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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12

COMMITTEE on Reform School.
The Committee on Reform School will meet al
Room No; IL, every Wednesday at 2 o'clock P. II :.
until further notice.
ALBION DYER, lc..,..
!. T. MCINTYRE, ehaii men,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12
Railroads, STEAMBOATS, ano
4srpress.
Maine Central x. II.
Esm - Change of Time.

Commencing Monday Nov. %, 1874.
Morning train from Augusta, icr Bath, ROckland
Lewiston, Portland aAd Boston, will leave at u
o'clock.
Tie noon train for Boston will leave Augusta al
lI.30 A. NJ.
Night pullman sleeping) train leaves Augusta for
Boston at $40 7. NJ.
Passenger leave Augusta for Bangor, Belfast
and Dexter at S.l5 a. NJ, and for Bangor, DeA
ter, Belfast and Skowhegan, at4.l3 p. NJ.
The augusta, Halio,oel and Gardiner ACCoMMo
Gardiner at 800 A. Nj, and 500 and $50 Z. NJ
Leaves Haowell for Gardiner at $40 A. NJ, and
$40 and $40 z. II. Leaves Gardiner for HALO
well and Augusta at 1.02 and 3.32 and 20! p NJ
Leaves Hallowei TOR Augusta ri l.2O aud
$50 and 20 r. III
Freight train with passenger car attached leaves
Augusta at 2l5 z. NJ. for Bath, Lewiston aud Port
land.
The midnight train from Boston Saturday even
ing goes no further than Portland.
l.. l.. LINCOLN, Sult,
AuQUsta Nov p .lS74,
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Aenuebtt yournal*

puhlishel at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street,
oot of Court by SPRAGUE, OWEN Il NASH.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12

Committee on Interior Waters.
The Committee on Interior Waters will meet o.
Wednesdays, at Pa O'Clock p. NJ, until otherwis
ordered, at room No. o,
T9HS EREN MMqpRRISoS' MpRsESS chairnen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12

Committee on the Judiciary.
Until otherwise ordered the regular meetings of
the Judiciary Committee will be held in the Judici-
ary Room, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2It
O'Clock Z. NJ. l.. A. EMERY, | r,o,..
+. A. WILSON, Nha'rihen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12

Comnittee on Insane Hospital
The Committee on the Insane Hospital will meet
in the Senate Chamber every Thursday at O'Clock
r. NJ, until otherwise ordered.
A. G. FRENCH, c,.
b. +. STURGIs, oha'' men,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12

Committee on STATE Lands and State Roads.
The Committee on State Lands and State Roads
will meet at the Land Agents Office, Thursdays at
O'Clock in the afternoon, until further notice.
J.: HINGkLEY, Chairmep.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12

Committee on Indian Agairs.
The Committee on Indian Affairs will meet in
Room No. ~, on Thursdays at az O'Clock p. NJ.
GEORGE Il. THURLOCGH, c..;
JOHN Q. n. TUTTLE, oh"ii"e"'
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TRUSTEES Thomas Lambard, Jas. w. North
ARENAS Libbey, WIN. S. Badger, Sam'l Titcomb.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12

ConiD1iPtee on Claims.
The Committee on Claims will meet at Room No.
"a, on Tuesday at go p NJ, until further notice.
w. j. COkTHELL, lcho;.,
s. j. TREAT, Sh"i"en'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-12

OFFICE HOURS.
For delivery Of letters, from 80 A. N. 70 $50
T. NJ. =,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21
Mushrooms.

Mushroom growing, as carried on in
some parts of France, is so extraordinary
as to deserve mention. In the vicinity of
Paris there are extensive caves formed by
stone quarries long since abandoned. In
the caves, sixty or seventy feet under
ground, and extending great distances,
the temperature isequal and the air moist,
and here mushroom beds are made, and
immense quantities of the plant are grown
for home and foreign markets. An idea
Of the magnitude OF the business may he
formed when it Is known that one propri-
etor has twenty-one miles of beds, another
sixteen, another seven, and so on through
a long list. In the ramifications of the cave
of MOntrOuge, Just outside the fortified.
tons of Paris, there are six or seven miles
run of mushroom beds. 1t is entered
through circular opening, like the mouth
of well, and the only mode Of descent is
down shaky pole furnished with cross
bars, the base of which rests in darkness
sixty feet below. A gentleman who visited
this cave remarks:
II had an idea that one might enter
sideways in more agreeable manner, but
it was not so. Down the shaky pole my
guide creeps, I follow, and soon reach the
bottom, from which little passages radi-
ate. A few little lamps fixed on pointed
sticks are placed below, and, arming our
selves with one each, we slowly COM
menced exploring dark, still, tortuous
passages. On each hand are little, mar
row beds of halfdecomposed stable ma
nure running along the wall that have
not yet been spawned. Wherever the
rocky SUBWAY becomes as large as a
small bedroom, two or three little beds
were placed parallel with each other. They
are about twenty inches high, and were
dotted all over with mushrooms no
bigger than.sweet-pea seeds. Everything
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Keep your boots we'll oiled in winter
and they will last longer, while your feet
will be both drier and warmer.
Put circular slips of white blotting-
paper over canned fruit before sealing
up. They will prevent the fruit from
molding.
Those who buy plants at greenhouses
know how fresh and green they look when
they are first taken out, and how they
droop ,afterward from the effects of the
change from the warm, moist air of such
houses to the dry atmosphere and draughts
of the sitting room. 1t is stated that if
the plants are enyeloped for few days in
thin, soft paper, leaving an opening at the
top, they will become acclimated without
feeling the change. Sprinkle the leaves
daily, on both sides, with small wisp.
broom with warm water.-TAe Household.
The Canada Farmer says this is the
way to cure horses of the habit of pulling
at the halter: "Get piece of BEDFORD
tour times the length of the horse, and
double it in the middle, and at the
doubled end make loop, through which
pass the animals tail. Then cross the
cord over his back, and pass both ends
through the halter.ring under his chin,
and tie both ends of the cord to the trough
ring through which the halter strap plays,
the end of the halter being attached to a
billet of wood. Should the horse attempt
to pull back, the strain will all be on the
root OF his tail before the halter-strap will
become frightened, and he will at once
step forward to avoid it. After so fixing
him few times in the stable he will
abandon any such propensity"
Plum tomatoes are preferred for pre-
serves on account of their size and smooth.
ness. Other kinds will do if we'll selected,
using those Of medium size and not over
ripe. Pour boiling water over them to re-
move the skin, weigh the fruit, use pound
for pound of fruit and sugar, adding lem
ons to suit the taste; put layer of fruit in
a porcelain.lined kettle (none other is as
good for making any kind of sauce or
pickle), then layer Of sugar, mixing the
sliced lemon ACKNOWLEDGMENT the fruit,
then sugar, alternating each until the fruit
is all used; cover the kettle and let it re-
main until there is sufficient juice ex.
tracted to cook the fruit in. Then boil
slowly several hours until the liquid is
well thickened. Care must be taken so as
not to jam or break the pieces whilst cook.
ing; also not to scorch them. Many prefer
green tomatoes to ripe ones for preserves
but when green tomatoes are used they
should be treated to the salt bath" in or
der to remove the strong, bitter taste nat
ural to their green state. To remove the
skin from green tomatoes, pour boiling
water over them the same as when ripe,
To preserve green tomatoes, the same di.
rections can be followed as given for ripe
tomatoes. Less care may be exercised, as
they are not liable to fall in pieces while
being cOOked.-Ohi0 Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

colored velvet bonneB are those of myrtle.
green velvet, with facings of cream
colored silk. Shaded green velvet leaves
are above the forehead, roll of green
velvet is under the brim, and an Impeyan
pheasant poised on the outside. Such hats
are marked $40. Another of biche or
fawn-colored velvet has for the face trim
ming a shaded ostrich ruche, in which a
strawberry bow is placed. On the. crown
is cream colored silk scarf, edged with
cashmere lace; on the right is long,
shaded ostrich plume. A seal-brOwn vel
vet hat of small and neat shape has
smoothly-folded bands of gros grain Of the
same color on one side, making it extreme
ly plain, while on the opposite side are
five ostrich tips clustered together. An
inch wide band of gold galloon is laid on
the velvet band that forms the face trim
ming. "A bonnet OF slate blue velvet has
silver galloon laid on its gros grain bands:
A Topped bow of ribbon and galloon is in
front on a band that encircles the head
like Greek fillet.
Felt hats will be worn before the velvet
ones are put on, and many of them are so
handsome that they will be worn on dressy
occasions throughout the season. A car
rage hat for receptions, matinees and
visiting is of creamy felt that is nearly
white. Its wide brim has a raw edge
mot bound), but is faced underneath with
shirred twilled silk OF pale-cream shade !;
a roll of velvet with bows is next this.
Around the crown is scarf of silk. Two
feathers curl outward low behind, and a
lophophore is perched on the side as if
flying downward. Green velvet of the
darkest shades trims these light felts beau
tifully. Others have dark brown velvet
lightened by few flowers or by many gay
feathers. Strawberry velvet and navy
blue are also used for trimming the light
cream colors. and for ladies of quiet tastes
black velvet is chosen.
The most artistic felt hats shown are the
Rembrandt hats, with wide soft fur brims
that are drawn down on the right side by
the trimming and turned upward on the
left side. The folded scarf of twilled silk
begins behind under the brim, passes up
to the crown on the right side, crushing
down the brim, crosses the front and
catches up the left brim, from whence it
descends to the back, and holds a cluster
of dropping, long-stemmed roses low be-
hind. Imagine this in fine black felt,
with soft "slouchy" fur brim, black
twilled silk scarf held on each side by a
chased silver ornament, two black ostrich
tips nodding on the crown and some arte-
misias-red, yellow and brown-drooping
low behind, and you have the most pictur-
esque hat of the season. The Montagnard
hats with high crowns are nearly covered
with ruches and tips of ostrich feathers.
The felt toques this season have much
more tlaring brims than formerly, and are
the popular hat for general wear. These
are rivaled by the round-crowned Derby
hat of felt, which is worn almost as simply
diHoropca- Hnpner,o Pn.nr
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21
The Supreme Court Decision on the
W0man.Suhrage Question:.

In the Supreme Court of the United
States, at Washington, Oct. 4, in the case
| of Virginia L. Minor and Francis Minor,
Happersett, in error to the Superior Court
of the State of Missouri, Chief j stice
Waite delivered the opinion of the court,
| to the effect that the Fourteenth Amend
ment of the Constitution does not confer
upon woman the right to vote. The court
atfirms in the decision that women have
always been considered citizens under the
Constitution and entitled to all the privi-
leges and immunities ofcitizenship, but in
the admission of this general point the
court decides that suffrage is not one of
the privileges and immunities Of the Cit
zen, and tIat it is nowhere made so in Ex-
press terms, and even further than this,
that suffrage was not co-extensive with the
citizenship of the States at the time Of its
| adoption. Applying these general facts
to the constitutional amendments, the
court shows that the trainers of the Four
teenth Amendment never contemplated
that it conferred the right of suffrage even
upon the colored persons because it in
vested them with citizenship, and taking
this view they framed the Fifteenth
Amendment to prevent any State denying
them the right of suffrage because of race,
color or previous condition of servitude.
Upon this point the court said:
The Fourteenth Amendment had al
ready provided that no State should make
or enforce any law which should abridge
the privileges or immunities of citizens of
the United States. If suffrage was one of
these privileges or immunities why amend
the Constitution to prevent its being
denied on account of race, etc.? Moth
ing is more evident than that the greater
must include the less, and if all were al
ready protected why go through with the
tect part?"
The decision closes with the following
statement:
Certainly if the courts can consider
any question settled this is one. For
nearly ninety years the people have acted
upon the idea that the Constitution when
it conferred citizenship did not necessarily
confer the right Of suffrage. If uniform
practice long continued can settle the con-
struction of so important an instrument as
the Constitution of the United States con-
tessedly is, most certainly it has been
done here. Our province is to decide
what the law is, not to declare what it
should be. We have given this case the
careful consideration its importance
demands. If the law is wrong it
ought to be changed, but the power for
that is not with us. The arguments ad-
dressed to us bearing upon such view of
the subject may perhaps be sufficient to
induce those having the power to make
the alteration, but they ought not to be
permitted to influence our judgment in
determining the present rights of the par
ties litigating before us. No argument as
to woman's need of suffrage can be con-
sidered. We can only act upon her ights
as they exist. 1t is not for US to look al
the hardship of withholding. Our duty
is at an end if we find it is within the pow
er Of State to WithhOldN
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21
Mark Twain, in letter to the Ha1

Mark Twain, in letter to the Hart
ford Courant, tells hsw he acted with pre-
cipitation toward a stranger who called
himself professor" "Hon." and late
candidate for Legislature. The persist
ent stranger managed to secure the atten-
ton of the humorist by sending him a
soiled piece of paper, " fit to be taxed as
real estate" upon which various sums of
money, ranging from $40 to 500, were
placed opposite the names Of several we'll
known persons. Mark Twain says that
his cold in the head gave his temper a
wrench, and, jumping to the conclusion
that he was dealing with a " fraud" he
declined further negotiations by giving d.
rections to "tell the professor don't wish
to invest in his educational stock" Wish
ing to retrieve his error he now publicly
proposes that the stranger refer to trust
worthy authority who can prove that the
stranger is not an impostor. This done,
Mr.. Clemens says that he will "take stock
in his school, and also furnish him a GER
tifcate of character which shall be signed
by some of the best men of Hartford-a
certificate which shall far outvalue his
present lame document"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21
WIEN BABY DIED.

BY COL. L. c. STRONG.
The day the Baby died the flowers
Dropped DER the leaf,
And birds withinth shady bowers
Piped plaintively their grief,
And through the garden in the sun
1t seemed as if the day were done
When Baby died!
As if DER all the land a sudden blight
Had withered flower and leaf in one short
breath,
Unto mothers heart day turned to night,
As life to death; -,
While to her now come back with sudden
tears
The winsnme face, the tossing curls aglow,
The little feet that battered to and fro,
The angel wisdom Of three happy years,
All ending with such suddenness of woe
When Baby died!
From out the drawer she takes with tremb-
ling care
The little shoes that Baby used to wear;
All! but the silence of the missing feet,
The fearful vision of the face SO sweet
Baby's dead.
Put IN it's place away the curl Of hair
Nay. she will press it to her lips again,
And, dreaming of the years that might have
been,
The mother folds her hands in speechless
prayer
Baby's dead!
Why, Baby was the playmate of the birds;
They missed him ere the second day was
gone,
And twittered round the perch with pleading
words,
But silent was his voice upon the lawn!
The hoop lay where he left it by TIE wall,
The swing was motionless, and over all
Such silence seemed to reign
That from the lonely room the sob of pain
Was echoed in sad hearts, although they
knew
Their little friend the shining gates passed
When Baby died.
His gypsy dog no more will bear the rein,
Nor draw about his tiny cart again
The hands are crossed, the little soul is free,
And Baby lies beneath the churchyard tree.
No more against his mothers face he'll
press
His dainty cheek, with many coy caress;
No more he'll clasp his little hands and
pray,
In words she taught his rosy lips to say;
Nor will he blithely talk
OF things so wise beyond his baby years.
Put in their place the playthngs that he
lcf'.
About the house each dear remembered
walk
Brings to mothers eyes the binding tears,
Since her fond heart was of its JOY bereft
When Baby died.
So leave the chamber to its silent gloom,
And put aside the little cradle-bed
And draw the curtains. Close the sacred
room;
lis filled with mournful memories of the
dead.
For cen the pictures hanging on the wall
Some thoughts recall
That start the tears unbidden; and the vine
That clusters round the windows still win
keep
Its flower noddiAg in the shade and shine,
To greet him when he wakcns from his
sleep.
Baby's dead!
And all IN vain crushed hearts must reason
why
Their loved ones in their bloom and beauty
die.
Life holds but love alone sufficient worth
To bind our weary feet unto the earth,
And hearts are breaking for the love they
lost
When some dear soul the shadowy river
crossed.
". Y. Independent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

YESTERDAY morning, when q man
entered his house after an all-night's alb
sence, his clothes covered with blood and
his hair full of grass, his wife sternly de-
manded: Now, then, where have you
been ?'' Whirivi' bin?'' Eyes, sir"
WELL" he replied, looking down at him
self, "you kin call it blode up on steam
boat, or run over by tornado amt a
bit partckler which. - Vicksbmg Herald
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21
looks neat, and not a particle of litter is

looks neat, anu nota partcle Oh ntter Is
met with"
On the subject of distinguishing poison
GUS species Mr.. Cooke says that there is
no golden rule which will enable US to tell
at glance the good species from the bad.
by one, the specific distinctions, and in
creasing the knowledge through expert
ence, as the child learns to distinguish a
filbert from an acorn, or a leaf Of sorrel
from one of white clover The characters
of half dozen good esculent species, he
says, may be learned as the plow-bOy
learns to discriminate as many species of
birds. He tells US, moreover, that it is not
enough to avoid poisonous species, but
discretion should be used in preparing
and eating good ones. They change SO
rapidly that even the cultivated, if long
kept, is unfit for use. Nor is it enough
that they be of good species and fresh; but
plenty of salt must be used in their prepa-
ration to neutralize any delcterious proper.
ty, and pepper and vinegar are also rec
commended as advantageous.
Of all the common objects of the coun'
try, toadstools seem to be the least related
to surrounding things. Neither in form
nor color, nor apparent origin nor distin-
guishable parts, do they resemble other
plants; and scientific scrutiny must re.
place common observation before the first
step in their classification can be taken.
At the very outset of study the botanist is
struck by their paradoxical character. In
rapidity of growth and speedy decay they
are more allied to low animal than to
vegetable forms. Like animals, they feed
upon organic matter. Their substance is
rich in nitrogen, has a savOry, meat-like
taste, and, when decomposing, gives out
a strong, cadaverous smell. They absorb
oxygen and disengage carbonic acid, and
by their avoidance Of light they present a
striking contrast to the rest of vegetation.
Nevertheless, careful observation shows
that they consist of parts and perform
functions by which they are allied to all
other plants, and closely related to one OF
the largest groups of the vegetable king.
dom. They stand, in fact, at the head OF
the fungi, of which there are at least as
many species as of all Towering plants put
together. Popular Science Monthly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

THERE have been few brighter things
than this, which appears in the Graphic:
The golden rule-Do undo others as
they would undo you. This is the whole
law and it profits"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

WITH 100000 bushels of surplus
wheat this year Kansas farmers will re-
ceive $9,0OO,00O clear from that crop
alone. For their 100000 bushels Of
surplus corn they will get at least $l3,-
100000. Allowing them only $4,000, 900
for other marketable crops we find that
they will have $27,OOO,OOO to pay debts
and make Improvements, besides begin
ming another year with ample provisions
to last their families and farm stock till
another crop can be raised. How is that
for a" grasshopper country" settled since
the war? In five years from now the un-
organized counties of Kansas, that do not
at present contain single human habita-
ton or agricultural implement, will be
shipping more wheat than California
| Leauenac0rth Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

"A friend called on the historian
Ranke in Berlin lately, and observed:
" Well, Professor, l suppose you work as
hard as ever in your old age?" "Yes,"
replied the veteran, tenderly; my wife is
dead now, you see, and l have less annoy
ance, and can accomplish more"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

YOUNG MEN are taught to believe they
cannot afford to marry, and the widowers
have an opportunity to get all the best
girls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

The little city Of Leipsic, IN Saxony,
so swarms with books that it has univer.
sity library of $50, 600. volumes; also q
town library Of 100000. 81 -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

IT has been ascertained by the anthro-
biologists that, as rule, women nowadays
become gray earlier than men. Why is
it?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

"A singular fact about the malignant
diphtheria at Conway, Mass, is that its
fatal limit in any family is three persons.
Last winter from eight households were
just this number taken, the three being
never exceeded; though others were de-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

MY household gods are all abroad,
Their names l scarce remember,
And naught is on my hearlhstone now
'Cept ember.
And even thus next month shall come,
With humor grim ana sober,
And then what's standing now will be
Knockt ober.
-9rnDhic.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21

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