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, 1876-04-29

TEMPEST IN 4 TEAPOT-Uol Siienber-
ger has made larger reputation (or noto-
riery) on perhaps a smaller capital, than any
man now living. At this moment solid COL
umns ars baing published upon the absorb
ing question of whether the King Of the
Samoan Islands did or did not dismiss him
from the curious position be has held al tie
court of that copper colored Potentate. If he
was the Eastern Question, or the Great Bo-
nanza, or Belknap, or the Emperor OF Brazil,
or the last new opera bouffe star, or the
freshest defanlter, 1t wonld be impossible to
make more fuss over him And after all he
is only an adTenturer who made the mistake
of imagining that there was millions in "
the regency of a groupe Of cannibal islands,
and who, after making & fool of himself in
almost all possible ways, has discovered that
the game was not worth candle. We could
understand our cotempOraries deyc'ing space
to Steiuberger If he had stolen Anything, or
had got away with q cargo of cOacOa-nuts,
or married harem of Samoan beauties but
the poor man does not appear 10 be worthy
OF his vocation, and so far as We can aseer-
tain he will leave the irlands a. poor as be
entered them. 1t is all well enough TO notice
adventurers but then they would be adven-
turers who succeed, and lot those who col
lapse iguominiously before hey achieved any
thing worth ehronicling.-Sac. G'loE-
, 1876-04-29

ACTIVITY NOT ALWAYS ESERGY--lhere
ara some men whose failure TO succeed IN
life is a problem TO others as we'll as TO them
selves. They are industrious, prudent ana
economical; vet after a long life of striving
old sge finds them still poor. They complain
Of irl-luck. They say fate is always against
them. But the fact is that they miscafry
because they have mistaken mere activity
for energy. Confounding two things essen
tally different, they have supposed that II
thew were always busy. they would be GER
tain m ba advancing their fortunes 1hey
have forgotten that misdirected labor is but d
waste of activity. The person who wo"ia
succeed in life is like marksman hring al d
target; if his shots miss the mark they are q !.
waste of powder. So in the great game u
,;s, bat a man does must be made to count
or it might almost as well have been lett uh-
done. Everybody knows some one III LIE
circle Of friends " no, though always active,
has this want of energy Inc ols'e'"te'' !"
MA may call it such, exhibits itself IN many
usvs Tn some cases the man has mereiy sn
executive faculty when be should have al,
rac.;ve one: in other language, no "0ui0
make capital clerk for himself when ne
ought to do the thinking of the business in IN
other cases. what is done is not done either lu -
ba ,ba rigbt time, or in the right way. Energy
oor,ar7ly w understood is activity ProPOri,Oneu
10 the end.
, 1876-04-29

MULES BURIED FOR SoLDIER5.-Our Mid
dietoWn correspondent yesterday sent Us an
account Of the frauds prac,iced IN burying In
Government cemeteries the bodies Of dead
Union soldiers in Louisiana. We have made
further inquiries, and find the following
facts: Mr. Franklin Warren, of Cromwell,
Of this State, made sub-contract last year
for setting head-s,ones at the grave of the
Union soldiers in Louisiana. There were
several thousand OF them. lie was TO put
up marble head-stones, SIX inches square,
aud two and ore-balf feet N length, setting
them two feet in the ground. he used
large eugeI-lIke instrument TO make the holes.
He was given the lines Of the heads OF graves
by a Government engineer. But be found
the graves were Irregular, and in boring he
frequently struck collins and bodies or bones
They were Just under the surface, not 90
deep - be was required to dig. In striking
these bones it was necessary TO cut through
them, and IN this way nc lvund mat many
of them were the legs Of mules, or parts ot
mule carcasses. The contractors who had
recei-ed $50 INSTEAD of so as stated per
body for burying the soldiers in regular order
had used the bones Of mules, as well as those
of the soldisrs, 10 swell their income, and
had made several graves out OF one maie,
and had received from the Government 50
for each mule leg put into coffin and hurried
Among al The rings formed to Geirsud the
Government, and permitted 10 deirauo IL
this Is the most revolving. g.-HAttIa 1uzss.
, 1876-04-29

The WEEyIL.-AS few people haye
more than a general idea of the little
insect that is so destructive to our
wheat, when il becomes infested with
them, We quote the following descrip-
ton of the wheat weeviI: There are
thousands OF species of the weevil,
some of which live on filberts and 9TH
er nuts; others, on acorns, peas, palm
trees, pine trees and plum trees The
pain tree Weevil are two TO three IN
ebes long and are esteemed great
deIicacy among the natives Of the
West Indies, and, veriety living up
on the sugar cane, is boiled, roasted
or broiled on wooden spits and eaten
with dried and powdered pread. The
grain weeyil Of Europe-cdLd'adrd
grdldria- one of the most mischiev-
GUS of all the various species; 1t is
slender red beetle, about 6ne -eighht
OF an inch long; the eggs are deposit
ed III the wheat after it Is stored, and
the grubs, as soon as hatched, burrow
in, each occupying a single grain and
eating it so as TO leave only the husk
in a little heap the destruction is u.s.
ualy net discovered until it is too late
10 remedy i. Drying the grain IN
kilns seems to be the only method of
destroying these insects This is the
same species that infest California
wheat. Beware Of the WeeVil.
, 1876-04-29

AN OvTRPOWEMNG FEMALE.-Mrs. Marsh
was neatly dressed in black silk walking
dress, with modest make up Of feminine
togg ry in the way of other personal adorn-
nrn,s As she took a seat she pensively
rested her hand, eDossed in Il newly-cleAned
four button kid glove, upon the table by her
side As she raised her face interrogarively
10 chairman CIymer, he shifted uncasily and
bowed down with embarrassment at being in
such fashionable society. He suffered as
be asked Mrs. Marsh whether she would
swear by the book or uplifted hand. Mrs.
Marsh smiled sarcastica!ly at Clymer's clum-
sew gestures as she placed her hand upon the
buck. She omitted to kiss it, however, and
Clymer did not venture to call her attention
10 renissnesS. 1t was amusing to note the
effect of this woman upon the committee
men. She is upward of 10, but her clearcut
face shows as much animation and lntelll-
gence as if her life were still in her youth.
Her hair was gray, but that is at present the
fashionable shade, and It's profusion compen'
sa,ed for lis color Clymer at the outset
ervously begged Mr. Danford, OF the COM
miftee. TO examine Mrs Marsh. DanfOTd is
an awkward individual who ties himself in
= double bow-knot upon the slightest provo
cation, and at the suggestion that he should
do the questioning he fairly oOzed embsrrass'
mept from every pore After a few moments
Of pa:nful ur;gglipg Danford finally began,
and succeeded Dy painful effort IN getting
through without fainting--Chlcago 1maS-
, 1876-04-29

4 KNOWING DOG.-The Austin New
Reueie of April 18th is responsible for this
incident in canine history: a. He told this in
the Sazeree Lying Club: Back in the She
uaudoah Valley, in early days. the whole
country was covered with Methodist preach
ere and a. yalIer-leg" chickens The preach
ers used to visit the people who owned the
chickens, always bling accompanied by an
umbrella and a pair Of saddle-6ags, and when
the preacher took his departure there were 9
good many chickens less on that farm than
than there were when be arrived. AT his
uncle's there was yellow hound which had
been taught to chase and catch chickens
when any were wanted for the table; and
that hound got 20 know the preachers pretty
well and whenever man appeared on that
farm with an umbrella aud pair OF seddls-
bags, that dog would not wait for orders,
but would make straight break for the
chickens. a number Of which he would catch
and carry, to the house To save theis
chickens, the people oa the farm either had
to turn Presbyterians or kill the dog, and
they chose the former"
, 1876-04-29

i MYSTERY OF PERFUME--NO one has
Vet been able to analyze or demonstrate the
essential action OF perfume. Gss can be
weighed but not scents The smallest known
creatures the very monsds OF iife-can be
caught by a microscope lens and be made TO
deliver up the secrets of their organizations,
but what it is that emanates from the pouch
of the musk deer that fills whole space for
years and years with its penetrating odor-
an odor that an ilIimitable DnmbeE Of extra
neous substances can carry on without dimin-
i-hing Its size and weight-and what II Is
that the warm summer airs brings 10 Us from
the flowers, Nc man has yet been able TO de-
termine. So fre. so subtle, 50 impOnderable,
il has eluded bo,h our most delicate weights
and our strongest senses Il We come to the
essence Of each oder, We should have made
an enormous stride forward both IN hygiene
and in chemistry, and none viii profit more
than the medical profession il 1t could be as
conclusively demonstrated that such an odor
proceeded from such and such q cause, as We
already know Of sulphur. sulphurate hydro
gen, ammonia, and the like.
, 1876-04-29

Coon CARE FOR DAIRY Cows
Very few dairymen have any idea
how greatly the yield of the cows
may De increased by better feed and
care. We think ii 4 great folly for
men, who are making only one hun
dred TO one hundred and twenty. five
pounds of butter per COW, to try TO
increase their produce by the intro
ductiou OF Ayrshire or Jersey blood.
There is no common herd, selected
with the ordinary skill that every
dairyman should possess, that will not
give one hundred and fifty pounds Of
butter and upwards TO q COW, if they
are properly taken care Of. The im-
proved breeds aud their grades are no
better, if as good, as common stocks,
under neglect and poor feeding. A
correspondent in an exchange says;
" | have made thousand pounds of
good butler IN q season from four
COWS, and not one OF them was regis
tered OF had fashionable pedigree, or
was bought at price to exceed $50 )
and adds, In my own experience,
when | have bought COWS of s,ingy
feeders, they have nearly doubled
their product, and that, too, without
the aid of warm or steamed food"
Such has been the experience of not a
few. y man once Dragged that he
had sold US the poorest COW in his
herd. Sic was a small and tlmid
heiter, and was mastered by nearly
every other in an ill-kept herd that
averaged little if over three hundred
pounds a year. y test Of her milk, a
few days ago, gave twenty five and
half ounces of butter from q days
product. How could such a man tell
whether he cheats another when he
sells a COW, OF not? His strong holt
is in cheating himself Vermont
Farmer.
, 1876-04-29
Boid Stage Robbery.

The boldest robbery Of the three ihAt has
been committed on the Silver City road since
last November, was on yesterday morning.
The three stages, Umatills, Silver City and
Overland are all intended TO start at 3 o'clock
in the morning. They all drive up 70 the
Northwestern Stage Company's office in ro-
tation; they first take on the mails at the
pos,ofhee, rs yards this side of the stage
Office which is 10 the Overland Hotel build
ing SO that passengers get on at that point
when the stage stops opposite the Office. The
Umatilla stage is ahead and loads and starts,
the Silver next and the Overland last. They
come so near together that they are all wait
ing one for the other, and not to exceed ten
minutes difference between the starting of
the first and second and the second and third
stage. This fact must be known to the rob
bers, and when they were about TO commit
this robbery on the Silver stage, as they did
yesterday morning, it would have TO be fast
work, for the Overland would be along in
ten minutes at the most. But nevertheless
this seeming objection did not deter them,
and they did the work within half mile Of
town and got away with it in good shape
before the Overland Stage got along. The
Silver stage was driven by Charley Downey,
the same driver who drove when the stage
was robbed last November about mile and
a half beyond this point. The stage had
four passengers One was Andy Baker, d.
vision ageut, Ed. Paine, a stage driver, Mrs
Adams, who Were inside, and Francisco Soto,
a Spaniard, outside with the driver. The
lamps were lighted, but it was a bright star
light night. cold and some white frost on the
ground. When the stage arrived at the
first bridge, man nearly in front of the
horses with gun in hand sang out Haiti"
The team st this point had slackened pace as
it WAS ascending and about 10 step on the
bridge and of course stopped quickly; at this
instant another man from the same side
standing in the door of the old vacated ferry
house. called out in n gutteral voice, Throw
out that bOXl" There was some baggage
on the box and the delay in getting II out
caused him to sing out again in the same
manner to the driver; the box was thrown
off and the stage drove on. 1t was broken
open by cutting The catch of the paddock
with a cold-chisel. but there was no treasure
In the box and the robbers got nothing. The
Overland stage was on time and passed in
ten minutes, bu: neither saw or knew any.
thing of the robbery until it crossed the SEC
ond bridge a quarter Of a mile beyond and
got 10 Fnit's ferry house where Baker aud
Paine had got out. Paine, Baker and Fruit
came back soon as possible, but could get
10 trace Of the robbers. The place has been
examined by Mr.. Morris, superintendent OF
the Stage Company, Sheriff Agnew and
Marshal Pinkham, but 10 trace can be found
which leads TO the suspicion of any partIular
person. -B0ie Statesman.
, 1876-04-29

MONEY VALUE or LIFE--The PaH Nd!
Ga,e.ts gives place TO Il curious calculation of
the peeuniary value of a human life; {;
Rigid economists, II says, d" will do well
to keep and on sanitary refOrmers, for 1t is
made eyiGent by Dr. Farr, in his letter TO
the Regsitrar-General on the mortality III the
registration districts Of England during the
ten years 1SGl-13, which has just been
printed, that the prolonyation OF human life
beyond reasonable limits IS u proceeding that
involves considerable expense. Life, as DR.
FarT poiats oat. has Pecuuiary valne. In
Its production and education certain amount
of capital is sunk for longer or shorter term;
and that capital, with lis Interest, as a gem
eral rule, reappears in the wages of the
laborer, the pay of the officer, and the income
Of the professional man. At first it Is all eX-
ponditure, and certain necessary exPendi-
ture goes On 10 the end 10 keep life even
when Its economic results are negative, The
value Of any class of lives is determined by
valuiDg first at birth or at any age the cost
Of future maintenance, and the value Of
future earnings. THUS proceeding, DR.. Farr
found the value of Norfolk agricultural
laborer to b. e2i6 at the age Of twenty-five,
and e241 at the age Of thirty, when he value
gees on declining to el3S at the age of fifty
Ave, and oaly 81 at the age Of seventy. The
cost Of maintenance afterwards exceeding the
earnings, their value becomes neSatiye-at
eighty the value of the cost of maintenance
afterwards exceed the value Of the earnings
by no less than ttl-
, 1876-04-29

CURE FOR DPHTHERIA.-The ravages
of diphtheIia in Australia have been
so extensive within the last few years
that the Government offered large
reward for any certain method OF
cure and among other responses to
this was one BY Mr.. Greathead, who
at first kept this method secret, bas
afterwards communicated it freely to
the public. 1t is simply the use OF
sulphuric acid, of which four drops
are diluted in three>fourths of tums
bier water, to be administered 10 a
grown persen, and a smaller dose to
children, at intervals not specified
The result Is said TO be cOagulation
of the diptberitic membrance and its.
ready removal by coughing. 1t is as
serted that where the case Is thus
treated, and has not advanced to a
nearly fatal termination, the patient
recovered in almost every Instance.
, 1876-04-29

A xEwsBoy was passing along me s'fSs''
H., h. cbanced 10 discover purse Oh sfeeN
backs. He was first inclined to conceal - -
bu. repelling The unworthy suggestion, I As
..na5 = vsnsrsble man if it was his n ino
venerable man looked at it hurriea'y' '.a :
= VAS. matted him on the head, gave hlm 8
-, and said he would yet be President,
The venerable man hasten7d away, 0u' -.
s.,sd 10 for having counterfeit bills in his :
a.,.ass;on while the honest nswsfoy pla''u
psnny-nnte with bis humble guar'S, aDo osa,s,
no,el Up 70 Honesty is sometimes the b''f p0ii'''
, 1876-04-29

The New York EzpreSs says two remarka-
be bills of exchange made their appearance
in that market a few days since. They
were for 300, eco francs each, drawn by the
Astor estate On HOttinguer, of Pans, aud
endorsed by John Jacob Astor and the Ma
tional Bank Of Commerce. These bills Were
bought by August Belmont II Co., and in
the course Of transmission will probably 90
to the Rothschilds, of Paris, and receive their
endorsement, and finally be accepted by Hot
tenguer The combined wealth represented
by the names that will be written upon these
bills is something We believe without pre-
cedent. The aggregate wealth OF the Roths-
childs is SCI down by an eminent French au-
,hority at s., goo OOO, 600; the Astors may
be put down for S25O, ,O0O, 600; the Bank of
Commerce had capital Of SIC, 900, Coz; Au-
gust Belmont Is estimated to be worth So,
OOO, 600 and Ho,tinguer SSe5 $50, 600. This
makes combined wealth OF 50 495, COS, 900.
, 1876-04-29

Wash FOB FRUIr TEEEs--The prac
teal FH1aer, speaking of q wash for
bodies Of fruit trees, recommends the
following: "0ne ounce Of eopperas
to eight or ten gallons Of water, forms
a good wash, aad is advised for ulaI
as preventive against blight. One
pound of soda and one gallon OF water
farms a wash that cleans of al In
sects, and leaves the tree with fresh.
Young looking, healthy bark"
, 1876-04-29
PIONEERS The OF PaCIr,C

"hat lives they lived what deaths they d;a5,
A thousand canyons, darkening wide
Below sierras' slopes of pride,
Receive them now. And they who died
Along the dim, far desert route.
Their ghosts are many. Let them keep
Their vast possession. The Piute,
The tawny warrior, will dispute
No boundary with these. AndI.
who sa~ them live, who felt them die.
Gay, let Their unplowed ashes sleep.
The bearded, sunbrowned men who bore
The burden of that Fl ightful year,
who toiied, but did not gather store,
They shall not be forgotten. Drear
And white, the plains of Sho=hone
Shall point us 10 the farther shore.
And long white shining lines Of bones
Make needless sign Of white mile stones
The white mans yell, the groaning wheel;
The train that moved ike drifting barge;
The dust that rose up like cloud,
Like smoke of distant battlel Loud
The great whips rang like shot, and steel
Flashed back as in some battle charge.
They soaght-yea. they did find their res.
Along that long and lonesome way,
Those brave men buffeting the West
With lifted faces. Full we've they
Of great endeavor
Brave and true
As stern crusader, clad in steel,
They died afieli AS it was fit,
Made strong with hope, they dared to DO.
Achievement that a host to-day
Would stagger at, stand back and reel,
Defeated at the thought of 1t.
What brave endeaovor 10 endurer
What patient hope when hope was past!
What still surrender at the last.
A thousand leagues from hope! How pure
They lived, how proud they died.
How generous with life!
The wide
And gloriel age of chivalry
Hath not one page like this 70 me.
Let all these golden days go by
breathe beneath another sky,
Let beauty glide in gilded ear,
And find my sundown seas afar,
Forgetful that It's but one grave
From east unto the wcstmOst wave.
Yes, I rememberI The sill tears
That o'er uncotiined faces fel
The final, silent, sad FAREWELL
God! these are with me all the years
They shall be with me ever. 1
Shall not forget. hold a trust.
They are a part of my existence. When
Adown the shining iron track
We sweep, and fields of corn fash back,
l turn 10 other days, to men
Who made pathway with their dust.
80 joaquin Miller
, 1876-04-29

SoRTs PUDDING.-Take four eggs
well beaten, pint of milk, and make
thin batter with the shorts. When
boiling corned beef, dip in your pnd'
ding bag and FIJI with the above.
Have plenty of room in the Kettle
with the beef, and be sure the ~ate,
is boiling put in The Puidlng ana
let i, boil two hours without letting IL
stop. Eat with sweetened cream or
anv other pudding sauce.
, 1876-04-29

A NEW ORLEANS merchant was induced
-, woman, who told pitiful story of pow
- N y;ye ber 81 With which to bury her
a. husband. Before giving her the money
:. n,sn, TO the bouse and saw discoIorvd
.,.,ss that be thought ought to have been
asvs before. In his hurry 10 get away
S., the place he forgot his umbrella.
- ha ,etnrued for 1t be found the corpse
N;..;nr y s m and counting the sl4.
, 1876-04-29

GEORGE TICkNoR thus describes the way
in which the news Of Washington death
was received There never was q more
striking or spontaneous tribute paid to mn
than here III Boston when The news came Of
Washington s death .I799l. 1t was little
before roon and I often heard persons say
at the time that one could know how far the
news had spread by the closing OF the shops.
Each man, when he heard that Washington
was dead, shut his store as matter Of course,
without consultation, and il two hours oil
business Was stopped Ny father came home
and could not speak, he was 50 overcome ;
my mother Was alarmed 10 zee him In such
state, I'LL he recovered enough TO tell her the
sad news. For some time every one, even
the chilren, wore Grape On their arm; no
boy could 90 into the street Without IL L
wore il, only eight years old-'
, 1876-04-29

THE only way 70 keep secret is to forget
II as soon Is communicated You may have
a considerable reputation for consistency in
this matter, thus easily acquired. The only
secret worth knosing in this life, Is how one
man can cJnJrivs 70 be better OF than an
other; ali The rect Is merely alchemy
, 1876-04-29

CLEAN CEI1.ARs.-Take care ths. the AR
in your cellar be free from bad odors, les
yoar butter, cheese, fruit. or Whatever else
b kept there, secCme III favored, having an
old nnsty TASTE. II Is important that The
AIR Of vour cellar should be changed, as that
Of your parlor, seiting-Ioom, dining roOm,
kitchen OF sleeping nom Pure air L one OF
The yery bes, preventives Of the typhus fever
5inbtberja and other kindred ailments
WiIl fsrrasrs and hoasekeePers make a note
of this s?-B5st0H CEltiratOr.