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Year: 1879

AN AsToNIsHED EDIToR-An exchange
says: 1--WE find upon our table one of the
newest of pictures. 1t is beautiful in
design, small, but showing great artistic
skill in its make up. The prevailing
colors are green and black. the two blend
ing so harmoniously that the effect is
pleasing in the highest degree. We shall
not of course, presume to give an exact
description of this picture, but some of the
characters look so noble, SO striking, that
we cannot refrain from describing them.
The head center, or rather the hero of the
picture, holds in his left hand banner, in
his right hand Il sword; his hat is thrown
on the ground, his head is thrown back,
his left foot extended, and, taken altogeth-
er, his appearance is that ofone challenging
another to mortal combat, waiting for the
other fellow to knock off the chip. His
eyes are cast upward, resting on the word
ii 80 Hello what's this? Great snakes! if
it isn't a five-dollar bill We took it for
some new kind of chrome that had come
in the mail. But we see how it is-either
our devil has been robbng bank or some
delinquent subscriber has been conscience
sticken."
Year: 1879

DOES HER Own WoRK.-Does shep
What of it? Is it any disgrace? Is she any
less true woman, less worthy of respect,
than she who sits in silks and satins, and
is vain of fingers that never labor? We
listened 10 this sneer few days ago, and
the tone in which it was spoken betokencd
a narrow ignoble mind, better fitted for
any place than country whose institutions
rest on honorable labor rs one of the chief
corner-stones. 1t evinccd false idea of
the true basis OF society, of true woman
hood, of genuine nobility, it showed the
detestable spirit Of caste, of rank, which u
certain class are trying TO establish-a
caste whose sole foundation is money, and
is the meanest kind of rank known to
civilization. Minds, manners, morals. all
that enters into a good character, and arc
of no account with these social snobs !;
position in their stiltcd ranks is bought
with gold, and each additional dollar is
another round in the ladder by which
elevation is gained
Year: 1879

SUGGESTIONS ABOUT SEwING.-llcre
are II few that may be useful to young
seam stresses LONG cloth and linen
should be scaded before you work on
them in order to render them soft enough
for the needle to pass through easily; but
should you be unable from haste or other
circumstances to have this done, take n
cake of soap and rub it on the part You
are going to sew or hem; you will find
your needle will then slip along with the
greatest ease, and you will run no risk of
breaking it. Young ladies who have the
care of their own linen, and perhaps have
their own allowance for dress, should take
u few hours on fixed day, weekly, to
look over their clothes, and do any small
repairs that may be needed. They Will
find the truth of this wise old adaSe, "a
stitch in time saves nino," and will make
their linen last as long again rs it would
otherwise do. In washing new cmbrold-
cry after it is cut out, pour boiling water
upon it, let it stand from twenty minutes
To half mn hour, rub lightly with hands
dry and press on the wrong side. Thls
takes ont the sti0,ening 50 that the machine
; does not cut il.
Year: 1879

KILLING MoUSE.-A gentleman, who
was exceedingly averse to that little animal
denomnated u mouse, was one day travel
ing, and, rs night set in, put up at coun-
try inn. After supper he retired TO his
room, casefully examining the corners
and crevices to ascertain if there were any
holes from which these little marauders
might be likely to issue forth, but finding
none, he divested himself of his wearing
apparel, and consigned himself TO the
guardian care of Morpheus, After sleep
ing soundly for about three hours. he again
became conscious of his existence in this
world of transitory bliss, but being some
what in dreamy state, he had no clear
perception rs to what might disturb his
disordered imagination. AS he was thus
lying, midway between sleep and con-
sciousness, he heard something 60 pit-pit-
pit upon the table, which closely approXi-
mated to the head of the bedstead on
which he was sleeping. He listened more
attentively, and observed, very softly to
himself "As live, this house is beset
with those Internal mice, and there is
one now gnawing at something ON the
table" So saying he slipped as noiselessly
out of bed as possible, and feeling for his
boot, took hold Of the toe part of it, and,
the heel upraised, very softly approached,
on tip toe, his intended victim. When
close enough to be in striking distance, he
again listened and to his delight, found
the noise still there; he then raised his
arm. and with unerring precision, let fall
the heel of his boot upon-his own beauti-
full gold repeater, that he had placed upon
the table on going to bed, that had made
the noise, and which now lay smashed
and destroyed.
Year: 1879

WINTER is drawing to close. The busy
season of marketing is past, and it is time
our farmers were doing up their winter
work preparatory to a seasons laborin the
field. In addition to getting out the neces-
sary fencing, for repairing, running cross
fences, etc., the thrifty farmer will haul and
cut wood to last through the summer sea-
son. The month of February is usually
suitable for this work, the weather being
fine and shedding good, so that timber can
be hauled from the mountains more easily
than at any other time. Your time cannot
be better utilized than by getting out and
saving up supply of wood to last until
February comes again. 1t is a good saving
OF time, and gives the farmer chance to
rest during the busy season, instead of hay
ing to cut wood during the intervals of time
he is about the house. 1t will also save the
female portion of the household from hay
ing to pick up chips to cook with, as is so
often the case where the farmer gets only
one load at a time, and does not go for an
other until that is gone. Several weeks can
be spent now at this work as we'll as not
otherwise it will perhaps be idled away. Go
where you will over the country, and the
wood-pile-the manner and season in which
it is prepared-is a good index to the thrift
and enterprise of the farmer. Those who
are stirring and progressive do such work
at the proper season, that the little bits OF
time during the busy portion of the year
may be spent reading good agricultural and
newspapers; thereby informing themselves
AS they go along, and keeping up with the
times.
Year: 1879

The most vital question effecting the farm
er is how to make farming profitable. Els
pecially is this felt in the depressed condi-
ton of our markets at the present time.
when produce OF all kinds does not paw the
cost Of production. Below we give con-
densed summary Of the more prominent
causes effecting the condition Of the agricul-
tural class. We do not propose to present
to tue readers of the Prairie Faauae,. all the
causes effecting the successful outcome OF
the farm, but rather to point out the more
important and prominent ones. We call
particular attention to the following:


l. The enormous loss which many farm
ers sustain from the neglected condition of
the manure piles.


2. From the exposure of farm machinery
to the inclemencies of the weather.


8. From the loss which is sustained in
keeping more animals than the owner can
properly provide food and shelter for.


4. From raising scrubby and Indifferent
animals when good ones could be raised at
the same cost and twice the profit.


B. Tllling more land than can be properly
cultivated, thereby raising on two acres that
which might be more profitably raised ON
one.


.. Making specialties of certain crops to
the ultimate exhaustion of the soil.


Z. From disposing of the crops in the con-
dition in which they are raised instead OF
converting them into beef, pork or mutton.


s. In neglecting to properly attend to the
little details of the farm.


8. In not keeping strict account of the
transactions Of the farm.


10. In not using proper judgment in dis
posing of the produce of the farm, and the
purchasing of machinery and other necessa-
ries.


IL. Purchasing provisions which should
be raised at home.
Year: 1879

Notwithstanding that for fifty years peo-


pie have been experimenting OH potato cul-


ture, the old way is still followed as a


general thing, and there has been but little


advance ON the ways which were most ap-


proved in the days of our grandfathers.
Now and then some one will arise who con-
tends for whole potatoes, or for cut pieces ;
or it may be for deep planting or shallow
planting; or for large potatoes or for small
potatoes; for fermented manure or long
strawy litter or tor placing the seed foot
apart or three OF four feet apart, like corn
in hills; but it is rare that any one contin-
ues on in any of the courses. We have of
ten read OF people who have made amazing
profits by working On some one or another
Of these plans; but somehow or other does
not tempt them to continue on these prac-
tices, and they usually drop down into the
good old way.


1t is not for us to dispute the accuracy of
the facts in these various improved ways, as
they have been given to us. Indeed, we be-
lieve they have generally been as represent
ed; but yet we belive that as rule there is
no better way to grow potato than to take
piece of worn out sod land, and after put
ting good dressing of half-rotten stable
manure, plow it down over the potato sets
about three or four inches deep-the sets
being about eighteen or twenty inches apart.
and the rows about thirty inches. AS for
the size of the sets we hardly think this Of
SO much consequence as the condition of
the soil. It is the fitness in this respect
which does the business, for after the plant
has once left the parent root it depends
wholly on the soil tor its food, Perhaps
one large piece is better than whole small
potato, as there will be less number of
sprouts; but even this is in a measure the
oretical as many persons protest they have
had just as good crops from small potatoes
as cut pieces of larger ones, in spite of the
supposed objection to the sprouts.-Ger-
nsa,atoao,s Telegraph.
Year: 1879

L. In not having machinery enough to
properly harvest and save the crop.


We believe that failure to make farming
profitable may be traceable to one or several
OF these causes which little study and fore
thought will successfully obviate.


1t will be apparent to every one who gives
the above causes due consideration, that the
remedy for improbable farming lies with
the farmer.-Pranie Farmer.
Year: 1879

! Although the new year is somewhat adj
vanced, still the following from the New


York Saas will be found appropriate. It is
never too late to begin retorm, or make
any change which is calculated to benefit
us:


The new year is just the time to look
over the account-book, pay all debts, and
present bills tor all credits. Farmers are
more negligent in this matter than mer-
chants and mechanics. They do compare
lively little buying and selling, and what
little they do is mostly in the way of cash
Or barter, SO that they do not realize the ne
cessity of book accounts, and we fear that
too many of them make a ledger of their
heads, a most miserable place for recording
figures. The head can store away princi-
pies, but has no room for columns of fip-
nres and detailed statements of facts. For
these boolSis requisite, and every farmer
should keep an account book, in which all
business transacted should be entered daily,
as also accounts with the different crops.
herds, and focks, SO that he may know
which pays best.


The new year is also the time for taking
On inventory Of all personal and real estate,
and It this is done regularly each year, the
faEiner can tell whether he is making pro-
gress or only making both ends meet. This
year, very possibly, the inventory may show
less valuation than in former years, as
there has been such shrinkage in real es-
tate, stock, and almost every kind of per-
sonal property, but this should not discour-
age the farmer. In this respect he suffers
in common with all, but not in the same de-
gree with the manufacturer.


The new year is also the time to plan the
campaign Of the farm for the following sum-
mer. A manufacturer studies the market
months before he puts out his goods. The
farmers products fortunately, are of more
staple character; still it is advisable to de-
termine what crops to raise, when to raise
them, and to provide the requisite fertiliz-
ers.


The winter is a good time to get out sta
BILE manure, and if especial fertilizers are
used, it il all the more important that they
are provided in season. In like manner the |
stock on the farm should be looked over
carefully and thoroughly weeded, turning
OFT the old and non-paying animals and I
keep only those that are productive.
Year: 1879

should provide himself with with q bottle
of SOZODONT. SO that when he calls
upon the ladies he can rinse his mouth and
remove the odor which hovers around the
the person OF the nicotized. Not alone for
it's aroma is it valuable. but as a curative
and preserative of the teeth it is unsur
DnGGpd
Year: 1879

No use of having the chills, no use of
headache ,or any Of the Ills that come from
disordered or Inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old aud reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
a new person. Try it and be satisfied
Year: 1879

liant rhetoric In defence Of State Il = md state
honor, especially southern State honor, as Southern
Democrats do, and then coolly repudiate one-hat
or the whole of their State debts be-
cause slavery has been abolished. VIII be
restrained from crownng their infamy by
ropudiating the National debt if they ever get
the power. That debt was contracted for the sole
purpose of suppressing their rebellion. one incident
of which was the loss OF their slave property. The
bonds were bought by men who believed III the
friends of the Nation. 1t is true that constitu-
tonal provision would have to be overcome. but so
it did intorpose and was in Louisiana and
North Carolina and other States. 1t certainly
would be dangerous and unwise to intrust the Ma
tional honor to the Southern Democrats who have
been regardless of the homer of their own States.
They have brought too much disgrace upon the Ma
tiou already.


In the series of articles on the several States
which are to appear in The TRIBUNE.
official reports have been followed far as they
were obtainable. Much information not otherwise
accessible has been gathered from the pages OF The
Financial Chronicle, which is everywhere regarded
as Trustworthy and impartial Ii is extremely diff
cult TO make up accurate account Of the indebt-
edness of any Southern State on account of the dii
ferences between different official reports and for
other reasons which will suggest themselves to
every one who has pursued a similar investigation
Year: 1879

fths of their investment for the sake OF saving the
remainder. The people respond through SOLID
Democratic Legislature with proposed constitu-
tiona amendment to repudiate the debt.
Year: 1879

A MAN committed suicide yesterday at
Eureka, and many good but several reig-
ieus souls will refrain from sympathy
when they learn that he took bis own life
because be lost at faro game. Yet
these same good people might weep over
man whom loss in stocks had driven
TO death. Still, what is the difference
Both are gamblers, beth expect TO make
money without work, TO get rich, not On
what they earn but on what they win by
the turn of card or the raise Of a stock.
In the first the player can see the cards
and has some chance. In the second he
stakes his money bindly on hole in the
grosnd, net on its value but on the sup
positions value which California street
may desire to give it, and is the bigger
fool of the two. Yet churches close their
doors on the former and receive the latter
with open arms and the kiss Of peace,
society holds her skirts as the former
ppsses for fear of contact, while she rush
es lovingly to the EN- brase Of the latter.
Rvea when the grave closes on all that
10 earthly of each, con tempt and
disdain are the portion Of the one,
praise and eulogium of the other. The
lesser gam bier is summed, while the great
er one, the bigger rascal perhaps, is
hugged to the bosom. And SO runs the
funny world !-Sacrdmento Bee.
Year: 1879

WILL BE HAEGED.-The trials of
Troy Dye and Edward Anderson for the
murder Of A. NJ. Tullis have been con
cluded at Sacramento, the jury in each
case bringing in verdict Of murder in
the first degree. As neither of the junes
fixed the penalty, the law makes it i'm
pefativs upon the judge to pronounce
sentence Of death, which will be done on
the oath instant. The result Of these
trials must give satisfaction TO all good
citizens as the murder committed by the
condemned men was one Of the most
atrscious in the annals of crime. II is
only to be regretted that Tom Lawton-
equally guilty with Dye and Anderson
has not been captured and made to suffer
with his confederstes. But justice will
be vindicstod in the case OF the two
already under the shadow of the moose,
and the third may yet receive his just
deserts.
Year: 1879

A SECOND CROP OF PoTAToYs.-We
have only begun to realize the immense
fertility of our California soil and climate,
for we hold that climate has fertility.
Down at Ed. Graham's, the other day,
on Grand Island, we ate potatoes Of the
second crop. They were dug, and the
same potatoes again planted and matured
The second crop was as good a the first
We notice elsewhere a statement Of q
Stockton paper of crop Of wheat, and
then crop Of potatoes, and we believe
that practicable on much Of our liver
land. After the second crop of potatoe,
is dug, the land IS left in excellent con.
dition for wheat. We have such bic
country, and SO much land, tl,at we have
MS yet only been doing surface farming
CotusG Sun.
Year: 1879

The woman suffrage question is ever
sh"sowing all others, at present, in the
Constitutional Convention. Yesterday
"ne member Indignantly repudiated the
enete argument that women can't fight,
and every married man in the assembly
grimly conceded the correctness OF his
views. 1t is difficult to make the un-
married mem bers believe it, though
They still cling to the old theory that
women are angels without wings, and
that to introduce an element of heavenly
origin into politics would produce most
disastrous results .-Chronicie.
Year: 1879

TIE TRIEITY JOURNAL has entered
upon its 2ith volume. The paper is ene
OF the best local journals in the State
ana always was so. Craig is the bow
who Knows how to keep the old craft
headed IN the right direction n. She
hiaws through the waters of Time
Twenty -four years is considerable Of an
event in the life of Newspaper, and
very few journals in this State have
lived to record that age. Success to the
JOURNAL. and its publisher and attaches.
Shasta Courier.
Year: 1879

National Associated Press to The Star


SALT LAKE Jan. 20.-A heavy snow storm
prevailed here Friday and Saturday, and
snow slides were frequent. In Big Cotton
wood there were thirteen slides in distance
of three miles, completely blockadng the
road to the mines A mail carrier with five
men was four hours in crossing the Slides
1t is rumored that five men were buried in
cabin in North Mill Creek canyon. The
roads will be blockadea for ten days.
Year: 1879

We have all of us, in our own esti-
nation, the best of tempers. You
canLot prove to man that he has a
bad temper, any more than you can
convince him that he is illogical, and
fo~ precisely the same reason. A man
is always logical to aimself-that is to
say his opinions are always consistent
with his'own impressions. He mere
Year: 1879

not look upon seeding friend In this
philosophic light. They are distress
ed to think that Jane, or Aunt
Thompson, or Mrs. Morland's maiden
sister, should think that they have
been unkind to her. 1t is with deep
depression that they hear how verv
miserable their former bosom friend
now is; and they perplex themselves
and their husbands too, about the
best method of reconciliation.


The wreaking of bad temper is ore
of the pleasantest occupations OF MI.
manity but it leaves bad physical
effects behind it. We must guard
ourselves, however, again It the popu-
lar delusion that thin people are nat
urally prone to bad temper, and that.
stout people are almost invariably
good Tho writer's expert
ence, at least, tends to precisely the
opposite conclusion. Fat men are not
energetically angry they do not cuff
boys, thrash their horses, and so on
but they are far more impatient OF
hindrances, and apt to be rpfled by
little annoyances. Put fat man and
a thin man to whip tront-stream
wh n the fish are not rising; who
will first begin to growl muttered cur
ses and crack the flies off his line
with bad temper, and then throw the
rod away and fling himself on the
grass in disgust Suppose both. OF
them to be hung up which will ex-
hibt the most patience and good'au'
NOR in getting the line off the tree?
Bad temper is keen weapon, but 1T
is frequently found in very soft and
capacious sheath. TIE evil physical
effects of bad temper, however, tell
equally on tie stout and the thln,and
they arc more serious than many peo-
pie imagine. The effect which a tit
of choler has upon the system when
general weakness psedisposes to ca
tastrophe, shows what the effect must
also be when greater strength OF the
system prevents its being immediate
ly visible. When a man drops down
and dies through a fit of anger, there
must be some other ailmsnt assist
ing; but that anger should, in any
case, have the power to accelerate
the catastrophe is sufficiently signlh-
cant. Persons with disease of the
heart, or any aflction likely to suffer
from a shock to the nerves, are warned
by the doctors to abstain from irrlta-
tating disputes, and generally to avoid
those men or things likely to provoke
their an ger. 1t is an advice which is
applicable to all because there are
few of us so situated that our bad tenn
per, if we have one, may be gratihed
with impunlty. Better to cultivate
the even tenor of sublime indlffer-



entism than to reap the uncert ain sat-
isfaction of expending little fire.
crackers OF wrath.
Year: 1879

Our readers who may want to learn
about the far West, are referred to the
advertisement of the Kmsas Furmcr
an old established and popular journal
in the west. 1t is published at the Cap
itol of the State:
Year: 1879

In the publication of a very interesting
article few days since on the subject of the
education of our youth under the system
adopted by Mr.. r. ID. KELLOGG, of New
York city, we inadvertently gave it as j. d.
KELLOGG. The right credit should be given
10 one who has devoted so much time and
labor to the science of education, and who so
ably defends his system. 1t looks to us as
il, under the progress Of the age, we are en-
tering upon a new and auspicious era in
educational matters.
Year: 1879

Democratic party for years. The Professor
appears to be a special dcvotee and ndvo-
cate of senator THURMAN's claims to the
Presidency, which is another evidence OF
his bravery at time when the party mp
pears TO be wheeling into line for the mar
tyrcd TGLDEN. If political service in West
Virginia and Maryland count anything in
this scramble, we should think the Professor
had fair capital for canvass
Year: 1879

The Charleston Nccs and Courier is rid
ing two horses on the Speaker question with
wonderful dexterity. Equestrianism ap-
pears to be its forte. Its editor should en-
list in circus
Year: 1879

THE Cleveland Herald thinks that FIN
LEY, of that State, is not an intellectual
colossus, but it is fair TO him to say that he
did as much as any other man to contribute
to the general cussedness of the Forty-fith
Congress.
Year: 1879

"ONE blast upon his bugIe horn were
worth thousand men," said the minstrel
of RHoDERIcK DHU, in describing the battle
of Beal an DUNE" One puff of GRANTS
cigar smoke in the White House would be
as effective in shattering the reasonable
designs of the Democracy.