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Year: 1878

A HOME TYRANr.-Fastidiou is
dreadful weapon of domestic tyranny.
Many household can feel the grinding
power of selfshness which disguises itself
under the form Of delicacy of tastes and
habits. Many are the tears of vexation,
anxiety, modification, and dissppoint-
ment, occasioned by the unfeeling tenn
per aud inconsiderate exactions which are
the Legitimate fruit of undue attention to
personal comfort. One must be little OBJ
servant to what is about him if he have not
sometimes been driven by the Ingenious
requisitions of the self-indulgent, to wish
that the hair.shirt, the pulse. .snd-water,
and the finty bed of the anchorite could
be tried for the information of such.
Providence seems often to discipline
these people by increasing the sensitive
ness they have voluntarily induced or
cherished, until it becomes tormenting
want, which nothing in nature is capable
OF allayilg. They are crushed by the gods
their own hands have set up.
Year: 1878

Why THERE is NO RAIN IN PERU
In Peru, South America, rain is un-
known. The coast of Peru Is within the
region of perpetual southeast trade
winds, and though the Peruvian shores
are on the verge of the great south.sea
boiler, yet it never rains there. The rea.


son is plain. The southeast trade winds


in the Atlantic ocean first strike the wa


ter on the coast of Africa. Travelling to
the northwest they blow obliquely across
the ocean until they reach the coast of
Brazil. BY this time they are laden with
vapor, which they continue to bear along
across the continent, depositing it as
they 60, and supplying with it the
sources of the Rio de Ia Plata and
the southern tributaries of the Amazon.
Finally they reash the snow. capped An
des; here is wrung from them the last
particle of moisture that very low tenn
perature can attract. Reaching the
summit of that range they now tumble
down as cool and dry winds on the Pa
cifc slope beyond. Meeting with no
evaporating surface, and no temperature
colder than that to which they were sub.
jected on the mountain tops, they reach
fresh vapors, and before, therefore, they
the ocean before they become charged with
have any which the Peruvian climate can
extract. Thus we see how the tops of the
Andes become the reservoir from which
are supplied the rivers of Chill and Peru
Year: 1878

HYpRoPHoBIA--The marked and fatal
cases of this dread disease which we
lately recorded, one in Chicopee, Mass,
and the other in Sufield, Conn, ought to
be quite enough, without going farther,
to arouse the community in its length
and breadth in final hostility to the Grim.
inality of maintaining the canine nui-
sance. Why should it any longer consent
to surrender its most useful and valued
citizens to somebody's loaferish whim re.
specting worthless dogi What is the
very best dogs life worth in comparison
with that of serviceable man2 We are
really in danger of running to charity for
ours more strongly than to respect for
human beings. There seems to be no
other sense left to appeal to in this bust
ness but that of personal safety, and we
shall be glad if even that produces its
proper effect.-AasS. PIOughmGn.
Year: 1878

CONFERENCE.-THE SILvER.-There is
danger that silver coin will be very ex.
tensively counterfeited, in case the silver
bill passes, for the obvious reason that il
can easily be done with standard silver
and at a profit. Base metal need not be
used at all. The counterfeiter will only
have to copy the Government coins faith.
fully, and he has chance to make profit
the same as the Government does. Both
the authorized aud the unauthorized
coins will be equally good, both being OF
pure silver; the only difference will be
that one is made by law and the other in
spite of the law. If a silver dollar al.
ways contained dollars worth of silver
then the counterfeiter would be obliged
to use alloy, and that would betray the
falsity of the coin in its color and its
ring. But if silver dollar contains only
ninety cents worth of silver, of course il
will pay counterfeiters to make it out oI
pure metal, and derive ten cent profit
on every dollar at that. The complica.
tions of this silver business are many and
curious.-AdsS. PlOughnan.
Year: 1878

To LAUNDRY A Brown FoULARD CAM
BRIO DREss.-Have a tub partly filed
with very warm water; throw in large
tablespoonful of powdered borax; wet
only one piece of the dress at time; first
the basque; use very little soap and only
on very soiled places; use board if de-
sired; rinse in clear warm water, then
turn the basque on the wrong side and
starch it in thin starch; when making the
starch add one teaspoonful of powdered
borax to pint of starch; it will prevent
sticking; be very careful not to get any
starch on the right side Of the basque;
hang it to dry in a shady place, and
where the wind can dry it quickly.
While the basque is drying wash the over
skirt in the same way, using the same wa
ter; then, as the underskirt is the most
soiled, wash that last; by this time the
basque is nearly dry; roll it up tightly
for fifteen minutes; have good hot irons
ready; then spread your basque out nicely
on the ironing-table; have bowl of warm
water and clean cloth handy, 80 that
should any starch show on the right side
you may sponge it off; it is best to iron
on the wrong side if possible; iron the
skirt in the same way.
Year: 1878

FRUIT SNAPs.-A new industry of con-
siderable extent and importance has
sprung up at Abbeyville, ILL.,, under the
auspices of NJ Legris. Pears, apples and
various other fruits are here passed
through a series of maDipulations by
which they are reduced to paste, which
is then cut up into small cakes about
the size and shape of domino, and
gently dried. When required for use it
is only necessary to pour four times their
weight of boiling water upon them, leave
them in soak for twenty minutes, and
then add sugar to taste, The delicate
flavor of fruits thus prepared is said to
be perfect. No peeling or pulping is
required, and there is 40 waste. Their
cost is not greater than that of an
equivalent of the original fruit, rising and
falling somewhat according to the scarcity
or abundance of the various fruits in
each season. They are accessible at all
times of the year, when the fruit itself Is
not attainable; they keep for any reason"
able length of time, and bear long sea Voy-
ages without detriment- Western Rural.
Year: 1878

NEVER FORGET Charge
your mind with Jour duty. That is
largely the true definition of faithfulness.
Bad memory and mistakes are used as
apologies great deal oftener than neces-
sary. A boy beginning business life will
generally lose his place who pleads such
an excuse more than once or twice.


A successful business man says there
were two things which he learned when
he was eighteen, which were afterwards
of great use to him, namely: "Never to
lose anything, and never to forget any.
thing" An old lawyer sent him with an
important paper, with certain instructions
what to do with it.


"But," inquired the young man, "sup-
pose lose it; what shall do then9"


The answer WAS with the utmost EN-.
phasis, "You must not lose itn


81 don't mean to-" said the young man
"but suppose l should happen to7"


"But / say you must not happen to. ]
shall make no provision for any such oc.
currence. You must not lose itl'
This put new train of thought into
the young mans mind, and he found thai
if he was determined to do o thing he
could do it. He made such provision
against every contingency that he never
lost anything. He found this equally
true about forgetting. If certain mat
ter of Importance was to be remembered
he pinned it down on his mind, fastened
it there, and made it stay.
Year: 1878

Don't forget, my girl, that your influ-
uence as woman is great for good or
evil. Upon woman devolves the duty of
training up the future men of the nation
1t is the mother who molds the character:
under her gentle influence the youthful
mind receives its first impressions. In
society she is queen and all men are her
subjects. Therefore she must be careful
in her department BY word or even a
look, she can encourage or etfectually
check all attempts at familiarity. If
women and' especially girls, would do
this-if they would show their displeas.
ure at what they know is wrong-it
it would not be repeated in their pres.
ence. Though the aggressor might feign
anger, in his heart he would feel more
true respect for one who had thus reproved
him than if she passed his fault unre-
buked. And again, don't make yourself
cheap-within the reach of all. Few
young men want anything to do with
cheap young lady. For a wife none but
a fool or rascal will approach such
woman. Cheap jewelry nobody will
touch If he can get any better. Cheap
girls are nothing but the refuse; and
the young men know it, and they will
look in every other direction for life.
long friend and companion before they
will give a glance at the pinchback stuff
that tinkles at every turn for fascinating
the eyes of any that will look. You
think it quite the "correct thing" to talk
loudly and coarsely, be boisterous and
hoydenish in all public places; to make
yourself 80 bold and forward, and com
monplace everywhere, that people won
der if you ever had mother or home,
or anything to do! So be it. You will
probably be taken for what you are
worth, and one of these years, if you do
not make worse than ashipwreck of your
self, you will begin to wonder where the
charms are that once you thought your
self possessed of, and what evil spirit
could have 80 befooled you.
Year: 1878

MoULTING CANARIEs.-When your
canary brids are moulting, and cease to
sing, do this: Put q little oxide Of iron
Gron rust from the drug store, or let q
couple Of lath nails be in the water they
drink; take away their bath so they can
not get any ything to drink but their medi-
cine. In another water cup immerse
little saffron. The latter gives color to
the incoming feathers. The iron braces
their systems while moulting. In lit
tie while they will sing loud enough to
make your head ache.
Year: 1878

the one best qualified for the


position, or because he is more


in accord with him in sentiment,
subjects himself to the abuse OF
all the unreasoning devotees of
party as if he were guilty Of a
social crime, and none consider
the plea in justification, that he
acted strictly in accordance with
a principle to which both parties
are in honor pledged. All the
lamentations over Official cor
ruption and political demoraliza-
ton come with a bad grace from
people who are themselves so
much the slaves Of party that
they they can put forth no effort
Tor reform.
Year: 1878

compensation"


A lively oracle, is Sniffies. ,.
Before the election, the Mayor


was represented as an old imbe.
cile who was only put up to be
knocked down, and could not
poll a dozen notes in the city,
after which he was elected bv
the largest majority ever given
for candidate for that office in
a contested election in this city
The City Attorney was subse-
quently represented as an Gun
necessary municipal ornament"
and now the Council, composed
Of some Of the best business men
III the city, are represented as
mere unresisting tools in the
hands Of the Attorney and May
or, neither of whom has a voice,
in the first instance, in the pas
sage Of any measure. And with
all this, city script has advanced
20 per cent. in market value
since the present Council came
into Office, and sells at a higher
rate than at any time. before for
the past eight years. What a
great thing it Is Tor the town to
have such !. newspaper repre-
sentative Of public sentiment!
Year: 1878




clples which are severally cnuh-
ciated by party newspapers and
party organs. AS, for instance,
two Of the party organs Of New
York, the Post, Republican, is
one Of the strongest advocates
of free trade. State rights and
a gold and silver basis Of cur
rency; all old Democratic doc.
trines. The Sun. Democratic
organ, makes opposition to State
sovereignty, as declared and
confirmed by the Electoral Com
miselon. its speciality, without
any allusion to any other Of the
old party issues; no old Feder-
alist of John Adams time ever
held more tenaciously to the
doctrine of Federal supremacy
over the States. In the old
Northwestern States large
portion of the Democrats utterly
repudiate the hard money doe
trine of the Jacksonian Democ-
racy, and quite as large a por-
ton of the Republicans adhere
unflinchingly to that doctrine.
A large majority Of both par
ties in the West are opposed to
a protective tariff, while both
parties in Pennsylvania and New
England support that measure.
The leaders and those who give
tone to the Republican party on
this coast, were formerly Dem
ocrats, and mainly adhere to
their early political faith. We
met a distinguished Federal Of
fcial and earnest party man a
few months ago, who frankly
admitted that be believed in the
right Of secession, and that his
sole motive for engaging in the
war was to contribute to the
abolition Of slavery, deeming
fthat object ample justification
or revolutionary measures over
riding the Constitution. We
never believed in the right Of
secession; never questioned the
right of the Federal Government
to maintain its constitutional
powers over the States by mill
tary force, if necessary; simply
protesting against maintaining
Union of force by the over
throw of the Constitution, as no
less revolutionary than seces-
sion. Our friend, the avowed
secessionist and revolutionist;
was honored as q "Union man,
and we, the answering opposer
of secession and defender of the
integrity of the Union under the
Constitution, were denounced by
the politicians Of the Republican
party as "Secessionist." Those
issues are now practically dead,
though the political atmosphere
is ever and anon polluted by
demagogue attempts to stir up
the putrid remains of the dead
carcass. But what are the live
issues defined by party lines ?
We know of none which do not
run across instead of parallel
with the two parties. What
then is the purpose Of maintain
ing party organization and en-
forcing party discipline, but to
promote the personal ends OF
office-seekers? Both parties are
solemnly committed to the poll
cy of civil service reform. Both
national conventions have en-
photically decreed 9 divorce of
civil service from party politics,
and yet the adulterous connec-
ton is still maintained under
strict party discipline. The
member of either party who ex-
ercises his independence as an
American citizen according to
his own judgment, by voting for
member of the other party be-
cause he believed such candidate
Year: 1878

A Senator from Oregon being
the nearest approach to repre-
sentation In the U. S. Senate al
lotted to the Territory of Wash
ington, we naturally feel great
interest IN the election OF a sue
cessor to Senator Mitchell which
devolves upon the Legislature to
meet at Salem next month. 1t
has been suggested that Senator
Mitchell might possible be his
own successor; butsuch an event
is not within the bounds of rea-
sonable probability. The Dem
ocratic majority on joint ballot
is very large, and while it is vc-
ry probable that many Of the
Democrats would prefer Mr..
Mitchell to any other Re-
publican candidate, yet 1t is
highly improbable that eight or
ten of them would go back on
their party and vote for him in
Opposl lion to the candidate of
their own party. The candidate
whose name is kept most prom
inently before the public, is
Judge Macarthur, of the eastern
portion Of the State, whose cleo
ton is demanded chiefly on local
grounds; but persons with old
fogy notions OF the honor of the
position and tfie sanctity of an
oath, would deem the following
oath taken and subscribed by
Judge Macarthur, an insuperable
obstacle to his acceptance of the
office, if elected:


"I, l.. L. Macarthur. do solemnly
swear that I will support the consti-
tuition of the United States and the
constitution of the State OF Oregon;
and that I will faithfully and i'm
partially discharge the duties of a
Judge of the Supreme and Circuit
Courts of said State to the best of
my ability, and that I will not accept
any other Office, except Judicial Off
ces, during the term for which
have been elected"


The fact that Judge Macarthur
had taken such an oath would
not disqualify him for seat in
the Senate, but it would be very
damaging to his own character
and perfectly dlsgraceful to the
Legislature and to the party
which should elect him under
the circumstances.


OF all the available candidates
named, we regard DR.. James c.
Hawthorne as the most fitting,
and we have no doubt he would
be elected if he would consent
to be a candidate, and we are
sorry to learn that he positively
declines.


AT the present time Gen. Lane
seems to be the coming man. A
Republican politician of high
standing in Oregon, informs us
that within the circle of his ac.
quaintance Gen. Lane is the IA
vorite candidate with all parties;
the Republicans preferring him
to any other Democrat, and the
Democrats to all other candi-
dates named, and our informant
has little doubt of his election.
There is probably no man upon
the Pacific coast who could COM
mand a larger personal influence
in the Senate than could General
Jaseph Lane.
Year: 1878

the opposition to Gov. Ferry.
becomes grandiloquent over the
right of petition. "One Of the
inalienable rights Of American
citlzens," says that paper: "pos-
sessed alike by all the people,
women and children, as well as
men, of which no constitution,
law or court can deprive them,
is the right to petition the state
or federal government for redress
Of grievances. So sacred is this
right that in all constitutions,
federal and state, the people
have reserved it to themselves
and no government is allowed to
abridge or interfere with it. -
True for you; no one will pre-
sume to dispute the proposition.
But like the freedom Of speech
and the liberty of the press, the
right Of petition is limited to
lawful and proper subjects, and
is not permitted to be used as a
medium tor false accusations and
personal defamation. The dis
tinction between liberty and Ii
cense is clearly defined by all
laws and conventional usages.-
\ right no less sacred than the
right Of petition is that guaran-
teed to every citizen; the right
hen accused to an open trial
by jury Of his peers and to be
confronted by his accusers, for
the purpose of cross examina-
ton. Were these conditions OBJ
served in any particular by the
petitioners for the removal of
Gov. Ferry? Not at all. 1t was
the result Of a secret conspiracy
Of personal enemies, manifestly
for private ends, revenge being
the primary cause; else why the
secrecy? The charges upon
which the petition for his reno
val was based were solely sup
ported by er parte testimony, un-
known to the party accused and
to the public, and even the
names Of his accusers were only
subjects Of conjecture until the
plot was exploded by Its own
intrinsic weakness. 1t the high
crimes and misdemeanors in Of
flee imputed to Gov. Ferry by
these secret petitioners and their
secret witnesses, been sustained
hy reasonable evidence, they
would have subjected the Gov.
to impeachment, pending which
his removal would have been an
obstruction to justice for which
the President would have been
liable to impeachment. But the
petition asked nothing of that
kind; the petitioners only asked
for the removal Of the Governor
on their testimony without his
knowledge of the nature of the
charges against him. The mat
ter was referred to the Secretary
of the Interior, and then, thro'
Delegate Jacobs, the Governor
first learned of the charges and
the petition for his removal. On
his demanding an investigation,
the Secretary transmitted to him
the papers with the remark that
the evidence was not sufficient
TO impair his official standing or
justify an Investigation. And
thus ended the scheme Of secret
conspiracy to dishonor and re-
move the Governor, which is
now sought to be justified under
the sacred right Of petition. The
law makes a broad distinction
between honest petitioners for
redress of grievances" and
malicious informers and false
witnesses.
Year: 1878

A correspondent visiting the Sioux at


Standing Rock, Dakota, says: ''I visit


ed, In his tepee, Shunkawi-tko, or Fool


Dog, Yanktonnais whose credentials as


fast friend of the whites date back to


the Sully expeditions, on the first of


which he was a most useful scout and q


trusty adviser of the commanding officer.


Gen. Sully, under date of July 81, 1853,


writes of him that ne was one of the two


friendly Indians who went to the camp


of the Minnesota Sion, ransomed a


white woman and her children, captives,


and brought them safely to Fort Pierre.


Col. Stanley, commanding the twenty


second infantry, in April, 1869, wrote


out Fool Dogs record, in which it is


written that he saved the life of half


breed captive; that he went to the San


tee camp, ransomed little girl captured


by them and brought her safely to
military post; that when acting as guide


for Gen. Sully on the first expedition he


killed several hostiles and captured


others; that he was in several skirnishes


on the second expedition and on one
occasion killed two Indians, one of whom
proved to be his own brother, whom he
had killed, unknowing at whom his gun
was aimed; that on another occasion he
went into a tepee where three hostile
emissaries were endeavoring to incite
the friendly Sioux against the whites,


arrested two of the three, tied them,
took them to Fort Rice and there killed
them; that when Fort Rice was attacked
he rendered good service in its defense;
that he guided to Devils Lake the ex-
pedition which established q post there
and that finally he became faithful
mail carrier. Among his testimonials
saw one to which the names of Generals
Sanbom and Terry were attached. To
call an Indian of this country dog is to
apply to him the most insulting term of
contempt. To call him fool is only a
little less than an enormity. How this
Indian came to be known as Fool Dog l
could not learn, but was informed that
he was unpopular among his own people
and could muster only small following,
although he was long ago recognized as
a chief. But he enjoys the favor of all
whites who learn his story, and, besides
his annuity and other agency allowances,
under an order issued by Gen. Sully in
1868, he receives double soldiers rations
(for himself and squaw) from the army
quartermaster department, and has the
privilege of residing at or near a military
post. But when 1 visited him his
ratiOns for the month were about
expended, and the family were eating
boiled corn for their only dinner dish.'
Year: 1878

No person is either 80 happy or so un-
happy as he imagines.


Flattery is like base coin it impover-
ishes him who receives it.


A man displeased with the world is
never satisfied with himself.


Let us search ourselves in the first
place, and afterwards the world.


Don't tell unlikely and silly stories.
even If you know them to be true.


knowledge and timber should not be
much used until they are seasoned.


Those who are honest Gas the best
policy" are halfway to being rogues.


We are ruined, not by what we really
want, but by what we think we want.


If you must speak upon a difficult
point, be the last speaker, if you can.


Let our lives be as pure as snow fields,
where our footsteps leave a mark but
not q stain.


The best portion of a good mans life
his little, nameless, aforementioned
acts of kindness and of love.


A man of intellect is lost unless he
unites energy of character 10 intellect
When we have the lantern of DioRenes
we must have his staff.


Great, ever fruitful, profitable for re-
proof, for encouragement, for building
up in manful purposes and works. are
the words of those that in their day were
men,