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Year: 1877

Robert Burns once observed that be
could not pour out bis whole soul with
out reserve to any human being with
out one day repenting the confidence
This peril of betrayal is one that is in
separable from earthly friendship. But
there is one Friend into whose ear the
whole heart may be poured, and the
secret of the soul is safe.
Year: 1877

Be sure to plant early potatoes
plant a quantity for they are in great
demand Notwithstanding the enormous
amount received from Cuba, and our
Southern States Early potatoes if good
are always profitable if sold, and always
a luxuary for the family. Be sure to
plant deep, aud in bed of course ma
nure. sprinkled with ashes and lime,
and on top when they peet out with
plaster. and SCOT or salt. This process
will cause heat that will force 7egeta-
ton, and give nutrimeut to the grow
ing plant, as well as sustain it in form
ing large succulent tubers.
Year: 1877

1t is now an established fact that in
this country males are cut off in a
higher proportion than females, and
that the ratio Of that higher death-rate
in the males is the same from year to
year
Year: 1877

The FIRST important thing that the
young farmer can. do, if not already
done, for this year is, to get a suitable
account and memorandum book. in
which to keep perfect accounts with all
farm matters and make convenient daily
notes, that you may know how you
stand, all the time.
Year: 1877

may be sown on the late SHOWS, or
moist fields of wheat and other winter
grains. Red-top or Herdsgrass We re-
gard as better to sow with clover than
Timothy is. for the reason that Red-top
natures more nearly at the time Of
clover Orchard grass seed may be
now sown in the groves, orchard and
other shady places.
Year: 1877

What of this was neglected in past
months should be done now; pillow. if
possible, all the land that is needed for
spring and summer planting the ac-
ton of frost and weather will kill in
sGcts. foul seeds, and pulverizs the
soil then there will be less hurry and
halfway work in the spring.
Year: 1877

MISTAKEN ADVICE Dickens tells us
that his friends dissuaded bin from un-
dertaking work to be issued in month
ly parts, price one shilling. because it
was low, cheap form Of publication,
by which he would ruin all his rising
hopes. Macaulay, in his essay on Ad-
Olson, has recorded few Of the instan-
ces in which the friends of an author
have adjured him not to undertake the
particular work by which be raised him
self to that eminence which now makes
him widely known Herder entreated
Goethe not to take up SO unpromising
subject as Faust. The history Of
Charles the Fifth gave Robertson i'm
mense reputation, and put "a 400 10
his pocket; but Hume tried to persuade
him not to choose such period for the
exercise of his historical talent. Pope
advised Addison to print the tragedy Of
Cato, but net to run the risk of its be-
ing hissed from the stage. One of
Scntt's best friends predicted the fail
ure Of Waverley, and urged him not
to peril his reputation by publishing it
The list might be indefinitely extended
of intelligent persons who, with the
most cordial good will to an author,
have advised him not to think of doing
the special thing which his taste or ge-
MUS prompted him to do.
Year: 1877

contrive to push forward all work to
advance spring and summer operations
and reduce the usual hurry and hustle
of that busy season; nothing done in
a hurry is well done The young can
have no better employment now than
sound reading and study
Year: 1877

Take care of your pennies. Look
well to your spending. No matter what
comes in if more goes out you will
always be poor The art is not in max
ing money, but in keeping it Little
expenses, like mice in a barn, when
they are many, make a great waste -
Hair by hair heads get bald straw by
straw the thatch goes of the cottage,
and drop by drop the rain comes in the
chamber. A barrel is soon empty if the
cask leaks but a drop a minute When
ysu begin to save begin with your
mouth many things pass down the red
lane. The ale jug is great waste. In
all things keep within compass Mover
stretch your legs farther than your legs
will reach, or you will soon be cold =
ln clothes choose suitable and lasting
stuff, and not tawdry 6neries. To be
warm is the main thing, never mind
the looks. A fSol may make money,
but it takes wise man to spend it
Remember that it is easier to build two
chimDeys than to keep one going. II
you give all to the back and board,
there is nothing left for the saving
bank Fare hard and work hard when
you are young, and you will have a
chance to rest wheR you are old.
Year: 1877

COUNTERFEIT MONEY.-WAsHIN
TON, September l9.-The Treasury
Department warns all business people
against a new counterfeit S5 bill that is
to be thrown upon the market to-mor.
row or next day. The issue counter
feited is not given, as this is withheld
until the counterfeiters can be caught.
Trades people are warned to closely
scrutinlze every S5 bill Offered them
by strangers. 1t is believed that Chi
cago is the base of operations for this
new gang. The most dangerous, and
consequently the best, counterfeit out
is one upon the issue of $1,000 green
backs Of 1869. Seven of these bills
have been captured by the secret SER
vice, but as yet no trace of the opera
tor who makes them has been found.
This almost perfect counterfeit has been
received at the Sub-Treasuries of New
York and Chicago and St. Louis.
Only last week one was received at the
Treasury Department of the United
States from the Sub-Treasury at Chi
cago. The bill passed through the of.
fee of the Redemption Agency here,
and was within an ace being received
as good bill If this had been done
there would have been an end to its
discovery. This bill was discovered by
a woman by the name of Leonard.
Year: 1877

FROM various portions of the North
west there are evidences Of steady
stream of immigration to the Southern
and Southwestern States, and indica.
tions that this current will become
stronger and wider during the present
Fall and Winter season. Many fami.
lies are leaving daily for Texas and
Florida, and the number Of irouirers
and seekers after information is steadi.
ly on the increase. There is no doubt
but that thousands of poor families
would be much better off in the course
of a few years by removal to the vacant
and tenantless lands of the South and
West, although the going and living
there for the first year or two must ne
cessarily be attended with more or less
hardship and deprivation Both sec.
tions, however, are destined to be ben
fitted by such immigration, as the
North and East are overstocked with
population, while the far South and
West are comparatively destitute of
good citizens to occupy their vacant
areas.
Year: 1877

The Secretary Of the Interior has
given decision that when homestead
claimants land has become valueless
for farming purposes by reason of over
flow or backwater of a river, he will be
allowed to make another entry, with
credit for fees and commissions. In
the event of a new homestead entry, he
will be required to show compliance
with the law, as though he had made
no previous entry.
Year: 1877

A FIGHT WITH A DEER.-Miss
Emma Richards, of Akron, o., young
ard beautiful, went out with her cou.
sin, boy, to look at a herd of deer.
A buck rushed at the boy and pinned
him to the earth, prong of one horn
going through the boys side. The
youth yelled Murder" but Miss
Richards seized club and beat the
buck over the head. The result was
that he loosened his hold on the bov
and started for the young woman.
Unable to keep him back with the club
she seized him by the antlers and then
began terrific struggle, which ended
in Miss Richards reaching fence, ov-
er which she succeeded in climbing. in
an exhausted condition. All her
clothes were torn off and she was badly
bruised. Her interesting cousin took
to his heels and soon as he was safe.
Year: 1877

The New York Herald gives the
following summary of that which has
been accomplished by its explorer,
Stanley: Scorning every issue from
his e3pidition but the issue that re
quired him to go through it, be per
severed, and now comes out, not mere
ly at the west coast, not merely with
the empty exploit of having crossed
Africa at point where the passage
was easy aud uninstructive, but he
comes out at the mouth of the Congo
River having followed the mouth of
that enormous stream from it's sources
in the country to the west of Lake
Tanganyika, and he comes with an. ac-
cumulated store Of observations and
facts greater than any one man has
ever hitherto gathered on two of the
deepest puzzles of African geography
the sources of the Congo and the
Nile. In this one fruitful expedition
he has discovered and opened that Nile
mystery which Speke and Grant and
Baker vainly sought to penetrate; and
the story Of the wanderings of the
Lualaba, which the grand old Living
stone perished in the effort to complete.
is to be told by the man who rescued
him at Ujiji.
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star:


CHARLESTON, Feb. 26.-Fhe News and
Courier has an interview with Governor
Hampton concerning the proper course
OF the Democrats in Congress. 81 think
it 10 not advisable to throw obstacles
in the way of a decision. We SUBJ
mttted our case to the Electoral Tri-
bunal, and we can better afford to sui
,er defeat which brings no dishonor TO
our party than to incur the imputation
OF acting in bad faith. The interests OF
the whole country demand a peaceful
settlement Of the pending question"
Year: 1877

A LAKE county paper tells this about
n farmer Of that region A few evenings
ago, hearing hog squraling, Hnd think
ing a dog was killing it, he took candle
in one hand and u revolver in the other,
and hurried to the scene Of trouble.
When his little dog that had followed
had demanded satisfaction as to the cause
Of the hog noise, the cracking ofthe brush
mingled with huge snorting, sent the
rahcher up tree-not for safety, of
course, but to get an elevated position to
call to his wife for help. He remained
elevated about an hour, when help arriv


ed, and to the surprise Of all, found the
rancher and huge bear up the same
tree. The bear was shot, and the man
rescued. 1t is thought that he will sur
vive iPhis nerves ever become quiet again;
bu: he will never climb another tree in
the night wher pigs have been squealing.
Year: 1877

ILLITERATE REFLECTGoNs.-A man
who will chaw turbacker will drink jam
akcr rum, and man that will drink
Jamaiker rum will 90 TO ruin is mean
enuf to do ennything. You can tell just
about what mar will du, by hearing
him tell what he has did. am prepared
tn say tu seven Of the rich men out Of ev-
cry ten. make the most of your mon.
ey, for it makes the most Of you" Debt
Is an eel pot-a big hole where you go in
and small one where you KUN out
Man was created little lower than the
angels, and he has bin Citing little
lower ever since.
Year: 1877




The London correspondent of
the World.pays the following tri-
butte to American cotton mannfac-
turers: I" The cotton trade is pass
ing from England, not temporarily,
but permanently, and no one who
is engaged in it yet realizes that
fact. And what has produced the
revolution? The great and silent
advance made in cotton raanufac-a !
ture on your side OF the Atlantic.
Whenever piece Of English cot
ton can enter a market another
piece of American cotton is to be
seen side by side with it-always
as good, and sometimes better in
qnality, and lower in price. This
fact is fatal to the recovery of
English trade. Who would have
believed ten years ago that such
things were possible? To be cam
did, there are many who do not
believe it now. 1t is an unwelcoms
phenomenon, and they are deter
mined not to see it, or try hard to
explain 1t away"
Year: 1877

The idea of building up a great stand
iug army to keep workingmen IL. sub
lection to capital, is not AS popular now
as it was a few weeks ago. The majority
of the people are getting the idea, some
now, since they have come to reflect upon
the matter, that they can govern them
selves pretty well without the inter-
ference OF the bsyonet And, besides its
cheaper.
Year: 1877

The dentists met, had their annual talk,
dined quietly and dispersed without attracting
much attention. Last year the annual conven-
tions of all sorts, from the high scientific and
religious congresses to cOnvOcatiOns OF dress
makers, were convened in the blaze of the Ex-
position, and made their oratons or cracked
their jokes in the very pupil, 50 to speak, OF
the worlds eye


The papers read before the Dental COnven-
ton last week were, it is said, OF more weight
than usual, indicating a higher order of schol-
arship and broader range of observation and
detailed research than is common among spe-
cialists in any science. The dentist, as we all
know. labors under disadvantage. Every
body is ready to acknowledge how wonder
fully his profession has pushed its way up
Two generations ago the teeth were left to the
care of ouacks and BARRIERS. But, however
we rate his profession, the dentist himself is
not a popular man. He might be dubbed the
man without q friend. The family physician
is generally the family counsellor and in
timate his very step has healing III 1t as
he comes up the stair; he has listened patient
ly to the recital of our ills, when even the
wife of our bosom was bored, perhaps; has
given us sympathy and help at the supreme
moment of life, when our own soul or that OF
our best beloved halted at the gate, and he has
nut out his hand to draw it back. But who
has any tender emotion associated with den
tist The chance sight of him brings up throb
of agony in the face, warm pOultices before
the eyes and the sckly smell of gas and
rubber bag. 1t is pleasant to learn, therefore,
from the records of the convention OF these
doomed men. that they have their triumphs
and compensatiOns; that new and important
discoveries have been made in their profession
during last year; that while the teeth made
for Americans by nature are the worst In the
world, the teeth made by art are the very
best, and that American surgeon-dentists, now
as heretofore, Outrank all others in Europe and
elsewhere


We would suggest to some of the eminent
men in this profession that a manual on the
growth and care of the teeth, containing
simple directions appreciable by the.unlearned,
would be a most popular book. We all have
teeth for brief period of our lives, and we
all would like to know how to make that
period longer. We have vague idea too, that
certain diet and regimen for the child while
the teeth are forming in the jaw will ensure
their durability and strength. Let us have
some rules to follow that are not vague-rules
how to get and how to keep these necessary
nuIsances The man who will give it will do
much to demolish his profession, but lie will be
hailed as public benefactOr.
Year: 1877

victory will be defeated, and the 0illces Ior
which the Mobile Democrats have struggled 80
long will in the very hour OF triumph sip
through their fingers, and be filled exclusively
"with parties from other parts OF the state"


1t is many years now since we nave seen 'o
frank q confession of the real aims Oh the
Democratic party. Democratic organs at t''e
North do not indulge in that vein. Most OIL
them condemn the principle Of office dlstrlbu-
tion ayowed by the Mobile editor, and talk
lofhly about politics being purified and the
Civil Service reformed by the Democrats wheh
they come into power. A good many honest
peope who care little for parties have been voting
the Democratic ticket for few years past because
Democratic organs and orators and leaders anu
resolutions and platforms all united In such
vigorous and apparently sincere condemnation
of what they call with the lofty virtue that
comes from enforced abstinence, "the spoils
system.n But they talk no such nonsense In
Mobile. Down there Democratic success means
offices, and nothing else and they make no
bones of saying so openly and fighting 1t out
on that line. If any Democratic newspaper at
the North should talk in that manner,
the whole party would rise up and put
its fingers on its lips and lift its eyebrows,
and say "Hush !" Up here they all talk the
most elevated and improving politics with their
tongues in their cheeks. But the Mobile edi-
tor need not be cast down. 1t is not at all
probable that "parties from other parts OF the
"Staten will descend on the Federal Offices
in Mobile in 1880. The Representatives and
Senators will not be called upon to "recom-
"mend for Office the worthiest as well as the
"most deserving of our Democratic citizens"
There's great consolation in that reflection.
of the Mobile Democrats possess their souls
in patience.
Year: 1877

member of The TRIBUNE's staff writes from
Vermont even while the President is receiving his OVa-
tiOn there that a majority OF the Green Mountain
Republicans are dsplea with his policy That seemed
m he the case in Iowa aud in Maine Nevertheless,
while there may be tree Speech there Is no occasion lor
any dssenson The great OF Republicans nave no
d;snosition for any quarrel Whatever differences OF
onon NAV prevail there is sort OF necessity ior any
division. II The Administration will do It's part WIN
common prudence and common sense, the body OF He-
nybcsns will have no difficulty in dong their part
Year: 1877

The Greenbackers of Iowa, who are loudly calling
upon their candidate for Governor to step down and
out, might strike profitable deal with the paper
economists of New-Jersey and swap off Stubs for
Hoxsey. Stubbs would run better almost anywhere
else than in Iowa and the volume of Hoxseys
strength will vary directly the square of its dis
tanee from Paterson. n j.
Year: 1877

Yesterdays shooting at Creedmoor was not
80 aood as that of the preceding day, though
still in advance of the record of the British
contestants who are on the way hither. A
cloudy day suits our marksmen better than
clear sunshine, and no wind at all is prefera-
Bile to gentle breeze. This is fresh Illus
tration of the fact that weather cannot be
made to suit everybody.
Year: 1877

"
t,clans are apt to forget-that nations are
influenced more by feeling than philosophy
this lively lady shows a strong common-sense
which many of our statesmen might envy.


1t is evident from the Russian official report
that Suleman Pasha is making desperate ef-
fort to recapture the Shipka Pass, and that
Osman Pasha is trying to create diver
sion in his favor by advancing toward SEW.
The joint operation is of the gravest import
ance. Should Suleiman succeed he might
march through the Sbipka Pass on llrnova,
or leaving sufficient troops to hold that posi-
ton, rejoin Mehemet Ali who, at Us
man Bazar, menaces the left Hank OF
the Russian Army. In either event the
Russians would be in perilOus position.
In case the Turks fail. the stimuli
taneous advance of the Ottoman forces VIII
have to be abandoned, and the tide of victory
will once more be in favor of the invaders


A letter from a New-Jersey Republican in
another column warns the outside world against
too hasty prophecy in regard to the declara-
ton of principles which will be formally made
by the Convention In Trenton next month.
Probably in New-Jersey, as elsewhere, the lihe
politicians are ripe for revolt against any
overhaulng of the best Civil Service on
the planet; and probably too they would
take delight in censuring President Hayes
for withdrawing the troops from South
Carolina and Louisiana, and in rebuking zen.
Grant for pursuing the same course In regard
to all the other Southern States But then
the line politicians do not invariably succeed
in having their own way. AS for the rest, the
New-Jersey Republicans seem to be IN excel
lent fighting trim, and they are now discuss
ing whether they had better capture MAJOR
ity of both branches of the Legislature, as
well as the Governorship, or divide with the
Democrats by allowing them to keep the Sen
o4o
Year: 1877

recognition of a truth which theoretical poll
tlclans are apt to forget-that nations are
influenced more by feeling than philosophy
this lively lady shows a strong common-sense
which many of our statesmen might envy.
Year: 1877

Striker Donahue has be N rearrested and is
Oh bis way to Bath, Steuben County, there to
answer to the charge of conspiracy. Before
the arrival of the Steuben County Sheriff the
prisoner remarked that if he were rearrested
it would be great misfortune to him, as he
intended to address a meeting .of workingmen
last night, in the lower part of this city.
Wei, perhaps on the whole it is better that
the misfortune which he feared should happen
TO Mr.. Donahue than that the misfortune of
q speech from him should happen to our work
jngmen.
Year: 1877

"Don't do what p our fair young
readers will ask. There n great many
things you ought to do, and a still
greater number that you had better
not do. Foremost and prominent
among them is TO reform drunkard by
marrying him. Depend upon it, il you
cannot keep him sober during those
days OF the average wOmans strongest
influence over wayward men, the sea-
son Of courtsbip, the chances will be
against success. Some women have
succeeded IN this labor of love, but
there are 10000 failures to one success.
II is u field of missionary labor that
very lew Of the sex are fitted to enter.
II John gets drunk once u month while
be is billing and cooling. depend upon
il be will require semi-monthly seasons
OF Bacchanalian recreation when he
becomes benedict. A man who gets
drunk is necessarily bad or foolish
man when he is under the influence Of
liqnor and Is very apt TO soon become
bad man whether drunk or sober


The romantic idea that a woman can
reform drunkard is deserving Of
crown Of glory, is all the veriest boSh.
They would be shocked by the sugges.
ton that man who marries n fallen
woman a.d restores her TO u life of
virtue would be deserving the praise
all mankind. The latter would be u
much easier task than the former, and
more likely to succeed. The debase.
ment in one case is generally incurable,
and scorns the influence Of Kindness Of
affection, while in the other the oppOr-
tnnlty to escape from u life OF degiada.
ton would ia most cases insure hearty
cooperation with the missionary IN
such field But the drunkurd, as is
generally the case, may be addicted to
u number OF other vices, each one Of
which ought to be considered us repul-
sive as that Of drinking. Still we lind
pure, virtuous, refined and delicate
women risking their lives and happi-
ness in the delusive hope Of rescuing
and restoring them. Instances OF the
terrible failure in this missionary field
are TO be found in every street and lane
Of great city, accompaniment OF
scores Of the dissoIute widows and or
phans OF those who have staggered
into drunkard's graves. Still the ex-
pertinent is tried by new votaries, who
ioollshly think they can succeed where
others fail. 1t is terrible delusion.
Love and devotion are powerless on a
drunkard. Nothing but an iron will
and firmness that few women possess
can check the career Of man who has
once taken hold of strong drink. lie
must become subject to her will and
be restrained from his evil course by "A
power stronger than love or kindness.
There are enough men who become
drunkards after marriage for all rea-
sonable purposes of experiment, with
out taking them fully trained in a ca
reer of vice and debauchery. There
fore we say, "Girls, don't do itl'--
Musical Million.
Year: 1877

The new Municipal Gas Company, oi
New York, has accepted charter BY
which it agreed to furnish gas of illumin-
aling power not less than sixteen candies
to supply the city buildings with gas for
two dollars per thousand feet; to light the
street lamps for not more than twenty
dollars each, and not to charge private
consumers above two. dollars and forty
cents each thousand feet used; to expend
at least ten thousand dollars year in lay
ing mains and to restore the pavements to
a condition satisfactory to the Commis-
sioner of Public Works.