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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21

Both branches Of Congress were too i'm
patient to get away for the holidays to do much
work yesterday. and there were many empty
seats. In the Senate. Mr.. BECK created little
excitement by trying TO tack upon pending
bill an amendment doing away with the test
oath fer jurors in the Federal courts A mo-
ton to 20 into executive session was promptly
made from the Republican side. and the vote
resulted in tie-Mr. DAVIS Of Illinois voting
with the Democrats against the motion, which
was carried only by the casting vote Of WILLIAM
ALMoN WHEELER. Mr. BECK subsequently
Withdrew his amendment.
The exciting episode in the House grew out
ofthe receipt Of n letter from joins SHERMAN tx.
planning among other things. that the large
balance on loan account standing 10 tho credit
OF the United States Treasurer on the books Of
the First National Bank OF this city was due TO
temporary deposits Of the proceeds Of the four
and a half per cent. bonds and TO the bank 5
subscriptions 10 the four per cents. Mr.. HEWITT
wanted the figures read. and. when this was OBJ
iected to. no asserted. amid q great uproar. that
the average balance at the hank in question for
the past half year had been In the neighborhood
Of thirty millions OF dollars The House turned
JONI sHERMASs letter over TO the Ways and
Means Committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21
Notice to New.dealer. and Advertiser.

AS Christmas and New Years como on We'd
nosday Tit wltKtr sUS will he published the Tues
day mornings preceding these holidays Advertisements
must he handed IN on the Mondays before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21

To THE EDIToR OF THE SUN-SbY Tho state
ment OF Bcnolt 20 the eject that he purchased the
skull OF the Japanese pirate erroneous nn the real
~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21

From The 81 Lod' Gh1e Dsmoc,at

Herr HAmmes, who has lust boon elected prcei-
SsnH We Swiss Ooniederauon, VIII receive salary Of
IhNb-9 ltlc more than halt the amount paid 10 the
American charge dAnalros at the Swiss capital They
KNOW now to eeonoml4e In that country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21

The lungs arc strained and raeked by a persistent
cough, the general strength wasted and lncurablC
complaint often established thereby Dr iaNnes ENpec.
nrant an effective remedy Tor coughs and colds aud
eNcrts htnehcal effect ON the pulmonary ana bronchial
Organs -AdV.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21
The rev. Mr.. mn,deu,. rrlnI.

NEW HAVEN Dee. 20.-rhe trial OF the Rev.
H. II Hayden in jail here on charge OF numbering
MARY Smnuard of Madison viii probably begin ON Jan
H. that being convenient time iOr the state and desired
by tile defence
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21

papcr, siri NJ. charge II you don't and Dr. pulr
Cough syrup In itn-AiE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21

Wiofs Hoisehod ha0utine Is a royal scrap hook
Of 100 pages monthly Sample copy 10 cents-.iip
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21

The CABELL furry in the House turns out
10 have had no dangerous sequences Mr..
WHITE OF Pennsylvania. who has several times
avowed his deep determination not 10 be intim-
idated. could not resist the opportunity TO make
the avowal once more. and was boldly backed
10y Mr.. TOWNSEND who appears to much better
advantage in passages OF humor. The incident
has wholly evaporated in approved Pckwick
ian form. and the RULED members have gone
hcme in peace for Christmas. thus giving les
son 10 Messrs GAMBETTA and FoURToU.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21

Senator COMPILING was evidently in one
OF his most gracious moods the other day, when
the bill TO repeal tost oaths was under consld-
Grafton. He had patiently waited for an oppor-
tunity to make his respects to the State which
had produced HAYES. and to that Fraudulent
functionary. without seeming to ntrude upon
the proprieties OF tho chamber, The chance
came when least expected. and it was promptly
seized, rs will be seen by the following remarks
Of his. in answer to a suggestion of Senator
Voorhees,
Mr. President as to Ohio mentioned that State, /
thought not inappropracy merely to pay tribute u the
suniccucy Of that state, all know. IN furnishing
public agents consmmatcy adapted toeycry public iunc
ton whether for the revision Of statutes or the higher
ministrauons Of public office Hope the Senator from
Indiana, being the immediate ncghbor Of tho great com.
monwealth OF ONO will not resent passing aud nuo.
cent compliment paid to that state"
OF course. Mr.. VOORHEES, strong partisan Ms
he H. did not resent n compliment which tho
Senator from New York mad SO dolloRtely offered
in testimony Of peace and reconciliation, and In
grateful recognition OF tho suspension Of Ar
Thur and CORNELL. 1t only remains for Mr..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-21

Why should the expenses of the Legisla-
ture OF this State Of New York have doubled in
eleven years In 1867 they were 1920 AT. while
in 1873 they We're SAP, 1853, a sum $2i 900 larger
than tho amount for the previous year. Is
there any sort Of reason for 1t? Certainly the
Legislators perform no harder service. The
laws enacted in 1878 were no heavier than those
Of ten years before.
Here Is one reason. The work that the mem
bers used 10 do is now done by an army Of
clerks under high pay. There are more as
sistants. clerks and messengers than there are
Senators and Assemblymon. There are regu-
lar adIournments from Friday noon until Mon
day evening and half Of tho time there is not
quorum on these days. The railroad companies
furnish members with free passes. hence a rush
to get home for Sunday. The session lags into
the summer months. its army OF attendants
drawing full pay and perquisites. Under Re-
publican rule the bestowing OF patronage upon
men whose services are not needed largely in
creased, and 1t must be said that the experience
Of the past is not encouraging for reform. Adj
ditional expenses may BIO expected hereafter,
The Legislature ID to occupy tho new Capitol,
in which literally are acres OF space TO be heated
and lighted. and in which fresh relay Of door
keepers innitors, and servants will be deemed
necessary. The prospect is dismal
These nre times for extravaganza. waste. and
increasing expenditures With honesty and at
tention to work. the Legislatures expenses
might easily he reduced one half.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
Who Are the Farmers Friends?


Who but geology, chemistry, the
quarry of the air, the water of the
brook, the lightning of the cloud, the
plough of the frost? Before he was
born into the weird, the sun of ages
soaked it with heat, mellowed his land
decomposed the rocks, covered it with
vegetable finn, then with forests. and
accumulated cubic acres of sphagnum,
whose decay makes the peat Of his
meadow. The foeks crack like glass
by inequality of contraction in heat
and cold, and flakes fall constantly in
to the soil, The tree can draw on the
whole air, the whole earth ON the roll
ing main. The plant, the tree, is all
suciion-pipe, imbibing from the ground
by its roots, from the air by its twigs.
with all its might. Take up spade
full or buck-load of loan; who can
tell what il holds? But the gardener
knows that it is full of peaches, full
of oranges, and he drops in a few
seeds by way of keys to unlock and
combine its yalue-lets il lie in sun
and rain, and by and by il has lifted
into the air its full weight in golden
fruii.-Emcrson az North american
Reciew.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
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What is Hessian Flv.


The Hessian fly is a small gnat or
nudge of the order diptere family &C.
cidomyiada, orgall gnats, and genus
occidomyia. 1t was called Hessian fly
from the supposition that it was
brought 10 this country by the Hes
sian troops, in some straw during the
revolutionary war. 1t was sufficient
ly des cribed in 1917, by Mr.. Say as &C.
cibomyia Instructor. The body of
the insect is about one-tenth of an
inch in length, and the expanse of
wings one-quarter of an inch or more.
The insect is so destructive in some
seasons in fields OF wheat, rye, barley
and rye, and generally natures two
broods in the course of year, ap-
preaching in spring and autumn, ear
lier in the Southern States. The trans
formations of some are retarded in
various ways so that their life from
the eggs to the perfect insect may be
a year or more, rendering the contin-
uance of the species in after years
more sure.
The eggs, about one-ffth of an inch
in length, translucent and pale red,a
placed in the longitudinal crosses of
the leaves of both winter and spring
wheat very soon after ithe plants are
above the GROUND, to the number of
thirty or more on a leaf. If the
weather be warm they are hatched in
four or five days, and the Larvae, small
footless maggots, tapering at each end,
and of pale red color, crawl down
the leaf and fix themselves between
it and the main stalk, just below the
surface of the ground, there remain
ing, head downwards, till their trans
formations are completed, nourlshed
by the juices of the plant, which they
obtain by suction. Two or three lar
vac thus placed will cause the plant to
wither and die.
In about six weeks they attain their
full size, about three-twentieths of an
inch in length, when the skin gradu-
ally hardens and becomes of bright
chestnut color, about the first of De-
cember in the autumn brood, and IN
June or July in the spring brood. In
the beginning of this, the pupa state,
they look like flax seed In two or
three weeks the insect within be-
comes detached fran the lethargy
skin and lies closely within,a notion
less grub. 1t gradually advances to-
ward the winged state, about the end
of April or beginning of May, accord |
ing TO the warmth of the weather. |
When mature, ii breaks through this
case, enveloped in a delicate skin,
which soon splits on the back, setting |
the perfect insect at liberty.
Burning the stubble of wheat, rye
and barley fields, afterw ards blowing |
and narrowing the land, appears the
best method of getting rid of this in |
sect. Various minute parasite insects |
similar in their habits to the ichneu-
men flies, destroy large proportion
of every generation of the Hcssian flv,
preyisg upon their eggs, Larvae and
pupa.- Rural Home.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

Ii is sensibly suggested that a sub
stantial money premium aud diploma
for the best horse shoeing-to be done
on the ground in presence of compe-
tent judges-would be fruitful limo
vation at agricultural fairs. Now
make ready, farriers, for our next
fair.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

The Ohio Agricultural College will
begin this month course of special
lectures to practical farmers, large
number of whom have asked for such
lectures. A tuition fee of five dollars
will be charged, simply to cover the
actual expenses of the lectures.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

Patterns of Glass sets, 81 TO LIS each
IL do do Goblets, 81 so to 81 so per doZ
Glass Bowls, open and covered, high or low.
Bar Glasses, Ale, Beer and Lemonade Glasses.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
A physiological View of Marriage.

Guide to wedlock and confidential Treaties
on the duties of marriage and the causes that I'M
lit for it, the secret OF Reproduction and the dis
eases Of Women; book for private consid
crate reading 260 pages, price 80 cts.
PRIV ATE MEDICAL ADVISER
On all disorders of private Nature arising
from Self Abuse, Excuses, or Secret Diseases,
with the best means of cure, "a large pages,
price so cts.
A CLINICAL LECTURE on the above diseases
and those OF the Throat and Lungs, Catarrh,
Rupture, Opium Habit, &c, price o cts.
Either book sent postpaid on re ceipt of price !;
or all three, containing 500 pages, beautifully
for 10 cts.
Address DIR, BUTTS, No. Il N. Sth st. Louis, Mo
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-02-15
AnefiraI
TEEFIRM BANK.

The following verses are supposed to
have been written by the Rev Rowland
Hill, at time when public credit in
Great Britain was shaken by the failure
Of several banks.
l have a never failing bank,
4 more than golden store;
No earthly bank is half so rich;
How can / then be poor?
'Tis when my stock is spent and gone,
And / without groat,
I'm glad to hasten to my bank,
And bega little note.
Sometimes my Banker smiling says:
why don't you oftener come?
And when you draw little note,
Why not a larger sum?
"Why live SO niggardly and poor?
Your bank contains plenty;
Why come and take one-pound note
When you might have twenty?
Yea, twenty thousand ten times told
Is but taltiIng sum
To what your Father has laid up,
Secure in Christ His Son"
Since then my Banker is so rich,
Ihave no cause to borrow;
I'll live upon my cash to-day,
And draw again tomorrow.
I've been thousand times before,
And never was rejected;
Sometimes my Banker gives me more
Than asked for or expected.
Sometimes I've felt little proud,
I've managed things SO clever;
But ahl before the day is gone
I've felt as poor as ever.
Should all the bank in Britain break,
And that of England smash,
Bring in your notes to lions bank,
You'll surely have J our cash.
And ifyou have but one small note,
Fear not to bring it in;
Come boldly TO the bank of Grace;
The Banker is within.
All forged notes will be refused,
Man-merits are rejected,
There's not a single note will pass
That God has net accepted.
This bank is full of precious notes,
All signed and sealed and free,
Though many doubling souls may say
There is not one for me-"
The leper had little note
Lord, if you will, you can"
The Banker cashed this little note,
And healed the sickly man.
We read of one young man, indeed,
Whose riches did abound;
But in the Bankers book of grace
This man was never found.
But see the wretched dying thief,
Hang by the Bankers side;
He cried: Dear Lord, remember NE"
He got his cash and died.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-02-15
SKEPTICISM.

Nowadays people doubt nearly every
thing. They forget that the known
facts of to day constituted the knotty
problems of hypothesis but few years
since. Unsuccessful practitioners OF
medicines quote the doubts and uncer-
tainties experienced by Sir Ast.ey
Cooper. who lived not long after Har-
vey discovered the circulation of the
blood, as evidence that but little is
known of medicine aside from
conjecture, Entirely ignoring the fact
that their competitors are daily healing
diseases which Cooper thought incura.
bic. Is not such ignorance criminaI2
Catarrh, the most common and most
incurabie of all chronic diseases, read
lily yields to the healing and soothing
properties Of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Rene
dy when used with DR.. Pierce's Nasal
Douche. II the case be complicated
the blood must be enriched and puri-
fed by Dr. Pieree's Golden Medical
Discovery. No remedy yet known
equals the Discovery in permanently
curing affections of the lungs, liver,
blood and skin. II afflicted with con-
stipation try DIR, Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets. They are sure
cure. DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in
. late address, speaking of our progress
said, ITO those of my generation this
modern world, which most Of you take
as a matter of course. is a perpetual
source of wonder, a standing miracle.
Science and art have 50 changed the
aspect of every day life that one of a
certain age might well believe himself
on another planet or in another stage
of existence" No longer does the se-
dentary man or the delicate woman
suffer from torpid liver, constipation
or drastic medicine. Science has
demonstrated that the concentrate1ex-
tracts are more potent and reliable than
the huge doses resorted to by our fore
fathers, hence the great sale and pop
ularity of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets, which are scarcely larger
than mustard seeds, yet, are safe and
certain as o eathartie alternative and
anti bilious remedy.
The following names are few Of the
many who have been cured by using
the Pellets, to whom the doctor refers:
Chas. W. Struble, Wauseon, Ohio;
David Thompson, Mountfort, Wis;
Mrs. ". N. Hastings, Troy, n. T.; l.
T. Mac. Pilot Point, Oregon; Wm- X.
Bott, Hyde Park, Pa Caleb Cowing,
Edyytown, n. Y; A d. Brown, Lisle,
n. Y; L. Fogg, Stillwell, Ills; Thos.
w. Landon, Fairmount, Md.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-02-15
"MIS' SMART"

Not that this was the dear, good wo
mans name, but Uncle Jakeway called
her so in mild derision; for she made his
life almost miserable by being too smart
in certain ways which much affected his
comfort-and hers too.
"Punctuality," says the dictionaries, is
adherence to the exact time of an ap-
pointment (punctus, Lat, point)"
Mrs Jakeway was never punctual ac-
cording to the dictionary, for she was al
ways half an hour, at least, too early. If
she was going away on the seven o'clock
train she would get up at four a m to
prepare breakfast, having made every
thing ready the night before, even to
slicing potatoes and chopping meat.
The family had their smoking hot
meal before five o'clock; on the stroke of
six she started out, and in five minutes
reached the station, there 10 spend almost
an hour in the pleasant atmosphere conf
mon to railway stations.
If a stage journey to the little village
where her old mother lived-beyond the
reach of railways-was to be made, Mrs
Jakeway sat with all her "things" on for
an uncertain length of time, till the
creaky vehicle appeared, running to and
from the front door so often that she was
tired out before she started.
Sundays beheld her ystaid and starched,
arrayed in her very best, bolt upright in
chair, but fidgeting, as her husband
expressed it, like buckwheat on a hot
shovel" till she heard the rumble of
wheels coming to the door. She was
always first in the meeting house, and
had heard all the news of the week before
the minister thought of appearing.
This might have explaind her eager
desire to be early at church, had that
been the only day in the week that she
showed such eagerness; but a longing
for news showed itself in her daily life.
She made her sponge for bread before
dark, when it would have been better to
have left it till nine o'clock; for, as bread
is an imperative substance, she had to
get up before light to knead it and then
Mr. Jakeway must be reused to kindle
brisk fire in the oven, lest the leaves
should become sour before the oven was
ready to bake them.
Thanksgiving Day began with her the
week before; and sometimes, within her
husbands painfully excellent memory,
the turkey, 50 early killed and prepared
for that occasion, had been spoiled by
sudden spells of weather." for even No
vember is capricious in this climate, and
VIII have fine warm days now and then.
Ihe clothes for Mondays wash were
always put 'in soak" Saturday highland
consequently would sometimes mildew,
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-02-15
SOCIETIES.

Masonic Hall located In third story OF Cages
Block, Main street.
FlNDLAY CoUsCIL, <. J. M, No. 30. Regular
Council second Monday evening In each
month.
FINDLAY CHAPTER, r. A. M, No. 81. stated
ConvocstiUn irst Monday evenings In each
month.
FIspLAY LODGE. r. q n. No. ~. Stated COIN
munication first and thiI "Wednesday eve
nings In each month.
Odd-Fellows' Hall east 81 Q OF Main street,
between Sandusky and trawford Streets.
GOLDEN RULE EScAMPhE Mt, No ", LO.O.F-
meets second and fourth Friday evenings
of each month.
aAsooCK LODGE, ,So.7S, L. y. o. F., meets eve
~ Tuesday evening
FrsDLaYLoDGE, No. IS. of P..meets every
Monday evening In Odd Fellows Hall.
EIsDLAYSAyIsGs ASDBUILDING LoASAsso-
CITATION meets al the Courthouse on the
third Monday in each month.
rHE WoNEs's CHRIsrIAs TEMPERANCE
USroNmeets at LheLeague Rooms. opposite
The Joy House. General prayer meeting
every3abbath afternoon at O'Clock. Wo-
mems prayer meeting Wednesday alter
moor at 2 o'clock. Chiidren's meeting Hrst
Saturday afternoon in each month at q
O'Clock.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-02-15
NOTICE to TEACHERS

V,HE BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINES
IL will mold their examinations for the en-
suing year as follows:
The third Saturdays of August, December,
Jan nuaIy. February, June and July.
The INST and third SATURDAYS OF Septenber
October, november, March. April and May.
denominations will be held in the A "
Bdilding, commencing at $50 A. NJ,
s~Certificates win not be antedated nor
extended.
sFAll applicants are required 10 bring
recOmm endations from their last ennnlovaTS
or teachers.
BY Order OF the Board,
w. T. PLATT, Clerk.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-02-15
TURKEYS,
CHICKENS,
DUCKS,
Dressed Hogs, etc.
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-02-15
cotIaTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
fs,saga01t IgeGs Judge James Pillars.
5sui.ior- George \. AOsheT.
lYerk O( CygTts scott W. PTeD4s.
TJe1uLres Peter Hosler.
Iec0rdeT-PIal KeInsrer.
tr,L.fe JH,fye Samuel Il. Huffman.
.SheTtD-PaTise &. TrItch.
Poosecutisg AaOrEaey Henry Brown.
roronsr- d. r. Cline
oom0tssioners- Ross w. Moore, Ioh ID
Bishop and John Edgington-
s,.aCm4ry DirecLors-CaInp pbsii Byal. X h.
Watson and J. X. Bnshong.
Fadrna1ry observation-disclosures l. Henry.
sch al IEzanaise1s-W.T T Piatt, X. RSuth-
.rIand, and DOrilas nartZ-
TOWNSHIP oFFlC ERS.
Toussees-samuel Howard, JOhn LSrklns
and Job chslnoerlln.
Clerk Henry n. Louthan-
ITedsurer-Hugh Newell
Jnsfices-D. B. BeardsIey and o. A. Ballard.
constabLes joel Markie and j. NJ Byal.