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Year: 1878

CHICKEXs.-In frying chickens try to have
the lard very hot, sprinkle the pieces well with
-four, put them in and cover tightly for awhile.
cook as fast as possible without burning. After
little while take of the LID, season with salt
and pepper, and if brown turn the pieces and
brown again as fast as possible. We think the
meat is more tender and much more juicy than
Wien allowed long time over slow FIRE.
Year: 1878

Mr. Smith, Of Stamford, Conn, with his
wife, got ont Of bed to answer the call Of a
tramp, and while they were gone there fell up
on the bed a mass Of plastering. which would
have probably killed them both had they re-
NAMED The lesson this event teaches, is -
That husband aod wife should together re-
spcnd TO The call Of a tramp at nigtt-lest the
plastering should fall or one should be imposed
upon at the door
Year: 1878

drovisions was annihilated. Not
only the disbanded soldiers, but
all the other artisans who had
been working to keep them
equipped and fed, came into the
labor market in competition
with the other labor of
the country. This cause alone
would have produced a fall in
prices had the currency been
left untouched. The catastrophe
was retarded by the railroad
building mania which culminat-
ed in 1873, but it came at last.


1t is quite evident, therefore,
that those who contend for ad-
ditional issues Of paper money
as an infallible remedy for the
present low prices OF land and
merchandise are prefoundly y mis-
taken. Unless with the green
backs they SO earnestly demand
they can bring back the same
distrust Of their value that pre-
vailed during the war and the
same disposition to get rid OF
them on any terms, the debtor
would not be likely to expert
enoe much relief. The only
way that we see to effect the de-
desired relief is for Congress j
to declare that hereafter in the
payment Of debts one dollar
shall count for two or more; but
for this kind Of sealing down we
doubt if the country is yet rea-
dy.
Year: 1878

private mediums, that the forged
script was all received through
him, and that all the forgeries
were unmistakably in his hand
writing. Under these influences
and representations public senti-
ment, conCurred in by the Pros
ccuting Attorney, greatly pre-
ponderated against Mr.. Hoover,
and the opinion was largely en-
tertained that he would flee the
country to avoid a srial. The
report was industriously circu-
lated before the convening of
the Court that he was disposing
of his property and closing his
business with the view of escap-
ing from justice. We were one
Of the few who never believed
Jacob Hoover capable Of an in
famous crime and to ask for a
suspension of popular opinion
until the matter could be judi
cially investigated. Our faith
was based upon personal intima-
cy and the previous character Of
tho man who surrounded by his
kinsmen and neighbors from
early childhood to ripe manhood
had maintained a character free
from reproach or suspicion. 1t
seemed to us incredible that a
man of more than ordinary in
telligence, would hazard the
most priceless jewell of man
hood together with his liberty in
so reckless a venture to add to
accumulations already sufficient
for his wants, the eventual fail
ure of which was almost newt
able. The action Of the grand
jury has justified our faith. Upon
a full investigation Of the mat
ter the conclusion was that the
testimony against Mr.. Hoover
was not sufficient to justify his
being put upon trial for the crime
and the report was: "Not true
bill" Thus ends one of the
representative cases growing out
out of a depraved popular SEN
timent which puts the slanderer
and the slandered upon an equal
footing.
Year: 1878

We were not surprised, but
nevertheless greatly gratified at
the result of the investigation by
the grand inquest Of Pierce eoun-
ty Of the charges against Jacob
Hoover, in view of the powerful
influences, personal, political and
local, which were brought to bear
againt HIM. It will be remem-
bered that on investigation of
the affairs Of the Treasurer's Of
s 'icrce county, by the


jury, at the last term of


,.strict court for that county,
the books and accounts of that
Office were found to be in such
inextricable confusion that they
were turned over to the bond
men Of the Treasurer for settle
ment with the county; 1mmedi-
ately after which 1t was discov-
cred that a large defalcatioa had
occurred in redeeming forged
county script; the originals be-
ing altered to represent sums far
in excess of the amounts for
which they were issued; which
could not have occurred in in
Vulnerable eases but through
gross neglect on the part OF the
officer in charge, as the fraud
could have been instantly dis
covered l,y comparing the order
with the stub from which it was
cut; or g reasonable knowledge
Of public liabilities would have
made manifest some one of the
many forgeries in turning single
numbers into decimels and deci-
mels into hundreds, which were
never exposed until the officer
was impeached and turned out.
Then it became an imminent
necessity to him to find a scape-
goat to bear portion at least of
his dellnquencies. Mr.. Hoover
was the principal dealer in coun-
ty script and pecuniarily respon-
sible for all his liabilities; his
conviction would relieve the
Treasurer from crimlnality and
his bondsmen from liabilities to
the extent of the forgerics; he
had excited the enmity of rivals
by his success and incurred the
hostility of Tacoma by defeating
the project for the removal of.
the county seat to that place..
All Of these interests and influ-
ences combined against Hoover.
Without taking any legal pro-
ceedings, they sought to create
a public sentiment against him
which would largely influence if
it did not anticipate tho verdict
Of a jury. With the particularly
belonging to fact, the testimony
against Mr.. Hoover was given
through the public prints and
ndustriously circulated through
Year: 1878

In Garibalda's letter lament
ing the attempt on the life Of
the German Emperor, he recon-
mends the Fatherland to sup
press socialism by abolishing
standing armies.


Mobile proposes to raise a
Year: 1878

About week ago there were two smart
young men got on Burlington and
Cedar Rapids train and laid themselves
out to amuse and instruct the passengers.
Very many funny things said and very
many things did these two brilliantyou
men, and it did seem as though Provi-
dence had been just too kind to the other
passengers to let them ride on the train
with such smart young men. But pre-
sently, there loomed up from them a
colossal opportunity, when lady, at-
tended by little girl and little dog,
came into the car. The two young men
We'd with each other in saying funny
things about the pup. Presently the
funniest young man said, in tones OF
perplexity: "Well, let me see, they
make dogs pay on this train don't they %
And then the lady turned around, and
said in Just the driest tones you ever
heard lady say anything: "Then you'd
better get off before the conductor comes
in." There was a great deal of talking
and a great deal of laughter in the car
between the place where that accident
occurred and Burlington, but the men
who we're killed at the siege of Jerusalem
were noisy, roaring, bowling bacchana-
lians a week ago, in comparison with
these two young men for the rest OF the
trip.-Burlingtora Haavkeye.
Year: 1878

There are hardware men in Detroit
who keep cook-stove at the store door
as sign, and that the stove may not be
injured by rust they paint it over. The
other day one of them who had stove
with red legs, white covers and blue
top secured an old farmer for customer.
The farmer stipulated for stove "just
like that" and ordered it sent home by
the team of q neighbor. A stove of the
size and pattern was selected and sent
away in good shape, and all was lovely
until the next day. Then the farmer
and his wife came in with their own
team, having the stove in the wagon.
The husband held the lines while the
wife entered the store and remarked:


"When we buy certain kind of
stove we don't like to be put off with
another"


"Why, madam, isn't that stove all
right ?" asked the man that sold it.


"No, sir, it isn't! You sold my old
man a stove with red legs and white
covers, and a blue border around the
top, and that one out in the wagon is
stove! !"


"Why-why-" he tried to explain,
but she waved him around and declared:


"We're old folks, and we live out
among the frogs and owls, but we keep
pace with the styles just as much as
anyone, and you can't palm off any scrub
stoves on usr'


The men could hardly lift ten pounds
apiece as they exchanged the nicely pol
ished stove for the one with red legs,
but the old lady thought it was because
they we're 80 mad.


There-that stove has got some tone
about it I" she muttered, as it was loaded
up. "I don't want to appear capt.lrous,
but if style demands red-legged stove
then I 60 in for the gorgeous with the
rest of 'em, and I'll gild the stove-pipe
to boot F'-Detroit Free Press. ....
Year: 1878

One of the ricest Cinnamon in this city,
says San Francisco paper, is doubtless
Mr. Chew Kow Yup, who came to this
city a penniless Mongolian thief about
seven years ago. All his wealth has
been obtained by committing to memory
four simple words, "You savee me
leper." The second night after
his arrival he broke into dry goods
store, and was just carrying away his
booty when a policeman collared him,
and prepared to march him down to the
City Hall. He made no resistance, but
innocently remarked, "You savee me
leper," and officer Mulligan fled wildly
toward North Beach egiving his prisoner
the opportunity to steal seven more un-
dershirts, of which he promptly availed
himself. He was only once brought
into court, being then charged with
a wholesale diamond robbery, and when
asked to plead guilty or not guilty, he
simply repeated the words of his charm,
in a voice at once plaintive and full of
expression. The court was cleared in
less than forty seconds, two Of the jury
leaving their hats behind, and the Judge
his gold spectacles, all of which MIR.
Chew Row Yup appropriated, together
with the loose change in the clerks
drawer. The wealthy heather is entire
ly free from leprosy. BE will sail IN
the next steamer for Hong Kong with
about $4,000.
Year: 1878

One hundred years ago not pound OF
coal, not a cubic foot Of Illuminating
gas had been burned in this country.
No iron stoves were used, and no con-
trivance economizing heat employed un-
til DIR. Franklin invented the iron-fram-
ed fireplace, which still bears his name.
All the cooking and warming in town
and country were done by the aid of fire,
kindled in the brick oven or on the
hearth. Pine knots or tallow candles
furnished the light for the long winter
nights, and sanded floors supplied the
place of rugs and carpets. The water
used for household purpose was drawn
from deep wells by the creaking sweep.
No form of pump was used in this coun-
try 30 far as we can learn, until after the
commencement of the present century.
There we're no friction matches in those
early days, by the aid of which fire
could be easily kindled; and if the fire
"wenf out upon the hearth over night,
and the tinder was damp, so that the
sparks would not catch, the alternative
was presented of wandering through the
snow a mile or 30 to borrow of q neigh
Dor. Only one room in any house was
warm, unless some Of the family were
i'll. In all the rest the temperature was
at zero many nights in the winter. =
Year: 1878

Mr.. Brearey, secretary of the English
Aeronautical Society, called attention,
in recent lecture, to some curious facts
which those who are seeking solutions OF
the flying machine problem might pro
ftabl y bear in mind. he stated that
light as the atmosphere is in proportion
to the weight of water, the rarer me-
dunn is capable of supporting creature
much heavier than itself, while water,
800 times heavier, only supported fish
of about equal weight, bulk for bulk.
Supposing fish bore the same proper
tional weight to it's elemental medium as
a bird does to the atmosphere, it would
have to be made of something heavier
than platinum. As it is, fish is really
bird without wings.


He gave some curious comparisons
between different birds and insects as to
the surface they presented to the atmo-
sphere and their weight. Thus the gnat
was three million times less weight than
the Australian crane, but presented In
proportion one hundred and forty times
more surface to the air; and between
GuoS0 UWO GucIo "SIO dlLnoSo go o~


tions. In these Investigations lay some
of the most hopeful facts which seemed
to render aerial navigation possible, and
if man could get sufficient surface he
could surely get sufficient machine
power for propulsion. 1t was not so
much a question Of power as OF the
right application of power. There was
also the question of balance. The man
ner in which a bird kept its balance,
while it's wings we're being energetlca!iy
worked alternately above and below It's
center of gravity, was marvellous. Mr..
Brearey thought that with the example
of the bicycle the question of balance
would not present much difficulty. .


He then touched on the application OF Of
steam to the navigation Of the air. Until
lately it had been thought that this was
inadmissible rs a motive power, because
of the cumbrous method of it's genera
ton; but it had been declared that when
steam could be applied with weight
not exceeding twenty pounds per horse
power, the problem would soon be
solved. This had been accomplished,
and they would hope the prognostica-
tion might be true.
Year: 1878

If death by drowning be inevitable,
as in a shipwreck, the easiest way to die
would be to suck water into tho lungs
by a powerful inspiration, as soon as
one went beneath the surface. A per.
son who had the courage to do this
would probably become almost imme-
diately unconscious and never rise to
the surface. AS soon as the fluid filled
his lungs all feelings of chilliness and
pain would cease, the indescribable semi
delirium that accompanies an@sthesia
would come on, with ringing in the ears
and delightful visions of color and light,
while he would seem to himself to be
gently sinking to rest on the softest of
beds and with the most delightful of
dreams. s.-Popular Science Monthly. ..
Year: 1878

Editors Dispatch Is the question open
for debate whether our OF not our omclais
shall enforce the Sunday laws? Would not
one suppose so, to see the articles which
have recently appeared in the newspapers !?
The execution OF any law Is distasteful to
those whose profit or pleasure is affected by
it, and it is therefore not surprising that
Sunday-yenders or Sunday-drinkers should
crush into print"


But have our police authorities any op-
tion in the matter? IL they are at liberty
to use their discretion or pleasure Us to
what laws shall or shall not be enforced, it
is manifest that the Legislative branch Of our
government becomes farce, and the COM
munity is at the mercy and is governed ac-
cording to the whims OF those whose duty
it is to execute and no: to make or mend the
laws.


The lawmakers, both OF our State and
city, have deemed it wise to enact these Sum
day laws, and what community was ever in
jured by observing one day in seven as a
day Of rest, leaving all moral and religious
considerations out of the question? These
laws having been passed, it becomes the
duty OF those entrusted with their execution
to see them duly obeyed. This being SO,
instead Of the question being asked, why



the law no,c, it would be more proper to in
quire why they ever failed to do so hereto
fore.


Besides, the hardship to the Sunday
drinkers is not so great. II they aoW drink
they have only to provide themselves the
day before, though it is probable that both
themselves and families would be gamers il
the whiskey were put into demijohns whose
"bortoms had dropped out" But" says
one, "stop the street !" Well, whether
wisely or not, the law eXempts "the carry
ing OF passengers" we think; so that the
police have no responsibility in this case,
whatever may be that Of the company.
sThen stop the bread-wagons and the ice
wagons!' Yes, stop them; for we can
provide ourselves in advance with bread
and ice as well as with liquor. "But it will
raise hurricane about our ears" Will it ?
Who knows that? Even suppose it Shoutd,
would that make it any less the duty of our
officials to see that the laws are observed
And then, too, hurricanes don't last long /;
and we have known OF some men who, de
spite hurricanes, could stand to their guns
when duty required it. All honor to our
authorities for faithful discharge OF their
duty! CIyIS.
Year: 1878

Editors Dispatch: Will you please call
the attention OF the City Engineer or Com
mittee on Streets Tor Jefferson Ward to the
horrid condition OF Franklin street from
Nineteenth to Twenty-ffth. IL they would
remove the large quantity OF loose cobble-
stones and ill up the holes in the roadway
they would do good service to those who
have to use that street.
Year: 1878

LEVY BROTHERS
continue to take Off ten cents on every dollars
worth Of goods you purchase of them.
They show large stock of LINEN DRESSES for
ladies'. which they are selling At about half price,
and take an extra ten cents off every dollar.
They also offer their whole stock OF LADIES'
DR. Ess GOODS at and below cost, and take ten cents
OF on every dollars worth you purchase.
You can lind full assortment Of every thing in
the way Of


DRY GOODS,


FANCY GOODS, .'"


NOTIONS and RIlIMINGS,
Year: 1878

-SS5oSAA


There is a growing feelings in every
healthy community against the jour


nails whica make it their special OBJ
ject to minister to perverted taste
by seeking out and serving up III a
seductive form disgusting scandals
and licentiouS revelations. There is
good reason to believe that the clean
newspaper is more highly priced to-
day than it was four or five years ago.
1t is also safe to predict that as peo.
pie IN all ranks Of life, who protect
their own at least from contamination,
become more conscious OF the perui-
cious Influence Of certain class Of
journals, called enterpIiSing because
they are ambitious TO serve up dirty
scandals, they will be careful to see
that the journals they permit to be
read in the family circle are Of the
class that never forget the properties
OF life Already men and women Of
refinement and healthy morals have
lad their attention called 70 the per-
hicionS influence of bad literature, and
have made commendable efforts 10

counteract the same by causing sound
literature to be published and sold at
popular prices. These efforts are.
working a silent but sure revolution.
The best authors are more generally
read to-day than n previous date.
The sickly sentimental story paper and
wild ranger and pirate story book are
slowly but surely yielding the field to
worthier claimants To the praise d!
the decent newspaper, it may be sad,
that where il has place IN the fami-
ly anil has been read for years by
young and old, it has developed such
a healthy tone and such discriminate
ing taste that the literature of the
sluns has no admirers Fortunately |
the lumber Of such families is incgcas-
ing il the land, and as they increase,
the iourna! that devotcs itself 10 sick
ening revelations Of immortality viii
be compelled TO find its supporters
solely among those classes that prac-
tice vice and crime or are ambitious
to learn to follow such ways.
Year: 1878

Leopold Furrer, WATERMAN AND DRAYMAN, Would respectfully notify the citizens of Yuma that he is prepared to furnish

 |" a | e r Promptly, to any part of the city, at usual rates, on condition that every person receiving water pay promptly At the Expiration of each Month. And noticeis hereby given that any person failing to so pay, will receive no

 more water from him.
Year: 1878

feel under increased obligations for the patronage so literally accorded me as the successor of the old and successful house of Wm. B. Hooper & Co.,, and while ac- knowledging this fact, allow me to add that those dealing with me will find as complete stock as was ever offered by the old firm with all that is new and desirable in addi- ton.

 JAMES M, BARNEY
Year: 1878

The Virginia City Enterprise gives an account of a novel method of obtaining quicksilver pursued by a couple of inge- nious Germans: Each man IS provided with a half-inch iron rod about ten feet in length. At the upper end the rod is so bent as to form a loop or eye large enough to admit the hand, while at the lower end is copper head about foot in length, shaped like the head of a soldering iron, and weighing some ten pounds. This head has large octagonal bulge in the middle, and in each of its eight faces is a cavity about an inch in depth and nearly three-quarters of an inch in diameter at the top. In working the men go into the bed of the river, and work their probes down into the sand, mud, or gravel, as the case may be, and then begin churning. As they thus churn the quicksilver moves toward and into the hole, and either sticks to the sides of the "bob," or is caught its small cavities. The "bob" is frequently lifted from the hole and cleaned of the amalgam it has accumulated by means of a small scraper. The cavities are more for use in catching the quicksilver that flows in at the sides of the hole where the ground is shaken than for collecting anal gam. As there are hundreds and hundreds of tons of quicksilver in the bed of the riv- CT, all of which contains more or less gold and silver, the two "bobbers" are doubtless making excellent wages.
Year: 1878

Gold, Silver, Copper or Lead, will be made at highest possible rates for account of owners. My long experience and con- nection with buyers in the different mar kets give me very decided advantage over any one in the Territory in making such sales to the profit of those entrusting them to me. Correct and responsible assays obtained and submitted when desired.
Year: 1878

A Thread or Song.
1t was only broken chord of song
That sang itself, the livelong day,
Over and over in my heart,


And always in the same sweet way
Always beginning low ard soft,


Like tenderly spoken g Love, good nigh. ~
And ending in glad and joyous strains,
Like morning psalm when the world is


bright


And the hours of the day were woven in
BY the mystic thread of the haunting song,
That, somewhere out of the vanished past,
Sent forth its witchery clear and strong
Something akin to the song of birds
When thesky is flushed with the coming dawn,
Yet sad as the thoughtful hour which comes
When the last,red light of day is gone.
Beautiful echo that trifted back


From the far-off shore of long ago,
Over the wide and rugged waste,


Where never the wind of gladness blow,
Bringing the odor OF wildwood flowers;
The laughing song of the mountain rill
The green, clad fields where the cowslips grow
And the CLEAN of waters calm and still.
Sitting alone in the twilight still,


Whose mantle covers the earth with gray,
My heart is touched and my eyes grow dim
As the glow Of the sunset fades away,
And l feel the presence of unseen guests
That out of the shadowy regions throng,
And know they have crossed from the farther


shore


On the slender thread of the sweet old song.
Year: 1878

Co,r's REvoLvERs.-Yo know how Col
ed one side of it. He was looking over some
eases @ in the British Museum when he saw an
old revolver made soon after the invention
of gunpowder, very much on the pattern Of
ours to-day. He thought he saw where the
trouble lay, and took thumb-maii drawing
on the spot, fitted cap to the lock and
made heap of money. You see the trouble
they hadn't got to making RsS fsl@paHg tha rera4
mo principle, but the powder was loose IN
the nan. and when the flint struck off per.
ieet shove, Of sparks, if that powder hap
,sa. pened to be spilled little. all six barrel.
were as likely to go off together as not; A
grain Of percussion powder in q cap made ali
The difference, and they haven't improved 20
much in the pattern Of the old revolver after
au.-Boston Trareter.