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Year: 1879

Prairie Farmer: The faster
and more gently a cow is
MIXED, the greater will be


the amount given. Slow mil


kers always gradually dry up
a COW, ,and for the reason that
if the milk be not drawn a
bout as fast as tits given down


it will subsequently be with
held, and that withheld is as
a matter Of course what Is
known as the strippings-in in
fact, the upper surface of milk
in the ndder. Many mixers
draw the milk with a strong
downward pull,in fact with =
jerk. This should never be
allowed; itirritates the COW,
and often Injuries the bag. :.


Fill the teat, and with a firm
pressure af the fast three fin
Year: 1879

The Columbus Independ~
ent, in an article on the exO-
dus question, after referring
to tho excessive rents charged
by some Of the landlords,
concludes as follows


n few men owning large
bodies of land have no right
to retard the advance of a
whole community for their
individual gain. Let the ne
gro go and let large planta-
tions be cut up and sold on
long time and at fair prices
to men who will settle upon
them and work them. Let
us add tho hardy, thrifty
farmers Of tho east and wost
and cut loose from the corpse
of slavery which we have
grappled to us until we have
become almost a section of
paupers.
Year: 1879

QUEBEC, Jan. 3.-Petitions are in circulation
and every effort is being made to secure q COM
mutation OF the sentence OF the convict Farrell.
who is to be hanged on the tenth for the MUIR
der Of Conway. The wife and two sons Of the
condemned man passed the day with him yes
terday. Farrell Is very Jealous In his religious
devOtfons. He was removed to-day from his
usual quarters to the condemned cell.
Year: 1879

OF gold beads.


Lace for cheese. cloth dresses must be
dipped in coffee.


Onyx is the most fashionable jewelry
at the present day.


1t is economy to buy the antique lace,
as it is always stylish.


The preferred color for Gotham little
girls dresses is light blue.


A cluster OF ruby cherries, with a
green gold stem, makes tempting lace
pin.


The glow.worm or FREELY, is being
captured for evening dresses for outdoor
wear.


Pale straw-colored gloves wear well,
as the color is not easily soiled by mois.
ture and use.


The favorite plating Of the neck and
wrists of dresses is Breton lace in two
rows, one of which is widerthsn the
other. =


Roman sashes and Scotch ribbons are
preferred to brighten up The solid color
ed costumes, especially those Of. white
muslin or OF black silk.


The white and black striped silks have
black velvet facings edged with black
Breton lace of heavy pattern in q striped
design that plaits effectively.


Black grenadine dresses are relieved
by transparent sleeves of black Spanish
lace, and there are beaded sleeves with
vest to match worn with heavy black
silk dresses.


The Trianon polonaises of figured silk
are made exceeding -bouHIant, with the
fullness beginning directly below the
waist line. The front is square in the
neck, or else surplice shaped, with very
full drapery.


Lace sleeves are seen on all dressy
silks used for dinner and evening.
When these are white, they are usually
OF Valenceniennes, but if the scarf or
sash is white Spanish lace, the sleeves
should correspond.


Pompadour cloth is in small chintz
designs of gay colors on grave-colored
ground. 1t may be either all wool or all
silk, and there are mixtures OF these two
materials under the same name. Pekin
is name for any striped fabric.


A buckle ofcut silver or of pearl fast
ems the wide belt in front, or else there
is a mammoth bow quite as large as the
Alsacian bow that is worn upon the
head. The corsage bouquet is stuck in
the belt also, and is larger than at any
previous season.


The newest silks of the summer gros
grains have inch stripes made of hair
lines of the Roman colors or else they
have small plaids in the gayest Tartan
hues. These are well accompanied by
punches of satin ribbons in which all the
colors are combined.


White China Grape shawls of the style
80 much in vogue a generation ago are
utilized now in pretty ways that do not
look like the make-shifts they sometimes
are. They form panier mantles with
plated fullness in the middle OF the
back, or else tchus with the long mar
row ends tied in front.


Ladies with full round faces use the
high coiffure. The back hair is combed
straight up from the nape of the neck,
that about the temples is carried back
to meet it, and the whole is massed in
two or three long puffs, or in serpen-
tine knot, into which comb or dagger,
or trident of tortoise-shell, or silver or
gold, is thrust 80 that both ends show.
The front hair shows the parting down
to the forehead, and falls in little creve-
c@ur half rings on the sides, or else it is
parted on the left side, and thrown up
in pompadour fashion in the middle
BdzGr.
Year: 1879

In most of our cities the law requires
that every case of smallpox shall be at
once reported to the Board of Health.
Failure to report a case by the attend
ing physician or the patients family
incurs penalty. Similar laws have
likewise been adopted in respect to
other infectious diseases, the worst of
which are diphtheria and scarlet fever.
The special object of these laws is to
secure the isolation of the disease.


The diseases of childhood are largely
propagated in the school-room. and
hence the law not only cuts off the pa
tient from the school. but allows his re-
turn only after fixed time from his
recovery.


But, while it has been possible to
control smallpox, so that it has ceased
to be an object of dread, it has not been
possible to secure fully the isolation of
patients suffering from scarlet fever
and diphtheria. All last winter and
spring there were nearly two hundred
cases of scarlet fever q week in New
York City. 5a


One difficulty in securing this isola-
tion is that there is not in the minds of
the people generally full conviction
that these diseases are as infectious as
smallpox. When sick with the small
pox, no one but the nurse and the doc
tor can visit the patient, and in case of
death he is buried in private; with scar
let fever and diphtheria, the members of
the family freely enter the room, and
other children are allowed to call at the
house; and in case of death, the usual
funeral ceremonies are observed.


Parents and teachers should fully Co
operate with the law in securing isola-
ton of these diseases, and should do
whatever is necessary to this end be-
yond what the law is at present pre-
pared to do.
Year: 1879

Beyond a very little drill, our officers
at the outset knew nothing of their du-
ties. / have seen a Colonel, a man of
much militia experience, deploy column
under fire in such fashion as to bring
his rear rank in front, and the right of
every company where the left should
be, with the nesessary result OF throw
ing his regiment into utter confusion.
1 have known Captain sent out on
vidette when he did not know what a
vidette was, and formed his men as
skirmishers. Commandants of grand
guards were ignorant of the necessity
of vigilence, and thought it a shame
not to let their tired "boys" sleep on
post. No one can estimate the number
of brave men who perished uselessly
in small operations because their inn
mediate officers did not know how to
manage them. In large operations it
was still worse. OF men fit for inde-
pendent commands, or even fit to ham
die division under clear instructions,
the State troops had none to offer as
they always will have none. If we had
not been opposed to troops about as i'll
directed as ourselves, and if we had
not had the science of West Point and the
regular service to organize and disci-
pline and guide US, our early expe-
riences would have been far more dis
astrous than they were.


The chief strength of the volunteer
forces lay in the very superior charac-
ter of the rank and file. They were
brave, intelligent, self-respecting citi-
zens, determined to master their own du-
ties, and determined to win. Mere drill
they learned rapidly, and to admira-
BILE perfection. They soon discovered,
too, the necessity of discipline, and act
ually aided their officers in establishing
it. OF their patience under the cruelty
of forced marches, and of their courage
on the field of battle, cannot write
even now without throb of emotion.
The fragment of my old company, in
its last bloody fight with a gallant
enemy, made charge after charge un-
der a corporal. "You don't go into
snch a hole because you like it." ex-
planned a trooper, describing a dash
through a cannon-swept valley; "you
90 in because you are ashamed to go
back on the boys" "It's burning
shame that the Captain should be sent
up without his own companyr' ex-
claimed a private soldier, when his
officer was ordered forward to rally a
forlorn hope which had already lost
three commandants. "We may as well
do it to-day as tomorrow" said the
men to one another, as they advanced
under Sheridan to recover the field of
Cedar Creek. Such was the spirit of
the masses of that memorable army,
and. also, as 1 suppose, of the very
similar army which confronted it. Self
respect, a noble feeling of comradeship,
earnest purpose, and common sense
supplied in great measure the lack of
complete discipline and of trained regi-
mental officers. NoUen,ber atlantic.
Year: 1879

ing like boy trying to raise his circus
money, until the next craze came along
0 yes, you'll try it. And about this
time next year you'll lie about it, and
say you never had one of the things i'll
your house. We know you.-Haaok-
EUe.
Year: 1879

est lies, not in taking away his stock and
his farm, but in leaving him 10 manage it
while they wait for the proceeds. An
abundant crop of wheat this year would
have stood them all upon their feet, but
the abundant crop didn't come. Ten
bushels TO the acre is only half of crop,
but the expenses of raising it are a round
whole. Of course there are some long
faces, but the prospect isn't wholly dark


The price for what wheat there is is good.
1t has touched dollar bushel; and then
other crops beside wheat are good-oats,
COZ n, potatoes, etc, are good. Butter is
bringing Il good price; eggs are in de-
mand; labor finds quick employment and
ready returns. The Great Dispenser of
all good has not left US without occasion
for gratitude.


We have had singular season this
year. 1t commenced dry and it has con-
tinued dry all through, with only OCCASION
al exceptions. The last of June and first
of July we were visited with rain and
wind storms of terrific energy. In some
places there was hail. In the evening Of
July Sth hail storm cut swath from
mile TO two miles and II half wide, and
twenty-five or thirty miles long through
the county just north of us. This storm
made terrible havoc of the crops in lis
track. The wheat was literally chopped
to pieces. 1t took II zig gag course from
northwest to southeast, pelted out the
window glass, battered the growing corn
into shreds, and even the grass growing
in the meadow was so beaten down and
inundated rs to be nearly worthless.
There is II system of insurance here to
help one in case of such disaster. One
man whose crop was totally destroyed had
an insurance on it of five hundred dollars
to help him out with.


You have probably heard of the cy-
clones and the destruction to life aud
property caused by them. have never
seen one, but have been interested in the
ASSOihto SlNtii bJ luOoC WIZ HiNc. ohc
man near Owatonna encountered one. 1t
had been raining, and the wind seemed to
have changed. The clouds were gather
ing blackness, and he hurried to find pro-
lection in shed near by. All at once he
saw dense cloud standing like column,
and reaching from earth 10 the sky. 1t
was as black as ink, and seemed to trem-
BILE and quiver like huge balloon. Be-
fore he could escape, Zip it came, and
the next thing he knew he found himself
on the top of Il pile Of wood, his buggy ON
the opposite side of the wood from the
road, bottom upward, his horses beyond
all right, except that the near one was on
the off side, but no vestige of the shed he
thought to get under WAS TO be SEEN For
tunately no great damage was done, but
that man is satisfied with one such expert
ence. w. F.
Year: 1879

He WOULD HAVE ITER.-The much
tickled public has of late been admitted to
II perfect circus of elopements in which
the daughter of CrGsus and the coaclman
of the same have figured; but not until u
recent Thursday was there Il case Of
wealthy groom and lowly bride. No less
Il person than w. F. Dickinson, grand
son of Gov. Bishop, of Ohio, relieved the
monotony. 1t appears that in the house
of Young Dickinson's father there lived
beautiful girl whose only faults were that
circumstances chained her to the dishcloth
and scrub broom, and that she bore the
rasping name of Miss Kate Braser. When
the Dickinsons got an inkling of what was
in the wind that the son had fallen head
over heels in love with the domestc-they
determined to send him to Europe. Young
Dickinson pockcted the funds that were to
support him on his tour, took an affection
ate leave and started But mark the sac
rifce for true loves sake Instead of
steaming eastward the youth Slipped
around to the back door, hurried Katie
over to old Kentucky, and there married
her. With the European money they set
up housekeeping in Covington, and are
now quietly settled.
Year: 1879

SPARE TIME.-The last family news
paper has lain in your paper holder for
three days, and you have not yet broken
the wrapper. There is one corner which
you would like So much TO read; but.
Take your paper after lunch. sit down in
your rocker, and read that corner Here
is bit from busy mother, who finds II
little time to read every day, so that she
may keep her mind apace with her hus-
bands in literature; and now the thought
flashes over you that your husband does
not bring home SO many books us he once
did, neither does he offer to read aloud
since you pronounced the book he was so
interested in "dry and tedious" You
understand it now, and with quick re-
solve say, must read more" A glance
at tie clock-you have spent fifteen
minutes over your paper. But with new
energy you again take up the unfinished
work, and with the pleasant thoughts
which the item has suggested. us your
companions, you forget how to contrive
and plan how the mountain of sewing
shall be removed, with only your needle
as the lever. After you have stitched a
few hours, you remember an unanswer I'd
letter lying in your portfolio. 1t is from
an invalid friend, who lives far back in
the country, and has little variety in life,
save when the mail brings her letter
favored with the busy doings of city life.
You say, ~ cannot find time to write to-
day." But the pale, yearning face will
come between you and sewing, and you
remember that this may be the "next
thing and with cagerness you get your
portfolio and write fresh, CHEEKY letter
not forgetting to quote from the article
you read to-day, and emitting the usual
expression. I'm so busy, cannot find
time to write you long letter now"
Year: 1879

A good judicial anecdote is told in the
Louisville journal: In one of the western
states case was tried. and at its termina-
ton the Judge charged the jury, and they
retired for consultation. Hour after hour
passed and no verdict was brought in. The
Judges dinner hour arrived, and he became
hungry and impatient. Upon inquiry he
learned that one obstinate juryman was
holding out ,inst eleven. That he could
not stand, and he ordered the twelve men
to be brought before him. lie told them
that, in his charge to them, he had so
plainly stated the case and the law that
the verdict ought to be unanimous, and
the mnn who permitted his individual
opinion to weigh against the judgmc' OF
eleven men Of wisdom was unfit and dis
qualified ever again 10 act in the capacity
of juryman. AT the end of this excited
haranguea Il little, squoaky voice came from
one of the jurymeD. He said Judge,
will your honor allow me to say word?'
Permission being given, he added: May
it please your honor, am the only man
on your side"
Year: 1879

ACARPET STRETcHER.-A very simple
and useful carpet stretcher is made by
fastening narrow piece of wood to a
broom handle. A few pieces of wire or
shingie nails filed or ground to a sharp
point are then inserted in the head of the
stretcher, projecting so far from the edge
that they may take hold of the carpet. but
no more These should be filed or ground
smooth, as any sharp or rough corners
will cut or break the carpet threads. The
front OF the head from which the point:
project should DO beveied down to an
edge; then very short points only will b.
needed.
Year: 1879

LIFE IN THE GREAT CIrY.-rhe fact is,
there is no place like " great city in
which to achieve II great success; but
unless man has some money, or much
brains and great tact the city will crush
him TO death. The vast city is attractive.
People flock from all quarters. There are
ten applicants for every place. There are
at least $4,000 adults in New York between
whom and starvation there intervenes only
the helping hand of public and private
charity. These people can afford to work
for almost nothing. There are boys here
whose parents must support them, and
are willing that they should work for u
dollar u week rather than do nothing
Strangers must compete with them. Ad-
vcrtise that you want II clerk for $40 IA week
and the police will be compelled to guard
your door from the throng that will come
sweeping up at the hour. Advertise for a
boy, and men will come in platoons-
sometimes gray-headed men.-Rev. Dr..
DCCnlS
Year: 1879

his conclusions, and made bold shot,
which hit the mark as we have seen.


Lewis Mallaby's confession soon reinsta-
ted the rightful heir and Dan Blnckit in
after years had no reason to regret The
generosity which had prompted him To
give the little foundling the shelter of his
rude home CdSselrS Magazine.
Year: 1879

The truth was once put in II nutshell by
a business man, and this was how he did
it: "In all places where n respectable
newspaper is published, every business
man ought to advertise in it, even if it is
nothing more than clrd stating his name
and the line of the business in which he is
engaged, 1t let's people at u distance
know that the town is full Of business
men. The paper finds its way into thou
sands of places where IL hand.bill cannot
reach. A card in newspaper is travel
ing sign-board, and cln be seen by every
reader"
Year: 1879

Another marvel recently brought to
light in the Yellowstone Park of North
America is nothing less than mountain
of obsidian OF volcanic glass. Near the
foot of Beaver Lake, band of explorers
came upon this remarkable mountain,
which rises ut that place in columnar
cliffs and rounded bosses to many hun
dreds Of feet in altitude, from kissing hot
springs at the margin of the lake. AS it
was desirable to pass that way, the
party had to cut out road through the
steep CLASSY barricade. This they
effected by making huge fires on the
glass to thoroughly heat and expand it..
and then dashing the cold water Of the
lake against the heated surface, so as to
suddenly cool and break it up by shrink
age. Large fragments were III this way
detached from the solid side of the
mountain, then broken up small by
sledge hammers and picks, not. how
ever. without severe lacerations of the
hands and faces of the men from flying
splinters. In the Grand Cemon of the
Gibbon river the explorers also found
precipices of yellow, black and banded


obsidian hundreds of feet high. The
natural glass of these localities has from
time immemorial been used by the In
dians to tip their spears and arrows.
Year: 1879

the Lazaretto hospital. There can be no
effective land quarantine in country full
Of railroads-unless all travel and traffic
be cut off"


A sensible MD. writes as follows re-
garding thesupposed origin of yellow fe-
yer here; "The most plausible theory vet
advanced as to the spread of the disease
this summer is in emanations from the
cess-pools, a thing readily to be counter
acted by covering them with pulverized
charcoal to the depth Of six or eight
inches, so preventing exhalations.
Wherever any excretions, such as matter
yomited by patients, come in contact
with floors or other wood work, it should
be washed with strong solution of lye.
which will kill all germs of disease. In
all houses infected last year it would be
advisable to adopt this plan as a preven-
tive measure. In this manner much may
be done in connection with burning of
clothing, bedding, etc, to prevent the
spread of the disease in Memphis, and to
entirely exclude it in other towns devas-
tated last summer"
Year: 1879

National Express, Chilicothe.l


We have a President who never was
elected.


We have a supreme court, three
members of which violated law, oath
and justice to count in the unelected
President.


We have a congress representing the
majority of the people, but not per-
mitted to act by a fraudulent execu-
tive and a fanatical minority.


We have the moustrous theory that
the legislative must obey the wishes of
the executive, not the executive to
execute the law of the legislative.


We have the assumption that there
is but one man to save the country"
and he Grant; but one party to rule
that is the Republican party; but one
great duty of the day, that to defy the
clear majority of the people.


Is this a republic? Is this popular
self-government? Is it not, on the
contrary, breaking up the character of
the government very fast?


Which is worse, dividing or destroy
ing a republic? Which is more terri
ble-breaking up the form or the
character Of the government?


Had the rebels of 1861 succeeded,
they would have only divided the re-
public. But if the stalwart crew of
the indefinite term and Robertson or
der succeed they will destroy it.
Year: 1879

FALL RIVER, July "a serious
affray occurred at the State mill this
afternoon, Some striking spinners
allege that while passing the mill they
were shouted at by working spinners
in the yard, whereupOn they stopped
and disturbance was created, and a
crowd Of five hundred to one thous-
and people soon gathered. Deputy
Sheriff Bufhnton, on duty at the mill,
said AS an officer of the common
wealth, | order this crowd to dis.
perse !" but the crowd failed to do so,
and Bufinton was seized by a big
fellow and rather roughly handled,
Stones were thrown by the mob and
shots fired, one Of which grazed the
head of working spinner inside of
the yard. By order Of the sheriff the
fire was returned, and one man in the
crowd, a striking spinner, struck on
the hand and in the hip. The disturb
ers assert that the first fire came
from the yard. The police we're tele.
graphed for, but the crowd scattered
before their arrival. The whole affair
took place in the private property Of
the corporation.


Another crowd of seventy-fve stri
kers collected in front of Mechanics
Hall tonight, two miles from the
scene of disturbance, and made louC
threats against the spinners at work
Then a constable says several slung
shots were carried by the strikers, bu
none used The police were tele
graphed for, and the crowd dispersed
Year: 1879

put down the practice of numbering
young girls and burning widows. This
prohibition of the practice of Suttoe,
and the law allowing widows to marry
again, were denounced as an attack on


the Brahminist.reli system, and


reckOned among the pretexts for the
Sepoy mutiny. The value of human
life is to a Hindoo infinitely below
that Of COW; he had rather kill ten
men than injure one COW.
Year: 1879

New York Commercial Bulletin.l


The depression of the provision
trade in consequence of the Memphis
yellow fever blockade is by no means
an artificial one, brought by specula-
tive devices Large quantities of hog
products now on hand, which would
otherwise have found their way to the
South, will have to be carried over
into the new season, there being at
present no other outlet for the sur
plus. The Chicago Commercial Re-
port estimates the loss to the trade
thus far from this cause at not less
than 81 100000.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish to re-
new will do us a favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list is very
large, and cur force 10 do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.