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Year: 1878

The statement in yesterdays TRIBUNE that
500 coils of steel wire for the East River Bridge had
been condemned by the engineers and that the nspec-
tor at contractors factory had been discharged for
carelessness was The facts Of the case are
that few imperfectons discovered in the gavan
izing OF some wire but they so slight that they
would not have caused its rejection When the atten
zion of J. LLOYD Haigh the contractor, called to
them however he at once orders to have the wire
returned his factory, he did not wish to have
used but preferred making new lot IN It's stead Col
onel Paine the engineer charge OF the cable work OF
the bridge. said yesterday that no complaint had ever
been made the trustees aud that the quality or the
steel and the performance OF the contract had both been
satisfactory Mr.. Haigh stated that lie had heard no
COMPLAINT and there could be none as he had been
manufacturing wire OF 33l3 per cent more tensile
strength than called for by the speccatOns 10000
bundles OF weighing 49l67l7 pounds had been de-
iyered of this quantity only forty bundles weighing
GOJ pounds. had been returned. In conclusion Mr..
Hagb said that he had been fulfilling the contract for
reputation and that why he had given quality OF
wire superior TO that called for.
Year: 1878

The Hairs Bottom communication
was hastily examined By the Editor
OF the News, and was set ;p before
he noticed the charge of falsehood
contained in it We dislike very
much TO publish articles containing
language that is calculated to give
ofTense, and we have doubts as to the
propriety of publishing tins one for
the reason named. l. is only because
it asked for by the club.
Year: 1878

IT may be true, as the N. Y.
TRIBUNE said to Senator Johnston
and Fitz Lee, that the North has
plenty of Hood and brains to spare
for the South, but it is a singular
fact that they always leak ont Of
those carpet-bags on the way.
Year: 1878

Last Thursday night Capt Newber-
~ spoke TO very large crowd at the
Virginia House in this town. Green
hacks was his hobby and he said not a
word about Readjustment lie said
he was tired Of paper money based on
gold and silver He wanted Green
backs, to the amount of the national
debt, based on the .ioiM OF the gov
ernment as gold and silver coin is
based on the faith Of The government.


When we reflect coin is based upon
its own intrinsic value for nine-tenths
OF its nominal value. it would seem
that Capt. Newherry had thin idea
u what its value docs consist in.
He might easily have been asked what
the pleGged faith of the government
had or can have to do with paper new
er 10 be redeemed.


He said the difference between him
End his competitors, is that they want
Qrecnbacks based on the metals.
while he wanted ii based on the faith
of the government. What will the
Governor say TO this? He declared
there were ouly $40 per capita OF cur
rency in the country when The facts
are that in Greenbacks aud National
hank notes alone. without taking any
notice of the specie i'm the country,
there are about sixteen and two-thirds
dollars per capita. II declared the
whole volume of the currency at pres.
cot to be $40 millions, when in paper
Year: 1878

The novelist who is looking for the
plot of first-class sensational story will
find in the history of romance in real
life parallel to which can scarcely be
found outside the pages of fiction. That
it should have occurred in this evening
of century of railroads and telegraph
lines and newspapers is, perhaps, the
most singular OF the whole affair. The
scene is laid in Pickens county, Georgia
First we have the pretty, popular, impet-
uous daughter of respectable citizen
running the usual career Of country
belle, winding up, as it properly should,
in matrimony to young fellow Of her
own class, upon whom the bonds of wed
lock appear to have hung very lightly
During the Christmas season of 1877 his
attentions to lady so enraged the young
wife that she stabbed her to death in a
country ball room. Around the wife,
thus become murderess, the husband,
his father and brethren formed body
guard and fought their way out of the
building where the tragedy was enacted.
With a loyalty and devotion to the guilty
WOuiuu Iuicly Whntsscu III tncsc pIoSalC
days, they resolved that she should not
be surrendered to the officers of the law,
aud in a few days, armed and equipped,
they moved from Pickens county, no one
daring to oppose their progress. In a
short time they disappeared, and the sad
event was gradually dying out of the
memories of all save the friends Of the
murdered woman.


Recently, however, the fugitives were
heard from in North Carolina, and u
party was organized to effect their cap
ture. A long chase, desperate resist
ance, an attempted rescue, and two prison
cells for husband and wife and baby
child are thus far the completed chapters
of this Georgia romance. A casei in which
so many of the darker as well as the bet
ter qualities of human nature are 80 curl
ousIy blended seldom finds its way into
the news columns of the daily journals.
N. Y. Herald.
Year: 1878

A GEORGIA farmer undertook few
evenings ago to clear his hogs of vermin
by rubbing them with kerosene, which he
accomplished by the light of fat pitch
knot. just as hehad got them we'll oiled
spark fell on the back of one, and in an
instant he was in a blaze. The flames
communicated to the others, and in few
moments the drove were running wild,
and appearing in the darkness like fire
fiends, The next day the farmer found his
bacon not only cured, but "done brown"
Year: 1878

A POLITICAL speaker accused rival of
"unfathomable meanness and scoundrel-
ISM" and then rising to the occasion,
said: VI warn him not to persist in his
disgraceful course, or he'll find that too
Of us can play at that gameln
Year: 1878

SPARE THE WHP.-Never whip your
horse for becoming frightened at any OBJ
ject 10y the roadside, for if he sees a
stump, log, or a, heap of tan-bark in
the road, and while he is cycling it care
fully, and about to pass it, you strike him
with the whip, it is the log, or the stump,
or the tan-bark that is hurting him, in his
way of reasoning, and the next time he
will be more frightened. Give him time
to examine and smell of all these objects,
and use the bride to assist you in bring
ing him carefully to these objects of fear
Year: 1878



 Fps SILVER BELT:-The mining law of Globe district requires that 1 S25 be expended on mining claim within three months after the date of location. This requirement IS to some extent in conflict with congress sional mining law. The latter is very liberal towards the poor miner and practically says to him-you can have at least eleven months grace af- ter you discover and locate a lode before you do any work upon It, and during that period you may probab- ly earn sufficient money to enable you to expend $100 in complying with the law before the year expires. But the local law is much less liber- al and in one respect 1t says to the loeator-even if you are not ready to begin development work on your claim you must go and scratch around on the surface to make 1t appear that you have done S25 worth of labor that will afterwards be of no use to you, and if you don't do that witdin three months the jumper" will come and take your claim. The worst thing the 'siumperp will find ob- structing his way in this little game will be the custom that has been es- tablished in Globe district as if by universal consent of the miners All claim owners for instance that use the county but not the district Re- | cords are allowed nearly a full year to begin their work, and the jump CT" never touches their claims even though q plck has not been struck upon them at the end of three 

 Now, what is nicely favored salice for the young and tender goose is necessarily a choice dressing for the 'ld and sineWy gander. If the dis 'rlct law ls made to conform to con- gressional law when a locator so de- ipises it's requirements that he wholly gnores them either as to 9 record or he performance of work within three months, hoy can it be used by jumpers" to enable them to rob 8 ocator who has at least i. part com 1lied with it's stipulations Dy record ng under itf

 Tie paramount object seemingly 'f the local law IS merely to compel he locator to do a little work on his .laim so as to identify it and prove o passing prOspectors that the ,roand IS already located
Year: 1878

or you will be too late The " guide
housewives in Rock Ledge ham
mock are now busy with their pots
and pans, their kettles and Jars, their
scales and measures, while the way
our sugar buckets are sent 9if 10 the
store is fearful to behold.


A correspondent Of the old Agyi-
c'fitpria, who sought to enIighten us
on the guaya question, said the great
trouble with the Florida guayas was,
they would not make . jelly that
would st01,G Now we doubt if
said correspondent ever saw an ounce
Of jelly made from Florida guavas,
in fact we doubt If he ever raised
enough guavas to make a glass of


Jelly. Now" cur folks made some
yesterday, that not only would stand,
but you could have rolled it up in a
paper and carried 1t III your pocket
for any distance, without its loosing
its " fair proportions unless indeed,
you served it as the boy did the stolen
egg, sit down on it. We have eaten
some guava jelly in our time-the
imported article-but this is our first
taste OF the Florida jelly, and it was
at least equal to the best. The only
difference was in favor Of the home
made article, and that is in the fact
that it is several shades lighter than
any Of the imported We ever saw. It
is well known that the seed of the
guava viii sprout, and as near as we
can learn, all the seed Of the genuine
guaya jelly Of the Indies, produce
the large Florida gua0a when plant
cd in our soiI. But We propose to
speak of this subject again, as we
wish to present few facts in con
nection Herewith, the exact figures
Of which we do not now have. More
anon. Elk ALBANIAN.


Rock Ledge, Fla, August, %, 1S7S.-
Year: 1878

The true value of salt for feeding,
to ANIMALS is neither as we'll under
stood nor appreciated as it should be
by large class of farmers, and the
best mode OF feeding is too frequent.
ly ignored, even when its, Importance
is fully admitted. That it is actual
ly required by animals is shown by
the amount of salt contained in the
blood of the human species, it being
fully one half Of one per cent, and
575 per cent. of the ashes of human
blood. Investigation has proved that
where salt is supplied with the food,
this proportion is invariabIe, and
where not supplied other parts ofthc
system supply the deficiency, to their
injury. What is true Of the human
species is equally true of our farm


stock and animals, which suffer the


same troubles when deprived of salt.


When the equilibrium of any part is


disturbed, the whole system is weak
ed, and the animal becomes liable to
! disease, and the system succumbs
| when attacked


4 Salt is a great aid to digestion, and


prompts them to ffeuSe as Is epfdeniicesd1i


by their resorting to salt licks and
other natural sources, previous to and
during the early settlement of our
country, and by what may be still
witnessed on the pampas of South
America and other wilds, where herds
of horses and other cattle travel miles
to obtain the much needed supply.
1t is an undoubted fact that where
animals have unrestrained access at
all times, to salt, many of the diseases
to which they arc liable arc warded
off and prevented by keeping the
system regular. We find that when
salt is regularly given them only
good results follow, as is evident in
their exemption from disease. Where
free access is had to salt, stock will
take only what is needed, but where
the supply is inconstant, surfeit is
often taken which frequently oper-
ates injuriously


The invariable presence Of salt in
tissues of the body shows conclusive
ly the important influence it exerts
in the production of flesh and fat in
animals. Salt assists digestion by in
crcasing the flow Of saliva, aiding al
so by the promotion of thirst, and
constant fow of fluids, to assist in
dissolving much of the food that 9th
erwise might be imperfectly digest-
cd. Actual experiments carefully
conducted, have demonstrated that
where two hogs were tattened, ono
fed salt in its food, and the other with
salt excluded, the one fed salt food
fatted very much faster, and in sever
al weeks less time. It exceeds in
weight by a considerable proportion
the one fed without salt in its food.
It is an unquestioned fact that all our
food products contain a greater or
less proportion of salt in their struct-
ure, but that the animal economy re.
quires an additional quantity, is equal
| ly true. Farm animals, when kept


at grass, or on green succulent feed,


naturally take more salt than when


kept on dry fodder; at least such has


been my observation.--W. II. w. In


Country Gentleman.


8-ps - ..-----
Year: 1878

The situation in Europe seems less
threatening than it did few days ago, and
there is some reason to hope that the East
ern difficulty may be settled without war.
Evidently England does not want war, and
the attitude of Germany and Austria is not
such as to encourage Russia to insist upon
substituting the treaty of San Stefano for
the treaty of Paris, which the other Powers
recognize as still binding upon all the par
ties to it. But, Notwithstanding the more
pacific indications at present, England is
preparing for the worst. Yet her very
preparations may be the means of prevent
ing war. The chances now appear to be in
favor of an amicable settlement or the
matters in dispute.
Year: 1878

Among the laws passed by the Legislature
OF this state at the session which has just closed was
one prohibiting the sale Of olemargarine butter
proper name This seems TO be entirely fair
Year: 1878

In the Southern States it is safe to
say that the rising generation enter
tains as hostile feeling against the
North and its institutions as that which
carried on the war. If anything were
lacking to keep alive the bitter memo
ries Of that contest, it is supplied by
the erection of expressive monuments.
Year: 1878

The doctrine Of State rights again
comes up prominently for summer dis.
cussion. As the press has nothing par
ticular to dissect just now it will go
over the cast away ''stiff' once more.
Year: 1878

IT seems rather monotonous to state
day after day that the Ross-Hanlon race
is postponed. The race should have
been rowed on Thursday last, and bad
weather has put it off from day to day.
1t is very unfair to the men, as they
cannot make as good time now.
Year: 1878




A young man was very anxious to
secure a piece of property which was
just then for sale, on very advantage
GUS terms. He went to confer with
u friend of of his, who was II banker,
about the matter, and TO inquire
whether it would be prudent to bor-
row the requisite sum, and pay it in
installments. He thought he should
be able to manage all but the first
payment.


He was advised to borrow from the
bank a sum enough larger than he
wished to raise to cover the first pay
ment, lay it strictly aside, and then
go ahead.


"But," said his friend you must
spend literally nothing. You must
live off of your place. You must
make a box, and drop into it all the
money you receive"


The young man and his wife went
bravely to work to follow this advice.
The egg money and the butter mon
ey, and corn and wheat money-all
went into the payment box, and at
specified time the place was theirs.


On the day for the last payment,
the young man presented himselfbe-
fore his friend with smiling face,
and with the money in hand. There
were no rags to be seen,but his cloth
ing was well covered with darns from
head to foot.


"You see, l have followed your ad.
vice." he said, land now l know how
to earn another"
Year: 1878

A Lucky Thought-Young Lady
will you please let me have pot
of cold creamP


Country shopkeoper (after some
hesitation and search)-Ahl beg par
don, miss; | find we have not any
cold cream just at present, but we
have some excellent condensed milk
Year: 1878

One of the pleasantest recollections of the
Centennial trip to Philadelphia thousands of


people will connect with their pleasant quarters
and agreeable treatment at the Colonnade Hotel.
Year: 1878

Our bills for paper, material and
labor continue to fall due, but we
are receiving no money to meet
them. Will those who know they
are owing us please pay as promptly
"a possible, and not wait for bill to
be sent. A receipt with statement
Of account will be Immediately re-
turned. Over one-half Of our sub
scribers are owing US $500 or more,
and If each one of them would come
forward and pay up we should be re.
lieved from q great emergency.
Year: 1878

On Friday the subject of this item
came to the fair. His name is un-
known, but he halls from Moscow
AS MI ght drew near he became weary
and sluggish While steering him
self down town he forgot the process
of navigation, and camped 'out on
the dusty bosom Of mother earth
lust above the Nj. z. church. Dur
ing his slumbers, some kind heart
ed ~ passer by thought that the
sleeper's scalp and feet needed s;r-
ing, and took off with hat and boots
The ate of modification the fellow
had TO endure is beyond imagination.
but what is your opinion of the
thiefl
Year: 1878

TALL corn was on exhibition at
Penhallegon & Sons warehouse last
week. The stalk was fully fifteen
feet in length, and to reach the ear
it would require standing on q chair
at least. Who brought it to town we
don't know, bnt it came from farm
near Platteville.
Year: 1878

THE music Of the Mineral Point
and Washburn bands was so near
an equal that the judges thought
best to divide the premium evenly
The decision has been received with
satisfaction all around as far as we
can learn.
Year: 1878

A mcrciful interposition Of Divine Prov
1dence (manifested through the humble
instrumentality Of a pair of stout legs)
preserved to Bismarck, recently, one Of
her most popular and reliable citizens.
The c1cellen: caterer Of the Sheridan
House started out Friday afternoon to Wis
it his clam across the river. He had a
wagon load Of lumber and other adjuncts
to q safe and commodioas shack, but
when he reached the Hart river, he found
the surface half covered with ice. His
horses and wagon were in the water, but
the horses refused to stir, and the caterer
was compelled to climb down and break
the ice for his beasts, or sit up on that
pile of lumber and perish. He contracted
slight cold in his exploit, but the shack
is up, and when the boys ask him about
it, he contempt looks down and in.
quires if one of them thinks he has feet
big enough to pontoon the big Hart.
Year: 1878

MIR. JOHN SHERMAN ought to appoint
commission of wiry-minded gentlemen
to ascertain, if possible, what the opinion
OF the Secretary of the Treasury is on the
important question Of finance. And if
any actual opinion can be had it should
be stuffed without delay, SO that it will
keep.-Philadelphia Times.


Why Sherman was the leader of the
single gold standard crowd who secretly
demonetized silver and opposed its re-
monetization. No doubt he has made a
million or two out of his official tergiver-
satlons. But the Times belonged to the
same crowd and certainly ought not to 90
back on its leader in that stvlc.
Year: 1878

THE organs Of the gold gamblers lied
so openly and boldly about the single gold
standard and the silver bill and the fraud
by which the demonetization of silver was
accomplished, that nobody can believe
them now when they assert what they
call ''facts" about the national banks and
the evils that arise from the system. A
newspaper that is caught thus boldly "
ing is set down to be precisely like "A law
yer who takes thief's case, or a scoun-
drel's case, or a scheming Williams c;lse,
who is designedly intent upon getting
your property, or the property Of orphan
children; in these cases the lawyer lies
for his client SO boldly, or evades the
truth SO nicely as to deceive even the
judge on the bench if he can; and all for
share OF the property they gain, or "A
big fee out of the money for which it is
sold. And this is the reason why the
great men who formed this government
never put much confidence in LAWYERS.
and rarely trusted them with congress
sional enactments. A statesman is one
thing and lawyer is another No CON
gress was ever so corrupt as the congresses
since 1864 and they We're filled with law
yers. The rogues will not tell on each
other. Nor will the people ever learn
the cost Of the Congressional committees
that were gotten up to fill the pockets of
their members.
Year: 1878

SHERIFF SALEs.-Those whose uro-
peIfy is advertised for sale by the Sheriff
have clear right to have the sale set
aside where the law is not literally com
piled with. This was the decision of
Chief Justice Gilpin. Therefore the
Sheriff is bound to give the owner of real
estate the choice of one of the newspapers
IN which the advertisement is to be pub
lished. We call attention of our friends
to this matter.
Year: 1878

THE tickets for the concert of the Mil
lard Club are not selling as rapidly as it
was anticipated they would. Neverthe-
less those who wish to secure reserved
seats should not fail to get their
tickets at once. The whole of the pro-
ceeds are to be contributed to the assist
ance of the yellow fever sufferers in the
South.
Year: 1878

1 LARGE STORE ROOM and Dwell
N LING situated on Main street Also
desirable DWELLING situated On
Broadway. For further particulars apply
at THIS OFFICE or to


JOHN FORD,
APR 20tf Ocean Mines
Year: 1878

Labor cannot get chance in the House
" of Representatives" SAID Mr.. Wright the
other day, with more sound than sense.
This was of a piece with II hundred other
dcmagogcal declarations familiar to every
body. One of these is that the worllingmen
of the country, oppressed by capital, are
growing poorer and poorer day by day. This
is a convenient assumption, but how does it
accord with the fact that the class thus gra-
tuitOusly pitied is promptly subscribing for
the four per cent bondsl a good many OF
those who formerly went to the saw
ings banks with their deposits, are now
going to the Treasury. A great proportion OF
the subscriptions are for $50 and 500 bonds.
This proves that many persons OF small means
have still money to invest. In spite OF dull
times, they do not yet need to draw upon
their little accumulatOns to meet immediate
expenses. 1t does not rain hard enough yet
for that. 1t follows that stories OF the deep
poverty of the working classes are at least
exaggerated for the most shameful purposes !;
and that there is q substratum of good sense
in the popular mind, which the professional
agitators have not yet been able TO shake


But there is something about these small
investments WHICH Is sun UlOlt
When the peoples money is lent to the peo-
pies government thus freely, it shows conf
dcnce in the stability of that government, if
it shows anything. No government which the
GROWERS and anarchists could set up would be
able to borrow much money, even from its
most enthusiastic supporters, partly because
they would not have it to lend, and partly
because they would not so lend it, if they had
it. Moreover, these investments show that
those who make them are not i'll a rage with
existing inshtutiOns-not with the Treasury De-
partment, at any rate. Every dollar thus lent
is q pledge of good behavior on the part of
the lender, if there should be any trouble
besides being q guaranty to some extent that
there will he none. The anarchists, if they
should felonously bestir themselves, would
have to meet the holders of the $50 and 800
bonds. Mobs are not made up of those who
have ANYTHING to lose by these exccsscs.


Bloated bondhOlders, indeed! The popular
loan has robbed the rioting refOrmers of one
of their most valuable slogans. Mr. Butler
has invented another promptly, viz: Starry
cling Americans ~ These gentlemen are de-
termined that there shall be deep distress, if
only on paper but we question whether they
will convince intelligent Americans that the
way to grow rich is to destroy other peoples
property.