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Year: 1878

you betrayed it. You have been
trusted by people, many of
whom were poor and incapable
of taking care of themselves.
This is no ordinary theft" And
then he sentenced Freese to five
years Imprisonment at hard Ia
bOr.
Year: 1878

Great NdttOssNL UNe8tlO1e SettLed.


It has just occurred to the Indianapolis
Journal to deny the story that Senator Nor
ton made dying request of the President
to let Filley have the st. Louis Post Office.
All that Morton did was to write the Presi-
dent letter of recommendation before he
went on his last Pacific trip. This settles
another great national question.
Year: 1878

Fraud has been brought to light in the
Bald headed Club of Nevada. The constitu-
ton of that organization declares that the
baldest head shall be president, and it has
been proved that member had his badness
enlarged by shaving SO as to obtain the pres
iC1encv
Year: 1878

Ho,r the Peoples Money Is iS1tandercd in


Public Buildings.


In discussion in the Senate few days
ago upon the proposition to remove the Ma
val observatory in Washington to more
assumed the role of an economist and made
very interesting point against the provi-
sions of the bill appropriating 100000 for
the erection of a new observatory. Senator
Beck said that in the present depressed con-
dition of the country and in the face of the
fact that the estimates of the treasury de-
partment showed deficit of $11 100000 in
the expenses of the government it was wrong
to go into any new enterprise requiring a
lavish expenditure of the peoples money.
He said that while 100000 was only asked
now for this new building, still no one could
tell how much it would foot up in the end.
His past experience demonstrated the fact
that the first estimate and appropriation for
all public buildings were but drop in the
bucket of the final cost. For instance, when
it was proposed to build new courthouse
and post-office at New York only $3,00O,0Oo
was asked for, but it was not long before
! $2,OOO,O 600 more became necessary, until now
SIS, ,OOO, 600 has already been appropriated for
this building. The same, he said, was true
in the case of the Boston postofice. mil
lion and half was first appropriated for this
structure, and then another million and a
half, and no one knew how much more it
would cost before completion. And SO it has
been in all other cases. The first appropria-
ton was only an opening wedge, and
although the law made it explicit and posi-
tive that no expenditure beyond the amount
appropriated should be incurred, still, owing
to the extravagant designs of buildings,
brought about by the solicitations Of mem
bers of congress and local influence, the
buildings were always commenced on much
grander scale than the limit of the appro-
priations would warrant. The result is that
the building is constructed to a certain
point, and there it stands until additional
appropriations are made. In every appro-
priation bill there is a penalty prescribed for
exceeding the amount appropriated, but it
seems to have had no effect whatever. Beck
promises to perform the same watchdog
services in the senate as did the economical
Holman in the house few years ago.
Year: 1878

house when the affray commenced;


the first l saw was the defendants all


armed with clubs; did not see my hus-


band have any club; the one that Close


struck him with was a short stake, about four


feet long; the others were within few feet


when the blow was struck saw Amo, Bice


strike my husband from behind, and he fell;


cannot say how far was from them at the
time; think Bice wore buffalo over-coat,


but by the time got there they had taken it
off; did not see but one blow struck before
he fell, and that felled him to the ground;
saw James Close strike twice with stake;
am not positive whether he struck my hus-


band or not; saw his body, and saw the blows
struck; thought they hit near where the head
lay; when got there he was insensible; he
was all covered with blood, and large cash
cut under his eye; asked Amos Bice if he
had done this, and he said no; then asked
James Close if he did it, and he said yes;
asked VIM. Close why he allowed his son to do
this, and he said that he could not help what
his son did; VIM Close was at this time
loading rails; asked him if he would allow
his team to take my husband
home, and he said he would; Bice
and Greeley fetched him home and I went
along with them VIM. and Jas. Close put on
load of rails and took them off: they did
not go to the house; After we got my hus-
band home he was unconscious; his head was
covered with blood, so that could not see
the wounds very well; told them to send
for doctor; before the doctor came we had
got him on bed; he was very bad until
Wednesday when he was little better: he
said he never would get well, that it would
kill him, he said they were all after him;
said he told VIM. Close that he had half
interest in the rails and that he would show
him the papers if he would come to the
house; said he put his leg over the rail te
prevent them from taking the rails; he was
SO that he could walk across the room some
of the time by being helped up; he died the
second Monday morning after it happened
Year: 1878

The only way to make a friend is
to be one.


Discretion in speech is more than
eloquence.


First convince men by substantial
acts of kindness that you love them.


1t is only those who have done
nothing who fancy they can do ey-
erything.


He who is not the better for his
religious knowledge will assuredly
be the worse for it.


The worst kind Of men are those
who do not care when men see them
doing wrong


The moro perfect we are the more
gentle and quiet we become towards
the defects of Others.


The best society and conversation
in the world is that in which the
heart has a greater share than the
head.


There are some persons on whom
their faults sit well, and others who
are made ungracoful by their good
qualities.


The Germans have this good pro-
verb; That thcfts never enrich; aims
never impoverish; nor prayers him
der work.


A man should never be ashamed
to own he was in the wrong, which
is but saying in other words that he
is wiser today than he was yester-
day.


Tho three virtues of temperance,
thrift and religion, which are with
in the reach of every man, will Sc
cure, in his age, almost any desira-
Bile object for any family, and scores
of objects which no legislation what
ever can secure without individual
temperance, thrift and religion.


A pure and good woman is a great
power. Whether arising from the
courage that is founded. on a sense Of
responsibility, or whether unconSci-
ously exercised and dictated only by
her noble instinct, she has a great
power in modelling the characters
and regulating the conducts and
lives Of those who are under her in-
Ruencc.


1t is into the minute circumstan-
ccs of mans conduct that VIC arc
to inquire for his real character. In
these he is under the influence Of
his natural disposition, and acts for
HIMSELF while in his moro open and
important actions he may be drawn
by public opinions, and many other
external motives, from that bias
which his disposition would have
taken.


For want of sclf.roliancc and de-
cision of character, thousands are
submerged in their first essays TO
make the voyage of life, Disup-
pointed and chagrincd at this, they
underestimate their own capacities
and thenceforth, relying on others,
they, take and keep subordinate
position, from which they rise, when
they rise at all, with the utmost dif
hculLy
Year: 1878

Mr.. Joseph Sullivan concludes an able
article on hog feeding and pork packing
in these words: at l have proved any
thing 1t is that it is comparatively easy
to get fifty per cent. more for corn than
we do for all the millions of bushels fed
TO hogs in the process Of pork making.
Sustaining in this industry alone loss
Of millions of dollars annually, the ques


tion of how much pork there is in a
bushel Of corn is not an Insignificant one


His experiments lead TO the conclusion
that feeding the most thrifty hogs raw
corn ia the ear nine pounds may be got
from bushel. Twelve pounds from raw
meal soaked and sixteen and half
pounds from bushel OF meal well
cooked in mush. In this case we
suppose no toll Is taken from the corn
for grinding, 30 that the hog gets fifty
six pounds of meat for bushel


These results correspond closely with
those obtained by CJmmis ioner Els.
worth some thirty years ago. But the
average farmer hardly gets nine pounds
OF hog meat from a bushel OF corn fed
in the common way. Hence we are JUS
ttucu III DcACNluk thas cNcIy uCit VI COln
turnsdlinto meat produces only halt what
it ought to yield on an average. Is there
any way by which a farmer of good
sense can lift himself out OF habit in
feeding swine which is 80 wasteiul and
costlyg Why not try to make every ear
OF cern yield the maximum of the most
saleable meat? To do this it may be
best to give hogs the run Of clover, oat and
pea fields, before they come to corn.
Young pigs should havs not only a
generous flow of milk from their
mothers. but cows should eat rich
grass and change it into milk for
their benefit. Meat production should
be carefully studied by the light OF ex-
peiments in all its details, which all may
verify. To produce bacon or pork from
hogs that have been stunted at any time
in their lives always involves a needless
expense. The living machine should
never stop growing, for it IL likely to fall
back several degrees, and requires much
extra feeding to change its course. Mil.
lions Of farmers sacrifice all their profits
on hogs, cattle and sheep by stuuting
animals feeding with no gain in weight,
because feeding too little. A badly
wintered hog, COW or sheep Is worth less
in the spring Than In the iall. One may
make two hogs worth twice as much as
four, ~ better feeding and shelter.
Year: 1878

o piodding life crowded SO full
OF earthly toll and care
The body's daily nerd receives
The frat and last concern, and leaves
No room for Jesus there
o busy brain by night and day


Working with patience rare
Problems Of worldly loss or gain,
Thinking till thought becomes pain,
No room for Jesus there.
q throbbins hearth 30 quick to feel
In others woes q share,
Yet human loves each power enthrall,
And sordii treasures I'll 1t all
No room for Jesus there.
o sinful soul thus TO debase
The being God doth spare
Blood bought, thou art no more thine own
Heart brain, life, are His alone
Lest soon the bitter day shall come
When vain will be thy prayer
To hnd in Jesus heart place
Forever closeo the door OF grace,
Thourt gain 10 entrance there.


-TNew York Christian Advocate.
Year: 1878

The house fly crawls out of bis crevice
in the wall, and with wings still stiff and
feeble, begins to practice flying at mark.
In another week he will be himself again,
and able to hit mans nose ninety. seven
times cut ol every hundred.
Year: 1878

two inches high and eight inches wide;
a piece of two by eight plank will answer
the purpose. The horse cannot then lay
hold of 1t with his teeth. Remove from
the stall everything that offers an object
for the practice of the habit. II there Is
nothing that he can exercise his teeth
upon, he cannot crib Let him take his
feed from the floor. In the course OF
time he will forget the habit. II the
habit Is caused by indigestion, as is fre-
quently the case, give the animal one
drachm of copperas and one ounce OF
ground ginger in cut feed once day. In
the other iced give handful of salt:
Feed only cut nay or fodder wetted and
sprinkled with meal or ground feed.
Commenting on the above the Pbiladel-
phia Press says:


We call attention TO it here, because
we think it habit that can never be
cured, and we think there must be some
mistake about it. One of the best OF the
farm horses Of the writer OF this proved,
when he WAS purchased, to be an in.
yeterate cribber." Nothing would
ever break him of it. He never had
indigestion" or any other ailment.
Even when the epizooty" was 30 bad,
he was one OF the first to recover in the
vicinity, and was almost the only horse
about fit for work A seunder or better
horse in every respect never lived. A
strap is kept round his neck 80 that it is
no Inconvenience to him, unless he
attempts to "crib." He knows be can
not do it, no he never tries when the
strap is on, though he may have made
no attempt for years. If the strap be
left of a moment he will attempt it.
There is evidently something very grate>
full and enjoyable in the practice that is
not the result Of disease. II any of our
readers know Of any cure for it that is
the result OF their own practical ex.
perience, we would gladly publish it.
Year: 1878

Is MARS INHABITED ?-Is this neigh
boring world the abode Of living crea-
lures This question is beyond the pres
eut power of science To answer. But
would it not be strange beyond express
sion if world, with land and water,
and changing seasons, and apparently
all the conditions required by life, so
like our earth that it IL even possible
that man could exist upon its surface,
should roll on through the ages uninhab-
tied and unenjOyed? Our earth Teens
with life IN its remOtest corner, yet
some Martial astronomer may at this
moment be wondering what is the use
of Us, and whether our planet is the
abode of intelligent beings. After the
wonders that science has already
achieved. he would he bold who should
say that this problem can never be
solved Unfortunately, we cannot hope
for much from the improvement Of our
telescopes aud the increase of their mag
nfying power. The disturbances pro-
duced by our atmosphere are aggravated
by every such Increase. But when the
problem of life In other worlds is solved
If 10 ever shall bet seems safe to
say that IL will be ty the attentive study
ofSur near neighbOr.-Ihe GOiGry.
Year: 1878

An Arab may divorce his wife on the
slightest occasion. So easy and so COM
mon is the practice that Burckhardt as
sures us that he has seen Arabs not
more than forty-fve years of age who
were known to have had fifty wives, yet
they rarely have more than one at a
time.


By the Mohammedan law man may
divorce his wife orally and without any
ceremony he pays her portion, gener-
ally one-third of her dowry. He may
divorce her twice and take her again
without her consent, but if he put her
away by a triple divorce conveyed in the
same sentence, he cannot receive her
again until she has been married and
divorced by another husband.


BY the Jewish law it appears that a
wife could not divorce her husband
but under the Mohammedan code, for
cruelty and some other causes she may
divorce him.


Among the Hindoos, and also among
the Chinese, husband may divorce his
wife upon the slightest ground, or even,
without assigning any reason. She is
under the absolute control of her hus-
band.


The law of France, before the revolu,
ton, following the judgment of the
Catholic church, made marriage indis.
soluble, but during the early revolution.
airy period divorce was permitted at the
pleasure of the parties when incompati.
bility of temper was alleged. The Code
Napoleon restricted this.liberty. On the
restoration of the Bourbons law was
promulgated, May s, 1916, declaring
divorce to be abolished f; that all suits
then pending for divorce by mutual con
sent should be void, and such is now the
law of France. Albany EGl0 Journal
Year: 1878

Mr.. W. W. Story was before the Sem
ate Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds at Washington recently, and
gave his opinion of the Washington
monument. Among other things which
he said regarding it was the following:
Ny notion was that you might decorate
it by bring out the corners so as TO give
relief with pilasters in the Renaissance
style; 10 make lofty tower instead Of
an Obelisk, for the declension Of line is
very slight indeed, and could very easi-
ly be obviated; then, to lift it out at the
top; matriculate it; carry it up into q
double cone or spire, above which could
also be decorated, the entablature to be
covered with any decoration you might
choOse-whether historical, ideal, or
representative and then at the base to
construct large porch or Out-jutting
portion of considerable extent with en-
tablature: there make an arch and
therein plant colossal statue of Wash
ingtOn. That is the only mode in which
| see that this monument could be rem
dered beautiful and effective. Failing
to do this the only other thing which
remains is the destruction of this mOnu-
ment and the rearing of totally differ
ent monument out of the materials of
this. The most beautiful thing that
could be made, said this artist, would
be magnificent canopy, either of the
Renaissance er Gothic style, enriched
by entablature and supported by col
umns; a dado or pedestal in the centre;
on top of that a colossal figure of Wash
ington, and the base of that decorated
with alto reliero figures, representative
of all the great men of the Revolution
and of subsequent time. By that means
there might be procession of magnifi-
cent statues going all about the base,
which in themselves would be exceed
ingly interesting, if well done. Then
again, the statue of Washington would
he within the proper angle of vision.
You would be looking at it as you ap-
preached it, just as it should be seen.
With this canopy over the whole it
would be protected from the weather.
1t might be made in marble or other
stone, but would look best in marble.
Mr.. Story thinks that the site of the
present monument is not the best that
could be selected.
Year: 1878

| The Washington National Republican tells the
| following story


Qlite sensation was created at q private
house in this city recently, which has csused
much amusement at the expense of the ladies
of two respeC table families. One night q burly
negro broke into house, and while sesrchip1 2
for valuabies aroused 9 young lady who in


the dim light, could see there was q man in


the room. and under the impression that it


was her own brother, who is o somnamb bulist


said, John, what do you wantf' This elicit


cd no response, and still believing it TO bs her


brother, she put her hand upon Ie arm of the


intruder and felt along until his head was


reached' when the situation was realized at


once, and ciinchiDg both hands in the WOOL


she arouse tie whole household by screaming


i've caught a nigger r. The male mem bers Of
the family rushing in, the negro broke away


and dashed through a closed window As he


did go he was seized by the neither garments
an almost nude state. Pursuit was made


when he ran into house in the neighborhood
(Which he had just bef1re entered with bur-
glarous intent), and secreted himself under a
sofa in the parlor. The inmates were aroused
by the pursuing party, and the ladies of the
burglars, shut themselves in the same pSrIor
while the male population were engaged in
searching the other rooms for the intruder:
but not finding him, as . last resort, the parlor
was searched, and he was found in the condi-
tion and place as before stated. The shrieks of |
the ladies that rent the air upon the discovery
that they had been closet I'd with q deaperate
burglar, and negro st that, aroused the whole |
neigh borhood, as well as q policeman, and the |
fellow was marched off. Tue negro said tb at |
when the lady caught hold of him he had |
knife which be intended to use if intsrfered |
staggered him that he forgot to do 80 until it |
WAS too late.
Year: 1878

The true wife is often unfashionable in Low.
log her husband, and him oDly-in not caring
to attract idle admiration or tie homage OF
the more serious adorer. When che married
not look to her wifehood as to her papers of
release from control and her charter of un-
limited freedom. She has no very decided
opinions on politics, womsn's rights, or the
doctrine Of fate and free-will. She slips in
sensibly, and by the natural training of love,
into the grooves of thought where her husband
fnds himself, and hold his position to bs the
beet of all because it is he. She is more con.
tent With his fame than she would be with her
own; indeed she finds hers in his, and would
not care to be parsonage on her own account.
She desiEes for herself, for her honor and su-
preme personal happiness, only his love, only
bis health, and prosperity and 50 long as he
10 safe, her star is without . cloud to veil its
brightness.
Year: 1878

The general rule that an humble trust
in God is never sighted is not founded
on miraculous examples; but cases of
straugely-relieved want come to light
every yea which can only suggest a di-
vine intelligence of human prayer. The
question, Who regulates the proportion
of suffering and kindness, and overrules
the mystery of identical thoughts in dis
tant minds could have been answered
in but one way by all the parties con-
cerned in this true story. Says the New
York Tribune:


q A winter or two ago the director of
little orphan asylum near this city
Issued statement of her receipts and ex-
penditures, for the satisfaction of those
who had given help to it doing the year.
1t fell into the hands of a wealthy man
living some miles, from the home,
who glanced over it and threw it aside.
No help was asked, and it did not occur
to him to offer any.


Z" a month or two later, one bitter
night, the manager found herself abso-
lutely without morsel of food to give
the children for breakfast. There was
not even -four nor bread in the house.
Institutions of similar kind have their
settled funds from which to draw, OF
friends TO whom to appeal. These women
had no money, and but the one friend to
whom to turn.


The night was stormy, it was late,
the children would waken hungry
their hearts almost failed them. But
they went to their friend. Before they
rose from their knees a carriage drove tc
the door, from which, when they went
out, the coachman, without word, be
gan 20 unpack meat, bread, provisions
of every kind. Bundles OF clothing fol
lowed.


' 1t was like fairy tale, or one {
Dickens Christmas stories. at last s
lady held out an envelope, in which wal
bank note for substantial sum, and
the carriage drove away through the
snow without word being spoken.
Year: 1878

same to day as when they first came, the
same in dress, religion, social habits and
political views. The Chinese disclaim
and refuse to assimilate in the body
polite of America


The committee is also considering the
form of a law to prevent further Chinese
immigration. 1t holds that congress has
already the power to deal with the sub
ject and apply remedy.


Mr.. Willis says that there are a num-
Der of supreme court decisions aft ming
that congress, in its power of legislation
over such subjects, is not restrained by
treaty stipulations, and that the present
treaty with China must not stand in the
way of the legislation demanded by the
highest considerations OF public safety.
Year: 1878

In France condemned criminals never
know the time fixed for their execution
until the moment arrives. Indeed, az a
prisoner condemned usually appeals as q
matter of course to the Cour de Cessation
against his sentence, he must be uncer-
tain to the last whether the sentence will
be carried out. The order for the exc
cution is only sent to the prison the
evening before it is to take eject, the
criminal is not informed until the next
morning, and the sentence IS carried out
at g very early hour.