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, 1876-02-12

CONGRESSIONAL REFoRMATIoN,-By the
Washington dispatches of he 25th it Is an
,ouuoed that the House Ou---ittee on ap-
,ronri.rions is actively at work considering
the legislative, iaiicial and executive appro-
o-is,iou bill, which Indicates lhas the House
uiIl at en- early date be fairly engaged upon
ali the appropriation bills, and not, as has
hen ,be custom, leave final legislation there
On to the hurry and confusion Of the last
bonrs of III. session. The new House should
have the credit to which this reform entities
II. but still the House has been IL session
s;,ca December b, and only three or four
hills have passed-neitber Of them Of any in
,,o-.anee, except the pension and the Centen-
NAL n appropriation bills And as over fifteen
hm,dr..d bills have thus far been introduced,
n',. including resolutions and other measures,
!, is quite time the necessary business OF the
session should commence.
, 1876-02-12
Drunken BOYS.

" ALA W ALA y b, Aofo-
EDITOR STATESMAN The following lines
are not written for the merit Of the writer,
but that they may come under the gaze OF
some Of our young men, who are addicted to
the practice of drinking, On receiving little
cash for their week s Toll, and think they are
men by 80 doing. Seeing q heartreniing
sight on Saturday night last, several young
men, scarcely twenty years Of age, Sighting
drunk, using horrible language and resisting
an officer, Is the cause Of the following lines
It's sad and scrroviul sight
For Young men tC toll all the week
And get drunk on saturday night
How Parents have labOred and roilsi,
And prIneJ all the branches and vines,
That they may yield an abundance
OF Fruit, IN due season and time.
But, alas how often their hops
Are blasted and blown by the wind
To see Their toll and the care OF
4 !ite, end with the horrible sin
or intemperanoe, that spreads Ger our
Land, fills all our prisons and oells.
Why do you driEk from such fountains
You know 'iis degrading full well,
Nov, therefore, let me induce yCu
Toquit IT your youth and in time,
Aoi honor thy father and mother,
And honor the precept divine
AFA1zn-
, 1876-02-12

TEr last legislature plSsei speeial IA" autnGi o..
NM In sry schemes in AID Of railroad aerIs t
r,,IJs mountains from seattle to NaIli an
IT, ,,,s,,sncq q. this XIV afr h l. esler pis az
,,rrej a distribution II pIIzes thst aS "a
sSao OEo - come of on the Fourth OF Juys 70. -
So ,ats are offered at five dollars OF eIT'eH nA
o., dollars Three well known AM reiuiAS-e Ctt, j.
80 -, ~ King county have been se.ectei oI enS
-, :, ,,,nmiss one nj that county 10 act a. u - -
80 =, xbou has bern conveyed tn propeil! " ~
.e .si " y p.iHes. which they will deed t. the neS y
Tbr grand prize Is the mil piqprtH - ~
- ,orn limits. whicA Is estiIasteI 2 ~ ue - -
siGo ooO and now brings rental oI SS'TS ~ G Is
% he second grand prize. rate! At .,.s $3.50, On
- -, .I;gilI. business lot III the eil!, . -
.t .,ie o[er f Mill and Commercial stieeSs a. III, aI
I,S f The LIAR. and could not be toqsni i
. 80 aoo and Will be worth ao 19uoG ',s "a,
monnt Tie third prize, valued AZ 49,. ~, orr.
Nor,b Pacific Brewery. Tor several !eis ~ r,sJIsr
ati = by nj Martin chlni Of seattle ll5 :, sS S6
- - foIf Ss7G in nuIubsr, oonslstins o. ~
ptl s n0 y, eitY Sts and available lA4.ns ~ ~
different parts OF Kirg county IN h5 SaI eet hold
lottery has ever been in operation nzrri 10
i such substantial value, ,tsS
sts ,no,,ey reouired To be paid m or ~. nv y
sra 80 sure OF teg honestly snd larry uSAi' w.
OfsmpiG Courier.
, 1876-02-12

Stage ROBBERY.-He Hesteriay morning the
Silver City stage was stopped just before
crossing the first bridge over Boise river by
highwaym,n Il, and Wells, Fargo & Co. : trea-
sure box demanded of the driver, Tom Hus
ton. There were no passengers and the box
was thrown out by the driver, no mail de-
npande4 OF disturbed. The box was taken
down near the water under the bridge and
everything in ii taken out. 1t contained
$50 in coin and about $240 IN currency in
three packages, and the express mail It Is
not known whether there were any yaluables
IL the express mAil Ur not. The time Of stop
ping the stage was the darkest part Of the
night and no one conid have been recognized
more than a few feet off. Huston drove on
and told Mr. Fruit, who Keeps the toll house
over the main bridge, about a quarter OF nile
beyond, that he had been robbed BY high
waymen of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S treasure
box at the point above stated. and requested
him to come over 10 the stage Office and report
tue ldCL 10 IN AoIIS, superintendent oi 'hS
stage company, which he did by four o clock,
or say within half an hOur after the circum-
stance Mr.. Norris. Sheriff Aguew aud Mar
shal Piukham have examined the place and
they and their deputies and several on the
alert to find the robbers if possible. 1t is the
bolde5t robbery ever committed IN tins part
Of the country. and although the robbers are
likely tc be. IN this city there does not appear
to be any well grounded suspicion or clue to
their deiection.-BOise Statesman, Sd.
, 1876-02-12

The Plan Of an international Mon
etary Unit does not, i, appears, meet
with much favor in Eagland. The
Londou Times, in Announcing It's I'M
practicabiIity, takes occasion 20 twit
the United States on their suspension
of specie payments, and rolls up Eng
lands millions of circulating gold SOW
ereigns before our eyes as Dives might
display his dinner of courses to Laz-
arus gnawing his crust. John Bulls
nan Dosiumus always stands on the
border ground betgeen the awe in
spring and IaughtGSprovoking
, 1876-02-12

How To CHoosE MEAT.-It is al
ways important to know how to choose
meat in buying. Ok meat should be
of fine grain or fibre, the flesh or
meat of bright red color and firm,
the fat white, and distributed through
the lean 1t should not be yellow or
semi fluid. If the meat is entirely
lean il will be tough and It's nutritiye
power is low. Veal is dry if fresh. 1t
should be close grained. If the meat
is moist ard fabby it is stale. Nut
ton should be of a clear deep pink
tint firm aud with a liberal supply
Of fat. Fine welher mutton may be
recognized by the presence OF small
mass of fat on the upper part of the
leg. It Is more nutritious than ordi-
nary mutton, an1 the darker its tint,
he finer It's flavor. Pork should be
Of a pale deep pink tint, and the fat
very firm. If ii is soft or if the fat is
yellow, the meat is bad. If it is semi
fluid the animal has probably been
fed on flesh.
, 1876-02-12
TEE REAPFRS.


The reapers bend I cir lusty backs,
Their sounding sIckles sway;
At every stroke the golden sea
Recedes tC give them way;
The heavy years fall bowing down
And nestle at their feet.
Such viii, such work, rs theirs perforee
Must win-muSt homage meet.
So careless Of fatigue they 80,
SO true, - steadily,
The admiriaE traveller on the road
leans DER the gate to see;
With marvel OF tie soon fallen breadth
The lounEing gossi7s tell;
But the reapers laJor for us all;
lis need they should work we'll.
Ere the great sun that brrns above
Shall CT inlson in the West,
And the chiliren's poppy Eosegays fade,
And they lie down TO rest,
Each golden spear that upwards points
Snail fall upon The fed,
And the farmer drain a sparkling glass,
Rejoicing DER the yield.
Ply. b0nny men, your Sickles bright,
And give the people bread
At every couGrerinr stride yen take
On want an1 woa you tread,
Dlop, heavy ears, and give the strength
You gathered from the PLAIN;
That men may rise refreshed and firm,
And do great things again.
God bless the hands, all hard and brown,
That suile the cleayins p!ow,
Thlt cast abroad the shining Seel,
AM fill the wealthy now
TLey rear the bread oar children eat;
'Tis by their toll We live
Hurrah give them the loulest cheer
That grateful hearts can give!
, 1876-02-12
4 VALENTINE,

Oh little loyelest lady mine
What shall send for your valentine,
Summer and flowers are far away;
Gloomy old Winter Is king today.
Buds viii not blow, and sun will not shine;
What shall do for a valentine,
Prithee, st. Valentine tell me here
Why do you come at this time of year!
Plenty ofdays when lilies are white,
Plenty OF days when sunbeams are bright,
Bnt now, when everything's dark a"d drear,
why do You ONE, st. Valentine dear,
I've searched tie gardens al through and through
For bud TO tel or my love 50 true.
But buds were asleep and blossoms were dead,
And the falling snow came down on my head
So, little lOvelest lady mine,
Here Is my heart for. your yalentinel
, 1876-02-12

A Lawsuit has been in progress In
Carthage, H., for some time, having
been carried from a Justices Court
to the Supreme Court Of the STATE.
TIE clairi is for 81, The balance alleg-
ed to be due on the price ofa plg. 30
far The cost are sl69, aud the lawyers
fees more than 500 on each side
The decisions have teen invariably Id
favor of the plaintiff.
, 1876-02-12

How he SCARED HIN AwAY.-Leay-
on ;.orth tells tale of lore ard terror,
A young man who has the reputation
of being rather rough in bis manners
did not ike the lover Of his sister, and
the sister herself did not exactly like
her lover, but didn't know how to get
rid of him. She therefore put her
rough brother up.to trick At eley-
en- o'clock one night there was loud
and boisterous knocking and kicking
at the front door of the parlOr in which
The lovers were sitting. The girl said
it was her infuriated brother who had
sworn to kill any one who visited her.
The young man very naturally hunted
his hat and made his way out of
back window and tried the metal of
his heels across the commons. The
raging brother fired five fruitless piss
tol shots alter him and let him go,
1t was hardly likely he would come
back, but he did come the very next
night. lie took out FIVE shooter,
and laid it on the table by him and
resumed couTting. He has been troub:
led with that rough, raging brother no
more, and the girl has changed her
sentiments towards the young man,
Love has the best of it now on both
sides. II was q good way to win her
, 1876-02-12

SouE time ago N Paul FevAl, the well
known Partisan novelist, attempted to found
a theater moral, where no subjects should be
treated but ,bo=e appealing to the highest
sentiment. HIS propaganda failed last year,
but hs Is about to rsnew the struggle at the
P,r.s -, Martin thea;er. He viii hold E
conference. a P4risians term II. upon the
merits of the drama which he could PatroDIze
and the evils Of The drama existent.
, 1876-02-12

PREPARING FOR THE THRONG -Phila-
delphia is preparing on large scale for
feeding and lodging sight-seers this year. 1t
is expected she will be able to lodge l25, coo
people in her hotels and private houses. In
the way of preparation for feeding the 20, 600
fresh daily arrivals which she estimates will
take place during the Centennial season, one
restaurant promises $4,000 meals day, and
Others carry up the total to 2o0,0oC. 2
company has in-esred $1,000 in poultry,
packed frozen III White mountain store
house, and to be sent ON in Getachments. by
refrigeratOrs, next summer. Another firm
has l5O,0 900 hams stored ready for drawing
upon. The farmers aud market gardeners
in the vicinity and On the railroad lines run
ming from the city, are preparing to furnish
their products in large way; and if the
season Is prupi,ious, and bugs and middle
men do not come In between their labor and
their profits, they will reap good reward
, 1876-02-12
POETICAL SELECTIONS.
GREEN GRASS UNDER THE SSoy

The work of the sun Is slow.
But as sure as Heaven, We know;
So well not forget,
When the skis are wet.
There's green grass under the snoy-.
When the winds of " inter blow,
Wailing like voices of woe,
There are April showers,
And buds and flowers,
And green grass under the snow.
Wen End that it's ever 50
In this life's uneven flow,
We've only to wait,
In The face of fate,
For the green grass under the snow
, 1876-02-12

TIE WHisKEY Cases, both in ST. Louis
and Chicago, have new interest IN the near
approach Of the trial Il Mcclure ard Bao-
COX. These case are the theme OF rumors
and speculations in ST. Louis, and the Bah
cock trial especially will be watched with
uainfuI anxiety.
, 1876-02-12

could see it in the air After two days got
ball of asndle wick soaked 1t in turpentine,
tied stone to it, lit it, and that night shied
il into the gas"
- Did she make a noise, Jim
MAKE noi>eI Great suns, she bursted
like a cannon fall of sand. You'd a thought
the bowels of the earth were flying out. And
light why, the whole basin here was as
light as day. I could count flock of sheep
away over in Petrolia, ten miles away, saw
it-and heard it, too, and they hear it Just ss
strong to-day as they did the first night. I
tell you, Mr.. Perkins, this amt no slJuch of
q Tell--if II Is, you can shoot me- ". I. StsL
THE You've NES.-Whateyer NAV be
your choice of future occupation, whatever
calling or profession you may select, there is
certainly none more honorable than that of
a farmer The patriarch of the fields, as he
sits besides his cottage door when his daily
toll is over, feels an inward calm never known
in the halls Of pride His labor yields him
unpurchasable health and repoSe. have
observed with more grief than | can express,
the visible tokens which appear in all direc-
tions of growing disposition TO avoid agrI-
cultural pursuits, and TO rush into some of
the overcrOwded professions, because a corrupt
and debasing fashion has thrown around
them the tinsel of imaginary respectability.
Hence the farmer, instead of preparing his
child TO follow in the path of usefulness that
he himself has trOd, educates him for sloth;
labor is considered vulgar; to work is un-
genteel, the jack plane is less respectable than
the lawyers green bag, the handles of the
plow less dignifsd than the yard stick. Ur-
fortunate infatuatiOnl How melancholy /,
the delnsion, which, urless it be checked by
wholesome reform in public opinion, will
cover our whole country with wreck and
ruin This state of things Is striking at
the foundation of our national greatness:
it is upon agriculture that we mainly depend
for our continued prosperity, and dark and
evil be the day when It falls into dIsrepute.
What other pursuit offers 50 sure guaran-
tee of an honest independence, a comfortable
support for IL dependent family? Where
else can We look but to the productions of
the soil for safety investment, aud ample re-
turuf In commercial speculation all Is
chance and uncertainty, change ahd fluctu-
stion, rise and fall In the learned profes-
sions scarcely one in ten makes enough To
meet his incidental expenses. How, then,
arc we TO account for this fatal inliscretion
The cultivators of the earth are the most iu-
dependent, the mO4t vir;uous, and th.y are
tied to their cOuntry, and welded 10 It's lib
erty and interests, by the most lasting
bonds. .-JFftTS1R
, 1876-02-12
ENORMOUS PRESSURE.

So great Is the pressure that engineers say
this gas would flow through tubing TO Pitts
burg, distance of forty miles in 10 minutes.
The pipe lines here pash oil twelve miles
over hills and valleys, with 1000 pounds
pressure to the square inch, but this gas would
push itself 10 New York il a few hours.
The well is estimated to produce Z, 200, 600
cubic feet of the richest gas in day.
The well is named after Mr.. Delemater,
who bored it. He was employed by Mr.
Henry Harley, formerly connected with TIE
Erie Railway, who now claims the well, and
if six men and six hickory clubs will keep
him in possession against another claimant,
Mr.. Harley will continue TO own it.
l saw James Murray who assisted to bore
the well. When I asked him to give me
the history of it, he said:
well, sir, after boring 500 feet We struck
rock, and followed it for twenty-five days.
At the third sand we struck oil, and pumped
seventy-fve days and 1850 feet We struck 8
flow in the rook about si1 O'Clock, and Cod
Almighty"
Just stick to the umembellishee cts'
James, " interrupted.
well, she few 130 feet into the air.
Stones, salt water, oil, gas, busted like a can
non, and the St. Joe people come a rushin
over the hill TO ind a busted biller and dead
drIller. but"
What did you do then, " I asked.
Well, We run like hell, run TO get away
from the gravel, stones and gas Bill Mct'nire
says. Jim, we've struck he'll aud the devil
is coning-run = and We got away from
that well and stayed away TIL the nex,
morning"
LIGHTING TIE GAS.
"Then it blew all plight without being
lighted. did it?'
"Yes, we darsent 90 near her Tor two days.
The gas shot mp like mist, cold as ice. You
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-09-08

Intelligence has been received from
New York that the beef which was shipped
from the abattoir to England by the Cunard
steamer Abyssinia arrived in an excellent
condition, and brought good prices in the
London and Liverpool markets. The meat
was as fresh and tender as if killed only two
days previously, and the English cattle mer
chants were amazed. The American beei
was rapidly bought up at less than half the
price charged for English beef. Now that
regular ice compartments have been provid'
ed on certain steamers, arrangements have
been made for shipping five hundred cattle a
week to England.
The whaling bark Catal pa arrived at
New York Saturday from New South Wales,
bringing Michael Harrington, Thomas Dar-
ragh, James Wilson, Robert Cranston Thorn
as Henry Hassett, John J. Breslin, alias Col
Inns, Thomas Desmond, alias johnson, John
King, alias Jones. and Thomas Brennan,
alias Hall, escaped Fenians. They were vel.
coined by their old comrades with hearty
greeting, and taken to O'Donovan Rossa's
hotel Among those who met them was
William Foley, who had served ten years
penal sentence for treason, and knew them
all intimately
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land. He was the husband of a young and
handsome woman, who is suspected of kill
ing her first husband, and who, after her
marriage with Bravo, fell in love with one
DIR. Gully. The evidence indicates that
Bravo was poisoned by antimony furnished
by Gully and administered by Mrs. Bravo.
The counsel for the defense, several in num-
Der cost the defendants an aggregate of f275
per day. This fact alone makes it difficult to
determine when the case will close.
Earl Russell has addressed a letter to
Lord Granville on the eastern question, to
which he says: /" 1t seems to me that we
ought, with our feet at Besika and our am
bassador at Constantinople, to insiit on an
instant termination of the atrocities prac-
ticed in Bulgaria and other parts of Turkey.
A thousand men landed from our fleet would
accomplish the object, and if they fail, they
might be reinforced. Ultimately, if we can
not keep the Turks from being barbarous
and cruel, we might ally ourselves with Rus
sia, and concert means to accomplish our
objects. The whig party toast Is, Civil and
religious liberty all over the world From
this cause l shall not depart"
Disraeli has no children TO inherit his
earldOm. He is wealthy. Besides his own
fortune, he has received in bequest from ad-
mirers about 100000, and he has for some
time received a pension of $4,000 a year
from the government as an ex-minister.
Further reIn1orcement5 will be dis
patched from Madrid to Cuba at the end of |
September.
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where the best, there also is the worst tc
be found. The fashion of drinking good
champagne as festal wine has led to the
custom of supplying what it is hoped may
pass for good champagne, and what may
be a harmless preparation of cider ol
| some other Indigenous egervescing LIQUID
or harmful compound imported from
abroad. A year or two ago there was q
kind of panic as to ballroom champagne,
when it was suggested that petroleum
was largely employed to poison unsus-
pecting people under the guise of hOspi-
tality and this panic was the exaggerated
expression of fear which had some foun-
datiOn.
1t is not difficult to produce limitations
of champagne, if not by the agency of pc
trOleum, by that of, among otAer things,
chloroform water, which, like many other
chemicals, has been pressed into the
service of ordinary tradesmen. 1t is per-
haps not surprising that many people
should waste their substance in the pur-
chase of riotus and spurious champagne
But it might be well for such people to
consider that fine wines produced by
such processes as we have described are
of necessity costly. And they might with
advantage turn their attention TO the ex-
istence of certain sparkling wines which
cost little, and yet have the exhilerating
and harmless qualities of fine champagne
without, of course, its delicate SAVIOR.
such as the Austrian Voslauer or the
French VOuvray.
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hidden in her mouth. They are cast out
of cities; they lend to kings. Antagon-
lied for ages, they have yielded at last
to the softening influence of toleration
| and kindness. Assured against molesta-
| ton, they have became holder OF land
and lots in the cities of the new world.
They hold about one-third of the best
real estate in the city of New York !;
their synagogues lift their rich facades 10
the light, where the Moorish horseshoe
and Dubious domesof silver gilt are inter
mixed with texts of chaldean. Many
of them give literally to build christian
churches and to christian charities, but
in worship and in marriage their faith
fulness seldom wavers. We agitate to
keep the Sabbaths we will not keep, but
silently and not to proselytize, the Jew
puts up his shutters on his own seventh
day, and loses the lucre of two Sabbaths
without a whine.
The Jewish maiden takes her bath,
and as she leaves the water, with her
clothes clinging to her, she is stalwart
as a section of SolomOn's temple. Her
thick, black hair is fit for bow-strings
like shafts of cedar are her limbs. She
lunches heartily on cold meats and
bottle of beer, and goes up and dresses
for her lord. When he arrives in the
stage she is on the piazza wearing vel
vet dress with an overdress of lace cur
tain, Maria Stuart collar, big diamonds
in her ears, and a straw hat full of illu-
sion pinned down with tulip of gold
and carnelian. They address each other
in three or more languages during the
same sentence, being true cosmopolitans,
and in a minute the carriage is up for
drive. That night, about ten or eleven
of the clock, they are eating the entire
Passover lamb, drinking champaign, and
laughing like the happiest people in the
world, ali dressed richly, bareheaded,
taking the world for all it is worth.