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Living in Ruts 200 Years Old.

The Asiatic, west of China, no doubt
is attached to his home, knows little If
aught beyond II, ard is 50 entirely free
from annoyance at the daily lnonotony
of life confined to one place, that he
looks upon such monOtony as part of
The divine order and as essential to the
trEe enjoyment of existence. He likes
to live in one place, to see always the
same scenes, to meet always the same
people, to perform for years the same
daily tasks, to End every thing, even
moderated unpleasant things, always
to-day what they were yesterday and
will be tomorrow.
There are artisan families in India,
andy are told, in Damascus, who have
worked ut the same work day by day
for a thousand wears; peasant families
who have not only titled the same fields,
but have gone into them and left them
at the same hour, according to the
season, from period before the birth of
Christ They have no wish for change,
no ambition to do better, no inclination
to roam, no sense of failure because they
are as their forefathers were, and as
their sons will be. Such content-con-
tent which is consistent with permanent
melancholy, and even in occasional in
stances with deep and persistent sad
nPss-seems incomprehensible to the
Englishman, who never witnesses it I'M
less he has already uprooted himself
from his own home, and he very readily
exaggerates its limits. The Asiatic adj
heres to his home only when, as the re-
suit of his adherence, certain conditions
are sure to be fulfilled. He requires a
motive for movement other than that
hope of enjoyment in change, or that
desire of lettering himself, which is the
impulse of the Western man, but once
disturbed, once presented with a motive
for going which is sufficient to his own
mind, no man moves so easily.-Ihe
SDgcfOfO7
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Lord Rosebery will be by no means
the first ''swell'' who has contracted
Jewish alliance. The seventh Earl
Waldegrave, George Granville Vernon
Harcourt, NJ. P, and the first Baron
Carlingford have in due succession each
of them espoused lady of Jewish blood
the daughter of John Braham, the
singer, and the present owner OF Straw
berry HILL On July 8, 17S6, Aubrey
de We're Beauclerc, Duke of St. AiDans,
married Miss Moses, who, from her
name, must have been presumably q
Jewess. The present Duke seems to
have inherited his ancestors taste, as
he married for his second wife the
daughter of Mr.. Bernal Osborne, an
Irish Jew. The distinguished statesman
and jurist, the late Lord Lyndhurst, also
married, we believe, for his second
wife, lady of Jewish birth.
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Hans and sI,shap..

james Crum, aged II, of Oil City,
Pa, while carrying a bucket of coal fel
over a washtub and broke his neck.
&C. n. Noble, herdsman near Mar
shalltown, Iowa, was gored to death the
other day by mad bull.
Edward Sumner, aged %, of Bos-
ton, cutlery grinder, was killed by the
bursting of the grindstone at which he
was at work.
"A house belonging to a Mrs. La
Mar, near Sioux City, Iowa, was struck
by lightning the other day, and Mrs. La
Mar and her son were killed.
"A little Boston girl named Winfred
Clarkson, while picking up wood IN q
steam saw-mill was caught in some of
the machinery and almost instantly
killed.
Three practical jokers at Toledo,
O., dosed an old mans beer glass with
croton oil. The victim of their joke
died, and tie three jok6rs are now in
jail repenting of their folly.
William GUILTY, an employee of the
Cleveland CO., rolling-mill, was killed
by a piece of iron flying from a drop
used for breaking old iron, striking
him on the temple and causing sudden
death.
Peter Mitchell, of Boston, granite
worker, was caught in the shafting of q
vertical polishing machine making 1870
revolutions minute, and whirled around
at this great velocity for several seconds,
his feet and legs striking upon the MA
chine at each revolution. He was ter
ribly mangled and bruised when eXtri-
Gated, and died in a few hours.
At Springfield, Iowa, 14-year-old
son of Zenor Taker left the house with
Il revolver for the purpose of shooting
rats that infested the barn. An hour and
a half afterward be was found lying
against fence with bullet-hole in bis
forehead, and unconscious. He died In
few hours.-Howard E. Covert, the
12-year-old step-son of Mr.. Robert Ellis
of Hartsdale, Weschester County, n. Y
accidentally shot himself through the
head with a toy pistol, and on his par
ents' return to their home they found hin
dead on the parlor floor.
Henry Campbell, aged 70, soldier
of the late War, committed suicide witt
pistol, at Smithville, n Y. The cause
of the act was his failure to obtain {
pension. Thomas r. Addy, a wei
known young man of Augusta, Ga.
committed suicide by shooting himsel
in the head. He left a note assuring hi.
friends of his sanity, and stating he hat
found himself unable to pay his debts
Frederick DumOnt, of Cincinnati, son o
Charles L. DumOnt, well known man
ufacturer of machinery, committed sui
eide in his own house, by shooting him
self with s revolver. He had beer
married only about six weeks. NJ
cause known.-Silas Evans, al
old and well known farmer of Bourbon
County, Ky, committed suicide on ac
count of financial embarrassments.-
Lansing Reed, of London, o., formerly
wealthy farmer, but of late years fal
len into poverty through unfortunate
speculations, which also led him to hare
drinking, shot himself through tn,
head, it was supposed, fatally.-Johr
/ H. Bramhall, of Milwaukee, formerly
thriving grocer, committed suicide by
taking laudanum.-Mrs. A. c. Kuehn
of Milwaukee, wife of well known
business man, committed suicide by tax
ing slow poison. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.


anu
Victor Hugo is worth over $1,000
Miss Braddon is in her thirty second
novel and her forty-seoond year.
Franz Sigel has been lecturing in
New York on the German Revolution
of 1915.
-Bierstadt's " Yosemite Valley" has
been bought for S2,100 by James II.
Walker, of Chicago.
Mrs. Marilla NJ. Kicker, Wash
ington lawyer, recently won the ac-
qulttal of a client charged with murder.
General George A. Sheridan, of
Louisiana, has finished series of forty
lectures in Indiana for the benefit of the
Merton Monument fund. The gross re-
ceipts amounted to $4,000.
There are how published in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland 1, IA newspapers, England and
LondOn claiming 1886. There are $50
magazines and reviews, of which 264 are
of religious character.
Mrs. Julia Tsvls, the well known
principal of Science Hill Academy, in
Shelbyville, Ky, has published an au-
photography, with the title of "Sixty
Years in a SchoOl-roOm, More than
fifty of these years were spent IN teaGh-
ing.
Phoebe Couzins, st. Louis's woman
lawyer, is of medium height, and hand
some, with an oval countenance, aquiline
nose, broad forehead, piercing, brilliant
eyes, and an expressive mouth; also,
black, luxuriant hair, which falls in
waves over her shoulders.
The original women's club of New
York, SOrosis, still thrives finely. 1t is
free from debt, and has S1,614 surplus
in its treasury. Besides its executive
committee, it has standing committees
on education, philanthropy, science,
literature, Journalism and business
women. Mrs. Jenny June Croly was
elected President at the last annual
business meeting.
Senator Lamar sent this sentiment to
Augusta, Ga: "The typical IriShman:
his home-the world His friends
all the peoples. His faith-his own,
No cline to him so cold as viii not pro-
duce a shamrock; no soil so barren as
will not grow shillalah. Foremost at
a fight, frolic, or funeral, his gener-
Gus nature finds blow for the bad, a
smile for the glad, and Il tear for the
sad"
Sam Small--tbe "Old 81" IF
the Atlanta COf,stitutiO11-is Secre-
tary of the American Commission
to the Paris Exposition. The
frdpkic says that he is one of the
most amiable of gentlemen, a thorough
French scholar, and thoroughly ac-
quainted with the service of which he is
SO important an auxiliary. His person
al qualities make him as popular as his
inimitable humorous negro sketches
have made an obscure Southern sheet
-Tennyson's most recent poem,
"The Revenge, a Ballad of the Fleet, -
. is founded on an actual battle fought by
Sir Richard Grenville against the Span
ISL Navy in 1890, and which many CO.
temporary writers forthwith celebrated
in prose and verse. Gervase Markham
wrote a very stupid poem about it. Sir
Walter Raleigh's account in prose is the
best, and Tennyson follows it very
closely in his story of the fight. The
reader of Victor Hugo's "Ninety
Three" will not fail to see how nearly
the opening incident in that novel re-
sembles this striking "Ballad of the
/ Fleet
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The Proposed Electoral Law.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The report Of the
subcommittee of the House committee
charged with the consideration of the meth
cd Of eiecting the President and Wire Pres
ident was submitted 70 The full committee
last Night ana agreed to by one majority
The most important feature in their proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States is that the electoral votes and the frae-
lions thereof each person voted for as presi-
dent receives in any State shall be ascertain
ed by multiplying his entire popular vote
there bg the whole number of electoral votes
Of the State and dividing the product by the
aggregate popular vote of the State for all
persone voted for as President, and the quo
tient shall be the number Of electoralyo and
fractions thereof to which such person shall
be entitled, using for such fractions three
deeimals .nd no more. The amendment is
designed to preserve thesrelative power Of
the smaller States. The committee saw on
this subject: "The small States are now
oversloughed by the present electoral sys-
TEN. 1t has happened already that the vote
Of New York cast solid by the general Ticket
has decided the election by few thousand
majority, and, has not only settled the cues
ton for the million voters of the State Of New
York, but against majority the other way
of eight millions who are voters of the United
States. The practical effect of the electoral
SYSTEM has been to increase the relative i'm
pOrtance and power Of the large States, and
the practice Of voting Nv general ticket
was introduced by the large States
f3f that purpose, and when introduced all
were compelled to follow it," Representative
HuntOn, of the committee, proposed All
amendment in substance that in case If :
dispute in any State as to the electoral vote
the election shall be decided by the highest
judicial tribunal of such State, and the vote
shall be counted unless both houses shall .ex-
clude it. Although no serious objection was
interposed BY the conipiittee to this amend :
ment, the committed did not vote on it. 1t is
The opinion of the members of the committee
that the proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition will not receive the appreciation of
Congress, twO-thirds of both branches being
required to propose it to the States for adop-
ton.
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England and Russia.
THE OUFFN'S MESSAGE.

The following is the full text of the
! Queens Message delivered to Parliament on
he LIST:
The present state of public affairs in the
East, and the necessity of taking steps for
the maintenance of peace and for the protec
ton of the interests of the empire, having
constituted, in the opinion of her Majesty, Il
case of great emergency, within the meaning
of the acts of Parliament in that behalf, her
Majesty deems it proper to provide addition
al means for the public service. Therefore, in
pursuance of these acts, her Majesty has
Thought it right to communicate to the House
of Commons that she is about to direct that
the reserve force or militia reserve force, or
such part thereof as her Majesty may think
necessary, be forthwith called out for per-
manent service.
ENGLAND's OBJECTION TO THE TREATY.
The following is the sentence in Salisbury's
circular to the Powers, verbatim, in which he
objects to the treaty of San Stefano:
The combined effect of the treaty in addi-
ton to the results upon the Greek population,
is to depress to the point of entire subiec-
ton the political Independence of the Gov
eminent of Constantinople, and the formal
jurisdiction which that Government extends
over geographical positions, which must be
of the deepest interest to Great Britain. 1t
is in the power of the Ottoman Government
to close or open the straits which form the
natural highway of the nations between the
Egean Sea and EuNine. Its dominion is
recognized at the head of the Per-
and in the immediate neighborhood of the
SueZ Canal, and it can not be otherwise than
a matter of extreme solicitude to this conn
try that the Government to which this juris-
diction belongs should be so closely pressed
by political outposts of greatly superior pow
eT that its independent action and even ex-
iStence is almost impossible. These results
arise not so much from the language of any
single article in the treaty as from the opera
ton of the instrument as whole. a discus
sion limited to the articles selected by one
Power in the Congress, would be an iIlusory
remedy for the dangers to English interests,
and TO the permanent peace of Europe, which
would result from the state of affairs which
the treaty proposed to establish.
dfies.-Beat the yelks of or eggs
until light, then add a cup of water and
one of buttermilk, level cups of sifted
flour and level tablespoonfuls of lard.
Stir lightly, as beating batter after the
flour is added makes it tough. Then
put in a ! teaspoon of soda and the
beaten whites of the eggs. Have the
irons very hot, grease them with lard
and put only enough batter in to have
them one-third full. If the waffles do
not come out of the irons readily, lit
tie more flour may be added.
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Odds and Ends.

The equiAenoctial ine-just behind
a mule.
DO not insult the under-man in a
fight by telling him there is plenty OF
room on top.
There is a lumber dealer in Utica
whose board-bill last week was $4,000.
-Utica Observer.
"A hard-drinking man, who went in
to the saloon business, explained that
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EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

The Maryland Legislature, just previous
10 adjournment, adopted Montgomery
Blair's resolution instructing the Attorney
General of that. State to ask the Supreme
Court Of the United States for writ Of no
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CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on the I'd, the Pacific Rail-
road Funding-bI came up as unfinished
business, and Mr.. Morrill, addressed the Sen
ate in support of the Judiciary Committees
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In 1874 NJ. Paulet enumerated no
less than 179 different processes and ap-
paratus for preserving wood, which had
been patented or described in scientific
works since 100. During the past three
years the list has been largely aug
mented.
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jerome Rowley and two other men
were seriously injured by the explosion
of a new-fangled gas-machine, the other
day, which Rowley had bought and put
in operation in the cellar of his hotel at
Mount Vernon, 0.
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The Pullman Company is now build
ing 60 ears for the New York Elevated
Railroad at a cost of 81, 900 each. Each
car is to be A feet in length and 8 feet
10 inches in breadth, with platforms
sheltered by projecting roofs and sur
rounded by strong iron ratings, pro-
vided with gates. Each car will have II
windows, sc by 40 inches in size, and
the interior will be frescoed and furnish
ed with heavy rugs and carpets, the ex-
terror being painted handsome pea
green. The running-gear of each car
will consist of two four-wheel trucks.
with steel axles and paper wheels.
"A father lately induced croupy lit
tie boy to make healthy meal of buck
wheat cakes and molasses, but the lat
ter proved to be strip of squills. The
boy said he thought something allied the
molasses the very minute his father told
him to eat all he wanted.
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DR.. Foote'S Health Monthly says
people get sick by eating too much and
too fast; swallowing imperfectly-masti-
Gated food; by taking too much fluid
at meals; drinking poisonous whisky
and other Intoxicating drinks, keeping
late hours at night and sleeping late in
the morning; wearing clothing too
tight, so as to retard the circulation;
wearing thin shoes; neglecting to take
sufficient exercise to keep the hands
and feet warm; neglecting to wash the
body sufficiently to beep the pores open;
exchanging the warm clothes worn in
warm room, during the day, for cos
tunes and exposure incident to evening
parties; starving the stomach to crafty
a vain and foolish passion for dress;
keeping up constant excitement; fret
ting the mind with borrowed troubles;
swallowing quack nostrums for every
imaginary i'll; taking meals at irregu-
lar intervals.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-15

sugar alhumcn, and n part of the salts
Is II once absorbed by the earthcnwarr,
and thus il quickly effected that stage
of the process Of analysis which occu-
pies \ long time when evaporation and
similar means are reSorted to. The
whole Of the fat and the caSen remain
upon the surface of the slab in the form
OF II thin skin, and can easily I've rcmov-
rd with a Spatula and dried for cxami-
nation. The amount of fat present can
readily be determined hv either process.
and thus the two chief constituents &c
the milk are II once estimated III
many Instances il is quite sufficient to
know the sum of the chief solid couStit-
uentS, and the proportion Of water in
the milk, to form II fair Judgment upon
1t, and this can he arrived at with ease
in less :han two hours. The method
has the further advantage that II great
number of samples can hc operated on
1T once with very little cNtra trouble.
MANURE foR ORCHARDS. Wood ashes
are doubtless excellent for orchards,
but instead of hoing nut around the
trees they should he spread over the
whole land. But where are the ashes
To como from in this region@ We have
little or no wood, and of course little or
no ashes. In our limited experience
We have learned one thing IN regard to
orchards as we'll rs iuu; trees Of every
kind that we havc cultivated, and we
believe the principle can lie applied
pretty much To every thing that grows
upon the earth, which is, that the al,-
plication ot manure benefits them all.
Ground occupied With fruit trees
should hc mauurcd ms hbcallv rs are
other portions OF the land used for tho
raising Of wheat and corn. X II tho
neglect to 40 80, IN connection with the
general negligence with which orchards
are treated IN many sections, that
makes them Improbable and to he
come worn out prCmatmelv. And us
In the kind of manure with which or
ehards ought To hc treated. While any
kind, almost without exception, will
prove Of advantage. there is mono III
the world 70 bc compared "a stable OF
hamyard manure. \ liberal applica-
tlon Of this only every third wear, with
careful pruning, scrnping and washing
of the trunks of the trees will make II
prodigious change in an orchard. This
top dressing can be applied at amy time
when the ground is not frozen, and if
not bestowed in too heavy Jumps SO as
to injme the (orchardl grass, viii yield
in addition to the fruit il couple of tons
of good hay. We have known three
full crops Of grass To be cut from IN
orchard. Ge,mmtowp telegraph.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-15
Dlogencs In TOXINS.

Not long since party of visitors in-
spccted tho poorhousc, Among the
inmates was venerable looking old
man, whose face indicated perfect hap
piness He seemed ~ be perfectly con
tented
Said one Of the visitors. You seem
to be satisfied with your lot.
+" am" hcrcplied " | have asourcc
Of consolation that is donied to most
men.
Ali T. said the visitor, you look
forward to 4 hlssfu future beyond the
grave. !
" Yes. responded the old man, "but
also find much comfort in the proverb
that says one mans loss is another
mans gain. 1t makes me happy to
think that never lost enough to do the
fcller that found it much good. San
.tHkglli0 IrpnM,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-15

il seems Your friend Mrs. Wha:ton.
whom YOU have made i contidantC,
told some lady, who told her ana hence
her anger
" I'm sure don't care if never soc
the proud thing again, said my wife,
reddening very much, but still without
looking up. One would not have sup.
posed that She was a sister to the Misses
Howell.
After another pause passed | said
!" Did YOU call OH Mrs. Mowbray, Is
you intcndcd?"
Mrs. Jones was silent for i fill
minute. and seemed half disposed Il
decline answering altogether; but finally
she blurtcd out her reply rs follows
Yes, | did, since YOU must know.
She was not ut homc-so, ut least. the
footman said l.; but ifl didn't see her at
the window, and here She burst into
tears Of modification and rage, may
| never eat another mouthful,
| saw it would not do to continue I'll.
conversation, SO quietly ate my din.
her, kissed the children. and went my
way.
OF course the intimacy of my wife
with Mrs Mowbray ceased from that
fatal party and am sorry to say that
the Misses Howell have, as the phrase
goes, "cut our acquaintance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-15
lIunnOl'.

:" amt n-takin no trade dollars
NOW, remarked the tramp to II hcnev-
oltnt old lady. Give rs i grccnback,
or nathin'
The Turk has ceased dreaming of
the hour" and has been suddenly call
cd ont Of bed To hc told that "his hour
has come.
There is a woman who works among
the kenncbec lumbermen, driving logs
down the river. And Mr.. Bcechcr says,
8 Hnrrah, She doesn't believe IN il mis-
cradle hereafter !"
The Saxon Opprcssor. saxon Tourist
=" ! suppose the English buy al the
pigs that you wish to sell9' Irish Peas
ant" They do. Bad hck 10 EN-, the
torants -
Where did this baby come lrom?'
asked u thrcc-ycar-old girl of the nurse
who was wishing the squcaing little
stranger why, from heaven, of
course, REPLIED the nurse !" Wen, If ii
screamed like that there, | don't Won
der they sent il oil, was the stunning
reioinder
The Nevada man vino had seven
hamely daughters, for Il box Of cigars
got the local editor To publish II runor
that he was desperate old mscr who
had seven barrels of gold buried in his
cellar, and all his daughter. were mar
lied oil il four months from that date
Ii il when boy finds himself without
any solicitation on his part, assigned to
position between the ruler and his
teachers knee, that he feels the mper-
alive necessity, or at least the desirable
iiy. Of ordering the immediate mobillza-
tion Of all his forces
lnin of mutton WI. on the table,
and the gentleman opposite took tile
ealycr i'll III land Shall | cnt ii sud
dleWi.e2' quoth hc. You had better
cut il bridlcwisc, replied lis neiglIb0r,
for then We shall have i chance to get
a bit III our mouths.
Not quite the same Thing small
child Whose fayorlte anni i engaged ~
Grandma, whore i Attntie May@
Gnndmamma -hr is sitting ia the
parlot with Captain Herbert, my dear "A
Small child cater moments thoughtl
Grandma, couldn't .}ou 10 and it
with Captain Herbert, aud Auntic May
come and play with meg-Ptmcl,
4 Nicksburg negro fell from the deck
of steamboat, the other day, was
sucked under co2l.barge, came ~ in
time to catch his breath before he slid
under raft mile long, and finally
scrambled ashore down III Warrcntown,
seven miles below, with the remark,
!" 10 use tryin', yc KANT drown deep
water Baptis' y
As yet no one can tell why il is that
the most substantial pair Of stairs will
creak and creak like night shirt ON q