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The Republican journal., 1877-11-22
A Man Who Saw a Mule Die

From the Virginia (Ney> Chronicle.
-'Aln't it a curious thing that nobody
ever sees a Mijiie die - remarked an oil
tcamster in Gumbert & Webbers saloon.
"No man living ever saw Il mule die,
spose :"
Thus remarked Mr.. Daniels, lighting Il
fresh cigar an 1880 | was mining on
the south fork Of the Iuha, and it came
my turn to cook for my gang. We took
turns each week. you know Well, was
going to show how economical ! could
run the Commissary. went and bought
a peck of dried apples they We're all
stuck together i'll a lump, but | GOT EN-
jam'd into the pot, poured in some water
and started the fire. Presently a few Of
'em began to rise up to the topof the pot
and 50 skinned 'em off and put em in
pan. Pretty soon some more bulged up
and | skinned ther off and put EN- in
the pan. The first hing knew, after
had skinned that blasted pot awhile,
had to get another pan, an | then another
and by the time Id got four pans heaped
up full, dang my skin if there wasn't more
apples in the pans han there was in the
pot. That is, | thought SO at the time
| Kept getting more pans AMI buckets and
lard cans and all the while plumb fright
tned to death for fear some of the bows
would come in and see how eXtravagant
was, for | had been BLOWN on how cheap
| could run the mess. The blasted apples
still kept Il comm out Of the pot. put
some papers out on the Iioor and covered
'em with fruit, and, by Jove, the place
looked like Santa Clara fruit drying es-
tablishment, and the pot was still bilin'
full"
'What has that pot to do with a mule
dyin' ,"
Waite II minute. I'm comm to the
mule. Finally, got desperate and
dumped over twelve bushels of the ap-
pies back Of the cabin, behind d tree.
| In about an hour heard a devil Of a
noise and ran out. What do you suppose
| found Why, a four hundred dollar
mule kicllin' in the agonies Of death
! The apples was gone; the mule nearly
So He was swelled up like a balloon,
and the first thing knew he busted
| Pledge my word, gentlemen, he eXplod-
ed like a giant powder blast, and brought
! the whole camp to the place. | kept
still they could not find the mule and
it cost them so to advertise a reward
for him in the Sacramento Union. About
| two weeks atterWard they caught a couple
Of Greasers hanging round, and they put
it up that they stole the mule, 50 they
hung 'em. ! was there but did not say
a word for fear the boys would find out
how eXtravagant | had run the commits
sary. Let's have something"
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22
set'ul Receipts.

For STARCHING LINEN. Sc one
teaspoontul or borax to one quart Of boil
ing starch; it will improve the stiffness
and gloss.
BOILED EGGS. TO boil eggs and have
the yellow cooked and the white not too
hard, put them in a basin of hot water,
and let them stand ten to fifteen minutes
on the back Of the stove. This method
of cooking eggs gives the very least
trouble Of all.
EGG OR BUTTER GRAVY. Put into Il
tin dish cup of butter and Il large table
spoonful of flour. Set on the stove and as
the butter melts stir in the flour until
smooth, or free from humps then pour
on nearly a pint of boiling water. Slice
into the gravy bowl two hard boiled eggs,
pour the gravy on them and serve. Salt
and pepper.
THE BEST SOAP for cleaning paint is
made by taking one ounce OF pulyerlzed
boraX, one pound best brown soap, cut in
small pieces, and three quarts OF water :;
put all in a kettle ; set it on the back part
OF the stove or range, until the soap is
dissolved, stirring frequently. 1t must
not come to a boil; use with a piece OF
Old, soft, white flannel. 1t ceanses paint
without lniuring it; it is also beneficial
for the hands, and much better than any
other soap.
To TAKE RUST OUT OF STEEL. If
possible, place the article in a bowl con-
tanning kerosene oil, or wrap the steel up
in soft cloth we'll saturated with kero-
sene; let it remain twenty four hours or
longer; then scour the rusty spots with
brick dust; if badly rusted, use salt with
hot vinegar; after securing rinse every
particle of the brick dust or salt off with
boiling hot water; dry thoroughly with
flannel cloths, and place near the fire to
make sure; then polish off with clean
flannel cloth and little sweet oil.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22
Be Careful What You Saw.

In speaking of a persons faults.
Pray don't forget your own:
Remember those with homes Of gla,,
Should never throw Il stone.
II we have nothing else to do
But talk of them who sin,
lis better We commence at home
And from that point begin.
We have no right to Judge a man.
Until he's fairly tried
Should we not like his COMPANY
We know the world is wide:
Some may have faults-and who has not
The old as we'll as young:
Perhaps we may for ought We know,
Have fifty to their one.
Ill tell You Of better plan.
And hud it works full well;
To try my own defects to cure
Before OF Others tell
And though | sometimes hope to be
No worse than some know.
My own shortcomings bid Inc let
The faults of Others go.
Then let us all, when we commence
To SANDER friend or foe.
Think of the harm one word may do
70 those we little know:
Remember curses, sometimes, like
Our chickens, roost at home
Don't speak Of others faults until
" e have known our own.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22
Farm, Garden and Household,
Extract from speech to the Illinois Farmers
Kindness, Culture and COOKING

'AA"
Kindness, Culture and Cooking.
Above all, let every farmer treat his
wife and children with kindness. Give
them every advantagc~for culture. They
will grow about You like flowers: they
will till Your homes with sunshine and
YOUR lives with happiness. See to if that
they have all the comforts and all the
conNemenceS OF life that you can possibly
give them. Give them the advantaoe of
every Improvement as soon as YOU can.
Try and make life perpetual delight
ferolIect that cooking is one of the fine
arts IT takes far more sense to be an
excellent cook, than tolerable LAWYER.
am a good cook myself, and have no ne
tomplIShment of which | am so proud
The farmer should have good things to
cook, and good things to cook with. OF
dL people III our country, YOU should live
the best. Throw your miserable littlp
S,oves out Of the window. Get RANGES
and have them built So that Your wife
need not burn her face OF to ret Won a
breakfast. DO not make her cook in
kitchen hot as an orthodox perdition. It
rs Iust as cheap to have everything con
venient. It is lust as easy to cook well
as 10 COOK any other way. There OUGHT
" Oe a law passed making it d crime.
punishable with imprisonment in the pen
iTentldlY, to fry heetsteak Broil it it is
IuSt as easy, and, when broiled. it is de
1eIouS. Fried beetstcak isn't fit for
beast give YOUR wives and daughters
The convemenceS and in a little while
iney viii he most excellent cooks GOOD
cook mo I- 1t1p lt the l,i,rt,alt mt. q q ,,il
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22
Mars.

|
/ " hen 'falIeo turned toward Mars the telescope
VIII which ne h"9 dlSc4Effcd me moons OF J.Ht
| er the crescent form OF venus. ana many "lh"r
wonders in the heavens he vas altogether disa'
| pointed. HIS telescope was ndrrd to" small t"
show any features ot interest ~ Mars. though the
Mars is but d small world The diameter Of the
| planet is about 400 miles, that of our earth being
nearly s. Qoo Jupiter though much ttrtherawaE,
| has ms immense diameter "t more than So'mO
miles to make mp and much more than make ny.
| for the elect Of distance, with hlN noble system
of moons he appears a remarkable object rrrl.
with small telescope. but Mars shows fewer ea
lures of interest even with telescopes ot consider
able size
! t was not, then, till very powerful telescopes
| had been constructed that astronomers learned
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22

A Canaan, n. H., farmer recently saw
two men attempting to drive a hog past
his house, but the brute was Obstinate
and they told the farmer, that if he would
kill it for them they would give him half
of the meat. He was glad enough to do
it, and so butchered the hog and received
his half. But when at night he went to
feed his own pig, the pen was vacant, and
it did not take him long to discover that
he had killed his own property, receiving
half Of it for his trouble.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22

|
the discovery q the earn at Point l2torr by the
McClintocl expedition in 1888 the fate of thC
toro;o 11 - l+ - f1t l.:. /,
-.1N''' ~ .'i''
Inc death OF Franklin with eight u his offlcer'
and fifteen sailors. was recorded By the CAPTAIN o.
+ba Erob,,s ~, ,ho ,,aror f,,,,3 -; .b oiu,, az
,., Fr - 49, - 1->
niue ooup' couio Ieaiu aS 10 TIE Iate OF lht resi-
A few days after the discovery OF the record Cap
toin AfcClntonl- Gonnd of tho ,rastar,, x,+ro,; -
If King Willians lana hoa+ o"ntarr
of two hmm sl-Iaton haaIS az ++tara9 r. I
ing and n1Iantitr Of AMI ari.s n tIn,
hadies ueo fonnd bn+ WnI1n+aoi W,nC
| anJ r;l,l+I,- t,,ot ~ ,rlol o1I H. - - ~ 49,
''+i't H. @ q,
bI1 :; +I It foSl ] -" ~ ttt "'i' ei u
nl' ~ r ny p;t.a, p?o ue"l tle gu
~ IN + i - ~, ~" l; ~ 'li 10 ! S'-eN
. H. ,.. t, fahd " "''''' ~ ~ '0'
n 1h+ w. ~ ~ + ~ ti W. i4 '''
I ~ tha " ~ ANY, i' VI IDS
tk u-l " r E1i, I itt 'a, ~ ~ ~
W N"re "i'ot w lia' nio"5llt " II Il
spule iiiteiGotiiiG 'eiioo VI 't i"hi tAPeoti"H
I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i, T " @ IL IL ''i v Aon'
y.ie l"2' VI tng as S'e s1'l II
i i"'o pa VIZ 1PeaN' ~ ~ L9IuI-la"A
I5 ei i'tu lLolli .iie !. Ape t"t many
th - - e. iI w. if i,i.t n N'iie aiiio'
-; o' ~ l9i to '''4 ,iiu PoN''
IN IN In' Lii'Iei! ". an 1!1!,1 nai aPlc4lf
on ''"'t~ I''in - 9''i,o.' a." t,i'
q l", a.. ','I i} 3 t 'ii'
te ne, 10, 81, q ~ e".''' ''T >eM pF'tloi'
II - - W. TN ~, - =, ~ LII " F" ~ "Iu ~ ~
u4s" pay ne IesSel T W"s o"hru @ hy |oLl
au'oI' " ~" i,c'i'u ~ -" ~ la' pttH iit St
~ " r. IN '' "n".9 is.te'S Pi ni'n! sGaI
anu @ Is ~" as iile U"I'ei oi tue 'a'aPd, "nch
"ie ~ tiG Io0a'iiIS t", PI9OlttN il"lu 2outii
4us.Itl" lnt tig" vi .lt y; housn,oh llu'hnetPo
''lii' 'l'' az ny; o'Ft'ln ISSUES 'lIeial sdlE ~
d. astet anu inpi'3 Dur! "s seconu mae ne
taIH nl2nIu' ~ ''ie No{a@c MeIr W GneNehiIuL oli
! August : III Vc p"i "A tIii9ltu huuS"n ha!' ana
It iIsl "ll,ie W. hll't" 9I tnG u! o.
DullnS 0el,tehpel 'ie ~ h"uA '''ou cruise" ap@"l
Ine Ine oag WIN ordinary success. 9tl{e4iorF Il IN
@ tliF Stcoi'i ''' N'S ai.'I" gu" hle'I' 'Ht NV"
!el"'nS ''poul one hu'i"ie" a'iu l'II'l p"iie'' oI
olt -Nlh"uSh eiHef SfnooS ol "Iti'S were seen
anu tlaSrtl no o'lel lr'Ae was ii"ue u,'fIhS me
season. from tle lSt OF august 70 me lSt 81
0tt'pel lLe Day Is ue".IH iiee rom Irr' put IA
ocl"ptl tne ice peSlhN 70 ioihi at"nS Ihf SHORES
eNtendihS out futlef aill liUIAtf IRON the ia4d
great noes 0lt Ihf"lEN tue pay ahd the da!ly
narrowing o. the lInfs OF water warns the Whairl
!" PtrP~f lof tiie tille "lea tle Pay VIII ne zee
| iockcu. ~ tue curry part "i "r'1nef several rs
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22

Il shall die happy" said an expiring husband to
his wife who was weeping most dutifully at his
bed side, If you will promise not to marry that
object of my unceasing jealousy, your cousin
John Make yourself quite easy, my love- said
the eXpectant window, - am engaged to his
brother Bill ~
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22

Jonathan to John-'Let me help you
to this Welsh rare bit, John. 1t came
from Pennsylvania, but it's good" Louis
vile Courier Journal.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22

The postal system is about to be ex-
tended to Sumatra. There are plenty Of
Malay gents to be found there already.
New York Weekly
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22

The scientific expedition around the world may
perhaps be able to tell us, when it returns, why a
man always takes off his boots first while woman
begins at her hair rpins.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-22

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lo.d ~ s.,,i,l J,,I,, 49, r,,r, ,,ilo,, ,.l[7,,s
,,nn liz nn,. co,,..nl,,,lnnts ,na,. W-orca,l
Ton, Mass writes i,e th,+l.4. /. n,.tt,. ,rnlI
.atisfra tbtt for r,odnrin,, rnill, thn coh
,,.4,1 frnn, u,,, own N,rrbnTn earn tbat i
the meal from, fhr corn and cob rronnd
toopthrr is worth nearly or ng5ito rs
nneh bushrl fnr hIshpl As thr claar
meal frnu Western or Southern corn Ne
raised "a gond crnu If corn am his farm
gnd has been furIinU # u tha form nt
',,i, ,n,.sl tn cno.s in MN, and fnnnd yprv
iit4l,. lit1,.ra,ae i'm tho vipld from this and
.In.,, ,,laII f.a,n WESTERN ,.o,n Ay KIM,
..,,,r,.,,,,.i.1t snu- all his min, ha yyo,,Id
,.,.,.r,;i,l,. n,rioo ,n, n.,ta,ial inrraasn ~,
5nrra.., in the ,rod,ntinn from dov tn
5a, anl attn,. ,6al,inr several chanrae
hom cIaa,. nnaI tncob meal and from cmb
,,,...,I +, ,.laa,. ,,oal ao.in ba u-ao fnrcad
~ rhe rnnrIi.ion t17t rhe Inference in
,alu,. to,. t4edino n,,rnoses hn)l, for bnllz
is certainly very smaIl indeed. Allowing
Illla ~ ' VI ~ e I'i'Il0''e9 'ilPt 'ai i''ta
nrl m CIV ,ndn tbnj'' l" o rai,, 1," fa
t; I'(i1t' ~ ,e'l'
~,air' 81 '
Ino -i''''li AIM ~ ,, ., "' W his ,,-,
mnaj tnr his r1n,s bn viii trd fhA nat
nrotita at rho end nf tl,e raar cnnsidarahlr
no,,oasad t, tnr nnct Inil imam niain, tiat
Il r,lsns aiI fin. IolII. lnI,nal ia ,,aT far fha
,naaI h,DlI,r,,t t.nmI fh.. ,3iII,do t| ,to,o nn
The return frin
There is ONE ad,-,,,t.,,. IN faadino onh
meal which is nftnn ,,,,o,,l0nlJl.d NV t,1!7,,o,.s
rnid secreti,n. N"",a ''3t ,,lIi?le'i "illl l10
,@4stinn ul5Ia oioa,. ','l ', i"I PeI!eTt w r
72ro',,,J tina ii. ,,a, .',D,i' eSieciall! II
1nI y dit,icnit IF ii,ro,. III lll"SS'
n',t GLn,+ ,ivnd ,;,i ~. lli''l ae-
lir;dnr ,andnr;,a tho q, ilie''l "cl
roadit di%as+ihlo ,1Ia7 thn on+o l+i,r liofr
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-08
FURNITURE.

FCRNITtR RE.
4 buy or THE MANUFACTURER AND sAsETHE
profit sos would have 10 give the dealer
Goods sold weekly monthly payment.
Having better fAclitrs good furnf-
Of guaranteed description. least -
than house In the city present iist 81
cooGAN's Mammoth Furniture Warehouse.
3.- 10 So -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-12
Rudely Awakened from Loves Young
Dream

On Sunday last young couple were
in town. They were from the rural
districts. and had wandered down to see
the shipping and view the lake from
the end of the pier. They sat on the
dock near the Custom House with their
feet dangling off, and gazed upon the
turbid stream as it flowed onward to
the sea. AS the sun went down into the
green and golden waters. of the lake,
and the moon looked down in silver
glory upon the landscape and the grace
ful outlines of the railroad bridge,
they began to:groW sentimental. Soon
his arm stole around her waist, and he
bent down to kiss her. Alas! Love
kno~s} nothing sef natural philosophy,
and. rayitation enters not into its rose
colored dreams. A slide, a shrek. and
both dropped into tke river out of
sight Of the cold world. Then there
was rush, and the ardent lover was
'brought'to terra firfnaa (dfy dock, liter
ally on Jhesend ofsas9heat hook, while
his loving companion was scooped up
with an oar-Cletelaad Herald.
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: b
vahced 5 cents, while larger number
Will be reduced from 50 to % cents.
These changes can hardly fail to give
general satisfaction to the public They
Indicate adisposition on the part of those
changed with the management Of the
companies to continue the policy inau-
gurated by the Western Union ten years
ago, to give the public lower rates as
last as the increase of business and Of
the facilities required for handling it
promptly would enable them to do so
without doing injustice to the owners Of
the property Although these changes
still leave the rates throughout a por-
ton of the Northern and Eastern cities
somewhat lower than for corresponding
distances IN the Southern and in por-
ton OF the Western States, yet it is to
be remembered that the Section of
country where the low rates prevail
offers the largest volume of business
and yields much the largest portion of
revenue. In this connection, the fol-
lowing extract from President Orton's
seml-annual report submitted in De-
cember, 1874, seems pertinent
Such is my confidence in the growth
Of the telegraph business within the
next few yerrs that / believe it will be
practicable for the Company to CON
tinue reducing the higher rates and tx
tending the distance to which the lower
rates are applied, until we shall ulti-
mately have but four rates for day mes
sages, namely % cents, 50 cents, Is
cents, and 81, and half these rates lex
cepting the lowest) for night messages,
and that this result can be gradually &C
complished without impairing the Com
pany's ability to pay satisfactory divi-
dends to the stockholders
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-12

trade and commercial intercourse along
this artifcialiinaginary line separating
tie two countries And now will tht
people Of the United States divesting
themselves of prejudice. stop for a brief
momenf and consider the result? 1t is
very interesting, very instructive, finds
few parallels in modern commercial ex-
perience, and may all be summed up
in the following brief statement. The
aggregate value of all the exchanges
between the 100000 of people in the
Dominion of Canada, and the A 100000
Of people in the United States, for the
year 1875 1.-THE latest year for which we
have returns), through every variety of
fundamentally, was only $S6,600,0O0;
While, as before shown, every 100000
of people on the United States side of
the line, under the condition Of perfect
Internal free trade, effected exchanges
between themselves, through the agency
of railroads alone, to the extent Of ST.
OO0,O00,0O0. Suppose, now, these bar
rlers to trade between the United States
and Canada had been taken down. How
many wheels, spindles, hammers, cars,
boats, engines, and strong human arms
would in consequence have been put IN
motion, and how much of the present
industrial and commercial depression
in the United States would have been
obviated!
Does the United States now desire to
augment its present aggregate trade to
the extent of many hundreds Of mil
lions per annum? The way stands
open; and it only remains for the peo
pie of the United States who are suffer
ing for hex of employment, and who
complain that there is no demand for
the products Of their industry, to signify
that it is their wish, and it will be done.
The people of the British Provinces are
only too ready to enter into reciprocal
and general commercial arrangements
with the people of the United States
which will result III such augmentation
of trade; and there is 40 ear more quick
to listen and respond to the demands of
the people than the representative Of
the people in Congress assembled. Sci
fish private interests, on both sides of
the line. will promptly respond, as they
have heretofore, that it is not desirable
that any such commercial arrangement
as is proposed should be entered into.
But let the people as a whole consider
the facts in the case as a whole, and
they cannot be long in deciding wherein
to them is the path of profit and expe-
ID. a IVells, an the North
Anaericdsa ReWeW
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-12
New Telegraph Rates.
journal of the Telegraph.


For several months past, three classes
of rates for substantially the same dis
lance have been in force throughout the
territory occupied by competing lines.
/. Rates between competing stations
which, with few exceptions, have been
% cents, without regard to distances.
/ 2. Rates between competing and non
competing stations, which have ranged
from 20 cents to 81; and
3. Rates between nOn-competing sta
rtions in the same territory, from 25 cents
to So. "a .4.t..s...a i's5 + ar
One Of the first necessities of the
arrangement for cooperation between
the telegraph companies is the equal
zation of these rates. TO do this even
approximately, without too great an III
crease inssome rates, or too great a re-
duction in others, it will be readily seen,
is 4 work Of much difficulty. The
officers of the two companies have,
however, agreed upon the general out
lines Of a plan Of equalization, which
will be carried out as fast as the details
can be perfected. -z.ars. aH
! The first step is the extension of the
25-cent rate in the territory east Of the
Mississippi RIVER, from twenty-five
miles, as heretofore, to minimum of
100 miles in an air line from each sta
ton. This will reduce the rates be-
tween large number of stations 5, 10,
and Is cents. The next step fixes at 81
as the maximum rate between all the
stations east of the Mississippi and
Missouri Rivers. By this change num-
Der Of rates between stations in Iowa
and Missouri, and those in New Eng
land and the Atlantic coast, will be re-
,duced 81, and also,a considerable num-
Der of rates between. stations in the
Southern and several of the Northern
and Eastern States viii be reduced rs
and 50eents, 80;
The rate from New York, Philaden
pflfa, and Baltimore and aintermed iate
stations to Cincinnati and Chicago, will
be 40 cents; to Louisville, ST.. Louis, and
Milwaukee,, SO sce1fts. The rates be-
tween New York and Washington, Al
bany, aandi Boston will remain at Is
tcentsa The local rates throughout New
England, and the State OF New York
will remain substantially as at present,
except that few will probably be adj
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hibited This discovery made it neces-
sary for the custom officers at Philadel-
pima and New York to submit all ex-
h1b1tors to what would otherwise have
been unnecessary and annoying restric-
tons. But aside from these matters
the character Of the French exhibit was
not such as the United States had a
rlghtto expect, and the failure Of France
in this respect was, it is believed, largely
due to to the lack of interest, not to say
opposition, Of the French government.
Under these circumstances, when an
invitation for the United States to par
tlclpate in the Paris exposition Of 1878
was received, Secretary Fish transmitted
1t to congress without recommended
ton, and it is understood that when con-
suited by the senate committee on for
elgn relations, he stated to the coni-
m1ttee substantially the facts here
given, and assigned them as a reason
why President Grants administration
was unwilling to urge upon congress the
acceptance Of the invitation. The feel
ing OF indifference manifested by the
last administration is understood to- be
shared, to some extent at least, by mem
bers of the present government of the
United States, and this may possibly ex-
plain why Secretary Evarts has been
to assume any doubtful au-
thorlty for the purpose Of securing the
Of the United States lin
the exhibition of 1S7S..--New York
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