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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-28
Queen Victoria's Ball.

Mr.. Labouchere gives the following
entertaining notes of the queens ball
at Buckingham palace, last Friday
fortnight.
The prince of Wales, who was at.
tried in an uncomfortable looking
hussar uniform, danced throughout the
the evening and the princess several
times-Once with Lord NOrthbrOOk.
Lady Lonsdale and Lady Walter
Campbell were decidedly the beauties
of the evening, and Lady Hid Higgins
looked remarkably well. The finest
Jewels were those of the dutchess, of
Manchester, who literally blazed with
diamonds.
The supper is always most admir-
able at the palace, and the wines un-
exceptiOnable, notably the dry cham
pagne. In this respect the queen sets
an example which might very well he
followed at other fashionable enter
tainments, at most of which the guests
are ruthlessly poisoned with the cheap
est denominations that can be bought.
Among the lovcliest of the dresses
worn at the state ball was gold bro
cade, with stomacher of yollow topaz,
the upper part of the bodice being also
thickly incrusted with similar gems.
The whole of the front of the skirt
was covered with yellow Marguerites,
wreath of the same being worn in the
hair.
A green velvet bodice was embrOid-
cred in emeralds in the form of sham
rocks. Large white and yellow water
lilies formed the trimmings of the skirt
which was of pale green tulle, contrast
ing with the dark myrtle green of the
bodice. A water lily bud, with Il few
leaves, nestled in the hair.
A brown tulle dress was caught
back with sunhowers. Another brown
tulle of a dark shade had the front
breadth almost covered with forget
me.nots, long trail of which crossed
the bodice diagonally. Flower tabliers
were seen in many instances but they
readily crush, and are affective only
in the beginning of the evening.
A beautiful white satin dress, trim.
med with old lace, had the front en-
broidered with mother of pearl and
seed pearls, the effect being, in color
like the back of a mackerel in the
sun.
A very tall girl wore blue satin, of d
very pale tint, scattered over will
punches and trails of hedge roses
white and pale pink. This dress was
extremely effective beside the uni
forms, but for the most part, the white
toilets carried off the palm in this re
spect. A cream-white Indian muslin
trimmed with brown leaves and small
yellow blossoms was very successful
and so was a combination of yellow
satin and white silver gauze, worr
with opals and diamonds.
Flower fringers formed graceful ad
dition to many of the dresses. On
pale pink silk a fringe of japonici
blooms looked well, but was open tC
the charge of inconsistency, for thu
stalks are far from limp, and coult
never by any possibility hang dowr
when in natural state. Such bios
SONS as buttercups, cyclamen, ant
others of the non-woody kinds are cor
rect enough. A very young brid'
wore a lovely gown of pale-pink satir
covered with pale-pink tulle, the folC
of which were held with apple bios
foms.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-28
Vegetable Time Table.

Potatoes, boiled, thirty minutes.
Potatoes, baked, forty-Gve minutes,
Sweet potatoes, boiled, fifty minutes.
Sweet potatoes, baked, sixty min
utes.
Squash, boiled, twenty-five minutes.
Green peas, boiled, twenty to forty
minutes.
Shelled beans, boiled, sixty minutes.
String beans, boiled, one to two
hours.
Green corn, thirty to sixty minutes.
Asparagus, fifteen to thirty minutes.
Spinach, on to two hours.
Tomatoes, fresh, one hour.
Tomatoes, canned, thirty minutes.
Cabbage, forty-1ve minutes to two
hours.
Cauli1ower, one or two hours.
Dandelions, two to three hours.
Beet greens, one hour.
Onions, one or two hours,
Beets, one to five hours.
Turnips, white, forty-ive to sixty
minutes.
Turnips, yellow, one and half to two
hours.
Parsnips, one or two hours.
Carrots, one or two hours.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-28
Ijoflored and BIest,

When board of eminent physicians and
chemists announced the discovery that by
combining some well known valuable rem
edie5, the most wonderful medicine was
produced, which would cure such wide
range Of diseases that most all other reme-
dies could be dispensed with, many were
skeptical; ; but proof of its merits by actual
trial has dispelled all doubt, and to-day the
discoveries of that great medicine, Hop
Bitters,care honored and blessed by alias
benefatOrs- emOCrQt
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-28
KEEP A STIFF UPPER LlPr'

There has something gone wrong
My brave boy, it appears,
For see your proud struggle
To keep back the tears.
That is right. When you cannot
Give trouble the slip,
Then bear it, still keeping
"a stiff upper lip"
Though you cannot escape
Disappointment and care,
The next best thing to do
Is to learn how to bear.
If when for lifes prizes
Your running your trip,
Get up, start again
"Kecp stiff upper lipw
Let your hands and your conscience
BE honest and clean;
ScOrn to touch or to think of
The thing that is mean;
But hold on the pure
And the right with firm grip,
And though hard be the task,
keep stiff upper lip~
Through childhood, through manhood,
Through life to the end,
Struggle bravely and stand
BY your cOlOrs, my friend.
Only yield when you must;
Never, "give up the ship"
But fight on to the last
"With stiff upper lip"
-phU'bu EUlM
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-28
How the Policy of the Green-Eackers
has been Followed.

sacramento lice.
1t may be considered strange by
those who have not observed the facts
as they transpred, but it is true, never
theless, that every step taken by the
government during the past five years
concerning the monetary matters, has
been championed and urged upon it by
the Greenbackers. The currency re-
formers insisted that greenbacks should
be accepted for customs, and Secretary
Sherman found that the resumption
bill would be a failure unless he should
make such an order. They insisted
that silver should be remonetized; it
was done, and Secretary Sherman found
that coin TO be one of the grandest aids
in carrying out the resumption bill.
They insisted that henceforth 3.65
bonds should be issued, and congress
provided for issuing 800 bonds, and
now the secretary of the treasury agrees
to allow not over $50. They insisted
that no more bonds should be issued
save such as the government might re.
deem at pleasure, and both congress
and the secretary of the treasury have
recognized and acted upon that policy.
Thus far they have been successful in
forcing the government to do all that
they bave insisted upon, and all that
now remains to be done is to provide
for the gradual extinction of the ma
tional banks, and this reform will also
be brought about in good time. Thus
every principle or policy that these cur
rency reformers proposed has been
adopted one after another, and woven
into the national policy. II y =
And just as certain as these reform
ers have had the honor of causing the
greenbacks to be taken for custom du-
ties, of causing silver to be remonetized,
of causing low rates of interest upon
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-28

national bonds, of causing the govern
ment to refuse to issue any ymore bonds
save such as may be paid at pleasure,
just as sure will they be the means of
abolishing the national banks, whose
arrogance and power is menace to
nnhlic liberty.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-28

In the fifteen years since the war the
South has raised nearly 100000 bales
more cotton than 1t did in the last 10 years
of slavery. This addition was worth about
S65O,OOO,0OO. Almost enough to compen-
safe them for the loss of their slaves.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-28

The treasury department at Washington
advises the public to refuse all 500 notes
on the National Bank of Commerce, of
Pittsburg, Pa, and on the National Ex-
change Bank of Baltimore, since new
and very dangerous counterfeit hasappear
pd
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-28

Money is far better to fall back upon
than family pride.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-16

persistenfly moving With bush scythe,
but this must be followed up yearly. and
Is quite as expensive as the ploughing and
cropping with rye. The plough and har-
row. with the growing Of rye for two
years. effectually destroys the brush and
gives a clean pasture for several years.
The land is ploughed in August and the
rye put in with a harrow. not later than
the 10th Of September. We have used TO
great advantage half ton to the acre OF
fish scrap, fresh from the factory. 1t -
drawn upon the ground. and composted
with surface mould few weeks before
hand, and then spread broadcast upon the
field and narrowed in. A second cross
narrowing covers the rye. The advan-
tage Of this early sowing is that the plants
become well rooted before frosts come.
and thew survive the winter in good con-
dition. In the spring We SOW clover and
red-top before the frosts are gone. Much
of this seed catches and furnishes good
tall feed, after the grain crop is harvest
ed. The expense OF ploughing is about
g an acre; of sowing and narrowing
twice 81: Of harvesting with the horse
reaper, 81. and the threshing, done by
lob, one-eighth of the grain. which will
not vary uucH rum 90, HahihS - 'o'
labor, and about the same for manure.
The grain will just about cover the cost OF
the manure and labor, leaving the straw
clear profit. This is more highly es-
teemed for bedding by the livery stable
keepers than any other kind of straw, and
is also used to a considerable extent in the
manufacture of paper. The price varies
from Sl5 to S25 ton, according to the
location and facilities TOR market. The
advantage of the rye crop is not confined
to the value Of the rye straw, for the grass
is increased for several years, which
means more milk, butter, cheese, beet,
wool. lambs and mutton. If the farmer
is wise he will keep his pasture clear Of
brush by grazing with sheep at least il
the alternate years. The labor tor the
succeeding rye crop will be lessened by a
elan pastu,e.-American Agriculturist
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-16
The Sound or Thunder.

MANY persons have an indstinct idea of
what causes the sound OF thunder. Pro-
lessor TAFT attempts to explain it as fol-
lows:
1.-The origin of the sound, is in all cases,
to be looked for in the instantaneous and
violent dilatation of the air along the track
of tho lightning-flash. partly. no doubt,
due tc the descriptive effects of electricity
of which have already spoken. but main
" due TO the excessive rise of temperature
which renders the air for moment so
brilliantly incandesccnt. There is thus an
extremely sudden compression of the arr
all around the track of the spark. and n
less sudden. but still rapid. rush of the air
into the partial vacuum which it produces.
Thus the sound wave produced must ut
first be of the nature of "A roar or breaker.
But as such state OF motion is unstable.
after proceeding moderate distance the
sound becomes analogous to other loud
but less violent sounds, such as those of
the discharge of guns. Wee there few
clouds. were the air of nearly uniform
density. and the flash short one, this
would completely describe the phenome-
non. and we should have a thunder crash
ar thunder clap. according to
the greater or less proximity of
the seat Of discharge. But, as has long
been well known. not merely clouds but
surfaces of separation of masses of air of
different density. such rs constantly occur
in thunder-storms, reflect vibrations in the
air; and thus we may have many success
sive echoes prolonging the original sound
But there is another cause, often more eff
ficient than these. When the flash is a
long one. all its parts being nearly equi-
distant from the observer. he hears the
sound from all these parts simultaneously !;
but if its parts be at very different dis
tances from him he hears SUCCESSFULLY the
sounds from portions further and furth. r
distant from him. lf the flash be much
zigzagged. long portions of its course may
run at one and the same distance from
him. and the sounds from these arrive
simultaneously at his ear. The extreme
distance at which thunder is heard is not
great. when we consider the frequent
great intensity Of the sound. No trust
worthy observation gives in general more
than about nine or ten miles. though there
are cases IN which ii is possible that it may
have been heard IA miles off. But the
discharge of a single cannon is often heard
at 90 miles. and the noise of siege or
naval engagement has certainly been
heard at distance of much more than 100
miles,"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-16
The Value OF Rye.

1t is question on many Eastern farms
whether the Indian corn crop pays. So
many things pay better. and Western
corn is 50 cheap. that many have given up
raising it. But rye is. growing in impor-
lance in the vicinity of all large towns,
by the great demand for the straw bed.
ding, and for manufacturing purposes.
For the last four years we have sold the
straw at an average price of $40 per ton.
falling short Of the average price of hav.
If only a ton can he raised to the acre. in
addition to fifteen bushels of grain, it
makes quite n handsome income tor an
acre OF land. The labor on the crop is
small and comes at time when other
work is not pressing. We use rye as a
cleansing crop tor old pastures. Most
pastures that are not graxed by sheep
tend to relapse into brush. Patches OF
whortleberries. blackberries, sweet fern,
and other shrubs extend year BY year un-
u the grass did out. Something mar be
dens to suppress The growth a hruek hy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-16
@isrtIIareoms.
A New Departure.

An advertising agent for one Of the greal
circus combinations has been in Detroit
for week past. and yesterday he sal
down long enough TO answer few ques
items. The interview started off as fol.
lows:
ssHow many diamond pins will YOU
wear this summer. and what will be fheii
value %
II shall not wear any. Our show has
made new departure in that matter, and
nobody except the man in the ticket wag-
nli will be allowed to wear diamonds.
ara just going up to the express Office n
send nv seven pins, four rings and sleeve
buttons home to my brother
''How many consolidated shows do you
advertise ?''
.'Only thirteen, but we have exactly six
teen. We do not intend ID do any blow
ing this summer, but will practise the
mOdesty dodge. We have twelve clowns,
bit advertise only ten. We have ten elc-
plants, but advertise only eight, and so
on right through"
Have you the only man in the world
who can turn double somersault over
sixteen horses ?''
''No; there is another man who can do
it. and although he is In states prison We
didn't want to say we had the only one.
We shall practise no deception and carry
no humbngs."
Have you the only baby elephant?'
Yes, sir, but we don't advertise it.
We don't want to be mean towards other
combinations.
= Have you twice rs much capital inves-
ted as any other travelling show?'
Yes. sir, but we don't say so on the
bills. The public don't care about the
capital. but want to see the animals"
..Will your street parade be mile long?"
Two of them. sir, but we don't adver-
tise that fact. We let people come and
be agreeably surprised"
Have you got an elephant which has
killed seven men,?
Seven. Why, he's laid ont eight this
very winter. think the list foots up
thirty-two, but we don't advertise it. An
elephant il an elephant, and what's the
use Of blowing about it ?''
You have two or three man-eating
tigers ?''
'.Of course--seven or eight OF them.
and we have list OF the names Of people
who have been eaten by them. but We
make no blow about it,
Have you boa-constrictor fortyeight
feet long?"
I'VE have one sixty feet long He's the
longest and largest snake ever imported.
but we give him only one line on the
bills"
Have you the sacred COW of India ?"
Yes, sir. and the sacred OK of Japan.
and sacred calf and sacred pig. but we
don't blow over them. We let the public
come in and separate the sacred from the
unsacred themselves
'.Will YOU have two circus rings?'
I'VE shall have four. but we don't put
it on the hills, AS told you at the start.
we are making new departure. We shall
not even tell the plain truth. No dia-
mOnds. no trumpets, no snide challenges,
no humbug offers, no field of the cloth Of
gold. We are going to sail along in \
gentle modest way and give the people
five times their moneys worth. That's
all-children half price and no lemonade
sold inside the tent. Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-16
MEDICAL HOME FOR lNvALlDS!
No. iI9 Marlboro Street, Boston, Mass.
EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, BRAIN and
NERVOUS DISEASES CURED.
c. W. RHODES, NJ. D., supt
Notice of Foreclosure,

NHEREAS Thomas Graves of Litchfeld in the
w Ceuutyof he neber, on the eighteenth day of
October A. d. by his deed OF mortgage of that
date recorded in kenncbcc Registry Of Deeds. Book
Sl5, Page Ssc conveyed 10 Alden Moulton of Wales
In the County 81 Andrcscoggin and State OF Maine
In said town Of Lsched cont airing
hundrcd and thirty-swo acres or less. Said
premises arr fully 1T forth and describ. in said
mortgage decd, to which referenoe may be had said
mortgage deed given to securc the payment OF i've
certain notes Of hand therein described and now as
the conditions Of said mortgage have been broken.
j, Alden 40ult0n, claim f0reciose Of the came
according to the statutes in such cases e and ur.
vfdcd, and % hereby give this notice for that
wslee. April q, 1851 SSas
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Nfm advertisements.

Best in the world. Lasts longer than any other
ALWAYS in good condition, cures sores cuts bruises
and cor, 5 Costs bu; little than the limitations
Every package has the trade mark. Call for the gen.
uine, and fake no Other. mayo'~"1"
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AGENTS Wanted !

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So 100000.

The Lives Insured by the Society carefully Sc
lected in different parts North America and Europe
furnishing by this broad field Of operations, an ad
ditiona and exceptional safety tot he Policy
Thc assurances are made only on the Mutual Preni
Principal. The Surplus are returned annually to
the Incurred.
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FARM FOR SALE,

Situated in Sidney, on REYNOLDS Hill so called 81
miles from Augusta As of land IL Of woodland
the rest divided into pasturage and tiIlage. Story
and half house with ell, good stable, well in the
house and one at stable good orchard mostly Young
trees all grated, chance Tor good crop the coming
season; plenty Of dressing; year old colt; wagon
10 tons Of good hay. Any one wishing TO pprchase
please call Immediately, as wish to seil ON accouat
q poor health. REuBEN WING,
narieDlwkw;m0s Center Sidney, Nains,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-18
Crops in Short Seasons.

Short seasons are not without their adj
vantages, so far as the production of
crops is concerned. 1t has long been
noticed that the best vegetables are those
that grow and mature very quickly.
They are tender and free from blemishes
of every sort. The quicker potatoes are
raised the better they are in every
respect. Long seasons cause the tubers
to be ill-shaped and generally of poor
quality and unpleasant flavor. The best
potatoes come from places where the
growing season is very short. Aroos-
took County, Maine, supplies the East
ern cities with the finest potatoes they
receive. The best potatoes in this mar
ket come from the Beaver Islands, which
are situated near the northern extremity
of Lake Michigan. The season is so
short there that it is common to plant
potatoes in the fall. Snow generally
falls in such quantities during the latter
part of November as to prevent the soil
from freezing. There is virtually no
spring. AS soon as the snow melts, it is
summer. Potatoes have but short
time in which to grow, and they make
the most of it. From the time the tubers
commence to form till they mature their
growth is constant. Every portion of
them is of the same quality. What is
true of edible roots is also true of small
fruits. They are best when produced in
short time. Cultivated Strawberries,
raspberries and blackberries are supe-
rior to those that grow wild chiefly for
the reason that they grow quicker. With
rare exceptions all the small grains are
best that mature quickly. Canadian
barley is generally of better quality than
that produced in the United States, and
the difference in its quality is undoubt-
edly owing to the short time in which it
natures. The best quality of any crop
grown for food is generally produced in
a region where the season is so short as
to render the ripening somewhat uncer-
tain. The best grasses also grow where
the seasons are short. They are tender,
juicy, and nutritious. When converted
into hay, stock of all kinds will eat it
with little waste. Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-18
Ounce Seeds.

There is, it seems, a corner in ounce
seeds. 1t will strike the uniformed
public as a little curious, but the girls
buy up all the ounce seed to make curls
of. There is nothing in the world to
compare with the. glue obtained from
ounce seed to make these awfully love-
ly curls, of all sorts of shapes and sizes,
which lie upon the marble brow of the
girl of the period like mashed angle
worm upon Philadelphia front step.
Why any girl should want that sort Of
thing zig-zagging down to the edge Of
her eyes and rolling back around her
ears, held together by an invisible net
which everybody can see, is quite be-
yond ordinary comprehension, but no.
body ever expects girl to give rea-
son for any eccentricity of personal
decoration. But while the crushed an
gleworm ornamentation of the feminine
forehead is persisted in the demand for
ounce seeds will continue. These seeds
are mostly imported from Russia, and
the trade has grown from 800 pounds a
year to 10000 pounds, and the demand
is not satisfied with that. They are
handled by the druggists, and the prices
have gone up so that great many
girls can't afford quince-seed curls, but
fall back on gum tragacanth and soap.
either of which will serve the purpose
very well and create an appropriate de-
gree Of ugliness around the prettiest face
Philadelphia Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-18

"A few days ago Chinaman went
to San Francisco to be treated for a
large tumor on the neck, directly under
the chin. He was taken by his friends
to Chinaman who pretended to have
a practical knowledge of medicine and
surgery, and who guaranteed to cure
him for $50. The pretended physician,
after looking at the tumor, called for a
razor, and without delay made a long,
deep cash in the excrescence, cutting
entirely through it and partially through
the throat of his patient, severing the
carotid artery. The patient expired
almost Instantly. The "doctor," thor
oughly frightened at the awful result
OF his operation. fled and has not been
arrested