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Year: 1877

Is COFFEE WHOLESOME II know 1t IS
palatable, as very few people dislike it ;
but many eschew it On account OF Its dele
terious effects. Its odor in preparing is
delicious, far more SO than the actual
drinking of it. | am as fond of it as any
one, but have not taken cup in twenty
five years. It's more productive OF bile,
especially to people of sedentary habits
than any other thing that can be drank
or eaten. Indeed, the most noted Physl-
clans protest against its use beyond a
single cnp at breakfast, in which proper
u.,s it can be taken with safety. But
where it is profusely INDUCED IN, 1t IS IN
;ur;ous to health as any alcoholic stlmu-
liant If one pound of coffee should beso
used as to last a family of ten persons for
a week. | see it stated, no hurtful results
would ensue. But here it should stop.
7 should think, however, that by persons
accustomed to severe outdoor exercise or
Iabor of any kind, it could to larger ex-
tent. be taken with safety Children
should meyer touch it, Or tea either, e1-
cont the latter be very weak The old
fashioned way of making coffee IS un-
doubtedly the best, which is to buy the !
coffee in the grain, scorch il until light
brown and grind it as it is wanted. The
water should be boiling when poured over
the coffee, the pot Of course closed tight-
iv and then give it another boil tor a
minute or two, and it VIII soon sufnclent-
ly clear to use
Year: 1877

SENSIBLE GIRL American girls at
home are beginning to learn that there is
something in the world besides dress.
One, a school teacher, wrote letter re-
Gently, asking for a design by which to
make up dresses which would not look &C.
centric, but which would be useful and
available for two or three years, OF
until the clothes were worn out. She said
she was determined to dress hereafter
without reference to fashion, make her
garments when it was convenient is
during the month of vacation-and her
dresses so they would be good for two
years at least, using no fanciful styles, or
trimmings, but better materials than she
had been accustomed to use, so that color
and texture would remain firm. She said
she was quite determined to do this, and
see if she could not nd her mind oi
clothes. And young married friend had
with the consent of her husband, agreed
to keep her in countenancs by doing sA-
actly the same
Year: 1877

AMERICAN OFFICERS ABROAD. There
is certainly something incomprehensible
about the choice of an officer to represent
the United States at the headquarters of
ths Russian army in the present war. All
other Governments send experienced Of
fcers, of high rank, upon such missions,
but America is represented by one Lleut


Green, described as raw boy who has
never seen service, and whose general IN
significance has, not without reason, given
some Offense to the Russian Government
The Russians indeed remark that the
United States Government has sent Gen.
Hazen, an officer of rank and distinction,
to the Court of Austria, though Austria is
not at war; and that the poor little un-
known cadet, Lieutenant Green, IS con-
sidered good enough for them The sit
uation is rendered more conspicuously abb
surd by tbs fact that England is repre-
scented by Colonel Wellesley, an officer OF
more than European reputation There
is no apparent reason for the blunderIns
choice of our government IN this connec-
ton. We have plenty of veteran officers
of sufficiently high rank to be sent upon
such mission, and it might have been
supposed, moreover, that one OF the OBJ
iects of having a military attache at the
Russian headquarters would be to gam
whatever valuable military information
and suggestions the progress of the war
might afford Of course a raw Lieutenant
cannot be expected to take advantage of
his opportunities of acquiring valuable
knowledge but of course the man who
was sent to Europe ought to have been so
capable. Altogether it is rather a phe,
nomenal bit Of governmental stupidity and
bad Judgment to say nothing of interna-
tional eOurtesy.-Sac. UaiOn-RecoId
Year: 1877

WOOD FIRES e grant, as has been


said, that an open fire is &" incompetent


to heat our houses" but we believe il


can be made such an important factor


in the culture of children, that we have
no hesitation in urging others to try it.


In houses that are wholly warmed by
furnace, the family circle is likely to


become impaired. The CHILDREN take


their friends to their own rooms, and


the mother rarely becomes intimately


acquainted with their associates. Around
a wood fire, all naturally come together;
what interests one, comes in little


while to interest all, and the children


learn to be open and free. The fire


warns the heart as well as the body.


A wood fire lit early in the evening


when the children are home from school


is all TINT is necessary. When the boys
get used to coming in from the cold and


snow to find cheerful hickory fire blaz.
ing on the parlor hearth, with the room


not too nicely furnished for them to use,
they will not want to leave it for out
side attractions The moment the IA.
miliar whistle is heard in the evening,
let some kindling wood be thrust un-
der the logs. The pleasant sensation
produced by blazing fire, if repeated
every day, winter after winter, amounts


to great deal of happiness in boys


lifetime, and will never be forgotten. 1t
is difficult to overestimate the value of
this central gathering place for the whole
family. Wood fires are not dusty, and
when used not for heat, but for cheer,
and only in the evening, are not costly.
The moderate heat of furnace or stove
is sufficient for the parlor by day, and
but little wood in the fireplace is me-
cessary to make it comfortable at night.
Indeed, the register often has to be
turned off and the doors have to be
closed to keep the heat of the house
from rushing into the parlor. The wood
fire ventilates, and thus, not only are
the feet kept warm, but the head re-
mains cool. Half q cord of hickory
wood lasts about month, and we use it
on Sunday after church, and on the
other days if we have friends to dinner,
or the children are to be at home. In
spring and fall an open fireplace is par.
ticularly useful. Every one knows how
the furnace is disliked in moderate
weather, but by using at such times the
wood alone, the desired heat is obtained
and far more the cost saved in the coal
that would be burned to waste If the
fireplace is painted black, there will be
a good back ground for the red fame,
and the brick.work will not be made to
look shabby by the smoke. Let it be
a good heavy blazing fire or none at all.
Better to save in fine furniture, or in
rich deserts, than to put on logs spar.
ingly-Brass andirons are the best, for
they never wear out, and the labor in
keeping them brig ight is much exaggerat-
ed. The wood should be sawed in but
.wo pieces, so as to reach clear over both
audirons. A lot of corn cobs will make
/ hot, quick blaze, just before the child.
ZEN 90 up to bed, and will made their
'lumber all the sweeter.-" Home and
Society :" Scribner for October.
Year: 1877

night invariably in newspaper Offices
reading the exchanges and listening
eagerly to the news Of the great out
side world which he has not seen for
twenty years; always genial and kindly.
and taking a faithful interest in the
Pilgrims" as the newcomers are call
ed in tle mountains.
Year: 1877

crowd gathers in compact mass,


and into the crowd the child easily
escapes without being seen, and runs
away. At the proper moment he
comes running back os if from dis.
tance, and OF course the astonishment
OF the GRO Sd is unparalleled, for the
basket has in the meantime been
open and shown to be empty.
Year: 1877

N. L sun.


The punishment Of Case. the pres
ident of the Security Life Insurance
company, for swe airing to a false and
misleading statement Of the affairs
of that company, is one of the most
hopeful things which has happened
in the history of life insurance 1t
will teach officers of companies
how great is their responsibility,
whereas hitherto many Of them have
proceeded as if the companies existed
simply for their individual benefit,
and they could do as they chose with
the money intrusted to them.
Year: 1877

KINGSTON, N. j., July 10.


The committee appointed to make ar
rangements for the celebration of the adop-
ton of the state constitution in this city,
have decided to abandon the effort. The
reasons for this are the failure to secure q
state appropriation through the governors
veto, the small amount of private subscrip-
tions secured, the refusal Of invited speak
ers to attend, and the general apathy man
ifested upon the subject throughout the
state. An effort TO erect an appropriate
memorial of the event at some future time
will be entered upon at once.
Year: 1877

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Feb. 26.-Yester-
day morning the deaf and dumb institute
some miles from this city, was destroyed
by fire, which caught probably from the
gas. Before water could be applied by
the hose about the building, the fire had
gained control of the upper portion a2d
compelled occupants, teachers, officers and
the untortunates to leave the building
There was no loss OF life and all of the
1853 pupils escaped without serious injury
and with most of their effects Some of
the employees lost everything. Some build
ings belonging to the institution remain
and will accommodate about half OF the
children. The total loss is estimated at
100000. No insurance. The distance
of the building from the city renders the
getting of information very difficult.
Year: 1877

A bill in Relation to a Vacancy in the


Presidential Chair.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-1he majority
of the house committee on privileges of
the house will report a bill to provide for
the temporary filling of any vacancy occur
ring in the office of president in the event
of there being no constitutional decIara-
ton of election before the commencement
of the regular term The bill provides
that if the senate be in session at the
commencement of a new term the pre-
siding officer shall act as president of the
United States until a president shall be
elected and qualified in accordance with
the constitution and existing law. but It
the senate be not 10 session the presiding
officer last elected by that body shall be-
come president of the United States, to
serve until the vacancy shall be regularly
filled d-provided that such last presiding
officer shall not have ceased to be mem
Der of the senate on the 4th of March,
and provided also that be be possess
ed of the constitutional qualldca
ton as to age and nativity
The bill also provides that in tht
possible contingency of there being NJ
such presiding or ex-presldlug otflcer o
the senate, that the speaker OF the house
shall act as president The bill looks to
new presidential election next November
and in the event of.any temporary occu
pant being installed he would be entitled
to continue in office, under the provisions
above referred to. until the 4th of Marcl
1878.
Year: 1877

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ST. Louis, Feb. pa petition address
ed to the Democratic members of the low
er house Of Congress earnestly praying
that they offer DO factious opposition to
the electoral count. but,o the contrary, al
low it to proceed as rapidly as possible, was
numerously signed on Change to-day by
men of all parties.
Year: 1877

And in accordance with law and an order OF the Board Of
Trustees made and entered the l4h day OF August
D. 1877 many of such designated shares of stock be-
longing and standing in the Of the shareholders
aforesaid shall and will be necessary to psy the
upon all shares held and owned by such shareholders
standing in their upon the books of the company
will be sold public auction at the office of said company
in the office Of Trenmor Coffin in Carson City, Nevada
Year: 1877

The following sensible re-
marks on the custom Of carry
ing concealed weapons are ta-
ken from the Nashville Ameri-
can:


The bearing of concealed
weapons should be a peniten-
tiary offense. The government
should set the seal of its disap-
probation upon a social custom
which, we repeat, has the ten
dency to breed a nation of cow
ards and assassins. The moral
sense of the community should
outlaw the mock-heroic senti-
ment of its brute clement, whose
instructive b 10 o d-thlrstiness
makes pistol-bearing the badge
of its manliness. The practice
is a disgrace to the only civil
lied nation that tolerates an
abuse carrying such a woe and
misery, degradation and re-
morse in its train. Pocket pis-
tolls are not necessary for the
defense of life or property, nor
the maintenance OF law, nor the
preservation Of social order.
They should be abolished, even
with the determination, if nee
essary to the eradication of the
evil, of those pestilential social
nuisances with whom the pistol
bearing disease has become
chronic. Epidemics and the dis
asters by food and field are suf-
ficient to the depopulation of
the earth, without these death
dealing devices to increase the
trade of the sexton and the uu-
dertaker and enlarge the field
of operations of the orphan
asylums. The average limit Of
life is too brief to require arti-
fetal facilities to hasten the exit
Of the human race. Life is Sc
rious enough and human suffer-
ing general enough over the face
Of the earth, without the aid of
ingenious inventions for the
speediest and most convenient
deprivation Of the lives which
an all-wise and mysterious and
awful Providence has ordered.
We may not expect to realize a
millennium of Peace and Love
upon Earth; but we might ma
terially improve and elevate our
civilization by some reform in
the matter of numbering each
other.
Year: 1877

The following item is going
the rounds Of our exchanges
Another new swindle has been
developed, the moduS operGRdl
of which is as follows: A pack
peddler calls at a house with a
fine lot of articles which he of
fers at ruinous sacrifices. He
makes a sale and goes on his
way. The next day two men
drive up TO the house with a prin-
ted bill, giving an account Of
the robbery Of a certain store.
They claim the goods. and usu-
ally bulldoze the purchaser into
giving them up. 1t would be
well for newspapers throughout
the State to give these swim
dlers the benefit of a gratuitous
advertisement, so as to guard
their readers against such i'm
posters. People who do not
read the papers would then be
the only sufferers-and this
class, it may be added, are gen
orally the ones who are taken in
by the plausible rascals.
Year: 1877

4 The jackson San has this to


say on the question of the hon.
est payment Of the State debt:


'"The man who can and will
not pay his honest debts is a
dishonest rascal, and the hand
of every honest man should be
turned against him. The man
who teaches the people that re-
.pudiation is a relief to a State,
and a proper remedy to seek, is
a oorrupter of public virtue,
and enemy to public morals, a
political libertine who would,
with sweet treachery on his
tongue, befoul the character of


the State; a knave who would,
with professions of friendship,
wound the honor Of the people
in its vital part and sow the
seeds of villiany in the minds
OF the rising generations, teach
ing them the Spartan code of


morals, which made theft the
leading feature of public educa-
tion. We are drifting along
without protest, discussing the
largest amount that we can
probably compel our creditors
to yield up, and the disciples Of
reputation who always work
under the guise of demagogues,
are quietly sowing the seeds
that must bring forth crime and
disgrace as its fruit, if permit
ted TO go unchecked. 1t is time
for honest men to speak out
who do not want fraud and dis
grace to become the rule in all
business transactions. Dishon-
esty never prOspered any man
long, and it will damn any COM
that tolerates it,"
Year: 1877

The leading features of Mr..
Hayes administration are said TO
be now accepted-at least, they
are endured-by most of those
who at the first were ready to ex-
press great dissatisfaction. He
can certainly give more trouble
to the disafected in his own par
ty than they are likely to give
him; and as the leading Democrats
of the country give their adher.
ence to these measures, there are
good prospects of pleasant and
prosperous administration.
Year: 1877

dell House of its Many Rodents.
From the St. Louis Times.


Richard Toner, a profession


al rat catcher of, considerable


notoriety in New York city, ar


rived in st. Louis yesterday,


and has taken a contract to rid


the Lindell House of rats. He


is accompanied by one assis-


tant andhas thoroughly trained


ferret. Mr.. Toner ssays that


rats begin to breed at the age
of three months and once every


month thereafter produce a lit
ter Of thirteen; that the num-


ber of the litter never varies,
and is always composed of
twelve males and one female;
that if the number of females
were as great as males, rats
would become a plague that all
the terriers and rat-catchers in
the country could not keep
down.


He began operations at the
Lindell last night, in the pres
ence of half a dozen persons.
He armed himself with a dark
lantern, a gunny bag, and a pc
culiar constructed pair of
tongs or nippers. The tongs
are about two and a half teet
long, and have handles IKE
shears. Mr.. Toner gave the
bag to his assistant, and took
the dark lantern in his left hand
and the tongs in his right. E.
quipped in this manner, he crept
about the cellars among the bar
rels and boxes, and ever now
and then seized rat with the
tongs. The assistant, who kept
right at his heels, Instantly o.
pened the mouth of the bag and
the rat was dropped into it, the
process of capture not occupy
ing over ten seconds. He SAYS
that when he throws the strong
light from the lantern upon a
rat it does not run, but simply
turns so as to prevent the light
from shining in its eyes. AS it
turns there is no difficulty in
seizing it with the tongs.


Mr.. Toner did not make any
use Of his ferret until about 1
o'clock, when everything was
quiet in the house. He first
went all over the premises, ex-
amining the rat holes to famil-
iarize himself with the rats
"runways." He says the rats
have certain holes to run through
when they are frightened, and
that an experienced rat-catcher
can soon learn how these holes
lead. After acquiring this
knowledge he sent his ferret in
to a rat hole and stationed him
self at the other end of the hole.
For instance, he found a rat
hole in the pantry and traced
its course down into the cellar,
where it came out in some COR
ner. He started the ferret into
the hole up stairs and stationed
himself below with his tongs.
The ferret pushed his way along
the turnings Of the hole and
drove the rats ahead of him. AS
the rats ran from the hole in the
cellar Toner picked them up
with his tongs and droped them
into his bag.


Toner owned the largest rat
pit in New York.
Year: 1877

There's q cow with five heads
if you go 10 the Central Park
you will see it," said a New
York joker TO "a breker. The
broker went TO the Park, bu,
didn't see the five-headed cow
and on next meeting his friend
took him to task for his deception
81 didn't deceive you,' said the
joker, Il said if you went to the
Central Park you would see it
and didn't you see the Park?'
Year: 1877

A fashion report SAYS that gen.
tlemen's hats are provided with
new kind of ventilator which will
last much longer than the hole
style. Anything that will out
last hole must be valuble adj
dition to the resources of a people.
Year: 1877

Extract from a letter from
Atchison, Kan: "The ground is
tremendously dry hers; the big
lain of last week did. not reach the
ground; the grasshoppers stood on
their hind legs and drank the
water as fast as it fell! So | am
informed, but this may not be
true" s
Year: 1877

which 1t did not do, and threatens the League with
aite penalties for what it is supposed by somc one
70 nave done, but which It never thought of or
contemplated


In Conclusion, It should be added, to forestall
comment, that THE TRIBUNE believes that the
League old only its simple duty in cutting down its
games to thirty five each ground. 1t must haye
done that or the game was dead But, further, It
docs not believe that the legislation was wise on
another matter. Of which it will speak hereafter.


FROM zELLER 70 KE1s.


A discussion which arose day or two ago among
some Old friends Of the game abou: the number OF
players who have played as asprofcssionals in Chi
cago clubs LED the writer make up list OF all
that he could remember or get the names OF. In
somuch as IL is an effort Of memory for the earlier
years especially, it may be defective. but it is Us
near correct as could be made with the aids ut
hand. The year over tue top gives the date the
men first played here; the figures after the names
tho number or sensoEs-or parts theteof-they were
under contract: the other symbols explain them
Selves For 1870 and after, names arc used
except those who were under contract. Following
Year: 1877

The question IL. Why was not something done
with the list three as well the rst three; they
appear to have had shade the best OF 1t on
jcwclry. 1t iewelry caught the first lot why didn't
it catch the other three. There seems to be hitch
in the logic somewhere.


The Globe -Democrat. assuming TINT base ball ie
dead in ST. Louis, publishes the following. record
Of the doings Of the club while it was alive:
Year: 1877

upon the amendment. The deficiencies
are for the expenditures within the
range OF the existing statute, and there
fore there can be no objection to them.


The Paris Exposition.


The subject Of a Commission to the
Paris Exposition will doubtless be re.
ferred to a committee, who will give the
subject prompt consideration and ac-
tion, in order to avoid lengthenlng the
session.


The Nominations
to be submitted to the Senate will be
ready for trans ion next week. The
members from States holding elections
in November are desirous Of returning
home in time to participate, and will
insist upon an early adjournment. The
number of these will be sufficient, it is
thought, to influence both branches Of
Congress TO accede to their wishes.


The Republican Members
OF the House held conference last
night for the purpose OF determining
upon line of action with reference to
the Speaker ship. IL was decided to hold
another conference IN the hall OF the
House on Monday next, by which time
the Democrats will have fixed upon their
candida e.


There was also some discussion OF the
political situation, in which the prevail
ing sentiment was opposed to any fac
tional opposition 10 the Administration,
and that the part OF discretion was
united effort to harmoniza rather than
to fermeut The spirit of dissent which
existed in some portion OF the Republi-
cun party.


1t having been ascertained that the
CLERK OF the House has, IN all cases he
regards doubtful, rejected the RepuDli-
cans, and placed the names of the DEM
Gratis on the roll, the Republican mem-
bsrs were requested TO prepare them
selves to protest against any such as
sumption of illegal authority.