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Year: 1879

A dashing American girl now travelling in
Europe would probably say somebody was a
''mean old thing if she could hear the gos-
sips about her. One of them says: II have
actually seen her blush like girl, though l
know she had quarter of an inch of creme
empatrice and velontine on her face. She
can blush when she pleases- does it some-
how by drawing in her breath and holding
it so. have watched her." ''She can make
tears come into her blue eyes in some SINH
lar manner, said another. ''and she can hold
one diamond tear for five minutes just poised
on the edge of her lower lid. I've seen her
do it. When she raises tear she is econom-
ical Of it, as if it were real diamond, and
one who wasn't watching her would natural
ly believe she had shed dozen of tears since
that one rose. ."-London Cor. Chicago Times
Year: 1879

She stands beside the cottage door


To watch the dying day;
Her raven hair is sprinkled DER


With flakes of silvery gray;
And many line of sadness scars


That pale, yet lovely face.
To mark where slow and silent tears


Have left their lasting trace.
And still her whispered thoughts will tell
Of &C enes that are no more,
And scan the once-loved forms that dwelt
On Mem'ry's shadowy shore;
Again the little cot to deck


That now so empty stands;
Again to feel around her


The touch of tiny hands.
How long, the weary spirit cries,


Within this world of pain,
Ere meath the never-fa ling skies
l meet them once again?
And as she views the silver night,
Slow sweeping to the west,
A murmured prayer in faith takes flight
To Him who giveth rest.
Year: 1879

The Santa Clara Valley Mill and Lumber
Company are now engaged in preparing the
wood work for the finish of James Z. Floods
mansion at Menlo Park This company Sc
cured the contract tor the outside and inside
furnishing, and all this work is being done
in San Jose. This has never been done in
this State-work of the same beauty and fin
ish, nor of the same quality. In the spring
MIR. Blaine, the foreman, went East and Sc
cured the wood to be used, the greater por-
ton of which cost at least one dollar per
foot. 1t consists principally of rosewood,
mahogany, bird dseye-maple, satin, white hol-
ly and oak. These woods are cut and pol
ished at the mill, engaged in which task alone
there are over seyenty-five men, embracing
the best wood artisans on the coast. All the
woods are highly polished, some so beautiful
and bright that they act in the capacity of
mirror. AS an evidence of the elegance of
the work, q few of the parts of the residence
to be finished are given and the manner and
style in which the work is to be done. The
main floor and stalr-cases are to be finished


In bright mahogany, the reception anu draw


lng-rooms in polished satin wood, the library
in black and gold cherry, the music room in
rosewood, the dining room and billiard-room
in polished black walnut, chambers and
boudoir in bird 'seye maple, the rear of the
second story in Prima Veara wood, and
blinds of white holly. There never came in
to this State before such elegant and costly
varieties of woods. All parts of the world
have furnished their contributions. The
work has to be done slowly and carefully,
entirely completed in the mill 80 as to be put
up in place as soon as received at the build
ing. 1t will be five or six months before all
the work is completed. Jose Mercury,
October 4ti. as-
Year: 1879

The mountain and the squirrel
Had quarrel,
And the former called the latter Little Prig;"
Bun replied.


You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together
To make year,
And sphere
| think it no disgrace
TO occupy my place.
II I'm not AZ large as you,
You're not so small as |,
And not halt so spry.
I'll not deny you make
very pretty squirrel track.
Talents differ: all is well and wisely put;
If cannot carry forests Oh my back,
Neither can you crack a nut.
Year: 1879

A Paris correspondent of the Philadelphia


Times writes:


The ex-Empress of France is said to be
one of the richest widows in England. In
addition to her Hungarian estate she has q
castle in Spain and nice place in Swi,zer-
land. But hard cash is what comes most USE
full to dethroned sovereigns who hope to re-
turn, and of this the Empress has long had
abundance. 1t is estimated in Paris that she
is worth at least million sterling. Only re-
Gently she sold large block of house property
in the Rue d'Alba, in Paris, and N. Rouher's
house, q well.known political center at the
corner of the Rue de lElysee, was hers, in
her own right, and was sold last year Tor
f15,OO0. The death of the Prince adds to
her property, since he left her considerable
amount of landed property in Italy, as well
as the Toulouse property, bequeathed to him
by the grisly General who had been equerry
to the Prince when he toddled about the cor
ridors of the Tuileries nearly three feet high,
and weighted with the miniature uniform of
q Colonel in the Cente Garde. This vast
property was no incumbrance to the Empress
while she had son to live and scheme for.
1t was drained pretty freely by the Bonapart-
ist organs of the press in France. The Ordre
and the Pays were lavishly supported by the
Empress, and she also drew handsome checks
in favor of the reduction of the Gaulois. The
need for keeping these fires warm is now
dead. The Empress is not likely to keep
newspapers alive to work for her good cousin
Jerome; she will not, however. find her
riches an embarrassment as long as the priests
have ready access TO her. A newspaper sup.
plies large outlets for superfuous cash, but l
think on the whole the church can hold its
own in rivalry of this character, and good
like the Empress will not find
occasion to distress herself for means OF dis
posing of the interest," and eventually the
capital, Of million sterling '.i
Year: 1879

DENVER Tribune: The Utes will probably
never know that they have been victorious in
this memorable Colorado war until they see
Uncle Sans forces packing up and leaving
the country for home. Splendid incentive to
future operations! Encourages assurance
and cultivates the courage of the nations
ward.
Year: 1879

SHEEP ON WHEAT.-T'he value of sheep in connection with wheat raising, saysthe Willamette Farmer, is too we'll established to need argu- ment, but we hear of instances so directly i'll point that we cannot do our farmer readers a greater service than to mention them. John Pugh had piece of fall wheat that prom ised largely and yet he was advised to put his sheep on it, which he con- cluded not to do. The wheat grew remarkably, there was heavy straw and the yield was 20 bushels per acre. It is evident that the sheep would have cropped down the heavy growth, added richness to the soil and insured less straw and double the amount of wheat, or at least much heavier yield. So he thinks, and no doupt correctly. W. J. Herrea tells us of a case over in Polk county, near Bethel, where two neighbors had fields of wheat on similar soil and in all respects but one with similar cultivation. One Mir. Kete last spring put sheep on his wheat and let them crop it quite close. Some of his neighbors predicted that it was ruined, but he realized 61 bushels to the acre while his neighbor who let the first rank growth mature got only half that yield. Dan Clark near Salem, has small field that was in potatoes and as the growth was rank, last spring he let hogs and stock run on it until the wheat seemed almost extermin ated. It was his intention to resow it, but as ether work claimed his at tention he deferred it until 1t appear ed that there would be wheat enough come up. The result is that it Is the best wheat he has. It is evident ly true that good wheat farming cannot be done without sheep, for their utility on summer-fallow is beyond question.
Year: 1879

first half of September, and later the


plants should be set about three inches
apart each way, in cold frame. During
the winter they should be covered with
sashes, and in cold weather have an ad.
ditional covering OF straw mats. On
every mild or sunny day air should be
given, by raising the sash few inches,
and as earlyin the spriug as the weather
will permit, the sashes should be re


moved entirely during the day. In the
latter part of March, or as soon as safe
from hard frost-a little will do no
harm-the plants should be set out on
well. prepared and richly-manured land,
in rows two by three feet. The seed
may also be sown on the hot bed in
February, and by proper care the
plants may be ready to set out in the
beginning of April; but in this case
they must be thoroughly hardened be.
fore they are planted in the garden, or
a little frost will kill them. By giving
proper attention to this point, spring
plants are but little inferior to those
wintered over in the cold-frame, and
may produce as good a crop. Lenor-
mand's Early Paris, Erfurt Early
Dwarf, Large Agiers, and Autumn
Giant are some of the best varieties
Rural Nes0 Yorker.
Year: 1879

A housewife writing for the New York
Tribune proposes virtually to abolish
butter. She says: cit would be wen
to train a family from the outset to
regard butter as an incidental or luxury,
rather than necessity. The manufac.
tnre of it is one of the hardest and most
time. consuming tasks that farmer has
to perform. Moreover, with all the
work it involves, butter adds less TO the
health and sustenance of the family than
would the eating of the cream that goes
into the making of it. Where one
physician advises the eating OF butter, a
Thousand recommend the consumption
of cream. think not one will dispute
the statement that Of cream and butter
eaters the former enjoy the best d.
eestion, the best health and have the
finest complexion. Then, why work
oneself to death for worse than naught !?
Why not eat milk and cream instead OF
turning it into buttera Good bread Is
good enough without the addition OF q
condiment to make it palatab!e; and,
eaten with sweet cream, what ls more
delicious ?" -.
Year: 1879

Which Way2


Children. stop your play,


Ard tell me which way,
snail taEe to reach the city on the hill.


First the girl,
~ With smile:


& This way;
Through the woods across the stile,
By brock where wild flowers grow,
Where the birds sing sweet and low;
Then you forget it is SO far,


And how tired you are.
For the calm rests you. makes you still,
Ii you take tbs way to the city on the hill"


Then the boy,


With frown:


"This way
By the mill and through the town
You will see the soldiers there,
Hear the drums and pass te fair;
Then you forget the way is long


While you walk in the throng,
For the noise wakes you, makes you thrill,
When you go this way to the city on the hill.
Year: 1879

This very common vegetable is one of
the market gardeners most profitable
crops. It is closely related to the cab
bage plant, and, like that, the eatable
part forms head; but while the head
of the cabbage is formed Of the leaves,
the head of the cauliaower is formed OF
the hower-stalks, which grow up in one
compact, conical mass that, in we'll
grown specimens, measures nine inches
to foot across. There are many varl
eties in cultivation. A kind known as
Lenormand's short-stemmed requires a
good garden soil, richly manured; 1t ls
useless to attempt to grow it on poor,
gravelly or binding clay soil.


Caulihower is mostly grown as crop
for spring or early summer; as a late
crop it is more apt to fail. For an early
crop the seed should be sown IN the
Year: 1879

The funeral of Florence Mcdonald,
who committed suicide at the Burnet
House last Sunday. took place from the
office of the City Undertaken this forenoon.
Rev. Mr.. Lee, of the Union Bethel, con-
Quoted a short service at the office and in
company with two ladies from the Burnet
House and several other lady friends of the
deceased followed the remains to the ceme-
terry. A large number of sight-seers crowd
ed about the door when the remains were
carried out.
Year: 1879

The Grand and Petit Juries of the
United States Court met this morning, but
as there were several absentees from each
jury the Jury Commissioner was sum-
moned and other names will be drawn
which may delay the impaneling Of the
Juries for several days.
Year: 1879

In the contest for the handsome bog
oak desk at the Ladies' Bazaar, General
Ewing came out far ahead. He was noti-
fed by telegraph of his victory, and inn
mediately sent back word to have the desk
presented for him to the next Orphans
Fair to be held next winter.
Year: 1879

r. About l o'clock this afternoon still
alarm called the No. Two's engine to fire
in the third story of brick house on
Barr street, which was caused by box of
kindling taking fire. The fire was quenched
without the aid Of the engine.
Year: 1879

vine grace is exerted against these, and thes


alone. The suficiency promised to the be


lever is for the conquest Of these foes o


divine authority and human happiness. Ba


though there are only three essential enc


mics of the Christian, yet through thei


agency many things which are not in them


selves wrong, become occasions of sin


These occasions of Sin are almost as numer


GUS as the members of the body, the attri


butes of the soul and the events of life. To


remove them is not the object of divine grace;


and we are not encouraged to hope for the
removal of them any more than was Paul to
expect that his infrmity would depart from
him. Now as grace does not concentrate its
energies upon changing these incidents Of
human life in this imperfect state, neither
should we indulge fruitless lamentations over
their existence. Many conditions of life are
not agreeable to US, and We are justified in
using our endesvors to better them, but
when we fail, instead Of giving way to una
Vsiling regrets, VIZ should be content with
our lot and seek grace to support US in the
trial. No condition of life is free from temp
tation, because no one is free from sin. The
king on his throne is not SO high as to be
above it, nor the peasant at his feet so low
as to be beneath it. Whether high or low,
rich or poor, bond or free, in health or in
sickness, in joy or in sorrow, in prosperity
or in adversely; in every state We are ex-
posed to temptation. The assurance, SHY
grace is sufficient for thee" is designed to
comfort the people of God in these various
situations. 1t is therefore not necessary
that onein exalted position, in order to avail
himself of the promise, should throw off the
of such position BY sinking
into obscurity. Neither ia it necessary that
the poor should become rich, nor that the
sick should be restored to health. Any such


of the promise would render it
meaningless, and exclude from its broad COM
pass the very persons whom it was intended
to comfort and support. Tne help which it
offers is needed IN the trial ?. +.
Year: 1879

The endeavcr was madsip former article
to show that the fsct that Christians talk so
little on religious subjects cannot be account
ed for by the reverence which We feel when
religion is the theme, nor on the ground of
ignorance, nor by the aversion which we
have to making things which are 80 sacredly
confidential as those which make up part
of every Christians experience, a matter Of
public notoriety. Considerations such as
these may have much iLauence in turning
the stream of conversation away from this
subject, aud may very properly set bounds
to our utteranees, but they do not adequately
account for the almost uniform experience
when one endeavors to give the conversation
religious turn, of having deep, embar'
rasSed remark or two made to avoid the ap
pesranee of rudeness, and then-silence
until some other topic is introduced The
controlling reason must be sought elsewhere
and little observation will show us where
to Gnd it.


When some political measure Of such i'm
portance that it swskens profound intereS
over the whole couatry is set on foot-eucf
as the decision of the claim to the presiden
tial chair of our general government, every
body talks about it. The latest intelligence
ID read with aVidity, and discussed at every
post,Ofice, AMI in every home and place o
business. Men are not satisfied till the!
Year: 1879

Does BE who owns the gold coined by Himself,
Who bought it back again, nor grudged the price
His own dear Son made sin for sinful man,
Not lOus the gold thus douby marked His oVn'
Not love it ? though he cast it in the ire
The ire that puri6es, while it consumes
Consumes the alien rust, the soil of sin,
But not one atom of the genuine gold.


Gcd knows His own, and win take care Of It.
Our heavenly Father Thou wilt guide the heat
Zen of Thy furnace: Thou wilt watch 1t weIl'
And teach "a to lie quiet in Thy hands;


We would not if we might, lie 10 our own -
We're we all counterfeit, Thou wouldst not seek
To purify, but cast US to the winds -


Then let Thy furnace we'd US sll the more
To Thy strong heart. Teach US to say with JOY
Choose Thou for US; ell that we know OF love
Guided by wisdom, is a CLEAN Of Thee"
Year: 1879

SENATOR VANCE, of North Caro-
lima, is to take the stump in Ohio just
before The State election to help the
Democrats out. All the help they can
get will do them no good, for the Re-
publicans are sure to gain the day.
Year: 1879

New YORK, December 2.-Talmage' 5
trustees have demanded unanimously
that the Brooklyn tabernacle separate
from the Presbyterian denomination, be-
cause of the persecution OF the pastor
by wicked men, and until that persecu-
tion shall cease, and request the pastor
to institute such measures as will effect
this course, required by sef-respect, by
the right of human nature, and by the
interests of good order, efficiency and
full conservation in the work here so
blessed of God in the past and in the
present, and beckoning us to high sacri-
fees and success for the course OF the
evangelizing gospel in the future.
Year: 1879

ALBANY, December 2.-This morning
while a freight train was standing on
the track hall way between here and
Schenectady another freight train
dashed into it. Engineer Mclaughlin,
Fireman Gill and Brakeman Real were
injured, but not fatally. A number OF
cattle were killed
Year: 1879

Rumored Attempt on the Life of the Gar.


BERLIN, Dember 2.-Rumors are cur
rent that an attempt was made on the
life of the Gar while on his way to
Moscow, but no authentic details OF the
affair have been received.
Year: 1879



 At this point, under any ordinary circum- stances, the election of Hawley, now so near a majority, would have been assured but the determination to defeat Hawley was so bitter, that the tenth ballot merely effected a transfer of five votes from Harrison to Jewell. In the eleventh ballot there was evidently desperate and successful effort on the part of the anti HawIey men to effect change of base. The Platt men who had been voting for 1awley were recalled, plainly on the expectation that their first candidate. would now become the leading opponent of Hawley. In pursuance of this design the five ballots succeeding the tenth saw Platt's vote increased to twenty four while Hawley's fell to 59, the lowest it had been since the second ballot. Jewell, in the meantime, had suffered even worse than flaw ley, his vote dropping to Al. Even the most sanguine of his supporters must nave seen that his chance was hopeless, and the next six bal lots show a disposition on their part to bring out some new candidate.
Year: 1879

Indiana Democrats are preparing just as contemptibie gerrymander of the Congress- ional districts of that state as that which has hitherto given the Republicans large major lty Of Congressmen at the very time that the state went Democratic. When will the people learn to put stop to this form of political fraud oy adopting some reasonable plan of minority reprepresentation which will give the popular vote its true value in Congress7 "-
Year: 1879

Alaska has had hanging, to the great edi- tication of the natives. Luckily the business was not bungled, ,or was there a man pounding on the jail door with a reprieve or any other

 If the drawbacks which have of late injured the moral effect of such exhibitions nearer
Year: 1879

The refusal of the Senate to adopt the reso- lltion of the House raising committee on woman suffrage is not indicative of very progressive spirit in our Upper House. Just what is wanted in that very select body is less money and more brains
Year: 1879

Up nOep NsS


Grain win not be so light this year,we
trust, as to make ITS price opp essive to
tho needs Of our own people, but u VIII
certainly be sufficient to make producers
and carrien reasonably happy. One
hundred million dollars worth will be
wanted in France, Is the Ministry al
ready declares, because Of q bad year IN
that couhtry; and one of the explana-
tions given IN the British House Of Com-
mons Of the distress in England now
felt is that the year has been very bad
one with the farmers. Throughout Eu-
rope there has been all summer unfavOr-
able weather, and as this is the real source
Of the trouble In England and France, the
same trouble, = deficient harvest, though
We do not now actually learn the fact,
will perhaps be found to have been ex-
perienced IS widely as the common
cause has prevailed. Our year, OH the
contrary, will be an extremely good one;
and Is the greatest part Of the deficiency
In Western Europe will certainly be
made up from this side we shall be able
to send to the people beyond tie sea all
they need without such drain upon
our resources as to make grain dear for
our own people.-N Y. Herald.
Year: 1879

Ga Sunday morning Coroner
Harmon was called upon to hold an
Inquest on the body of man found
lying dead under a bank near Vick-
cry & Hinds' slaughter-house. The
deceased was about five feet six
inches high, from thirty five to
forty years of age, and, from the
appearance of the body, had been
dead two or three days. Beside the
body were found an empty whisky
bottle, partially empty strychn n !,
bottle, a .pipe filed with tobacco
and some bread aud cheese tied up
In white silk handkerchief. He
was clad in dark suit with a red
shirt over vest and white shirt.
No papers were found to indicate
his name, and the Coronei's Jury
returned verdict Of death by poi
son administered by his own hand.
He was buried at Evergreen
Cemetery.
Year: 1879

the Union Army, and when he was
elected to represent Wisconsin
Democratic district in the HousS, he
had given the Confederate brigadiers
notice that he didn't come here to
wear their yoke nor to support rebel
war claims. Though Randall and
the other managers have so far held
the combatants back from a second
encounter, it is believed another one
will soon come off and that fatal
split between the Northern and
Southern wings of Democracy is i'm
minent. Ellis furnished the Rspub.
licans some choice ammunition in
his a omission that tho rebellion was
logical outcome Of Democratic
teaching. 1t was the shot Of frat
ricide stung to the point Of striking
killing blow.


There now seems only two alter.
natives left Congress in the matter
Of Huntington and Gould's brazen
monopoly. 1t must, either conquer
it at once or yield all pretension to a
right to legislatc in the premises
The millions concentrated in their
hands have enabled them to pretty
much have their own way. Now
they demand that the government
shall forego all chances it will ever
have to get back the money it ad-
vanced them. Every mans vote
will be noted at this crisis.


VOLUNTEER.
Year: 1879

FROM the number Of midnight feline
concerts with which our citizens are rcSu-
larly entertained, and the emphatic invi-
mtions to Ma-ri-i-n-r. aS waited along on
the chilly night air through backyard al
ley-ways, we shoud Judge that somebody
is indulging extensively in the eat luxury,
Whether they manage so that the night
watches are kept up by relays or not, we
can testify to the fact that their attentions
are incessant. But gigantic and mmiti-
gated as the cat nuisance may seem. ii is
net behind that of the dog era through
which our town is passing. We do not
positively know about the matter. but it
looks as though the city treasury ought to
be in n desirable condition it taxes are
paid on all the collareSs. NANCY, yclping
ours that run riot through our streets at
all time, Of day and night.