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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19
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The managers OF THE Posi- take pleasure in an
nouncing the course of this paper upon entering
its thirteenth year Of existence.
The POST is known to the people of the West
az the Incorporating opponent Of the wrong
and the fearless defender of the right Ii has dur
ing the presidential excitement, and in the stir
ring events of this Fall in Chicago and over the
whole country, taken position which ma gained
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HOME LIFE and TRAVEL,

Also practical Suggestions as 10 town and coun
try Life. village improvements etc. by wr-knowl
specialists.
M iarnaris articles oil various industries OF
Gr,a Britain include the history of sDme !xper
iments iii tu-ol operation. "A Scottish Loaf Facto
ry. in tho November number and Toad Lane
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British Workn@maUS Home. "A Nation o.
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etc.
richly illustrated e ries will be given on
American Sports by Flood and field" by vari
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Household and Home Deco
ration"

will nav" prominent place whilst the latest pro
duCluns Of Am. riCan hunOrisj wilt appear from
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graphical and other sk, tches etc. is a long one.
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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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In Matters Affecting tie Leta' Wei

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Mr.. Arnold, Il t:lnors New York
dairy man, gives the following char
teris,ics Of properly ru'ened cheese:
well ripened cheese has no elastic
;ty when pressed with the finger; it
feels as if breaking under the press
urc, and the dent ,emains; it has a
>alsy. oily appearance when worked
between the thumb and finger, and
mcit> on the tongue like Il ripe pear;
the cut surface remains soft and oily
for IL long time,notreadiIy drying up.
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ST. NICHOLAS is full of the choicest things
rhc publication is in all respects. the best of its
Kind. We have never yet seen number hat was
not surprisingly good. "-Tbe ChGFthn,aH, hat
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Aou.eAold Hints.

Knives are ottcn stained BY fruit
or vinegar. The stains can be re-
moved by rubbing them with a piece
OF raw potato before they are cleans
ed on the board.
To clean metal teapot, put it in
to a solution of common soda boil
ing hot; let it stand ~ hours near
the fire, then pour it away, and wipe
with 4 clean cloth.
Gilt frames should have coat of
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from becoming soiled with dust or
fly specks, and permit Of their being
washed with II damp cloth.
10 mrke asWeet potato pie take
large sweet potatoes and steam them
until they are soft, slice them thin.
The pastry is made in the usual way.
Lay the potatoes III Il deep piepan,
sprinkle some flour over them, add
two tablespoonsulS Of vinegar, one
of butter, half a cup of water, sugar
and spice to taste; and eat while
warm.
Zinc that is nsed under stoves
should never be dampened. If 1t
becomes soiled or dim, rub with soft
| flannel and u little fresh lard
Cleansc,l in tins way, zinc may al
ways be kept AS bright as when first
purchased
To sprinkle damp bran upon a car
pet before sweeping it is a good way
to lay the dnst without injury 10 the
carpet. Oilcloth should be- cleaned
iii warm water and rubbed with Il
dry cloth wrung cat Of mil!. aud
water.
i" make plate look like new, take
OF unslakcd lime and alum pound
Of each, of aqua vilim and vinegar
e oh pint, and Of beer grounds two
quarts; boil the plate III these ingre-
dianls, and it will receive Il bcau,-
full polish from them.
observation-disclosures mashed
and richly seasoned with milk, but
ter and salt should he made into
small balls and covered with beaten
egg, when about half an hour before
dinner clace them in Il huttern.l pan
aud brown in the oven. Onions boil
ed in milk are nice with turkey; and
sweet potatoes boiled tender, ,hel,
peeled and covered with butter and
baked brown should form one dish.
Canned corn and asparagus besides
will be sufficient with the celery and
cranberry.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

One of onr exchanges says that n
fruit grower in Valparaiso, South
America, writes 10 his local paper
that he has discovered Il singular
property i'll tomato leaves. 1t APP
pears having cut down some tomato
vines, he used them rs mulch
around the peach trees. He soon
discovered that the cu,culio which
had destroyed his fruit had abandon
ed the trees surrounded by tomato
vines. Following up the accidental
discovery, he found that the free use
OF tomato vines proved a protection
not only against the curcullo, but
against obnoxious insects. He found
also, tina, by sleeping in water some
flesh leaves OF the tomato, and
sprinkling the infusion upon other
plants, the innu,nerable insects which
covered them We're driven away.
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ST, NICHOLAS FOR 1877.

Which opens with November 1876. begins
\ short and very entertaining serial from the
French. The Kingdom of the Greedy, story
adapted 10 the Thanksgiving season. Another
SERIAL. Df absorbing interest to boys,
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There will be stufi, = sketches and poems. OF
special interest To ir:s by Harriet Prescott Spot
ford. Susan Coolidge. Sarah Winter Kellogg EliZ
peth Stuarl Phelps. Louisa AlcutI, Lucretia +
Hale, Celia Thaxtrr. Mary Mapes Dodge, and 9th
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"EZ5s OWN MASTER"

Author Of the jack Hazard stories begins in
the Christmas Holiday Number.
BESIDES serial stories, Christmas stories. lively
sketches. poems ald pictures for the holidays
aud come astonishing Illustrations of Oriental
sports. with drawings by Sienaose artists, The
Christians HOLIDAY NrMBEG OF ST. NICHOLAS
p-rbly Illustrated, contains very Interesting
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-07
Fashion Notes.

Fichus grow in favor.
Coiffurcs arc still very complicated.
Comet tnil trains arc the latest novelty.
Amber ornaments arc coming in
vogue.
The Breton is tic costume OF the MO.
ment.
Bunting par.sols urc among the spring
novelties.
The newest form Of ribbon bow is the
Maltese cross.
The newest cravats have plush or
chenille stripes.
Damask surah is much in demand for
composite toilets.
Two pretty house shoes arc tho Fenc-
Ion anl the Charles TX.
Mandarin yellow feathers crop out on
pagoda shaped bonnets.
Tho Normandy bonnet, with y Mario
Stuart brim, is the fnvorite.
Lace is extensively employed in the
garniturc Of London millinery.
! The revival of the iichu is hDiIcd rs q
blessing to the lace producers.
Linens collars mil cuffs in various
shapes arc still most fashionable.
Small black lace points arc worn in
various ways by Partisan women.
New designs i'll chenille aud wool loops
Ind'fringcs arc seen every week.
The first empire dress, with short waist
and Josephine belt, grows in favor
Many Of the new palctots, iNckCts and
polOnaiscs close ,liNgonally in front.
Shades of tilleul, sulphur, geranium
md lavender in flowers arc tho favOritcs.
Many OF the new pocket haRdkerchiCfs
are heRutiful works Of art in their way.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-07

4 story llas been going tho rounds
Of the French papers illustrating the
stutus Of married women III Russia The
simple woman in this case seems to have
imagined tllut she might get from Rus
sim magistrate some sort Of protection
against Il husband whose fIvoritc pastime
it was cruelty to torture her. She had
been yokcd by her playful husband to
the shafts Of his cart, and driven along
for sixteen yersts, in double harness with
the horse, under tho furious blows OF u
heavy whip. Having survived this
ordeal, she was brought home again, her
head was shaved, and after she had been
sincarcd all over with tar size was rolled
i'll feathers, and then turned out OF the
house. III thus plight she resorted to
the person whom she fondly imagined to
he most benevolent, or at my rate the
least savage, in the village. She went
10 the priest, but, instead of obtaining
my shelter or relief, WIS rudclv struck
by the p;ous man, who called the hus-
band and advised him TO administer
fresh castigatiou. It would have been
we'll for the woman il she hNl taken the
broad hint offered her by this reception
Mt the priests residence, nnd had re-
turned home to suffer in silence the tor
ineut to which she WIS fGtel. But slio
was ignorant Of Russian law, md she
could not persuade herself that she WIS
utterly without remedy in such cuse rs
this. SO shc went to law, and brought
before the court botlI the husband aud
the priest. Here the procurateur gen.
eral ut once declined TO enter into my
argument OIL the subject Of the husband,
explaining that the whole matter was
one of inercly private family interest,
and that husband and wife could always
come to MI understanding among them
selves without the interference Of the
law. The priests case was little more
diilicult. But the worthy mai repre-
scented that facts OF this sort occur often
anil inevitably among the lower "orlers"
in Rassin, wIcrcupon the court without
further discussion ncluitted both the nc.
cuscl persons.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-07

Joseph Coburn, the prize fighter, who
las been sentenced iu New York to im-
prisonment for asaulting two police Off
GERS, camo to this country from Ireland
while quite young, learned the trade Of
mason and bricklayer, mud became what
is known ns n good mechanic. He soon,
however, developed into sport" prac-
tced sparring and became a barroonl
fighter. Although endowed with more
than average physical strength, he dis
played fOndness for pistols anil other
dangerous weapons, and was known
among his associates rs n cowartlly bully.
His pugilistic record embraced prize
fights with "Patsy" Flynn. econ" Fitz-
gerald, Australian Kelly" Hurry Crib
ben, Edmund Z. Price, now practicing
lawyer at the Tombs, and others Of the
same clnss. III November, 1858, Cobnrn,
in company with two other desptr-
ADDE'S named Henry Drake and Paddy
Duffy, while engaged in n quarrel in
West Houston street with Officer Samuel
Davidson, now OF tho Fifteenth precinct,
stabbed him in the breast, ,in1icting dan
gerous wound. To this offense Coburn
pleaded guilty, and was sent to State
prison for three years and six months.
Hc only served portion Of the term,
however, being released through pOliti-
cal influence, and OH obtaining his dis
charge resumed his old practices. Ho
opened in succession q number Of low
Groggeries, which were irequentel by
"thO fancy" He speedily began to lose
his reputation as prize fighter, aud lost
caste with his admirers after his fzzlc
with Mace il 1871. He was accused OF
brutally ill-treating his wife or mistress
Kitty Coburn, and finally shot her ''ac-
cilentally," inaictiug a wound from
which she subsequently died. lie was
also charged with shooting ut disrepu-
table woman and was the hero Of n score
Of other cowarlly assaults, the victims i'll
which dare not make complaint against
him. III addition to this he was indicted
for striking car conductor with the butt
end Of q pistol, and for assaulting an tln-
offending citizen about year ngO, and ut
the time Of his arrest kept n low "freo
and easy" at Thirty.tiirl street and
Droadway.-NetC York Times.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-07
4 Poets Heart.

.ipropos Of Paul 10 Musact'S biog'
raphy Of his brother Alfred, they nrt
telling very pretty story Of the poet
and Mile. Rachel, who, thirty years Nsol
was the greatest actress Of PariS, and
perhaps OF the world. One day she in'
vited Alfred de Musset to dine with her,
and the rest OF the guests were oil nota
bly, wealthy men. Rachel wore u very
beautiful and valuable ring, which was
noticed and vastly admired "Gentle'
men," sail she, suddenly, "seeing tlAt
you admire the ring 80 much, l shal
now offer ID for sale by auction. Whnt
will you give for it?" In moment tht
bids mn up MS high rs 5000 francs. Bu'
De MusSgt WIS silent,
"And you, my poet" said the actress
"what will you giyc.?"
~ give you my heart" was the reply
1.-The ring is yours" was the reply
nor could pho aiterwnrl, when the ies
seemed to have gone fur cnongh, b'
persuaded to takO it back again. ShC
snid:
"By Jovc, but II Is no Jest. You have
given no your heart, md | would moi
return It EOt u hundred thousand crowns,
YVV Salg0t take il buck"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-07
Handy Interest Rules.

For finding the interest on any princl'
pal for my number OF days. The answer
in each case being III cents, separate the
two right hand figures OF the answer to
express it in dollars and cents:
-four per cent.-Multiply by the num-
bcr Of days, and divide by seventy.two.
Six per cent.-MultiPly by the mum:
ber OF days, separate the right hand
figure, and divide by six.
Eight per ceat.-Multiply by the
number OF days, and divide by forty
five.
Nine per ceut.-Multiply by the num-
ber of days, scpnrntc the right hand fig
IRE. and divide by four.
Ten per ccnt.-Multiply by the num-
bcr of days, aud divide by thirty-llvc.
Twelve per cent.-Multiply by tht
number OF days, separate the right
hand figure, aud divide by three.
Fifteen per cent Multiply by the
number Of days, aud divide by twenty
four.
Eighteen per cent.-Multiply by the
number of days, separate the right hand
flgnrc, and divide by two.
Twenty per cent.-Multip!y by the
number Of days, and divide by eighteen.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-07

DR.. Macdonald, of Wards island, lee.
turcd about the delusion Of tho insane.
Speaking of persons who imagined
themselves to he horses, birds, etc., ho
said:
A lady believed she had toad in her
stomach and grew very i'll in consequence.
Her physician, after vainly endcavoring
to coax her ont Of tho idea, gave her M
emetic, md while she WIS vomiting,
dextCrOusly slipped n toad into the basin
aud called her attcutiOn to it. For n
time she wns cured, hut few weeks
later she had the sane symptoms as be-
fore, and insisted TINT the tond must have
given birth to some young ones, which
were still in her stomach. The doctor,
however. persuaded her that this could
not be tho Ca'e, since tic animal she had
thrown up wHs-N nnIle. This effected n
permanent cure.