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Year: 1878

"PATENT OUTsIDEs. ."-Johnson, Of
Sacramento, has introduced in the As
sembly = Sill relating to newspapers,
which provides that "the composition and
presswork performed upon newspaper
purporting to be published in this State
must be performed wholly or in part with
in the county where such newspaper is
purported to be published" The Bill is
said to be aimed at "patent outsides, 4"
but we can see nothing in the above synop-
sis which would effect them particularly,
as in every instance of which we know
anything, the labor is formed "in part"
within the county where they are pub
lished. The patent outsides" in Use in
this State are nearly if not quite all now
printed in San Francisco, where two es-
iablishments are devoted exclusively to
this business, but in some instances here
tofore the outsides have been brought
from Milwaukee, Chicago, etc. These
are furnished to the enterprising (?) pub
Usher ut about the cost Of blank newspx-
per Of the same size, but the inside pages
are gotten up and printed at the nominal
place Of publication, and are frequently
| inferior to the "patent outsides." In fact,
in several instances we might mention,
the papers would be greatly improved by
using patent insides also. The home
newspaper using 'patent outsides" is just
half a paper, and that half is too often the
one which is printed abroad.


The support Of a local paper depends
mainly upon its being local, and the more
local it is made the better will it serve the
purpose Of its publication. The people
OF counties and Of popular towns believe
their interests will be advanced by q
newspaper, and when one is started they
| patronize it more on account of its being
a home institution than for any other
reason. We know such is the fact in our
own case, and believe it is so with all
papers published in small communities
When half Of the paper is printed abroad
it loses much OF its id entity rs local pa
per, and we don't believe the people take
as much interest in its welfare under such
circumstances. We also maintain that It
is the duty Of officials AS we'll as citizens
having patronage TO dispense, to favor the
paper printed wholly at home, in prefer
ence to the half local and half foreign
sheets. a law compelling the publica-
ton OF all legal notices in paper printed
acholly within the county where published
would only be proper protection to egiti-
mate publications, and would aid mate
rally in dscouraging the use OF "patent
outsides."
Year: 1878

MINING AcCGDENT.-By the accidental
discharge Of II blast in quartz mine on


Deadwood mountain, Siskiyou county


Chas. Nesbitt and young man named
Jones were seriously injured. The blast
had been put in when it was discovered
that thd fuse did not reach below the
tampEg, and the mon We're engaged in
taking the tamping out when the explo-
sion occurred. The following account of
their injuries is taken from the Yreka
Journal Of Jan. Both: "NesbitL's right
hand was badly torn, so that Dr.. Robert,


son had to amputate it above the wrist,
and the same arm is also brokon below
the elbow. His left hand was also badly
torn the two last fingers, aud part Of the
third being blown off, leaving the index
finger untouched, while the thumb was
also badly torn though hanging to the
hand. The Doctor fastened tho thurnb in
place and dressed the hand, with tho in
tention Of endeavoring to save it. The
same arm is also broken above tho wrist.
Jones is also seriously injured, one ofhis
eyes being put out, and the other in great
danger. His face is terribly inAamed,
and on opening the eye, the Doctor OBJ
served the water escaping and tho eye
ball fattened, which renders it certain
that one eye is gone for any future use.
The other eye is also inaamed from which
the Doctor extracted pieces of rock. One
great advantage in favor of the injured
men, is tho very small loss Of blood, thus
retaining their full strength and vatslity."
Year: 1878

THE Committee on Labor and Educa-
ton of the House of Representatives is
still busily engaged ir discussing the Chi
nese question, and seems to hold that the
readiest solution Of knotty problem is TO
invite the corporation of China and
Great Britain to restrict Chinese immi-
grafton and prevent the importation Of the
coolies to this country. In this connection
Sargent has prepared brief, holding that
this nation has the right to abrogate or
modify any treaty or treaties which work
an injury to her.-Sdc. Bee.
Year: 1878

Flowers may be preserved in fresh
state for considerable time by keeping
them in a moist atmosphere. Those who


love to see plenty of fresh flowers in their


parlors or sitting-rooms will be gratitied


by adopting the following plan: Pour


water into fiat porcelain or glass dish /;


set vase of flowers in the dish, and


over it place bell glass, with its rim in


the water. The air which surrounds


the flowers being confined beneath the


bell glass, is kept continually moist with


the water which rises with it in the form


of vapor. As fast as the water is con-


densed it runs down the sides of the bell


glass into the dish and If m cans were
taken to enclose the water in the outside


of the bell glass, so az to prevent its
evaporating into the air of the sitting
room, the atmosphere around the flowers
would remain continually damp. Those
who wish to linger on the beauty of q
rare flower or boquet will be repaid
by this experiment. 1t can be tried on
small scale by inverting tumbler over a
roseb bud in a saucer of water Another
method, by which some flowers may be
preserved for many months, is to careful
ly dip them, as soon as gathered, in per-
fectly limpid gum water, and after al
owing them to drain two or three min


utes, to set them upright, or arrange them
in the usual manner in an empty vase.


The gum gradually forms transparent
coating on the surface of the petals and
stems, and preserves their figure and


coloring long after they become dry and


crisp. Faded flowers may be generally


more or less restored by immersing their


stems in very hot water and allowing


them to remain in 1t until it cools, or
they have been recovered. The cooled
portions of the stems must then be cut
OFF, and the flowers placed In clear, cold
water. In this way great number of
faded flowers may be restored but there
are some of the more fugacious kinds on
which it proves useless. But flowers may
also be preserved and their tints deepen
ed by adding to the water little of the


solution of carbonate of ammonia and a
effect of this, in giving the flower a


deeper color and a stronger appearance,
is quite wonderful; and by. cutting off


every other day about one-half inch OF
| the stems of the flowers with sharp


knife, they may be kept so long as their
natural life would last.
Year: 1878

vent Premature Burials.


The cemetery at Munich, says a
correspondent, always has attrac-
tions to the visitor, on account of
the popularity of funerals and the
exposure of the bodies of the dead
for three days before burial. The
law requires the body of every one
dying in Munich to be conveyed to
the cemetery within three hours,
there to remain in buildings erected
for the purpose, for three days.
During these three days a wire is
attached to the hand Of each corpse,
leading to aspiring bell, SO that an
alarm will be given to those whose
duty it is to be on guard in case of
resuscitation. We couldnot ascer-
tain whether there had ever been a
case of resuscitation, but it ap-
pears that a long time ago a case of
burial alive had led to the estab-
lishment Of this custom, which had
been regularly kept up ever since,
to avoid recurrence of such a ca
tastrophe.


We Immediately proceeded to the
first Of those halls, in which the
bodies of the poor were deposited,
and there found eighteen bodies,
not laid out as if for burial, but
reclining in floral bowers or resting
upon beds Of flowers. Spectators
we're not admitted to the rooms, but
they were surrounded by windows,
through which a full view and in
spCction of each could be had
There were eighteen bodies in the
room, seven Of which were infants
and eleven those of grown persons,
except one beautiful girl of about
twelve years, arrayed in white mus
lin, resting on bed Of flowers,
with a wreath of orange blossoms
around her head, reclining as il
asleep, with her bare arms lying
carelessly by her side. None Of
them, except the infants, were ly-
ing as we usually dispose of the
dead, but in every case, whether old
or young, there appeared to be an
effort to place them in careless OIL
half-reclining attitude SO as to have
the appearance Of being in natu.
raj sleep. An old man in this room,
not less than sixty years of age, the
body dressed in a black cloth suit
was almost in a sitting posture
Around each body there was also q
number Of large bouquets, with
cards attached to them, having been
sent to the cemetery by friends Of
the deceased, just as they are sent
to the house by friends in Balti.
more, Alter the expiration of three
days the body is placed in the coffin
by the undertaken, and the friends
and relatives all assemble at thC
cemetery, and the funeral takes
| nlane
Year: 1878

Republicans, who had before them the pros
pcct of successful canvass against n divided
Democracy, have neglected their opportu-
nifty, and now there seems no other alterna-
tive but TO have one of the two Democrats
In the field to represent the district in Con
grCss Under such circumstances, with the
best lights we can draw from the district
relating TO the merits Of Mcssrs. BEALE and
CEIrCHER, we have been led to favor the
choice OF the latter. Our first choice would
be th:t neither should 20 10 Congress, but
aS our political friends in the district have
done nothing to aid in preventing such
a result, we nre LEFT TO a choice between the
two, which we have made, evidently to the
lisplcasurc, If not to the disgust, OF our cor
respondent, Scalawag." Mr.. SESEE has
been looked to rs the coming man to vindi-
cate the Republican integrity and strength
OF the district, but for some cause he has
Coquetted with the occasion and the oppor-
tunty until we see 1t intimatcd in the Fred
ericksburg Star OF yesterday that he de-
clincs to be a candidate. The same paper
says:


II Is rumorci that Colonel, ,JoHS w. WoLTZ.
a well.known Radical leader, will announce
himself q candidate for Congress, and will
make n rapid aud lively canvass of this district
before the day of election. Colonel WOLTz is
u gentleman of ablity--a ready writer and
talker. If the Radicals are determined to have
victim in this campaign, we know Of no one
Of their number who will march up to the sac
rifceiwith more ecidi than Colonel WOLFF.


While these delays have occurred and the
time for o canvass is reduced to q few weeks,
and we now have only runior that Re-
publican candidacy is a bare possibility, we
feel perfectly ut liberty TO express choice
between the two Democrats, who thus far
have the field all TO themselves. Until our
Republican friends in the district relieve us
from this dilemma by furnishing Rcpub-
liCnn candidate for our favor and support,
We must either remain silent or do what, at
hest, is awkward for us to do-preter Dem
Ocrat and take the chances of making a
wrong selection. The Republicans of the
district have placed us in this dilemma by
the neglect of plain duty.
Year: 1878

THE yellow fever is no respecter Of per-
sons, aud carries away its victims regard
less of politics Or anything else But the
green fever out in Iowa seems to be fatal
70 the Democrats only. 1t is evidently u
sporad from Maine But the Republican
doctors understand how To treat IL now so
as to keep the disease from spreading.
They have simply established an honest
money quarantine in the liawkeye State,
which will preserve them from the con.
tagion until the uipping frost OF next Tues.
day shall have killed it outright in that
section.
Year: 1878

TnE political gossips are beginning to
speculate regarding Ben DUTLER's attitude
In the coming session of Congress. That
some importance will be attached to his
proceedings on account Of his recent
Greenback antics, which have placed him
at the head Of all the anti-DemOcrutic,
as well as anti-Republican elements in the
House, is apparent and it is further evil
dent that the strength of this element will
be somewhat increased by the demomlizing
tendencies and results of the pending fall
campaigns. BUTLER will therefore have
some following in the House with which to
sustain his pretensions to leadership. But
1t must be admitted that as soon us his
Year: 1878

efIN August, III. seven millions Of letters
were carried by the United states mail in
what is known at the Post-Olicc Depart
ment as the Middle States division. In the
same month this year seventeen millions
were carried in the same division. This
marked increase OF the use Of our postal
facilities is plain and irrelutable indica-
ton of au improvement in the business al.
fairs of the country.
Year: 1878

THE decrease in the public debt for the
last month is not, as some Of the Democratic
papers describe it, an incident of the pend
ing political campaign, On the contrary, it
is proud and consistent declaration of the
ability of the Republican party to sustain
the integrity of the Government and pre-
serve -thes much-derided National Honor.
The partial intrusion of Democratic power
into public affairs has not been yet sufficient
to interfere with the faithful performance oil
this duty.
Year: 1878

THE gain in Colorado of one member Of
Congress is practically a restoration to the
Republican party OF its own, but it is at
che same time, rebukc to the Opposition
for its outrageous unscating Of Mr. BEL
FORD, who is now reelected to the House.
If this is any indication of the temper of
the people, the Democratic ecrrymandcr in
Ohio will not prove disastrous to the cause
OF honest government.
Year: 1878

Now it is the lrightlul condition of
" things on our river front" that is being
exaggerated into undue Importance TO the
prejudice of the District while ago it
was COHEN aud his handful Of ragamuiins,
who were exaggerated into n mob which
terrOriEcd the entire community, and now
a few dump-loadS Of garbage are maEuited
into acres Of poisoning Ll;h. The truth is
bad enough. and demands the immediate
attention OF cur municipal authorities, if
W. have any; hut there is no cause lor the
violent fears OF the STIR and it. curre-
spondcnts that the population Of the city
will be entirely swept away by Iahlurinl
disease in the next twenty-lour hour, or
less There is reason in all things, except
these gross cxngGrratioHs about our local
affairs, which seem 70 be habitual in certain
quarters
Year: 1878

We would suggest TO the Republicans in
Montgomery and other counties bordering
on tho District OF Columbia that they
should have a special care Tor the purity OF
the elective franchise in those precincts
contiguous to this District. We are con-
WINGED that a very considerable number Of
votes are east annually in those precincts
which are illegal. They ar" east bypersOns
resident Of the District and who voted hero
so long Hs the people had any elective fran
chise. Now that the right to vote here has
been denied them, they s'cpover into Mary
land. secure registration, and vote. while
they are in no sense citizens of the State Of
Maryland. This should be carefully
watched.
Year: 1878

CARBoLIC SOAP FOR INsECTs.-A few
days since I tried an experiment with
carbolic soap in killing insects upon
greenhouse plants, particularly the green
fly (Aphis) which, as everybody knows,
is great pest, and one not readily de-
stroyed, except by fumigating with to-
bacco- not very agreeable operation to
perform upon parlor plants, or in con-
servatory attached to dwelling. My
first experiment with this soap was de-
cided success, operating upon 200 roses
just in bloom, and it was conducted as
follows Into a. pail Of warm water put
a lump Of soap the size of small hens
egg. The soap was cut up into small
pieces and the water agitated until it was
all dissolved, forming warm suds. The
water should not be too hot, but if not
above 100 degrees or thereabout, it will
do no harm. Into this suds each rose
bush was plunged (holding the pot in
verted in the HANDY, and kept there about
half minute. After pluuging, the
plants were set aside for few minutes,
then dipped in the same way into clean
water, shaking them about thoroughly,
washing the leaves, and then returned to
their former place in the house. Whether
it was the soap or warm water that killed
the green fly will not say, but there is
one thing certain, they are all dead
Rural NeU Yorker.
Year: 1878

Rev. e. E. Hale has reseLtly made
some very sensible and pertinent remarks
we hope none will consider them i'm
pertinent lin reference to the loud, harsh
tones of American women in conversation.
He attributes it in measure to the bad
training in our large school-rooms, where
the children are required to "speak up!"
and proceed to do so after fashion
not easily forgotten.


The habit of loud speaking may with
truth be said to be American, and is not
confined, by any means, to the women
and children. The volume and harsh
ness of our average tones, as a people,
can never be appreciated save by him
who has studied the phenomenon. The
mother speaks to the daughter in the
next room, in voice that would send
the interrogation or command clear across
the street. The father calls to the boys
to "come in to breakfast" in stentorian
tones that startle the poor timid echoes
sumbering on the sides of the buildings,
and can be plainly heard through the
whole neighborhood. The boys snarl at
each other in their vexation until you
Involuntary look for their four legs, so
much does their language sound like the
growl of angry dogs The young farmer,
driving his half-broken steers along the
road, shouts and yells and screams at the
shrinking youngsters as if they had no
ears, or were three-quarters of a mile
distant and running like mad through
the bushes. Indeed, taking US all In all
we are noisy set. Even the hens, it is
said, cackle louder here than in any other
land under heaven, and as to the pigs
squealing louder than the pigs of any
other country do, no sane man would
think of denying it for a moment.


But soberly, friends, is it not about
time for US to learn man lers in respect
to this point of behavior9 Is it not time
for US to learn the proper use of the voice,
and the methods of training by which it
can be made sweet and pleasant to the
ear2 Why should not parents make a
point of this in the education of their
children, and thus give them at least one
delightful accomplishment The soft,
gentle, and low voice, which poor old
Lear found 50 dear in his Cordelia, and
so excellent thing iu woman, is not
only mark of good breeding, but has
aesthetic and moral relations that are not
enough regarded. Golden Rule.
Year: 1878

sets so surely were they who control
that majority in Congress which enact.
ed the silver bill over the veto silenced
before Sherman traded with Belmont's
ring. They were not silenced, but the
noise they make will be Jrutum fulmeyl
designed to delude but never relieve
the poverty and distress of the prota.
mum cutgum - the wretched people.
viii not the people protest against these
wrongsT win not popular revolu-
ton ensue and new men be sent to Con-
gress9 Can these having an omDipo-
tent msjority and yet doing nothing
be trustedG Words are cheap. They
cost nothing. The people demand &C.
ton. If We may not have it let those
who cannot give it be supplanted by
those who can and will.
Year: 1878

SENATOR COKE resisted with much
earnestness the approval of the nomi-
nation of one Mcneil, who takes
charge of some Indian bureau. Mcneil,
when the rebels were disfranchised af-
ter the war, was sheriff of St. Louis
city and county. 1t was then said OF
him that he caused twelve men to be
shot to death, who were prisoners of
war in his hands. and that the wife of
one sold herself that the husband
might be liberated. The story was
never denied as far as we know, and
yet it was published and verybody
gave it unquestioning eredence. Sen
ator Coke properly opposed the confir-
nation Of McNeil's appointment while
several Democrats assented to it. People
used to shudder when passing Mcneil
on the streets. There were as bad men
and bloody scoundrels in the Confed-
crate service as Mcneil, but the people
of the South have never sought them
out to honor and enrich. Perhaps the
President, finding that Conkling and
his associates will not confirm a decent
appolntee to Office, would see whether
such fellow as Mcneil will command
the appreciation of the virtuous major
ity in the Senate.
Year: 1878

THE Legislature of Texas, which may
have wisdom .and courage enough to
reform operative abuses and ssYe Texas
towns and cities from utter ruin and
from the clutches of adventures and
thieves now made supreme, cannot
consist of youths and half-flsdged
lawyers or unlettered plowmen or OF
quacks in statecraft or in medicine.
We must separate the little from the
great and invest none with Office save
the ablest and wisest. The strong and
true and we'll informed and earnest and
capable should be chosen members oi
the Legislature at juncture like this
or our governments, local and State,
will become as intolerable as Shernan'f
syndicates and tools in Congress would
make the Federal Union. The people
should think of these things whenever
party hummer and placeseeker ap-
peals to prejudice rather than reason
and practical good sense.
Year: 1878

The bankers did silence Congress.


They did not visit Washington In vain.


They stripped the silver bill of its be-
neficent purpose and have precipitated
resumption. There will be less cur
rency in the country 1ix months hence
than to-day and evelS debtor, not al
ready, will be destroyed. Bankers
and bondholders have the governments
by the throat and the most troublous
times ever known are ahead of US. In
the meantime the people should organ
ize their forces to get even. Congress
must be wholly reconstructed. The
President will yield to an unquestioned
assertion of the popular will and with
draw his opposition to an indispensable
expansion of the currency now less in
volume than the amount of taxation
annually borne by the people. 1t was
thought the silver bill would be sup
plemented by other acts giving re.
lief to the country, but the
miserable Congress is wasting its brief
existence, and nothing will be done to
lessen the growing pressure of hard
times. When will the people gain
possession of the government? Must
revolution come first and anarchy and
despotism? The present condition of
affairs is iHtolerable. The despotism
of gold is the basest and most intoler-
able of all systems of government, and
such just now is the government at
Washington. Remote States are as
outlying PROVINCES of another polluted
Roman empire, only fit to be plum
dered by Eastern monopolists of gold
and bonds. These are exempt even
from that taxation which reaches in
come, as well as that affecting bonds.
We see nothing to hope for at the
hands of this Congress. 1t may repeal
the resumption act. But this signifies
nothing, and Will relieve the people in
nothing. Legal tenders of great
er amount, as ten to one, will
be withdrawn from circulation
than of silver dollars added to the vol.
ume of the currency, and we cannot
see that for the next twelve months the
sufferings of the people will not be
greater than ever before. Congress
was smitten by the syndicate which
smote Sherman, and we can only hope
for relief at the hands of the next Con-
gress. Will the multitude wait patient
ly9 Will there be no revolt of labor
against this terrible despotism of capt.
tai Are the strikes at an end, and
are we to have nothing more or worse
than strikes? The rich surely have an
other year in which to perfect the task
of making. themselves incalculably rich.
The government serves them with
degree of fidelity and sdroitness never
known before, and the poor must still
see their own numbers multiplied.
Wages with the number having en-
ployment will be steadily lessened, and
simply because this Congress, which
promised so much when the silver bill
was enacted, was smitten by the bank.
ers that came down upon Washington.