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Year: 1874

himself at the theater, other evening, with feet encased in steel colored boots, from liberal application of stove backing in the dark. wants to know chow long the housekeeping business is going to last, any way"
Year: 1874

and should thereby possess himself OF
any property or thing purchased by the
deceased husband, would become an ex.
ecutor de son tort, and would thereby
make himself liable to answer for the
goods and estate of his predecessor.
Maj. Moses Joy became enamored of
Mrs. Hannah Ward, widow of William
Ward, who died in 1888. leaving an in
solvent estate, of which Mrs. Ward was
Administrative. To avoid the unpleasant
penalties of the law, ON the morning of
her marriage with Maj. Joy Mrs. Ward
placed herself in closet with o tire
woman, who stripped her of all her cloth
ing and when in a perfectly nude state
she thrust her fair, round arm through q
diamond hole in the closet, the gallant
major clasped the hand of the buxom
widow, and was married in due form by
the jolliest parson in Vermont At the
close of the ceremony the tirewoman
dressed the bride in a complete wardrobe
which the major had provided, and
caused to be deposited in the closet at
the commencement of the ceremony.
She came out elegantly dressed in silk,
satin and lace, and there was kissing all
around,
Year: 1874

EVERY ONE is familiar with the ap-
pearance of tea-chests, but not many peo-
pie have any idea how their leaden lining
is made, and therefore this account OF
the process, taken from Mr.. Lockhart's
+" Twenty Years Experience in China,"
is given:


"The plumber has furnace on the
floor, with an iron pot on the fire with
melted lead, and a small iron or brass
ladle. He also has two flooring tiles
rather more than foot square, which
are covered with paper, pasted smooth
and firm over one surface. One OF these
tiles is placed on the floor, but raised
about three or four inches, with the
papered surface upward. The other
tile is laid upon this with its papered sur
face down. The man gets on the tiles
and, sitting on his heels, takes ladleful
of lead; putting the toes of one foot to
the ground, he dexterously lifts with his
left hand the front edge of the upper tile
and pours the lead with sweep between
them. Then raising his foot from the
ground the upper tile yields freely to his
weight, and the melted lead is pressed
between the papered surfaces, the sur
plus escaping at the edges. He immedi-
ately raises the tile, removes the sheet OF
lead and proceeds to make another. His
fellow-workmen examine the sheets as
they are thrown off; if, as happens at
times, they are irregular, they are re-
turned to the mclting-pot. If they find
them in good order, they rapidly cut them
square by the aid Of a rule and solder the
small sheets together to serve as large
ones. Paper is then pasted down on
them, and they are ready to be used as
lining for the chests. Sometimes the
thin leaden chest is covered with paper af-
ter being made up; at other times the sepa-
rate sheets are covered, and any imper-
fections attended to afterxard. The
paper being inside, the lead chest does
not affect the tea. which it would do
were the lead and the tea placed in con-


tact"
Year: 1874




MAYUnzs.-Good Manure can only be made
from good food.


Ol-cake, either from linsced or coiton-secd
makes the richest manure. Malt-combs beans.
and peas come next, aud are nearly as good
Next come bran and clover hay. Then oats,
Inl;an-co7n, and barley then timothy hay
aud corn-stllks Bean and pea straw come
ncxt; then oat-straw, wheat-s;raw. nod lastly
barIcy-s,raw.


Bran or Shorts "a a fagorile food. We feed
it largely TO sheep, store pigs cows, and horses
We can sell timothy hay for S2s per ton and
buy shorts for SIS rer ton. And tie manure
from a ton of bran we estimate to be worth
SIS, while that from ton Of timothy bay or
corn is worth less than s., and that from q
ton Of clover lay about SO, aud fsom ton
Of straw s. 50 to $500.


Straw aud Stalks we rua through c cutting
box, both for food and TOR litter When cut
up, straw will absorb much more liquid, and
is consequently more valuable for bedding than
long straw.


No plan can be worse than leaving The COW
mauure in a scattered heap just outside the
cow stable, and tie horse manure in another
heap. and the pig manure, half mud aud corn
cobs in another heap, where it freezes solid
Nix the whole In a compact heap, aud it viii
fermcu, all winter and be ready for Use in the
spring


SCRATCHES. Scratches is an indammatory
suppuratiye action Of the skin Of horses
heels and bind legs. It often very difficult
OF cure. st times it readily submits to very
simple treatment such as washing the parts
quite clean with solution Of one dram Of
carbolic acid to a pint Of water. After wash
ing, the legs are wiped quite dry with IS e
cloth, and snoin;ed with elycerine as oftes as
is needed to keep the ssin from becoming dry.
At the same tine the horse should have half
Gu ounce 10 an ounce Of sulphfe Of soda 10 the
feed twice day. Care should be taken to
Keep the legs clean aud dry and free from mud,
which is in many cases the direct cause Of tie
trouble.


Sailing animals requires judgment. To let
them 90 without for several weeks and then
give them all they viii ca, is bad practice
aud sometimes dangerous one The better
plan is to have rock-salt where the animal can
lick it every day.


a good farmer can not enjoy bis evenings or
sleep well at night until be knows that all his
animals are comfortable and everything is in
its proper place.


An hours hard work at night in the winter
season will often save two hours work in the
morning when every thing is frozen up solid
or is coYered with snow.
Year: 1874

mister, will you lend pa your newspaper? {?
He only wants to send it TO his uncle in the
couutry" Oh certainly; and ask your faith
er if lie will lend me the roof Of bis house
only want the shingles to make the kettle
boil.


The people Of the South are clamOrous for
imitation. They ought to know the beauty Of
plenty Of money, as it has not been long since
currency was so plenty there that it took $50
to pay for a good breakfast.


The last car-coupliug in Indiana has been
marriage on a railway train.
Year: 1874

Il am sorry you lost your money j Ohm,
the latter said, as be put the bank.notes
into his pocket.books, but | think | won
it airly.'


Its al right, Peter Aud John tried
to smile as he said So hut he could not
do it.


A miserable man was John Ogden that
afternoon and more miserable was when
he went to his home in the evening. His
wifo asked him what was the matter, but
he would not tell her; and when she
pressed him he was angry. lie could
not--he dared not--tell he: that the saw
ings of years the money that was
to have paid for their precious home
had been swept away in moment
swept away by an act of his own siu and
folly.


That night he slept not wink. On
the following morning, pale and shaking,
he started to 60 away from his home
without his breakfast. On his doorstep
he was met by Cartwright's clerk, who
handed him sealed packet.


1T is from Mr.. Cartwright, sir


DO you wait for an answer? %


No, sir


John went back into his house, and
broke the seal, and opened the packet.
He found within one thousand dollars in
crisp bank-notes and folded 'etter. lie
opened the letter and read


DEAR JoHN-With this | send you
d l. ..o.,, 81 Joiin.. ,pop tho
money as honestly as gambling bets arc
often won, and yet did not win it fairly
Frank and deceived you on purpose.
On your first visit his right arm vas hid.
den beneath his coat, and his wooden left
arm was strapped on. AS he did not rise
from his chair the deception was perfect
You found him on your second visit as he
really waa. only the wooden arm had
been laid aside.


Forgive me, John, and believe that
had an aim in this. s.which God grant may
be fulfilled. PETER.


II. ST. should like that this subicc
should never be referred to between us
Please inc in this, won't you? i.'


Dear John, what is it p


Susan had come in, and as ahe SPOKE
she put her arm around her husband
neck and kissed him. lie returned tn,
kiss


Not now, Susan, he said huskily. 4
will tell you some time


But you will come and eat some break
fast,





If you wont AK any more question
yes


The blow had been severe one, ant
the effects Of the shock did not quickl,
pass away. But John Ogden revived il
time and when he told his wife the Sc
cret of his trouble on that unhappy night
he was prepared to give her great anc
lasting joy by adding ll,of he had mad
his last bet Ledger.
Year: 1874

THE SECRET OF BUTTER MAKING.-A
correspondent Of the Springfield Repulll-
can gives some interesting details Of The
dairying at model farm, "Longvlew,
at Enfield, Ct, saying "In DR.. Grants
dairy, as soon as the butter granulationS
appear, few quarts of cold water are
poured into the churn for the dasher to
play upon, and also to facilitate the sep
aration of the butter from the buttermilk.
By means Of wooden ladle the butter
is removed from the churn to the oak
working table, whers also by means of an
oak octagon lever the buttermilk and
water are rolled out. The bare hand is
not used In the butter. Salt is then
worked in, for some customers only
quarter of an ounce to pound OF butter,
and the salted mass is placed in 4 close
frkin and carried into spring room to
be cooled and reworked into balls the
following day, In the final working q
sponge wrapped in linen napkin is used
to absorb the moisture. Some butter is
damaged by not working enough and
some by working too much. The true
mean is believed to be when the white
liquid ceases and the limpid water begins,
If all the water is worked out the butter
will be tough, waxy and lose its delicate
sugary flavor. As all butter makers
know, it is difficult to make nice, fragrant
butter in winter. BY a perfect control
Of the temperature of the dairy house,
and by sweet, succulent food for the cat.
tie, this difficulty may be obviated
Over 1000 pounds of butter are made
here in year, which readily finds sin.
gle purchaser in the village.
Year: 1874

A Worcester boy was engaged in noe
turnal cherry stealing short time ago,
and was observed by the owner of the
fruit, who, unnoticed by the young rob-
Der, placed q large stuffed dog at the foot
of the tree and retired to watch the re-
suit of the strategy. The boy descend
ing observed the dog, and then the fun
commenced; he whistled, .coaxed, threat
ened unavailingly. the animal never mov-
ing and finally the youth accepting the
inevitable, settled down to passing the
night in the tree. After some hours had
passed wearily enough to the lad, morn
ing dawned, and the proprietor of the
tree coming from the house, asked him
how he came to be in the tree, to which
the boy answered that he took to it to
save himself from the dog, who had
chased him quite distance. 1t ism t
healthy for smaller boy to say stuffed
dog to that youth now.
Year: 1874

BABY TYRGNTs.-Here is picture true
to life, from the Oneida CTrcuiar When
will mothers learn how to train their
babies?


"a traveller from Oneida has often a
story to tell on his return home On his
last trip there was a handsome, we'll
dressed young woman in the cars who
had in her arms an infant not old
enough to walk, but quite old enough to
be tyrant. The little fellow had the
complete mastery of his mother and ex-
ercised his tyranny continually. He
made her walkathe car with him until
she looked as though she would drop to
the floor with fatigue; but if she stopped
for moment he would scream and
throw himself about until she started on
again. The poor mother looked so pale
and worn that it was pitiful to see her.
She had no idea whatever of controlling
him; she would threaten to punish him
in various ways but she didn't do it,
and the child knew she wouldn't. If our
traveller had felta little bolder, he would
have offered to take the boy and subdue
little of the 'irrepressibleness' which
was making such an abiect slave of his
mother; but he modestly forebore


Oh, that mothers were more sensible!
oh, that they could know now to govern
themselves-and their babies 1t would
be so easy Then it would be so much
better for baby Oh, the misery of igno-
rance
Year: 1874

A young lady at Norristown put piece
of wedding cake under her pillow, and
went to bed with the happy belief that
she would dream of seeing her future
husband, That evening, however, she
had eaten two plates of ice cream, about
a pint of Strawberries and several sweet
cakes, and two large pickles, and now
says she would rather remain single all
her life than marry the man she,saw: in
her dream.
Year: 1874

People are surfeitcd already with the
Chronicle San conflict. Whatever OF
curious or angry interest may have at
tached to the affair at the time. is now
gone, and now the Chronicle is pitching
into the CdU and bulletin in the same
old style. Journalists ought to learn
after few more centuries that doe-fghts
cat-fghts, bull-fghts, skunk and bear
tights generally please only a barba-
rous class, and that even these don't
want TO witness one every morning be-
fore breakfast or the stimulating cock
tail. Napthaly, editor of the Sun, is at
large on bail and keeps out of the very
uncertain and highly annoying range of
the De Young six-shooters. Their firing
has always been too discursiyc, and
whether one Of them shoots or IS shot at,
fatal results are not likely to follow.
Probably Napthaly may never have a
better chance to die young than he had
the other day. Gus De Young never
could ask better chance TO shoot any
body down. / believe that most of the
matters growing out Of this controversy
will be kept out of the courts and away
from the juries, although the parties on
each side declare their purpose to follow
their leads till they work them out.
Year: 1874

We give place to-day, on our first
page, a lengthy communication to the
San Francisco Bulletin, which will be
found to possess deep interest to all who
are interested in the development of the
long-hidden wealth Of our Mountains
The writer shows himself to be one who is
well versed in the art of mining, in all its
branches who has looked upon the re-
sources of the county with an eye to their
practical value and availability and
who is, in addition, possessed of the gift
Of giving the results of his observations
in s. manner at once pleasing and instruc-
tive. The communication has already
been given a wide circulation and will,
in our opinion, by assisting to place before
the view of idle capital the grand oppor-
tunities for remunerative investment ex.
isting here, be ultimately a great bene-
fit to the mining and business interests OF
Trinity county.


That the gravel deposits Of this county
have not, until quite recently, attracted
the attention they deserve, and that the
Improved methods of mining were not in
troduced heretofore, is due also, to some
other reasons besides those given in the
article we have republishod. This coun-
ty is out of the general line of travel, and
the communication it has had with other
mining counties, where hydraulic mining
was an important industry was necessar.
/ ly limited. Hence, it followed that q
knowledge Of the improvements which
ha0 been brought into successful opera.
ton in the heavy gravel beds of the cent.
raj counties was not generally difused
and even when brought into use here
the principle on which they worked was
not thoroughly understood. The first
under-currents tried were small affairs,
smaller generally than the fumes from
which they led, and although gold was
saved in them to some extent, it was not
until within year or two that their value
as a goldsaving appliance was complete
ly demonstrated. The manner in which
the principal claims in this county. were
fitted up for the present seasons opera
tions, shows that our miners are not def
cient in enterprise, nor slow to take ad-
advantage Of available opportunities to
work their claims to the best advantage.
Fortunately, the season ahead Of them i.
one which promises to be an excellent one
for demonstrating the merit of the new
appliances of mining, and the relative
value possessed by the new system as
compared with the old one. We regard
this as FORTUNATE in more than one point
of view. Capital is selfish, and cannot
be induced to venture where the promise
Of safe investment and secure returns is
not held out, and a large gold yield from
the placers Of this county will be great
step toward convincing capitalists of the
safety and profit of mining investments
here. We think we are safe in saying
that the gold yield of Trinity will be
more than doubled this season, as COM
pared with the yield of former years and
the reputation which Trinity held as q
mining county, even under the old sys-
tenn, was a good one.
Year: 1874

QUIcKsILyER.-A bill before the Leg
isloture having for its object the regula-
ton Of the price and sale of quicksilver,
should be pressed to an immediate pas
s1ge. If quicksilver can be produced and
sold at one-third its present rates with
profit, it is full time that some action to
that end should be taken.
Year: 1874

SAN FRANCIsco, Feb. 0, 1873.


DEAR JOpRNAL.-I was somewhat
startled the other morning to find the ed
itor and proprietor of the TRINITY JOUR-
NAL in the Police Court room. But he
was there only from motives Of curiosity.
There was nothing against him. Stran-
gers find that place full of interest, but to
those who have been there many years
and who are familiar with it. there is
hardly ever much to excite them. 1t be-
comes dull and prosy. Most Of the peo-
pie brought before it day after day are
of that class who are professional law
breakers, hardened rascals or persons of
the most vicious and depraved tasts and
habits. The Judge, the officers and the
lawyers know each Of them at a glance.
The & and trouble with them is that they
never do anything for which society
could send them to San Quentin or hang
them
Year: 1874

1t seems to say that there is really
an organized effort here, looking to
the formation Of new party. Mat
ters haVed proceeded very quietly, but
there has been Il great deal of work
done. Senator Morton appears to be
foremost in the enterprise. He is hav-
ing frequent interviews with Republi-
can Congressman from various Sec
tiOns, whom he invites to his rooms for
the pupose of conference on the sub
ject. He complains, in general sort
of way, that the Republican party is
not progressive and aggressive enough,
that it is standing still while the people
a growing away from it, and that it
has no settled and well defined policy
on anything.


1t is impossible, just at this time, to
give in detail the Senators's views as
to what planks the new party platform
should contain From the fact that
so far he has confined himself chiefly
to using his influence ON imitation
its, it is fair to presume that big
money" is to be a prominent feature In
the new creed. There have been
many to commit themselves to the new
movement, and that it may not prove,
after all, very formidable is to be
argued from the fact that many OF
those who were loudest at the time of
the vote in expressing their opin-
ion that a new part must De formed,
have since acknowledged that the
President was right and they were
wrong. In some cases theY do not so
fully retract their former expressions,
but they manifest disposition to con-
cede that there are two sides to the
currency question, which is more than
they were willing to do before. 1t is
not known whether Morton began to
strike vigorous while the iron was hot,
but it is quite certain he is hard at it
now, although the metal has cooled
considerably.--Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1874

The Medical Journal gives an ac-
count of one Of the most ingenious
and critical performances in surgery,
designed to remery the inturning of
eyelashes upon the eyeball, in a case
of twenty years standing, the irrlta-
ton Of the lashes thus turned in being
80 great that the patient had
been accustomed to relieve himself by
pulling them out. This perpetual ir-
ritation had produced opacity of the
corner of one eye, and the probability
was that the same injurious consequent
ces would oyertake the other in short
time, but for a speedy remedy. In the
operation in question very fine eurv-
ed needle was threaded with double
strand of fine silk, and the point Of
the needle was then entered upon the
tarsal berder of the lid, at the precise
spo. where the respective hairs emerg-
ed from the lid-surface, and, being
pushed outward, the front Of the nee
die made its appearance through the
skin Just above the row Of eye-lashes.
When the needle had Travelled the lid,
the double thread, with moose at its
free extremity, was drawn upon until
the moose was ready to disappear In
the lid tissues. The wild hair was
now pushed gently through this moose,
and, as the thread was drawn upon
until it escaped from the cutaneous
surface of the lid, it drew the vicious
hair in the same direction, lealing it
still attached to its hair -bulb-this be-
ing specially important-but drawn
completely through the free border of
the lid in passage made for it BY the
needle, the point of the hair sticking
out in front through the needle pune
ture. The rationale of this operation
il that the hair drawn through the lid
will, BY constant traction in its growth,
change the position of the hair bulb.
and in this way correct the wild di-
rection which it formerly took.
Year: 1874

Many years ago, Lady Flora Hast
ings was a Maid Of Honor at the Court
of Queen Victoria. The breath of scan
dial blew upon her fair fame. She was
a beautiful and artless woman, full Of
viyatity, and, from very innocence was
betrayed into the whirlpool of malig-
nant gossip. Instead of shielding her
Maid of Honor, the youthful Queen
coun.enaneed the vile conspiracy
against her reputation and banished
her from court. Not long after this,
Lady Flora Hastings died of broken
heart, but lived long enough to prove
her spotless reputation. She was
relative of the Rute family, and this
powerful branch of the English uobil-
ity never forgave the Queen for the
treatment she accorded the unfortu-
nate Lady Flora. Gradually, how
ever, this sad circumstance died into a
memory, until its revival the other
day, by the death of the Countess of
Loudon, the sister of Lady Flora Has
tings. Prior to her death, the C0ur-
tess of Foudon steadfastly refused to
respect or have anything to DO with
Victoria or her affairs. Through a
long life, she treasured up that strick-
en- sisters wrong, and has left heri-
tage of revenge, which is one of the
most remarkable in history. In her
will she left this command:


Il further wish my right hand to be
cut of and buried in the park at Cas-
tie Donington, at the bend of the hill
to the Trente, and a small cross or
stone over it, with the motto, Il hyde
my tyne"


Hard by the Hill Of Trent" is ono
Of the Queens many palaces. If Vic
tOria should go near Castle bennington,
the memory of Lady Flora Hastings
will pursue her, through the medium OF
the Countess of Loudon,s buried hand
and the vindictive inscription on the
marble cross. If she does not visit
her country seat, near the hill of Trent,
the populace will ascribe her neglect
to do so to supernatural reasons. In
any event, the poor Queen must be
bitterly punished for her early error,
and Lady Flora will be terribly aveng-
ed. But, it does seem rather more
Pagan than Christian that a woman
should carry into the dread world be-
yond US such unrelenting hatred, espe-
cially as it is to be presumed that she
recognized in the Cross of Christ
token of forgiveness, rather than vim
dictiveness, and must have prayed be-
times to be forgiven as she forgaye her
fellows. Surely, beautiful and now
blessed Lady Flora did not need this
awful memento of her sisters wrath,
and mighty was the risk taken by
Countess Loudon to send random
shaft into the stricken heart OF Eng
lands honored Queen Still, this
proves that nothing is so deadly as
scandal calumny, and that those who
retail it and those who abet it are
doomed. while living, to suffer penal
ties in their own persons, which all
the perfumes Of Arabia can never wash
away.