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Year: 1877

a writer IN the Penn Monthly-a maga-


zine, by the way, which ought to have a


wider Observation-Disclosures considerable space


to the prevalent complaint Of the day as to


the e1traTagance Of girls in dress, ideas. and


manners, and takes up the cudgel in their


behalf. His ideas upon the subject are not


remarkably new, but they are presented in


such systematic and attractive style that


they are worthy Of consideration, moro cs-


pecially as the defense is about as strong as


can be made. The first point nude by the


writer is that the charge that girls are rela-


lively more extravagant today than they


were IN the past is an old one, and has been
made in every ago and in every civilized
community ever since the days Of Ep1crErus;


and he might have gone still farther back
than that old censor Of manners. This, how
ever, Is but bare statement of fact, and


does not excuse the extravaganza, or even
make suitable apology. His second point
is not any stronger. It is undoubtedly true,
as he says, that modern science and art have
given us new and better articles and st
less cost than the poorer articles could be
pioeureu Tor IN the past, and that, as dress
is one OF the most important questions in life
to woman(:), we should advance in matters
or oress as well rs in everything else n; but
even this does not excuse extravaganza. That
the girls of the present should dress better
ana richer than the girls of the past does not
OF necessity accuse them of extravaganza
because IN the advance of science and in
7ent1on we live better and can easily and
cheaply produce better fabrics than home
spun and calico. This has nothing to do
With e1tra1agance; neither has fashion. for
fashion now is no more e1travagant than it
aVer was. Fashions do not change. There
IS nothing now under the sun in them. They
move in circles. The fashions Of to-day will
'oon turn over and 60 out of sight, but they
8.n 1eappoar some time hence; mean
While, tho fashions Of Soma time past will |
'omo up again. It may bo laid down as
Year: 1877

Washington society gets along very well
in the absence Of the honorable members OF
the Senate and House. The display of equip
ages on Pennsylvania avenue yesterday after
moon was as brilliant rs has ever been wit
messed in the Capital City,
Year: 1877

cited state OF the political atmosphere in
Washington, which is said to be highly stim-
ulating to the Imagination of politicians.
The friends Of the President are doubtless
right IN asserting that neither the separate
movement of the CoSKL1NG men nor their
combination with the jar GOULD railroad
gang will effect any disturbance Of the
friendly or official relations existing between
Alr. ScHunz and the President.
Year: 1877

herited his personal prejudices. The


ultimate scope Of the ditch will never be


attained during the lifetime Of Mr.. WENT
WORTH or that OF his living heirs. Even if
it were likely that the Ogden. Ditch would


ever become practically pnrt of the Chicago
harbor, the Chicago harb?r would be practi-


cally destroyed before TINT time by the
agency of the ditch, and great actual public
interests cannot be sacrificed in order to con-
tribute to possible but remote private inter-
ests. No time should be lost, then, in ascer-
tanning the best remedy that can be applied,
and then the project should be put into
operation ut once. If it be legal and feasible
to condemn for canal purposes sufficient
strip of lind to build an embank1nent that
will shut of both the Ogden Ditch and
Cicero drains, that will probably be the best
way for the State to proceed, as the land
owners will then be Unidentified for any
actual damage done them. In the meantime,
the Chicago city authorities should give the
matter their urgent attention, both in the
way Of devising the best means to be adopt
ed and cooperating with the State for the
protection of mutual interests.
Year: 1877

VIII not some OF our enterprfsiue metropo],-
tan contemporaries count noses in the papers Of
both parties in Sev York State, outside Of Tue
city, and let us know precisely how many and
which papers are in favor OF the rcmonetization
OF silver; how many and which are opposed to
It'll We offer this suggestion humbly, but not
as Without hope. It affords our Eastern cca-
temporarles chance to find out exactly how the
people Of the East stand on this subject.
Year: 1877

SEVERAL OF the new Justices were in
their offices yesterday, but il the second
day Of the year is sample Of those that
are to follow, in busines point Of view,
magistrates can be dispensed with, with.
out serious Inconvenience to the public.
Year: 1877

advise no one to raise broom corn ua-
less he is fully posted. More men have
been broken up, financially, by it, than
by almost any other crop. A man raises
a little patch on choice land, which does
we'll; he then figures what an acre will
produce, and is sstonished. He at once
concludes that he will plant largely, and
get rich. He does so, expecting tp tend
as much land in broom corn as he could
in Indian corn, and therefore do the la
Dor himself, and save the profits. The
result, summed up in few words, is that
for lack of proper care in hoeing and
harvesting he has about half crop of
brush that is worth about half the
market price; and when sold will Just
about pay the extra help that he did not
expect to hire.


Broom corn should be planted about
the same time as Indian corn, but the
earlier kinds will mature good crop of
brush ON rich land from June TO- 1t
will do well on any land that will pro-
duce good crop of Indian corn, but
sandy loan is preferable. Plow MS for
corn, pulverize thoroughly aud mark cut
about three feet apart,or 30 inches, if you
cancultivate it that close. Make as small
a mark as possible, and cross.mark the
same. Five stalks will do well this dis
tance in each hill. plant with a hand
planter, 50 adjusted as to drop from five to
seven seeds--one that forces the seed
into the ground, and prefer that kind be-
cause seed so planted will stand more dry
weather than when simply dropped and
covered. But plant only enough to insure
good stand, for all extra plants must be
pulled out by hand. Two quarts of seed
properly planted is plenty for an acre.
l once read an agricultural report in
which it was advised to plant peck, and
even more per acre, and pullout the extra
plants. In my experience Of thirteen
crops, have learned that every unAeces-
sary plant or weed detracts from the crop !;
and that when Just the right number Of
plants start in hill, they are harder
and will produce better brush. And be-
sides the extra labor Of thinning out is
oten greater than the hoeing. After
planting hitch one horse TO the crusher
and drive between two rows, taking two
at time, which levels the land SO as to
prevent washing in case of heavy rain,
and also leaves the land in better condi-
tion for the cultivator. cultivate one row
at time, with two-horse drag and cul-
tivator combined, having interchangeable
teeth. 1t is very necessary to keep the
weeds down. If piece of broom corn gets
very weedy you might as we'll plow it
under for all the profit clear of expenses
that will meet you. 1t will need one good
hoeing by hand; after that the weeds can
be kept down with the cultivator. Some
plant in drills three and one-half feet
apart, but it takes more hard labor and is
more apt to be crooked. l have expert
mented in various ways, and my best crops
of straightest brush have been planted in
hills and cultivated both ways, and the
rows as close together as is convenient to
work between with horse. My next
article will be on cutting and scraping,-
O.. A. ~, in Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1877

Wherever these Yeast Cakes have been
used they have given perfect satisfaction.
We warrant them TO do all that the circular
or printed directions claim for them. They
received the premium at the last State
Fair over all competitors.


The grains and vegetables from which
these Cakes are made are selected with the
greatest care. and being manufactured at
Sacramento, we shall always furnish them
fresh. From recent discovery In their
preparation, Mr.. Leef has been enabled to
quicken the action OF the yeast growth so as
very greatly to add TO their convenience and
making them better substitute for the
Vienna Yeast than any yet introduced to
public favor. They are intended 10 take the
place very largely Of Yeast Powders and at
the same time TO add to the flavor of all arti.
cles in which they are used. Adams, Mcneil
II Co., Sacramento, Cal.
Year: 1877

Two hundred years ago when the
Turks made war it was sufficient for the
Sultan to command a thing, and it WAS
done. When Suleiman the Great was
marching to the relief of Breda, his ad.
vance came to the River Drave, and found
it impossible by reason of flood. The
pasha in command, who was, 10y the way,
the minister of war, sent staff officer to
the Sultan to say that it would be need
fu to wait for the subsistence of the WA.
ters before the army could cross. The
Sultan heard the message, anu then said
to the aide-de.camp: "Tell the pasha that
in four days shall be at the Drave with
this army. If the bridge for US to cross is
not then ready, shall Strangle him with
my own hands" The bridge was ready
and the army crossed at the appointSu
time, but several hundreds of men had
been drowned in the process of bridging
the flood. So when artillery was needed


for the siege operations, and no artillery
could be brought up, because of the lack
of roads, the Sultan had osly to say:
Have artillery here or you die" and the
artillery was always forthcoming, al


though in several Instances metal had to
be brought upon camels and the casting
of cannon had tn be added to the ordinary
list of siege operations. A little of the
same spirit remains with the Turks of
to-day. They have no cavalry and no
money to buy horses, and yet cavalry
must be had. Orders are sent to the dis
trict governors to send cavalry to the
front instantly, and it is forthcoming.
In every district there are any number of
Circassians who are hankering after
fight with the Russians. The governor
simply orders out these Circassians, and
they help themselves to horses and arti-
cles of equipment wherever they find
them, and report for duty with smiling
countenances, and no questions are asked.
Year: 1877

United States, and that the free and
independent people can not surrender
their right to elect their chief execu-
tive officer without personal disgrace.


Resolved, That the temporary con-
troll of the civil and military powers Of
the Government by one OF the politi-
cal parties constitutes a sacred trust.
which is fagrantly violated by the use
of those powers by such party for the
purpose of perpetuating itselfin power.


Resolved, That the usurpetion Of
the functions of civil authority by the
military power is full of danger to free
institutions, aud that the use of this
power, not in the service of the coun-
try, but in the furtherance of the in
terest of party and the employment
of national troops in times of peace to
control honest elections, or to control
the organization of State Legislatures,
or to overawe the Congress Of the
United States, is an outrage upon the
rights and liberties of the people,
Prolonged applause


Resolved, That the secretary ofthis
meeting be instructed to forward cop
les of these resolutions to the Paesi-
dent of the United States, to the Pres
ident of the Senate, aud to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
Year: 1877

Every man has his ideal Of some sort
some goal toward which he is pressing
There is farther shore of human desire
and effort. To some it lies among the
pleasures or riches of the world to
other, in the direction OF mere worldly
wisdom; To still Others it may be that Just
visible line OF perfect being, where the
soul in the exercise of all its powers shall
give praise in its every moment. This
impulse, which lies buried in human
nature, does not always result in pro-
gress, either for the individual or Tor
society, owing to the perverted Judg-
ments and depraved tastes by whlch i,
is often miscredited. We are all hiled
With a restless energy which is pressing
II. forward toward something beyond.
Well il will be for US if that something
he true; lofty, spiritual. II any man is
satisfied with present attainment, With
what he is or what he has accomplished,
he is blind to his own def'cts, and has
lost the ambition of life. Ripa fruit is
garnered, or falls to the ground and
perishes. This is the law of nature
The shock of cora that is matured, God
garners. Continued life gives room fol
continued advance and service Pres
RoLbns.
Year: 1877

A Dowington, Pa, dispatch says band of
tramps stole quantity of property from
railroad cars at West Chester junction. The
railroad employees made h raid upon the
tramps and recovered the property, but not
until two railroad men and four Of the tramps
were injured. Two trains were stopped near
Lewiston by them the other morning, and it
was only after a desperate resistance on the
part of the conductor and his assistants
that they were driven of. II is estimated
that there are between 900 and, 800 tramps
wandering between that place and Pittsburg.
Year: 1877

people of Ireland (cheers). Tell him what
that was at any time, and no matter how
fervent might be his devotion to any par
ticular cause, he was willing to defend
that majority, and to merge his individual
opinions and convictions. In the seesioDs
of Parliament that had gone by, it had
been calculated that ll2 important meas
ures had been introduced into the House
of Commons by members of the Irish party
and that every one of these ll2 measures
was passed by an overwhelming majority
of the Irish representatives. Bnt was Ire


land now subject to the benefits of legisla-
tion suggested in these billie When they
talked of the constitutional privileges of
Irishmen in the House of Commons, let
them remember this, that not single one
Of these 1I3 measures had yet been put on
the statute book. Was this obstruction,
or was it notf (Cheers.) If it was not
obstruction, he would like to know by
what other name such violent thwartiug
of tho legitimate wishes of the people of
Ireland could be described (renewed
cheers). In every one OF the cases of these
bills the English Ministers simply replied
to the deliberate opinion of the Irish
nation by a distinct and emphatic mega
tive and as a matter of fact, in no case
would the law of the people of England
and Scotland, or of the people of any other
portion of the British empire, be affected
by those measures If they were measures
likely to affect the condition of the EGG
lish people, then there might be some rea
son for their rejection; but they were sim
ply Irish questions relating to the internal
affairs of Ireland; and they were contemp-
taously rejected by majority after major
ity in the House of Commons. The con-
clusion he derived from this was simply
that if the English were justified in thwart-
ing the will of Ireland when Ireland
sought for measures which she believed to
be for the welfare of her people, 80 Ire
land was equally justified in thwarting the
will of the people of England and Scotland,
and in proceeding quite as far as Mr.. Par
nell that night had announced his intention
of proceeding, in order that they might
pay these gentlemen back in their own
coin cloud cheers). 1t was no qualification
to him to wound the feelings of any Eng
lishman; bat what he hoped to effect by
that policy was this-that when he had
placed the Englishman in his position, and
when he had put on his big foot the tight
shoe, he would then learn where and how
it pinched, and would remember that if the
shoe hurt him there, it was likely to hurt
the Irishman exactly in the same place
r laughter and cheers
Year: 1877




so long would the power of those deter
mined men on the floor of the House of
Commons be insupersble in obstructlng
bad measures and opposing bad men
(cheers). He was frequently reminded, In
studying the political character of Irishmen,
of that famous saying of Henry Grattan-
''It is not the tyrant that makes the slave
but the slave that makes the tyrant," and
to those of their own men who were doubt
full of the future of their action, he would


simply say, "Keep your minds at ease,
and, in the name of patriotism, II you can
do nothing to stimulate courage, and help
forward the cause of Irish freedom, do not
discourage it with your timid, paltry, and


doubtful hands," (cheers) They had count
ed the cost of opposition to English rule In
Ireland, and he said that any attempt to
intimidate the representatives OF ireland
in the legitimate exercise of their privileges
would be met by increased determination
on the part of these representatives. There
were some men who grew diffdent and


despondent after defeat, but their English
friends must be asked to remember that
there were persons on the face OF Coos
earth of very different mould, and who
derived from every rebuff increased deter
mination with which to prosecute their
views (cheers). The effect of their policy
would be to stimulate public opinion in
Ireland and England on the one hand, and


to increase the parliamentary power OF the
| Irish on the other. 1t was said that be


cause they were in the minority they were


not justified in resisting the will of the


majority. That argument would be sound


if the political relations that existed be-


tween the minority and the majority were


the result of mutual consent and mutual
agreement (cbeers). They were not bound
by the voice of the majority. because the
voice of the majority lnterfered by force


in the management of IriSh affairs. The


only majority to which he considered him
self entitled to bow was the Irish represen-


tatives, a. . majority of the opinion Of the
Year: 1877

ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN AT wAvERLEx-


PLEA OF LUYAcY THAT WILL HARDLY


AvAIr.


Dispatches received at the Eric Railway omces In
this city give the details OF recent attempt TO wreck
train at waverley, station the limo about zoo
miles from New York and close to the borders OF
Pennsyvana Tho train which narrowly escaped de-
struc;ion the Atlantic express which left Buffalo
last Saturday at ten minutes three r ~, and was
due here seven O'Clock ou Sunday morning 1t was
due wavcriey between ten and eleven o'clock on
saturday night. The way In which the wouldoe tram
wrccker proposed 10 accomplish his purpose was
chiefly by breaking open q switch and forcing the
rails out OF their places. TO make his attempt
successful he also placed obsirucons the line
In the shape OF q number Of large spikes, which were
made to stand firmly upright These preparations were
made principally in the vicinity OF bridge whlcn
crossed creek, into which II doubtless supposed
the would be prec paed, but II seems tuat other
distractions had been placed the line further on
The attempt was successful TO the extent OF putting
the engine baggage and smoking cars and some Of the
passenger of the track but fortunately the tram
did not leave the embankment Had IL been thrown
of II would have had TALL OF forty feet and the
probability is that the destruction OF lie would have
been very great Several arrests were made
on suspicion, and young man named pa.
ley than twenty years OF age confessed that
he tho cuprt He now lies In Jail at Waveriey
awaiting investigation OF the criminal attempt.
The difficulty Is to hnd motive for SO terrible crime
II is alleged on the hand that Bailey Is insane,
having become demented through religious excite
ment and that tho accounts OF the Ashtabua railroad
disaster had worked upon his frenzied imagination
that could not resist the impulse TO bring about
similar calamity II rs also said that no even sat on
freight car In location from which he could the
wreck which he expected would result from his care
fully laid plans. On Tho other hand, the despatches
received from the general superintendent of the rail-
way along the line do not bear out the theory OF IN
sanity and the Erie officials are confident that tho
plea OF lunacy will not avail the prisoner
Year: 1877

The lowering OF the completed strand Of No. cable.
which was commenced ON Friday afternoon,
finished yesterday at midday, the shoes being pinned
into their places between the anchor bars on tho
anchorage piers aud the strands lifted OF the rollers
and down into the saddles the towers. The work
of lowering the ompleted strand OF No. l cable was
commenced yesterday afternoon. Tho laying Of the
second pair oil south strands will bc commenced to-
morrow and once more the carrier wheels will travel
and fro, drawing the loops OF wire. II Is cal
cuatcd that laid at present. the laying OF single
strand Of The cable will take some fifteen days,
but 1t is hoped that as the work progresses
this time viii be much shortened and
that four strands a month Will DE laid According TO
this calculation the completion Of the ~ cat cables Will
be a work OF nineteen months or allowing Tor delays
OF ali kinds say two years The work OF clearing
away ana digging Tor the foundations Of the first Two
steadily. On the Brooklyn side ground has also boon
broken Tor the Brooklyn approach The work on the
New York approach Will be In charge OF Mr.. Hide
brandt and that the Brooklyn approach III charge
OF Mr. Colingw0od. These gentlemen are now busy
with stochionetrcal and other work connected with
the calculations OF tho cut masonry Tor the approaches


BEECuER on THE BRIDGE.


Rev. Henry Ward Beechcr yesterday morning ap-
piled at the Office of :hc New York and Brooklyn
Bridge Company Water street, Brooklyn for pass
TO cross ON The iootpath He was furnished with one
anu ut once went to the anchorage Upon reaching
the Top and before starting for this city no examined
the OF the ioopath very closely and cast
up the steep ascent along which he was to travel
When he reached the first cradle no looked down
upon the roof of Plymouth Church and the houses OF
his parishoners with pleased expression He then
proceeded leisurey across the rivcr and apparently
took great interest In the scenes along Tho DOCKS
Upon reaching this side OF the river ne remarked hat
crossing the loot path was "quito an experience"
Year: 1877

A farmer may think he is making BY
pinchiug stock-that Is, BY not giving
them what they want. But he Is los
ing instead of making. II any animal
does not receive the food it requires to
keep it thriving it is losing busi-
ness for the owner. Saving the feed 10
losing the flesh and health and thin
Of tbelspimal. 10 cold weather stock
need iricb nutritious feed to keep up
the proper heat Of the system. They
must have carbon. which rich food
supplies. If they don't get il. the cold
burns up the fat in the system, just %
the FIRE burns the tsllcw 10 the candle.
Have the best breeds Of stock. 20 you
can afford to take good care Of thea
and give them good attention. and you
will make plenty o. money.
Year: 1877

her father tells her never TO enter his
house again. Before leaving the town
altogether she desires to have one more
view of the old home. She waits until
after dark. Climbing the fence, she
enters the orchard near the house, and,
sitting down, weeps under the very
shadow of the old home that she can
never again enter. She wrote these ver-
ses: