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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-11

ences said this officer, further. Secretary Enalcots
threatened to have many relieved when he first went
"a washington, but Is time went others were
ordered, one by one, until tho number Is greater In
each Department than In March, 1885, This recalls
10 mind the Ordnance Department, and General
Benets famous political circular. Did you observe
in his recent report, In answer TO the Senate reson
ton tho reasons no gave for making 1t CONFIDENTIAL
lie was sent to commanding officers Of National
armories and arsenals, and in substance practically
directed them to favor Democrats IN tho matter OF
appointments and discharges General Benet says
that the issuance Of tho circular the result OF an
1lnteryiew with the Honorable Secretary OF war;
and that he put the idea into practical operation.
He said that IL was marked CONFIDENTIAL because IL
was intended for tho especial information OF and as
a guide to commanding officers in their actions, ana
ls object could be best carried out II knowledge OF IL
was confined to the officers who alone were expected
20 act under it, He complains that its publication
was violation of It's confidential character ln
effect In the discharge Of many dependent widows ana
children Of veterans Of the is TO be deplored ana
General Bcuet does not regret more deeply than his
brother officers that active politics should have entered
into service that should exercise parnsanshp
OF any kind, as we are creatures and defenders OF
the Government and its people,
The death of Jabez Champln, at Providence,
couple Of weeks ago. recalled the fact that ne was en-
poyed on ono Of tho first STEAMBOATS, ever built He
was eighty years OF ago when nc nieu' aud was
descendant OF Godfrey champin, who came herr
from England in 1888, and settled ct Newport. Jabes
was born at Norwich Conn., and at the age Of eighteen
found employment as fireman on the paddle steamer
Experiment, then running between New-York and
Hartford. In 1895 be was promoted 70 be assistant
engineer on tho steamboat Washington running be-
tween Providence and Ncw.York. In 1927 he became
chief engineer Of the steamboat Bsn Franklln. which
ade the trip from NewYork TO Providence in twenty
four hours This was considered remarkable achieve
nent IN steam propulsion. and the fare was $40. he
retired nom steamboating IN 1891 and bought 60
acre farm IN bradford County, Penn. Tor which he
paid sgOo lie buIIt log cabin IN which he and his
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-11
THE POULTRY YARD.

The American Poultry Yard says
More depends on management
than on the breed.
High perches cause injury to
heavy fowls in descending.
Tobacco put into hens nests is
good to keep them free from vermin.
Ground bone not only contains
lime, as do also oyster shells, but it
also contains animal matters, and is
of great value to poultry.
Poultry at certain seasons are
sometimes over stimulated by high
breeding to make them lay. 1t
should be remembered that fowls
can be injured in this way.
Feeding chopped onions to pouIt-
ry is said to eradicate lice. For
young chickens three feelings a
week in the spring and part of
the summer are sufficient.
Some authority, wise or other
wise, says dry-picked fowl is bet
ter than one picked after scalding,
and that a spring chicken should
never be scalded, as it is spoilt
thereby.
On of the most essential require
ments to success with poultry is
proper ventilation. During the
warm weather circulation of air is
imperatively necessary to the health
of our fowls.
When poultry is kept in yards,
whether large or small, a portion ::of
the ground should be left for glass.
and the rest should be frequently
turned over by blowing or spading.
Worms, fresh earth and green food
will then be supplied, all of which
are necessary.
Young poultry should be plucked,
too, soon after killing. IF the
feathers are pulled out while the
feathers are still fluid the vesicles
at the root of each feather become
engorged and the skin spotted.
Don't feed before killing; the car
cass of a chicken killed while diges-
ton is going on will keep but o
short time.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-11
MAKE HOME PLEASANT.

What is a home worth if it is not
a happy home? What man or wo-
man wants to go to place where
all is rough, unkind and selfish?
The meanest coward in the world
is the man who is all kindness and
smiles to strangers ON the streets,
and who is rough and unkind to the
helpless ones at homes. A man
who could so far forget bimselt as
to be unkind to his wife and chill
dren, does not deserve the, name of
man, and Shout not be recognized
by decent people.
There are many other ways OF
being unkind besides actual abuse.
The regular iault-6nding and dis
cussing of unpleasant subjects is the
constant dropping that wears away
the stone. Your wife, in many in
stances, does more work than you
do, and is much more economical.
Why not, then, try to encourage
her, and make her life happy, and
encourage and pet the children, in
stead of being a regular old bear
and making everything unhappy
about you? Remember, husband,
that your wife has just as much
right to say rough, unpleasant
things as you have, and neither of
you have the right to be more un-
pleasant at home than you are
elsewhere. Remember, wife, that
the home ought to be haven OF
rest to your husband, and to make
it place OF pickering is very
wrong. Both should remember that
the children will initiate the exam
pie of father and mother, and will
be unpleasant and hateful all their
lives. Why not make home happy
and life worth living? You cam
Alliance Farmer.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-11

The market prices of good horses
are the only ones that fluctuate, and
they must vary according to the
laws which govern the sale of other
commodities, according to supply
and demand. The price of the
poor horse never varies; it is always
low, and this is good and substsn-
tial reason why good horses should
be kept instead of poor. 1t costs no
more to raise a good animal than ii
does a poor one, and even when
good horses are comparatively low
there is as much profit in horse
raising as in anything the farmer
can engage in. A good horse, wher
six or eight years of age, brings
from two to FIVE hundred dollars
and at these prices they pay vel
Tor the trouble of raising them, and
a dividend on the investment.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-11
a500 RpRard.

For many years the manufacturers
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy have
offered, in good faith, standing re-
ward of $500 for case OF chronic
nasal catarrh which they cannot
cure. No matter how bad the dis.
eases has become, or of how many
years standing, it yields, in due
time, to their skill. This famous
remedy is sold by druggists at so
cents.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-11
LEARN A TRADE.

A good trade is something which
bank failures or commercial panics
do not destroy.
1t is passport to all countries
and chimes.
Something which can be carried
in our heads and hands.
A demand note which passes cur
rent everywhere.
The one thing that cannot be
learned in an academy or college.
A strong crutch upon which to
lean.
The friend of our youth who will
not desert us in our old age or Attic
ton.
The only language understood by
the people of all races and climes.
Beyond the possibility of decline
at any time-years enhance its val
ue.
The only property which cannot
be mortgaged or sold.
1t is a calling which can be de-
clined or taken up at pleasure.
Something about which neither
friends nor kindred can quarrel.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-11
THE COST OF MAKING A POUND OF
BUTTER.

Quite frequently up springs some
man who proceeds to tell us what it
costs to make pound of butter.
No sooner has he subsidized than
some other fellow declares that the
first is all wrong. As we view it
the cost OF producing a pound of
butter must depend on so great a
number of ever varying conditions
that the experience of no one man
can be taken as guide for the
others. There are, however, two
primary principals which govern
everywhere.
l. The cost of butter per COW will
always be effected by the amount OF
the yields. For instance, if a COW
yields only $50 pounds year, the
| cost in some respects is more than
double of that obtained from cow
that yields 300 pounds. The item
of labor, stableing, and to a con-
siderable extent feed also, is nearly.
if not quite, the same with the fi.st
cow as with the second.
| 2. In herds of cows the cost of
butter per pound is effected by tne
size of the herd. Ten cows produc.
ing 200 pounds each, in season.
will require the same machinery
and room that will herd of TWEEN
ty having the same relative produc-
ton per cow.
Two thousand pounds of butter
will cost more per pound in many
particulars than 1000 pounds. The
proportion of cost will also be varied
greatly by the perfection and hardi-
ness of stables and dairy house. A
Mr.. Hopkins, of Buffalo, N. Y.
with a herd of fifteen very fine dairy
COWS that produced an average of
332 pounds per cow, says in the
Country Gentleman that his butter
costs him III cents pound to pro-
duce that which sells tor an average
price Of 35 cents.
Another dairyman says his figures
are all wrong, and that it costs him
IA cents a pound the year round.
We would not wonder if it did
Take some of these foolish dairy
men who really prefer a COW that
will yield 125 younds to one that
yields 300 pounds, and we doubt not
they are paying cost of 30 to 40
cents daily for all they get. 1t takes
from $50 to s40 to keep even such
low down cows year; and return
of only about 100 pounds of butter
makes the article cost dear. In all
these points it takes brains TO figure
where the profit lies. Not one
farmer in 100 in Wisconsin can tell
today what his butter costs, or the
cost per gallon of his milk product.
AS business men this should not
be. -Hoard's Dairyman.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-11

Mr.. John B. Harrison, OF Spring
field, ILL.,, says that he had blood
troubles for quite time; his ton
sils were SWOLLEN, eruptions over his
hands and face, followed by paraly-
sis of the face, which was all re-
lieved by Swift's Specific, and after
the lapse Of seven years there has
been no sign of a return of the dis.
ease
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-11
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT,

MARIETTA JOURNAL IS THE
Official Organ ofthe Farmers Alliance
Of Cobb County.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
The Oceans DeptII,

The greatest known depth of the ocean
is midway between the Island of Tristan
d'Acunha and the mouth of the Rio dc
Ia Plata. The bottom was there reached
at n depth of 40,2 feet, or eight and
thrcc-quarter miles, exceeding by more
than 1900 feet tire height of Moan.
Everest, the Hottest mountain in the
world. In the North Atlantic Ocean,
south of Newfoundland, soundinss have
been made TO depth Of 1880 fathoms.
or 27,4S0 feet, while depths exceeding
"a 900, or six and onc-half miles, are re-
ported south of the Bermuda Islands. The
average depth of the Pacific Ocean, be-
tween Japan aud California, is little
over 1000 fathoms; between Chill and
the Sandwich Islands, $500 fat',orne. -.
between Chill and New Zealund 1900
fathoms. The average depth of oil the
c-~---, "a f--o!r """n - "EnH <--hnms.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
a Company That Guarantees the Hon
esty of Employees.

II is unnecessary nowadays for youns
i:ian to have rich friends TO 80 Oh his
bond when lie secure; II situation where
security Of some kind is required OF him.
There arc companies in New York which
make a business Of going on employees
bonds, receiving in return small per.
ccntagc of the amount Of the bond, II
is said that this form Of doing business
has become quite popular with railroad
companies and other corporations of the
sort, at least one railroad refusing to ac-
cept any other bonds except those fur.
nlshcd by a company. These organiza-
lions already guarantee the honesty of thg
employees along over 10, 900 miles Of rail.
road. The scheme OF bonding bank
cashiers is also very popular, and one
company is now on the bond OF over $50
cashiers in New York State. lii some
places employers demand u bond of
everybody WHO is behind the counters,
even though they don't handle any money
or happen TO be unable 10 steal anything.
The charge is very small, too. IL costs
all the way from onc-thiri of one re.
cent. to thrcc-quarters Of one Per cent
1t is significant fact that the highe.s'
rate is that charged bank cashiers.
Ne'o YORK World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
\ lEimiStcr Nnnniusscl.

Harriet Bcechcr Stoves son, Rev.
Charles Is. Stowe, of Hartford, Conn,
met with an experience the other evcnin.
which completely nonpussed him, say
the Chicago HeruW.
One evening quite recently lie dinc,l
with Mrs. J. w. Bnardman, proprietrcsl
OF the lIotel Woodruff. Visiting Mrs.
Boar'lman is Il cute little niece about Iivs
years old. She is II regular ciiatl crhox ard
makes many bright renari;s during tlt
day. Fcarin. lest the child would aston.
ish the preacher by some outlandish say.
ing, her aunt warned her TO keep MIN
during the dinner.
The admonition was listened 10 with
awe, and ut the table the little OF,
scarcely dared look ut Mr.. Stowe, not
wishing to commit Il supposed sin. Will,
the servant was absent from the room. ;nc
little girl noticed there WAS no butter O,
her small pink dish
She didn't mind holdin. her tongue.
int to eat bread without butter-thal
would never do. She took survey Of
the table, and 10 and behold, the butter
dish WAS directly in front of the preacher
Wistfully she gazcd at both for II few
seconds. Never i'll her brief existence did
she appear 50 pcnsivc. Then gathering
all her courage and clearing her throat
she said:
Dear pastor, wont you please, fol
Gods sake, pass illc butter?"
Rev. Mr.. Stowe never received such .
shock. lie leaned over in his chair tc
pick up his napkin, which, of course, mad
not fallen. Mrs. BoardmaE must ut that
moment arrange Il window curtain, and
other guests were suddenly troubled will
II friendly cough.
Little Mabel, self-satislied that she had
done the proper thing, was the only ont
Mt the table who could positively prov,
that she was alive.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
The most famous of modern dwarfs'

The most famous of modern dwarfs
were the little people that p. II. Barnuin
long eXhibited-Charles S. Stratton, bet
ter known rs General Tom Thumb, who
was born in 1887, and died July IS,
1883; Lavin;a Warren, who married
Stratton; her sister, Minnie Warren, who
was the wife Of Major l.. Newell, and
George Washington Morrison Mutt, of
Manchester, y. H., better known MS
Commodore Mutt, who was born April ],
1915, and died in New York city May
20, 1881. After the death of General
Tom Thumb, the widow WAS married to
Count Primo Mogri, an Italian midget, in
New York city, April &, 1883. The Sec
ond husband has dwarf brother known
rs Baron Littlcfnycr.
The smallest dwarf of which there is
any account is now before the public
Her name is i.uzic Zaratc, Il Mexican.
She is exhibited 10y her father, Il man of
more than ordinary development. She is
twcnty-one years old, weighs nine and
three quarter pounds and stands about
twcnty-four inches i'll height This bit
of humanity is not pretty, nor is she
strikingly intelligent However, her
memory for faces is 50 surprising tina: af-
ter once conversing with II person his
face is at once recalled wherever and
wherever met with She is little chat
terboX, and loves 10 be the centre of Il
curious throng Of people.
For the honor OF being the smallest oil
men there are many claimants, hut the
palm belongs to f. Flynn, better known
rs General Mite. lie comes from
Greene, N. y, and stands little over
two feet in height. lis weight is but
nine pounds. Scarce larger than this
spcck of humanity is Major Atom, of
New York city. lie is nephew OF Adj
miral Dot, the clever little singer and
dancer, handsomcst Of all dwarfs, who
was discovered by Barnum in California
and'who was for several years an attrac-
ton in his tentsiow. Atom and Dot arc
Hebrews. The Little German Rose is
also from California, and is Jcwcss.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
Vegetable Poetry.

Potatoes came from far Virginia;
Parsley was sent us from Sardinia:
French beans, low growing ON the earth
TO distant India trace their birth;
But scarlet runners, gay and tall,
That climbed upon your garden wall
4 cheerful sight to all around
In South America were found
The onion Travelled here from Spain;
The leek from Switzerland We gain.
Garlic from Sicily obtain,
Spinach i'll Syria grows.
Two hundred years ago or moro
Brazil TIC 2rticl.5ae sent DER,
And Southern Europe's sea coast shore
Beet root OH us bestows.
When Elizabeth was reigning here,
Peas came from Holland, and were dear.
Tho South of Europe lays its claim
10 beans, but some from Egypt came.
The radishes. both thin and stort,
Natives of China are, no dou"
But turnins. carrc-c ;:"'' Sep kaie,
With ce.eIy, SO crisp and pale,
ere PROFIT ~ o. our own fair land
And cabDages, n goodly tribe,
Which ADLER pens might well describe,
Are also ours, understand.
London Young Folks Rurd
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
The Metric System Spreading.

Although the metric system of Weights
and measurements has made no head way
in ;;Iis country outside of school aritlmc-
tics, it is stated TO be steadily spreading.
j; is no" legally recognized in countries
having Il population of almost 500, 900,
00O-norc than half the population OF
the world. II is compulsory in countries
which contain one quarter Of the entire
population OF the world. The strange
part of the spread Of this superior system
of weights and measurements is that such
half civilized countries rs Russia, Turkey
and British India seem to be more alert
to realize and take advantage of its adj
mitte;l superiority Than England or Amer
ica with all their boosted genius for
adopting the best methods and systems
Shall the turoancl Turk ninbly reckon
mp his accounts and meters, simply ar
ranged on the decimal scale, while the
h."hly civilized American laboriously fig
GreS over the irrcg;.i;:.: relative proper
t;oaS % ounces and pounds, iceis ard
Yards, gallons, bushels and barrels.
How much easier is il 10 say: Ten mills
make q cent, ten cents dime, ten dimes
or 100 cents make dollar, than to stru9-
gle with grains, ounces and pounds.
Why don't the American people adopt
The same simplicity in weights and meas
urcments that is followed in money!
Onsaia World UciWM.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
The Nautilus and Argonautn.

referring 10 The nautilus and argo.
nauia, writer i'll i@pHidr !Scienc5 .Nonthh,
says: Each has row Of arms, with
suckers around the mouth, and they
move in the same manner us cutticfshcs
do--by cjecting quantity of water
through Il tube with such force as TO
drive the animal backward. The nautl-
It's. as it grows, builds the shell larger
to accommodate the growing body,
building OIL the edge and continuing the
spiral, and ut the same time forming II
partition across the rear If nautilus
shell is cut longitudinally it will be found
to be made mp of large anterior cham
Der, which the animal occupied Just be-
lore 1T died, and behind large number
OF chambers separated from each by
transverse partitions, and connected to-
getIer only by Il small circular hole that
exists in each partition. When the
nautilus is alive ncshy tube runs
through all these chambers, passing
through the holes, and forms the only
connection between the animal and the
rear chambers once inhabited by it. Iii.
thought that by means of this tube the
rear compartments can be filled with
water or emptied at the aniIlal's will,
thus allowing il either to rise To the SIR.
face or to sink 10 any required depth.
Argonauia is pure white, ridgcd shell,
thin and delicate, The animal being very
much like the nautilus, but in this case
the female has the covering, while the
1aic is cntirly without the shell.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

A littlo girl of three or four years
had gone from her homo and srcnt u
large pnrt of the day with II childlcss
wiie. Getting weary, she was kindly
and snugly tucked away on tho lounge
for nap. Aficrward, whilo quietly
engaged i'll her household duties, hcr
nap over, tho littlo ono awoko, and.
sitting up, surprised Tho Indy by say
ing with enrncst enthusiasm, "Yon
seem just like mamma. Boston,
IraUeiier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Tin.. and opportunity lost is cternally
lost.
If woman hadn't her weak points she
would be an angel.
What we call time enough always
proves little enough.
No man can afford to have faults. tho
people cxaggerate them so.
The man who knows himself thorough.
" has little confidence i'll others.
The good things man does arc hard
10 remember, the evil things are dread.
tul easy.
We're we US eloquent rs angels, we
should please some more by listening thar
by talking.
If you haven't the moral courage to
laugh at sncerers, then you are anothr,
vi natures mistakes.
Happiness is II perfume that one can,
aot shed over another without few drops
falling on ones self.
In family government let this always
be remembered, that no rcproof OF de.
nunciation is SO potent us the silent i'll.
dueiIce of II good example.
They who delay setting Out, merck
because the road is difficult, or that they
cannot see 10 the end of the Journey, are
il dangcr OF being belatcd.
y lie depends more upon scientific
terms than The truth docs, for however
simple the words are that repeat the truth
lAsy dctlact no luster from its Change
less character.
No man ever talked OF his work with.
'ul saying something about its great men,
tai strain. We suppose that even the
wood-choppcr thinks it is brain work
that makes him SO tired ut night.
y maa sees an idea SO much quicker
when popula: name is attached to it.
that 1t suggests Il motive, either that he
is too tired think for himself, or he hopes
10 he mistaken for sensible man.
Husband aal wife-so much in com
non, how different in typc She all
golden hues and softncss, he all dark
shades and energy; her step So light and
child-likc, his 50 manly and steady. Such
u contrast, and yet such u harmony,
strength and weakness blended together.
\ wise man will turn adverse criticisms
and malicious attacks 10 good account.
lie Will consider carefully whether there
IS not III him some weakness or fault
which, although he never discovered,
was plain to the eye Of his cncmy Many
men profit more by the assaults of foe:
tilan by the Kindness of friends.