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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-10-25

One cup Of sour milk. cup Of brown
sugar. ] cup Of chopped raisins, cup
OF butter or lard. ] egg. even teaapooniui
OF soda, -four 10 make stiff batter, aud
spice to taste.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26

Rss- Was lit Elm 6raseseiden? alsg-
amber Yope = GET. 1744, elmer Der be-
tannteitsn Satpriter Gnslanos uno au9
als oioaftil4er Si9ter BON 9utem &lanse
- mar beianntli6 BON Der 9tatur nit ei,
ner fleinen unl9einbaren @eitalt uno nit
nidts wenissr als S9onbsit ausssitattst,
oafir absr nit einsm itattli9en Sodsr be-
snaoet. ginss Cages waren YOpe, Smift,
Irbutbnot uno einise anoere 8elsbrte in
8urton's &afieebaus nit einem alien Ma=
nulcripte oes 4riifopbanes. uno in osmiel-
ben ~belonoers nit eirer Steae bel9dftist,
oersn Deutung ibnen piel GOpf,erbrs9en
perurla4te uno gu elmer ,iemlib lauten
Gonusrlution fibrte. Sisrbur9 puroe
Die aufmertiamfeit zines anpslenoen jun.
gen Ofi3isrs errest, ipslhsr an Die eelebr-
ten Sisputanten berantrat uno ji1 Die
GrlaubniB erbat, i4 Die itreitiss StsQe
anleben gu o%iirfsn. rSmmerbin" - iaste
Yope lartaitil9- ylabt ben junsen Serrn
Die Stele isbsn Wir werbsn oann iofort
in's &eine tommen." = Ser junse Dill
Sier nabm bas Wanulcript uuo ertldrte
mad furjcm &a9oentsn uno 1sberlesen
Die Stele lit isbr tlar osrienise, weldtr
Die abi9riit fsrtiste, BAT iid Elm tleines
8erisben gu S4uloen fommen laiien.
Dian braudt nur bier. an bisism Ylase,
Elm Grassjsi9en gu ieben, uno Die Stsl,
miro ioiort psrtdnoli6." Yops iab au-
senb!idIi4 elm, oaB Der Offjisr &eatbatte,
aber ss drserte i'm, li4 in Dem Ssriduo-
min her oriehiIhpn Snrahe MN einem n
junaen Wanne - uuo bon einem &utb.
rode no b iiberoies ansseiiO6sn gu le=
ben, nno sr risf nit ipiBer g%stOnuns aus {:
limb bite, juuser Serr, mas 1T elm Sra
geSei&en?" Der Oii3isr NAB ben pertriip.
pelten Gelebrien nit sinsm psrd1tlihen
Slide p,n &opf bis gu sur uno ents.s-
nete !: pGis SraseSei4en 1T Elm tleines
budli9es 9ins, bas Sra3en
iteQt!" .1a.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26
Agentur

fur bic 8 srtst,n 8amPf6iHs- gsmpasnitsa mad gursps
Idslihs Mbfabrt.
Samburs.N' G ianii@e einie is Dampfn.
Rpre. DeutlSsr eloye, Srsmtn Is Dampftr
Gunars 9inie, eipsrppsl u. antpsr. t6 Dampfn
Ree Star Cine 8 Dampftr
Die 9auftntt ppu paTastrtn. Bic Id In ben ltttsn 4.
Sahrea dui eishn Eampfsrn turlbu une btnKssr Ipsttr
babe, Fne eit ssat Gmpfsblaas nns BADEN mir has 3utraru
nttnsr 5rtunhe sefasrt. Ea y
en- 9%srbinbuns NIT Sbiseu, itelle I'd
@e9lel auf ale SaaptStdbte glropa's aus
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26

Bas- 6olsenoss @slprd9, bas lid in
einsm iioo euti9en gtatte finbet, beSiebt
li6 aui Elm iiin9it in Der buiriiden Saupt-
ltaot p~or9siaaenss Gattum. Morl: Sait
ou aud 9ebort BON Dem lieutenant 8edb
bier? air
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26
unterb E 8.
Wrtts gnfinstsG S6srt ,tsmtt lem obriHtu.
srbsttsrt lie Sssle IN b ~befsresrt feIsf
bic Ssiuneteit ees Qeibes.

bic Ssiunstsit sss etibss.
Bar Gin eep anoter Sieb. Gin fomi-
!6sr gorfaa erreste nsuli6 Die 2adlut
BON balb Yaris. Sn Der StraBe arsen-
teuil in Der 9id6s oss Yalais 3opal mar cine
9robe0tens Wenidsn psriammslt, neil man
einen Sieb 6eim Gin6ru6 in Elm Saus sr-
tappt 9atte. SerDn5 Bate ii4 auf basGa9
gerettet. wobin es ssfdbrli1 mar ibm su iol=
gen. gr trus cine Ylouie, feline S9ubs
an ben 6uben uno rutiate einise Ssit aui
Dem Sa6e bin uno Der, als Jude err Elm
6enfter, our9 oos er entfommen Tonne.
GnoIib periduano .r. Mittlerpeils bate
man mad elmer abt1eiluns Soloaten ee.
Ienoet, Die aue aussdn9e oes Saul.s bee
legten aud lpuroen einise Gsuermdnner
auf oas Sod eei6idt, Die aber serabs
binauifamen, ols Der Sieb perI6uano.
SAT- 5uei Stunoen battsn Solooten uno
Jeuerleute ba9eltanoen uno bag Saus
our6iu9t, ols Elm Gommiiiondr Dem oas
Commando iibrenoen Serseantsn folsen.
Den Brief bra4ts:
rSupferer Serssart, laIien sic S6re
9eute n;6t ldnser auf mid tparten.
@enn sic bieien Yriei erbaltsn, bin i1
i9on fort. Wenn sic bas Na9barbaus
our6iu6sn, msrosn sic isben, rpis einia6
Ii6 msine Slutt bepertIisQigsn lisB. SD
trO9 bon cinem Dad auf oas anoers, ST.
nete bier oas Geniter zines 3immers uno
fanb oieies iebr biibid ausSeiiattet. Na-
mentli6 iono i6 in einem unter Dem Sstt
ite6enben Softer einen usbsrjis6er uno elm
paur ladirte Stisisln, 3os Seioes an nno
entfernte mid rubis our6 ous Saustbor,
oas Der neueisrise Yortier ofien e%elnfisn
bate. SD ipra6 einise ausenblite nit
Sbnen, sic wiroen pie Mibe basen, Den
3Jisb gu fan9en. SD iase ben Sieb,
oenn i'd muB geite6en, Dab i'd in o6ener-
ud6ntem Softer au6 100 6r. in 8ant=
ideinen uno 100 Gr. in @Olo fanb, Die i'd
al mid nabm."
als man li4 BON Der Wabrbeit Der in
Dem 8riefe sntbaltsnsn Sbatia9en iiber-
3su9t bate, purosn Die Soloaten nod
Sauie sei9idt uno Die neuslerise Wsnse
Sealtrsute ii4.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26

gS- GIN Seuti9er fam i'm &elprd9
nit einem Staliener auf bas WiBssl9id,
UslAes Den @rafen @rnim credit Dat, unb
ertpdbnts. ME Der Sotidafter beimatblos
in Der Welt umberirren miie. ., ernie.
oerte Der Staliener, i6 wiibte wobl sinsn
ii6ern 3uaa6ts orr, mo- man ion niat be-.
beaisen wiroe. guf Ole Srase oes Ssut.
l9en, uelaes oenn oieisr Ort lei erfolsts
Die antport Gambia.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26

Bay. Cine trsfenoe Nntuort CAB tiirSlid
Mojcr gntlsr bon YortlauO. Mains. Gr
ihrieb ndmli1 auf cine itaotpdtsrli9s
&e6nunJ fur Gisarrsn, %anitatt lie CUR
3abluns a~nsuweii,n, Die lafonii9en WOr.
ts rSie Staet rau9t ni9t."
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26
9 | M a d n,

saufsrs,ft. S~sprtsti,n. nssa ausu s~fAiisasn Dstuasstsi
psresn outs punitlitft htisrst
cfaes, Gds pen Drain uns 5. etrast,
DUBUQUE, IOWA.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26
Gtieubabn : 9t6etS

Gtienbabn 9t6etS .
mad autn 6auptaitt,n amtriia1 uns Galtfsrniay ,snnn
Zen sanisn 5as in metnsr Offst ~ ben rtsslnasisen prutu
ssiauit rtresu; 70 n Mot nstbts f9 aWt ben DtpstS b.
Rigpsn tinfOssn " ldfen. .
Grnnneiseutbum (REAL ESTATE.
Gin, srsss guspabl sts ssatn Stast. 9istntbuns, D.
aud carmen une grairtGdnesreitn se bu mir fctt ~ ep
a~anaiafsn Sestnsunstn N babsu uns trfa9t Id itstn, 10
fsin @de In 9issatbum Hoe une strtunbrtnstns Amigo
Mil. msins eiftH ~ praftn.
Sur anltsuns VOn G~aritaIitn r<s af H4rat nnb rttas
Better Riene g. so5n.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26

aas- Wel4sr Wonar6 trast jsbt bic
arone? = Der, wsldsr Ten srbB.
ten &ppf bat.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1877-06-26

~ AbV 0NIVhb WV VSWb SNutSHuHt SSuy
bier?
Seppsrl Rein, mas ITS nit benz?
Mdyl Ser bat einsm 8tmeinen nit
Der GeItpeiti6e 10 in Die Ybpliosnomis se-
bauen, DAB Elm 3abn babel flotsn sins.
Stpperl Sdrsdli6 ben bat absr bod
oas MiIitdrbe5irtsssridt mad @sbi6r -
Wtarl: Jreissiproasu, gang ri9tis.
Ssppsrl: ObO, mas bu iusii A propos.
ertldr' mir bod mol ben unteridieo Swi'
iaen eipilSsri6t uuo Militdrssridt.
Morl: Sebr einfa9 /: oas Gipilseridi
1T Gin 8eri6t, oas na9 SsieB unb &sdi
uribeilt.
Seppsrl: lnb Dos Militdrseri9t?
M0rl; SIT tsin Gipilseridt.
Ssppsrl abio, bante ld0n!
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-22
Brindle Bill Struck.
IN. O. Dsmocrat.]

The history of Kellogg in this State
is replete with frauds, Vaccinations,
venality, and every vice of corrupt
aud INSCRIPTIONS trickster aud par
tisan. Is is not a duty the Senate
owes to its own dignity and reputa
ton as we'll as to the Republic to
make inquiry into these misdeeds of
one of its members Z When it can
be shown that he obtained his admis-
sion into the Senate by the most fla
grant bribery and corruption; that
through such means he managed to
hold his seat in the Senate for four
years that when forced into the
gubernatorial chair of this State by
Federal bayouets he was the chief
concoctor of various fraudulent con-
spiracies which have resulted in the
large increase of the public debt, and
that he closed his usurped guberna-
torial career by q COLLISION with an
auditor who was his tool and the
agent of his financial plots, to plumber
aud make way with tue archives Of
the State and thus destroy the evil
dence of his numerous malversation
when these and a hundred other like
crimes against the State can be dis
tinctly brought home to him, can any
man worthy to wear the Senatorial
robes, and to be looked up to with
the reverence due to the Conscrip>
Fathers Of the Republic, regard with
out blush this occupation of one q
the Senatorial chairs by William PITT
Kellogg.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-22
Awful, but Correct.
Marshall (Texj Herald. ]

lMarshall (TeXj Herald.
The Shreveport Times begins to
think that the State authorities of
Louisiana have committed an error in
not prosecuting promptly the leading
radical officials of that State. 1t oc
ours to the editor that Gov. Hampton's
course has been much wiser. Now
that Judge Spofford has been unjustly
deprived of lis seat in the Senate, the
most vigorous action is recommended.
This is all very well, but we fear it is
too late to effect results that mi ght
have been attained without difficulty,
if the Democrats had done their duty.
We predicted that the first move
made sitter the establishment of
honest government would have been
the prosecution of the men that tyr
anized over the people and plundcrcd
them of their substance. We were
mistaken. The State is ruled by New
Orleans, and that city, like all others,
where commercial men have the sway
exercises neither common sense nor
integrity or political management
"Great Cities" said Mr.. Jefferson a
century ago, "are the cesspools of
iniQuity." 1t is certain that wherev-
er they have the rule, free people
suffer. The Times fears that kellogg
in his rascality has covered up his
tracks" He is mistaken. That has
never been done yet. Scoundrels
never fail to leave the gaps down. All
that is required is to get the proper
ment to hunt up the evidence. But
to displace and punish him IS far more
difficult now than if the State officials
had acted promptly, and at the right
tlm0
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-22

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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-22
Indignant.
TMarksville Bulletin

But rather than lose their power,
Republican Senator's did not hesitate
to take 10 fellowship man whom
Louisiana has repudiated as a Gov.
ernor, and in whom they have not a
particle of con 6dence. Let this mans
admission stir up and excite the in
dignatiou of all honorable men, for it
is nothing less than an infamous plot
against liberty and decepcy.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-22

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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-22
A DOublebarreled Cuss.
rMnrphouse Clarion I

Geo. Drury, one of the members of
the Legislature from Assumption par
ish, and who was elected on the Re.
publican ticket at the last election,
went to Texas shortly after the Leg
islatu,e adjourned, and started a
Democratic paper in that State. He
recently retained to Louisiana to be
on hand when the General Assembly
convenes IN January. He isa Demo-
crat in Texas and Radical in Louis
lana.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-22

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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-22
RUPTURE.

Those wishing Relief and Cure for
Rupture should consult DR.. J. A SliEk-
MAN, 25S Broadway, New York.
Send lrrtS. for his new book, With
Photographic lkrncS>rS OF bad cases he
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One of these fellows, a german clerk
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is indicted ON complaint of DR.. :. and
awaits tria for forgery and cmhczzIe-
mrnt.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-22

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dental Instruments New Haven man
uses.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-25
Senators Whose Terms Expire.

At the close of the present Congress
in 1879 the terms of the following Sen
tors will expire: Spencer, Rep, Ala
bama; Dorsey, Republican, Arkansas
Sargent, Rep, California; Chaffee, Rep,
Colorado; Barnum, Dem, Connecticut
Conover, Rep, Florida; Gordon, Dem,
Georgia; Oglesby, Rep, Illinois; Nor
ton, Rep, Indiana; Allison, Rep, Iowa
ingalls,, Rep, Kansas; McCreery, DEM,
Kentucky; Dennis, Dem, Maryland
Bogy, Dem, Missouri; Jones, Rep,
Nevada; Wadleigh, Rep, New Hamp-
shire; Conkling, Rep, New York; Mer-
rimon, Dem, North Carolina; Matthew,
Rep, Ohio: Mitchell, Rep, Oregon /;
Cameron, Rep, Pennsylvania; Patter-
son, Rep, South Carolina; Merrill,
Rep, Vermont; Howe, Rep, Wisconsin.
The Louisiana seat now in controversy
becomes vacant in 1879. Of the out
going Senators eighteen are Republicans
and six Democrats.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-25
Fires.

Raux & Co.'s and Herts & Co.'s cabinet
factories, on Nineteenth Street New York,
were burned lately with other buildings.
Loss over 100000. 1t is reported one fire.
man wa killed by falling walls.
A recent fire in Portland, N. B., burned
nearly seventy-fye houses. One man was
burned to death and several men and wo-
men injured. Drunkenness and rowdyism
were rampant during the progress of the
flames. The Town Council took measures
to relieve the sufferers. The fire is sup
posed to be incendiary, having been
made to burn the buildings in which the
flames were first discovered. The loss is
estimated at 100000. Many of the home.
less were sufferers by the st. John fire.
Tive hundred and thirty wooden houses
were burned, and only one brick house in
the whole district. Over two thousand PEG.
pie were burned out, seven hundred OF
whom were sufferers by the great fire of the
Goth Of June. The loss is fully three hun.
dred thousand dollars. Insurance about
eighty thousand dollars. The foundation
of a safe gave way while the men were work.
ing in the ruins, burying half a dozen men
and boys. A man named james Spinlsw
was taken out dead; also one of the BOYS,
Alex GILES. Another was fatally injured,
and all the others seriously hurt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-25
Household Hints.

Delicate Mufins.-One pint of milk,
one pint of -four, two eggs, and ona
pinch of salt. Fill small tin cups OF
iron corn cake pans, and bake in a hot
oven.
French TOast.-Beat four eggs very
light, and stir with them a pint of milk
slice some bakers bread, dip the pieces
into the egg, then lay them in a pan Of
hot lard and fry brown; sprinkle a
little powdered sugar and cinnamon on
each piece and serve hot. Ifnicely pre-,
pared, this dish is quite equal to wafies.
White Cake.-Whites of three eggs,
one cupful sugar, half-cupful sweet
milk, h~alf-cupful butter, scant half-cup-
full c~orn-starch, one cupful -four, slightly
rounding, and one tablespoonful baking
powder in the flour; beat the eggs sepa,
rately, add them last of all; this also
makes an excellent layer cake for cocoa
nut or jelly.
To Cure Dyspepsia or Nervous De.
bility.-Change your diet and manner
of living; drink neither tea nor coffee
never drink at meal times; after each
meal or during the meal dissolve half a
~teaspoonful or more of cayenne pepper
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-25
Foreign.

In the recent returns of elections in
France, S25 Republicans and 1s1 Conserva-
tives are reported as elected to the Assem-
bly,. The election passed off quietly.
st. Thomas advices state that a fearful
hurricane visited Curacao and the neighbor-
hood islands September %, and caused great
damage. The wind blew from all quarters,
and the sea washed away the lower part of
the town of Wilhelmstadt. Nearly every
house in what is known as the Petrimay
quarter was destroyed, and the Notifications
are in ruins. Many families are destitute.
The damage to property is estimated at over
100000. A Dutch man-of-war and two
Dutch schooners were wrecked, and several
lives lost. All the salt ponds in the neigh
borhood island of Bonaire are ruined.
ARussian official dispatch, dated at the
headquarters of the army of the Caucasus,
October 16, says: Yesterday the Russians
gained a great victory over Mukhtar Pasha
capturing many guns and prisoners. The
Turks had been driven from the road to
Kars." A correspondent with Russians
headquarters in Asia gives the following
details: "Gen. Lazaroff, who, with twenty
seven battalions of infantry and forty guns,
was recently dispatched on a turning
movement from here behind Aladja Daph
to Awlais Hill and Vezi Kov, t~elegraphed
last night from Bagardjik begging for
assistance, as Mukhtar Pasha was. before
there with a superior force. T%hereupon
this morning our troops began an attack on
the Turkish positions, and after a heavy
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-25
Elephants as Timber Carriers.
lDr. Fields Letters in the E~vangelist.I


One of the great industries of Burmah
is the timber trade. The teak wood,
which is the chief timber cut and ship
ped, is very heavy, and requires predi-
gious force to handle it; and as the
Burmese are not far enough advanced to
use machinery for the purpose, they
employ elephants, and bravely do the
noble beasts perform their task. In the
timber yards both at Rangoon and at
Mailman, all the heavy work of draw
ing and piling the logs is done by them.
l have never seen animals showing such
intelligence and trained to such docility
and obedience. In the yard that we
visited there we're seven elephants, five
of which were at that moment at work.
Their wonderful strength came into
play in moving huge pieces of timber.
| did not measure the logs, but should
think that many were at least twenty
feet long and foot square. Yet a male
elephant would stoop down, and run his
tusks under a log and throw his trunk
over it and walk off with it as lightly as
a gentleman would balance his bamboo
cane on the tip of his finger. Placing it
on the pile he would measure it with his
eye, and if it projected too far at either
end, would walk up to it, and with a
gentle push or pull, make the pile even.
If a still heavier log needed to be
moved on the ground to some part of
the yard, the mahout, sitting on the ele-
plants head, would tell him what to do,
and the great creature seemed to have a
perfect understanding of his masters
will. He would put out his enormous
foot, and push it along; or he would
bend his head, and crouching half way
to the ground, and doubling up his trunk
in front, throw his whole weight against
it, and thus, like a ram, would "butt "
the log into its place; or if it needed to
be taken a greater distance, he would
put a chain around it and drag it off be-
hind him. The female elephant espe-
eially was employed in drawing, as, hay
ing no tusks, she could not lift like her
big brothers, but could only move by
her power of traction or attraction.
Then using her trunk as deity as a lady
would use her fingers, she would unite
the knot or unhitch the chain, and re-
turn to her master, perhaps putting out
her trunk to receive a banana as a re-
ward for her good conduct. 1t was a
pretty sight, and gave us a new idea of
the value of these noble creatures, and
of the way in which they can be trained
for the service of man.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-25
Cunning in Danbury.

There was a man from the city who
went out cunning from Danbury last
Friday. He stopped at a farm house
and induced the farmer to show him.a
pond where there was a prospect of duck
shooting. While crossing the field the
farmer spied a crow sitting on tine limb
of a huge hemlock tree, and pointed it
out to the gunner. The man from the
city said he would bring it down, and
Immediately he got down on the ground,
and put up his back and rested on one
knee, and stuck one leg straight in the
air, and brought the gun under himself
with the butt on his right ear, and the
muzzle thrust through between his legs,
And then the astonished farmer being
unable to detect which way the gun was
pointed, and being somewhat set back
by the maneuver, lit out for his home
| stead with tremendous strides, being
accelerated in the movement by the al
most immediate discharge of the gun
Where the bullet went it is not known
but as there is a city visitor at the hote
here with a pantaloon leg half burnt off
and a half ounce of powder in his ankle
it is presumed that it must have left tn,
oun