch thick, and crust
Win, . Hh., 'lity TO match-nt for Q meal. A
"nnaa ~ 49, cake or two, and some moasses
rnssr,r,n ~, children are also prepared,
snn nephans iV' teG heaten loayes. When the
ayen n White win hea, he Goals and ashes are
carefully removed and ths ihe IaPSe lnayss
goes ilrst the pot OF beans, ne. .aIIoMsG nv tss
of brown bread. and these are d'g"e sSes ans .ns
smaller and more delicate loayes ~ ooau a., ana
cake, and then the puddngs and pies , ni,noe,
pumpkin and custard OIL up the remainlnk 'pd ped'
or the noble old oven loses lis virtue or power o.
baking. The pies and cakes and wheat bread
sic removed as soon as baked, but the large
brown loayes and the pot OF beans remain til
The Sabbath dinner. This occurs about three
O'Clock on Sunday afternoon, when tho family
ret home from injecting" Then the table Is
"set, and the bread and beans come out, the
latter round, full and smooth and plump as her,
TleA or olives, and not q single zone on 'em
busted.n We have seen "DostOn brown bread"
and .pork and beans, New England STYLE ad-
yertlsed at restaurants and paradsi on the bills
Of fare at our nrst-claAs hotels, but they are sell
dom found equal 10 those baked In the eaIthen
not and old Yankee brick oven, either In form,
uniformity OF cooking or nayor.
National Republican., 1873-11-27

A system OF cattle and meat inspection, d
nearly perfect as possible, should certalnly be
enforced. None but healthy ANIMALS should he
slaughtered for human consumption, none but
sound meat offered for sale. To this end sum
cient humber OF Inspectors of meat should be
posed upon them for the faithful and impartial
discharge Of their duties.
All meats approved by the Inspector should he
either branded or q certificate furnished the
owner or vendor OF its soundncss or condition
for sale and consumption,
National Republican., 1873-11-27

wILKIE COLLINS will read from the "Dream
Woman; Mystery" Tomorrow night, ct Ian.
coin hall.
, 1873-01-28
THE RAILROAD QUESTION.
Corporation Among Farmers OF 1
Different States.

Corporation Among Farmers OF the
. Different States.
The Illinois State Famrers' Convention, held
at Bloomington on the 116h aud 18th inst, COM
p1eted the formation Of a State Farmers' Asso-
citation, providing Tor the organization Ut every
county aud township in the State into Farmers
Clubs, Oranges, or other Agricultural Societies,
With proper officers, through whom every farmer
in the State can be reached, when it becomes
necessary, BY concentration of our strength, to
protect ourselves against the increasing aggres-
slons upon our rights Of railroads and othaE cor-
porations. :,
Our purpose will be incomplete without the
cooperation Of other States. especially OF the
Northwest.
We, therefore, earnestly invite correspondence
from the different States, with . view to their
Immediately holding Conventions and forming
associations similar to ours, thas, while their
Legislatures are in session, they may call for
necessary legislation in. reforming abuses, md
regulating, by proper Laws, the rates OF fare and
freight upon the railroads OF their respective
6tAtes.
A pamphlet Is .in preparation containing tho
proceedings OF cur Convention, aud addresses
npon railway legislation and railway reform
mado before it by some Of the best legal
talent Of the State; among which viii
bs found that OF the Hon. J. Il. Row
eli, who prosecuted the case against tho
Chicago & Alton Railroad, before Judge
Tiptou in the Mclean County Circui. Court
the Hon- 3. Il. Beniamln, Hho assisted him
, 1873-01-28
EVANSTON MATTERS.

"1line Host" OF the Mattoson House is said
to be 6til1 looking Tor thirty gentlemen who we're
to sup Saturday night in Evanston, aud rest
themselves from the fatigue Of sleigh-ride
from Chicago. They were reported to be con-
nected with Field, Letter & Co. Whether
Sunny Side proved too inviting for tue "gay
dece1vers," Or Evanston was thought to DO too
etaid, ia not known.
give their first grand concert in the Congroga-
tional Church, this evening. Tho society is
most worthy Of support and encouragement, and
it is 10 be hoped that tue bill Of faro will draw
large audience, If moral reason will not.
night, was largely attended, and listened to With
interest to tho Close.
, 1873-01-28
The Religious Amendment of tfat
Constitution OF the United Stntes~.

The Religious Amendment of the
| Constitution OF the United Stntes~-
! Cni1 for n National Convention.
!! The question of tire Bible in the public schools
Of Sabbath iaws, and many similar questions,
| now demanding attention and decisive settle
! mcnt. Shall tho Nation proscrve tho Christian
| features Of it's life? This il rapidly becoming
| the issue of Our day.
! Many thoughtful citizens view with deep con-
| cern the assaults now being male on everything
of Christian character i'll our civil Institutions.
| Not only timo-scrvny politicians aud irreligious
I 1neu, but eminent officers Of Government, and
! leaders among Christians, accepting tho false
I theory that Government has nothing to do with
rcligio,. cooperate in these assaults.
An appeal aseinst the Bible in the common
Hchools now lies before the eupreme Court of
t Ohio. 1t will come M for adjudication. in it's
regular order, sonio time this winter, when
determined oifors .ill be made to oyerturn the
present noble school system Of that State.
Tho Superintendent OF Public instruction of
tho State OF Nav York has recently decided thnt
the Bible, though assigned an honorable place in
the State Bystcm Of education when first estab-
L. he'd, and actually used for sixty years, Gun no
authoritative decisions. like tIis, the
enemies Of tho bible certainly will succeed un-
tesa the friends Of our common schools awake to
tho dangers that threaten them, and take
prompt and adequate action.
In order successfully to repel their ASSAULTS
tho assailants must be met at their
own point Of attack. They assail the
Bible III the schools, Sabbath laws, laws against
po1ygamy, and every similar element Of our
Christian civilization, on the ground Of their in
consistency with the Constitution OF the United
Staten, which acknowledges neither God nor
the Bible, and with which everything in the
actual administration OF tue Government should
What shall be done? Thia ia a momentous
question now forcing itself upon the American
, 1873-01-28

Colonel R. P. Morgan, Railroad Commissioner:
the hon. James Shaw, merber Of the Judici-
ary Committee OF our present Legislature, and
many others, ,-uaking it q valuable document,
which should be in the hands OF every farmer,
rot on as showing the teaaper aad s'rit of tE,e
far ets'slation lasE1 1-eady gone in his Eehaf."
and Of what he may legally demand at the Ilauds
OF the taw-n.ahezY he las elec:cd.
Farmers Clubs, Oranges. Agricultural socie-
obtain copies by sanding necessary stamps to
preray postaSo and addressing 8. II. s,riTu,
Secretary State Farmers; Association, Ka-
vance, HenrF County, u.
, 1873-01-28
THE LEGISLATIVE ADJOURNMENT.
KAynA8EE, Ill, Jan. %, 1873.

KASnA8EE, III, IAN. q, 1879.
TO ths Editor qf TIE Chicago Tribune;
SIZE: Tho TRIBUNE and Times Of this morning
In their report OF the proceedings OF our State
Legislature upon the question Of adjournment,
have omitted to give me credit for voting in the
negative. I voted against concurring with the
Senate in both cases. viii you please give me
credit in Jour next Issue for rotins against ad-
journment, aB consider this matter Of im-
portance. Respectfully yours,
u. J. SHERIDAN,
House Of Representatives, 10th District.
, 1873-01-28
heirloons with which to tickle posterity, who can
point with pride to the fact that their ancestors
we're members Of the State Board Of Agriculture.
Will not poste1ity

were members OF the state boara OF Agriculture.
Will not posterity
| to hear that, !" On motion Of Mr. Dalton, the
! sum OF SIG was voted to each member, for agri-
cultural purposes, and that, on the Same day,
when the members were in a generous mood.
's The Secretary was instructed to apply to ti:c
| several railroads in tho State for FREQ passes,
go that the members could reach the meetings
Of the Board as dead-heads that the speeches
on the alteration Of the premium list we're limit
the Du Quoin State Fair that the east
gate bs used as nn entrance, and that the south
cato be used az e1itgate, and that nn officer 20
stationed On the road to advise the public
of tho change" and that, on motion OF NJ: ":
! for use Of the Board be brought on tho grounds;
and that the Reception Committee be authorized
to look after said carr" Now, who On earth
cares whether the aloeping-car was brought on
the grounds, Or who controlled It: Ihe lsoard
bathe their feet, and have recorded the motion
in this report.
THE LIST or TRIES
ut tho State Fair arc recorded to encourage com-
WIN. VIM This is right. The prize-essays are na1t
in order, including two BY ". c. Flasg,
Of Springfield, indicating thai tiere,
was not much competition, or four prizos
hs Of sosp Of
meetings Of the Executive Committee since 1855
are 6 iJcn and thon an abstract OF
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
made at Peoria, By Fred. Bondel, from 1855 to
the dignity Of print. Appended is similar ab-
stract Of observations made ut the Sandwich Is
lands from 1852 to 1870, By afr- Dallou. The
Sandwich Islands arc d long Way from Illinois !;
but there can be little objections urged to the
preservation of scientific obsc;srions, especially
uiy,rn Eoyn i'm md life n,1 Ina
, 1873-01-28

blinking the mAln question involved, - the
right Of the Company to tho lands ruling the
though tho question was Of no consequence to
the Government, whether tho Railroad Company
had . legal claim to the lands or not. In this
way, the promise about which the Iowa politician
boasted WAS madc good
Tho Chicago, Rock Island tE Pacific Railroad
Company nov have
BILL PENDING BEFonE CONGRESS,
asking TINT body to confirm the title to lands
certified to them by the Department. Now, the
question comes here it such certifcation is valid
as conveying title, wherefore the need Of addi-
tional legislation They take good caro- not to
intimate in any way that, OF tho lands 60 cezti-
fed, about 100000 acres, worth $2,ooo,oo0, are
OF their asking Congress for . confr1natory act
is clear admission that they have no legal
right to the lands, md that Secretary Delano un-
lawfully holds them in reserve, instead OF ro-
storing them to tho operation Of the Homestead
law.
Still further to show the
INFLUENCE OF PARTY POLITICS
on matters pertaining to legal rights, another
circumHtance may be related: Some time in Feb
r1lnry OF March last, tho Iowa railroad interest
had meeting at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at which
the bill above mentioned was discussed. The
gentleman who aftcrwacd went to stump New
Hampshire recommended that it should not be
urged through Congress until after tho Presi-
Dental election, on account Of its probable in
furious effect; hut that, after the November
election, at tho next session Of Congress- he fe1t
confdsnt he could have It favorably reported BY
the Committees and secure its passage. So it
appears that = gentleman Of political influence
and address can, ss & mere lobbyist, have bill
faEorably reported aud passed through Congress-,
it bad policy to pass it pending Presidential
80
, 1873-01-28

The dog who enjoys coasting 80 much that
he steals sleds and tugs them by his teeth to the
top Of the highest hills sliding thence, is filling
3 brief engagement ut Leayenworth-
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SWINGING ON THE GATE.
One of Young Life'S Sweetest Ex-
perlenceS.


"Breathes there q man with soul
so dead" who has never swung on a
gate with pretty girl? If there is
such an unfortunate, pity him from
the innermost recesses of my heart
l pity him as one who has missed q
sensation, and one of the best Of our
imperfect natures
Coming home from church of a
':moony' night, bathed in the mellow
light, a little hand clinging confding-
ly to your manly arm, and pretty
face bewitchingly close to yours !;
bright eyes looking an unutterable
sweetness at you ripe-red lips mov-
ing to enchanting small talk-celes-
tial music to a man in loye-you
reach that well-remembered gate.
You open it for her to pass in, but
before she does that, something un-
said must be remembered, and she
stops to retail that petty gossip.
You are hardly conscious of her
words, but you are in that stage of
the tender passion when her voice is
the soul of music, and all you want
is to keep her talking as long as you
can.
The lamps are out in the house in
front: the "old folks have retired TO
roost." and you have the field all to
yourself.
At last she passes in after a GER
tain conclusive sound has taken place
under her bonnet. You dream of
your first stick of candy, of maple su-
gar, of Charlotte Russo, and all sorts
of liquid and solid sweetness, and you
think them stale, fat, and unproit-
able, compared with that kiss.
Is she going to leave you, now that
the gate is closed? Not if l know
anything of female nature. and |
have had something to say to con-
iding females. of all classes, and
they are alike IN this respect, that
they delight in the company of a pass
able young man by moonlight; and
in that they show their good taste. l
have heard it said that there are fe-
males differently constituted, but /
never met them. and am glad of it.
/ hope I never shall.
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How to Make a Mustard Plaster.

How many people are there who
really know how to make q mustard
plaster? Not one in hundred, at
the most, perhaps, and yet mustard
plasters are used in every family, and
physicians prescribe their applica-
ton, never telling anybody how to
make them, for the simple reason
that the doctors do not know, as a
rule. The ordinary way is to mix
the mustard with water, tempering it
with little -four, but such a plaster
as that makes is simply abOminable.
Before it has half done its work it be-
gins to blister the patient, and leaves
him finally with a painful, fayed spot,
after having produced far less effect
in beneficial way than was intended.
Now mustard plaster should neUer
make blister ut all If a blister is
wanted, there are other plasters far
better than mustard for the purpose.
When you make mustard plaster.
then, use no water whatever, but mix
the mustard with the white Of an egg.
and the result will be a plaster that
will 'draw" perfectly, but win not
produce blister even upon the skin
of an infant, no matter how long 1t is
allowed to remain upon the part.
For this we have the word OF on old
and eminent physician, as well as our
own E1ckaa9e.
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will be the cost of any attempt to
escape. Go onr'
The man hesitated a moment but,
seeing that she meant what she said,
he suddenly started.
With revolver in her hand. Moll
followed a few steps in the rear
Once he turned quickly, as if to
grapple with her and disarm her, but
the CLEAN of the revolver aimed at
his head changed his mind, and he
sullenly started on again. Knowing
that death awaited him at the shanty
still he lacked courage to make the
only possible effort for liberty.
Daylight came as they feared the
cabin, and both could hardly drag
themselves along; but not word
was spoken. AS the Gulch became
lighted up. Mollie saw a crowd of
miners take the path from the shanty.
my Godr' cried Mollie, "they
are taking Jack out to hang him p
The tired girl nearly tainted at the
sight. They were nearly a mile
away, and she well knew the prompt
itude of border executions. The
first tree would furnish gallows.
"Faster y commanded Moll.
Il won't" replied her prisoner.
''It's bad enough to walk to my death.
without hurrying."
He turned and sprang toward her,
but she was ready with her weapon.
A shot rang out, and one of the muir
derer's arms dropped powerless at
his side. Without a word he resum-
ed his march, hurried on by his de-
termined captor.
Meantime, the moose was put
around Jacks neck, the rope thrown
over a limb, and score of hands
lifted the unfortunate man from the
ground. There being no fall, his
neck was not broken. and his feet
had barely left the ground before he
saw Mollie in the distance.
Wrenching his hands from their
fastening, he pointed frantically to-
ward her and then strangled into
Inconsistencies. The miners turned,
and the strange spectacle stayed
their work.
s'Let him down q minute" said one
who seemed to be the master Of GER
emonies.
They did so, and Moll staggered
into the circle. The revolver drop
ped from her now nerveless grasp,
and she tottered as if about to fall.
There the man that killed Tow
head,' she faltered, then throwing
herself upon Jack, who lay, still
choking, but slowly reviving, where
they had lowered him. she said
Don't die, Jack =
The miners held q hurried consul
tation.
The blood stains upon the murder
er were proof enough for them, and
he did not deny the deed. The moose
was transferred to his neck, and the
tragedy suffered little interruption
by the change of actors.
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A farmer and his wife called at a
certain photograph gallery last week
to order some photographs of her,
and while the operator was getting
ready the husband gave the wife a
little advice as to how she should
act :: "Fasten your mind on some
thing" he said, "or else you will
laugh and spile the job. Think
about early days-how your father
got in Jail, and your mother was an
old scolder, and what you'd been if
/ hadn't pitied you! Jest fasten
your mind on to that - She did
not have any photographs taken.
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Misfsllaneous.
LOGUERHEAD GULCH.
A Tale Of California Mining Camp

A Tale Of California Mining Camp.
Some incident in its early career
had given Loggerhead Gulch its
name. just what that incident was
did not live in the traditions of the
rough miners who dug and delved
in the gulch. Certain it was, how
ever, that the name was no misnomer :;
for no other mining camp in the ter
ritory was so rough, quarrelsome and
pugiIistic in the nature of its inhabi-
tants. EVERYBODY seemed at logger
heads with everybody else. and ready,
upon the slightest provocation, to
lynch everybody else.
The digging had not, Of late, been
very productive of profit, and that
fact did not add to the kindly spirits
of the miners, who were disposed to
revenge their luck upon anything
that presented itself as q possible
scapegrace.
No mining camp can exist, or at
least ever has existed, without a
drinking saloon, and Loggerhead
Gulch had it's shanty devoted to the
retailing of drink. It's proprietor
was Jack Jeptha, and his dress and
demeanor indicated that he had seen
better days-had been a faro dealer
or q barIzeeper in a big Eastern ho-
tel, or something of that fashy ma
ture Even now some traces of loud
dressing hung about him; but the
brim Of the felt hat was battered,
and there was something the matter
with its crown; the flaming red tie
failed to harmonic with the almost
equally flaming and shaggy red beard
Immediately above it; the shirt col
lar was wofully time-stained the
velveteen coat was much smirched,
and had grown white at the seams,
and at least three buttons we're lack
ing to the vest.
The only other occupant of Jack
Jeptha's shanty at the moment that
the reader is introduced to it. except
ing the customers, was a young
woman-Jack' wife, and Mollie by
name. And, with her really delicate
beauty, she seemed wonderfully out
of place in Loggerhead Gulch. She
was about the middle height, between
twenty-three and twenty-four years
of age, slim and elegant as to her
figure, fair as an angel is painted,
with soft blue eyes and dropping
lashes her mouth was small. her
lips full and rosy. her teeth white as
pearls. When animated or talking
to any one, pleasant smile would
play around her mouth but at times
when she fancied no one was looking
at her, the corners of her mouth
were drawn down with hard, care
worn expression. Her rounded
shoulders and voluptuous bosom,
white as alabaster, were revealed by
a low dress. She shared the honors
of the bar with Jack. and dispensed
bad whisky and smiles to the Log
gerheads with a dash and grace that
largely augmented the aggregate
sales.
Among the drinkers was one upon
whom liberal potations had told con-
siderably. His companions called
him Towhead, from the color of his
hair. and that was the only name he
had in camp. In his pocket he had
q fair sized bag Of gold dust, which
he had incautiously displayed sever
al times during the evening.
At twelve o'clock Towhead rose
to go but first he called Jack
Jeptha outside the door, and placed
the bag of dust in his hands.
'srhar's my pile, Jack" he said,
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pottrgg.
The Little FrOck.

Faded and worn in places,
Faded and worn and old,
My tears on It leave their traces,
AS I smooth it out fold upon fold;
For it beareth a magic power.
The fount of my tears to unlock,
When I think of the happy hour
fashioned that little frock
My darling sat beside me,
With his beautiful eyes agleam,
And the joy that was erst denied me
Seemed into my heart to beam,
AS Thought of the wonderous mercy,
r. OF the goodness and the love.
That prompted "Our Father" to send me
Such an angel down from above.
My needle few faster and faster,
Ny thought took wing as it few,
To the courts of the blessed Master,
From whose gates my baby came through /;
And 1 wonder if all Gods angels
Looked as pure and frail as he
If among the shining archange,s
There was any more fair to see.
But there came pale, sad stranger
Unto my house one day;
Ny heart stood stiH, as if danger
And darkness around me lay.
And besought him that he would leave me,
For his touch was chill and strange,
And he laid his hand ON my baby,
Who straightway seemed to change,
His pale little cheeks grew whittier,
His bright blue eyes grew dim,
His clasp on my finger grew lighter,
The victory was to him
To the pale and icy monarch,
Who rules with relentless sway,
Who came to my house in triumph
And bore my treasure away.
But greater than he remaineth,
Who hath broken the bonds Of the tomb
Who hath robbed King Death of his terrors
And lighted the pathway Of gloom;
Who hath promised US sweet consolation,
If we patiently bow beneath mis- rod,
And I know he has taken my darling
To btaOun in the Garden of God