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Year: 1877

An interesting decision was rendered
at Boston lately in the case of one Nc
Neil, charged with opening letter
given him for one of the boarders and
stealing its contents. His counsel asked
the court to instruct the jury that, as the
letter had gone out of the custody OF the
United States, it was out of the protec-
tion of the United States; but the Judge
ruled that the law secured the sanctity
of letter further than hepostotfice en-
ployes.
Year: 1877

"A few days ago convict in Illinois,
while in custody of the Sheriff on his way
to the Penitentiary, unlocked his hand
cuffs, jumped out of the car window
while the train was in motion, and made off.
In kissing him good-by his sweetheart
had put into his mouth from her own a
key which fitted the handouts. 1t is to
be regretted that so pleasant and popular
a practice as kissing should be brought
into disrepute by such unworthy tricks
as this.
Year: 1877

To the ambitious young journalist there
is fascination in becoming an army cor
respondent, particularly in Europe, when
two great powers are engaged In such a
gigantic conflict as is now in progress be-
tween Russia and Turkey. The Moham--
medans are averse TO having newspaper
representatives among them; Russian
officials, on the other hand, tolerate them;
consequently the Muscovite headquarters
swarm with special correspondents, who,
as rule, are industrious, forwarding in
teresting dispatches and entertaining
leote',. Russia has got good deal of
praise for permitting journalists to travel
with her armies. to the further deepening
of the disappointment of the young gen
tlemen that were anxious to Try their
pens at describing marches, sieSes, and
battles-a disappointment that is likely
to lose much of its poignancy when
The Young men aforesaid come into
possession of the experiences of the
fortunate men whose good luck they
envied, The correspondents who are
with the Muscovite armies have transmit.
ted graphic descriptions of their surround
inGs. condition, and the regulations to
which they are compelled to con1rm.


Every individual of them must at all
times wear a metal badge on the left arm
must have upon his person photograph
likeness of himself, which must bear the
official stamp of the Russian staff as a
token of authenticity. So solicitous is
the Gar for the welfare of the correspon-
dents, that he has issued orders 10 the
chief commanders to have chem, one and
all, carefully watched. They are to be
at liberty to go where they please. ON
condition of apprising the Office OF the
staff of every change in their locations
a regulation that must fill with despon-,
Geucy the soul of every news-gatherer, and
beget for him the warm sympathy OF all
that were once anxious to fill the place
he holds,


Altogether, the Turco-Russian war
have, in homely language
a hard row to hoe; and theirslot is not oy
any meaus, so enyiable one as II was
before they divulged the treat
ment given them by the generous nus
slams.
Year: 1877

Peel four good sized potatoes; boil
with pinch of salt; when done,
drain from the water; let them dry
for few minutes and mash smooth
ly, keeping them warm then add
one-half tablespoonful of tntter, one
tablespoonful of milk, and one egg,
the yolk and white beaten separately.
Beat these one at a time into the po-
tato with a fork, until all is light
puff; last of all add the whites, and
beat only enough to mix them we'll.
Set away to COOL Form into oblong
rolls, dip in egg (be sure that it covers
every part), then into fine cracker
crumbs, let them stand for an hour or
longer and fry in boiling lard or drip
pings. Drain we'll and serve on a
folded napkin.
Year: 1877

Having good soap is an important
item in household economy, but as
every one has a way of mailing it,
and as, generally speaking, eieh one
thinks her own way best, sltll not
give mine. But a number Of years
ago there was a recipe sold in tiis part
of the State. 1t was published once,
l know, but | think it is worn tell
ing again, and so here it is: When
your soap is done, just ready o take
off, for every five gallons of sop put
in one pound of sal soda, one pound
of resin, and five gallons rainwater.
The recipe said when it cane to a
boil it would be as thick as befoe the
water was poured in, but l always
had to boil a little while. Int il
makes a superior soap, taking tains
and streaks out of clothes Will less
rubbing than soap made just with lye
and water, and it don't eat the lands.


A good recipe for washing fiuA is to
take one pound of sal soda ole half
pound unslacked lime, and simmer in
five quarts rain water till the s,da is
dissolved; then drain off. PO the
clothes TO soak over night when )rac-
ticable. The recipe for it claimd no
washing was necessary, before boiing,
but we always wash the soiled peces.
When ready to boil, put few SPOON
fuls of the fluid in each boiler If wa
ter before putting in the clothes and
boil thoroughly; l think it saes at
least one-half the rubbing, and does
not injure the fabric.


The washing for a large family is a
heavy item, and it stands ever wo-
man in hand to use all available
means to make 1t as easy as possible.
-ETchange.
Year: 1877

excrescence in the same place, and
precisely similar to that on the
strange man, as described by Mrs.
Rand. There was an attempt to
prove an alibi, but it was shown by
the prosecution, that at the time OF
the murder of the late Squire, bis
brother was living in the slums of
low street in Sunderland thai be dis
appeared for a day and on his return
was flush of money. He explained
this, by stating that he wentto Hough-
ton by appointment, met his brother
the very evening before the murder,
and received from him one hundred
pounds, to secure himself decent out
fit prior to his returning home to lead
a new life. The story was not credit
ed, and the Squire was tried and
found guilty, and hanged at Durham.


Two years or more after this, the
widow Rand was at work, early on a
Monday morning, hanging out clothes
in her garden. Suddenly the visit of
the strange man years before, and the
dreadful tragedy that followed, with
its awful sequel, arose in her mind,
and she mechanically turned her
eyes toward the spot where she had
first seen the man digging in the
field. Was she crazy or dreaming :?
There, in the very place, was the
same man, digging as before!


She entered the house, half faint
ing, and briefly told the story to her
sons, who were now stalwart young
men. They went into the garden and
there sure enough was the man. In
two minutes they had their guns ready
and one of them passed round the
hedge to the gate below, where the
man was while the other took up
position near low stone wall, which
cut off part of the field from an open
lot. Both showed themselves at one
time and called out to the man. He
started up and prepared to fly. In
moment the young men closed In on
him, covering him with their weap-
ons. When he saw he was hopelessly
entrapped, he dropped to the ground,
and allowed himself to be captured.
As they led him through the street,
Mrs. Rand confronted him. He was
the double of the man who had visit
ed her, the morning of the 'Squire's
murder, and bore a striking resem-
blance to the late Squire, who had
been hanged as his brothers assassin,
even to the wen which had made
Mrs. Rand's Identification fatal. The
authorities were sorely preplexed,
but the man admitted that he was
the murderer of Squire Green, and
that he had come back in the hope of
finding the money he had buried
there the morning after the perpetra-
ton of his crime. He gave his name
as John Sedley. He saved the Coun-
try the trouble of hanging him, by
jumping from the top of the stage
coach while crossing the bridge into
Durham, and fraoturing his skull
against an abutment.
Year: 1877

a Jerseyman went into his COW sta.
Bile the other day, and by mistake,
mixed her up nice mash in a box
full of saw-dust instead of bran. The
COW, merely supposing the hard times
had come and they were all going TO
economize, meekly ate her supper,
and that man never discovered his
mistake until the next morning,
when he MIXED that COW, and she let
down a half-gallon of turpentine, a
quart of shoe-pegs, aud a bundle of
latbs
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the New York
Times reports numerous cases in Mis-
sissippi in which colOred men and
women have been whipped In the old
slave-driving style. In all the cases
the facts were well known, and yet
no steps were taken to prosecute or
punish the offenders. The men who
now ply the Overseer's lash are Dem
ocrats of the old plantation type, and
who believe the time has come to as
sert themselves.
Year: 1877

War was delared in my house a
week before the Car thought of the
thing said Mr.. Johnson, 'and all be-
cause L happened to get up first in the
morning and help the hired girl about
the fire. Poor girl! She crossed the
Pruth yard ahead Of my wife into
the next door neighbours, aud now


she's working in a hotel. HaaUk-
Year: 1877

The humblest can do something to-
ward making the local paper interest
ing. If you cannot be a defaulting
bank clerk, you can, at least, step on
an orange peel and sprain your ear
BONE SentineL.
Year: 1877

A man never gets very adequate
idea of the length of eternity, nor
how people will manage to kill time
during the endless cycles, until he
watches a boy wedding the garden
when he wants to go fishing.
Year: 1877

When she was told that a buoy was
swimming alongside the boat, an Oil
City lady, who was one of a fishing
party, yesterday. shut her eyes and
said: For PHYS sake, tell the little
wretch to go way !'-Derrick.
Year: 1877

Wealth and want equally harden
the human heart, as frost and fire are
both alien to the human flesh. Fam
Inc and gluttony alike drive nature
away from the heart of man.-IHeo-
dore Parker.
Year: 1877

prosperity depends upon
can consistently work for the prosperity of all.





variety reading matter possible invite
paper quantity quality with
other weekly the made from the matter of daily We
people
the invested in it,
Year: 1877

CURE FOR CRoUP.-Fluid extract of
ipecac will cure Group in its worst
form. Give ten drops once in fifteen
minutes till the child vomits, and
once after, and rub the chest with
sweet oil.
Year: 1877

Free to right free honesty denOune
political religious ring clique


Endorsement him
honestly
e public official.


ADVERTISER Thought Schools
Politics. individual liberty
every South North
those by the Government
obeyance tot guarantees of he Constitution
Year: 1877

If egotism be a grievous fault in preach.
ing, still more grievous is the transmuta.
ton of instruction to amusement. To rob
the Word of its solemnity, to associate the
,reat themes of sin. judgment, repentance,
pardon, the cross of Christ, and eternal life,
with merriment and laughter, is an outrage
upon the truth and a woe to the church.
The trifing jest and low wit that some
times disgrace the pulpit must, we may be.


ieve, send shudder through the rashrt0f
the attending angels who watch the ii
ments of the church on earth. The eccsR
tricities of the pulpit. as these buffooneries
are uphemistically called, are but new
wounds inflicted on our Lord in the house
OF his friends, causing deep grief TO spirit
ial minds, and hardening careless hearts
against all the approaches of the divine
grace. Loose-minded men flock to such
preachers and their churches are Sunday


heatres, not for edfication but for titlla-
ton. A rough or careless manner in preach
ing may mar the delivery of the truth, sug-
5e>ting mere perfunctory performance,
and so, we may say, taking the heart out OF
the service. This is an error all too com
mon. The minister goes through his duty
Is though it were the turning of a crank or
the working OF pump. His matter is most
mechanically arranged, and his manner
matches his arrangement. Many lean con
gregations derive their emaciated condition
from this sort of tending. Instead of
shepherd, the minister is no more than
hireling, and careth not for the sheep. He
gets his pay, and then, alas has to perform
his task. Now, in direct opposition to all
Ihls, we say, that the manner of the preacher
should be earnest, natural, and solemn, and
the preaching should be simple, clear, aud
fresh. Earnestness becomes the awful i'm
portance of the truth conveyed. Where
rternal life or death is at stake any thing
short of earnestness is mockery soul
alive TO the transcendent character OF Scrip
ture themes will speak so that men will fain
hear, and any personal defects of the speaker
will be forgotten in the impression made by
his iervency The seraph has touched his
| lips with a live coal iron off the altar, and
that is enough He has an eloquence far
ing how he should accent this syllable or
round that sentence, ever looking in glass
AS the elocntionists do, but he will be him
self, while forgetting himself, and speak out
the tulness of godly heart This was
Pauls way. His naturaluess will thus be
necessary accompaniment of his earnest
ness. Equally necessary will be solemnity


lie speaks about God, before whom the an
gelic host will vail their faces, and he speaks
about human sin and misery aud agony, and
he speaks about cross all bloody with the
drops of expation, aud amid such thoughts
he can only be solemn. The Bible is a
solemn book. 1t brings a solemn message,
Its proclaimer must be solemn preacher,
DR., Crosby in The Edinburgh Council,
Year: 1877

TO make our reliance on Providence both
pious and rational, We should prepare all
things with the same care aud diligence as
il there was no such thing as Providence to
depend upon; and when we have done all
this, then we should as wholly and humbly
rely upon it as ii we had made no prepara-
ton at all; for if we trust God we may be
sure OF all that Omnipotence can do for us.
-SoufL
Year: 1877

FAITH.
And so beside the silent sea
walt the mufiled oar
No harm from him can come to me
On ocean or on shore.
know not where his Islands lift
Their fronded palms in air
only know cannot drift
Beyond his love and care. - Whittier.
Year: 1877

rur past winter has been one OF great I'M
nortance to the farmer. 1t has proved a
much disputed fact: That winter wheat is
tho wheat for Montana. Heretofore it has
haen claimed that this wheat would do well
enough in hard winters, when the snow lay
deem but it would die out when not protect
ed hy the snow from the wind and frequent
freezing and thrawing. The winter just
mast has been one of much less snow than
usual. and high winds have prevailed almost
continually. There has also been much
more freezing and thawing than usual but
our winter wheat never looked better. Why
ia this: 1t is because our farmers are learn
ing how to grow it. Instead of leaving the
ground dry as formerly, they now irrigate
late in the season, thus leaving the ground
too wet to dry out by the wind. 4 few
years ago, the raising OF winter wheat was
deemed impracticable and, in fact, there are
many sections of our Territory which still
cling to this delusive idea.


But since it is now proved to be good,
even the worst of seasons for it, we may
safely predict its general adoption. The ad-
vantage of sowing in the fall is that it gives
it an early start in the spring, placing it
almost out of reach of the young grasshop-
pers, and generally being too far advanced
to be injured by the immigrants. 1t is, in
our judgment, the wheat for the mountains
There is less danger from frost, the yield is
better. and the quality of the wheat is also
considered better. One Of the advantages
likely to be overlooked is the production OF
wheat in localities where spring wheat has
always failed from the fact of it's beng to<
late.
Year: 1877

Alfalfa is, when once set, very tenacious
of life and Of very rapid and strong growth.
1t was formerly thought to require very
rich soil and that it would grow in no other.
Experience. however, in this State has dem
onstrated that many of the former impress
sions in regard to this clover were erroneous.
We know of no forage plant that will grow
so well in so large range of soils as alfalfa.
The light, drifting sands and the stiff adobe
Or clay soils seem almost equally adapted to
the growth of this valuable plant, The
rich river bottoms and the red lands of the
foothills produce it almost equally well
when once it has hold in the soil, and the
deep-running tap-root has started downward
Tor moisture. Even the strong alkali lands
afford it congenial nourishment and support
It's green, luXuuant foliage when once the
seed has germiDated and the young plant
has appeared upon the surface. Indeed the.
roots OF alfalfa seem. like beets, to extract
The superabundance of alka!i from the soil,
ana thus to be one of the best agents for the
reclamation of this kind Of soil. The seed
ot alfalfa being small and the plant when
young quite tender, it is somewhat difficult
10 get 1t started, except under favorable cir
eunstances and in well-prepared and pull
serized soil. Hence the idea originated ano
gained ground that nohe but the deep, ricl
Year: 1877

We commend the following good sugges-
iions, taken from the Rural Sua,, to our
Montana farmers:


It may be safely asserted that the people
of America, with all their advantages of eli
mate and variety of soil, have never learned
to raise one fowl where France produces
one hundred. There are more fowls con-
sumed in that country than any other in the
world according to population. There, rails
inc poultry is regular business, and they
make it pay. The two great staples in that
country may be said to be foaoI and grape,
and that they live by and upon these two.
We possess facilities for the production OF
both of these in richest abundance, and the
inquiry is simply our people are not willing
to raise fowls, because too many Of them
feel and think it too small business to be
engaged in Each family raises some; very
few families raise enough for their own fam
.ily use; and ic is very rare thing to find
one where enough is raised to make it protl-
table as a business. In order to conduct
poultry raising profitably it is important to
have the best varieties for this section, with
arrangements for keeping III separate yarus'
scattered about the farm, so as not to engen-
der disease by too many being in flock,
and all their quarters kept in order, and
plenty of good, pure water, with choice
suitable food. In raising fowls very great
care must be had not to crowd too many
together, cleansing and fumigating the es-
tablshment.


The whole economy of this industry has
to be studied and practiced to be made prot
liable, and it will then be found to be one OF
the best for the amount OF Investment ana
labor. The profit is first in having the very


best food in eggs and meat that can be for


the family use; and next in raising what is
always ready sale at good prices the year
round, bringing in continuous stream OF
money. The little boys and girls can be


we'll and profltably employed in this work
? and it all tells in summing up the family
Year: 1877

loans We're adapted to its growth these be-
ing the most favorable to the successful GER
mnation Of the seed and start of the Young
plant. In sowing in the heavier or lighter
soils greater care must be exercised as to
the time of sowing and mode of covering
The seed will not germinate except it be in
quite moist, and even wet soil, and will not
grow if covered so deep that the air cannot
have free access to it, Hence, if it be sown
packed down either before sowing, or both
before and after, with Il roller or heavy
board, and should be soWn just before Il
rain. In this condition and at this time the
surface OF this character of soil will hold
the moisture about the seed sufficiently to
germinate it, and give the little tender plant
start, and all will be well and safe if the
roots have penetrated below the point of
danger of drying out or being uncovered by
the drifting of the sands. On salch soils it
is more safe to sow early in the season, even
at the risk Of frosts, than to wait and risk
the drying out in the hot sun. On stiff,
adobe soils that are liable to crust over after
a rain. it is better to sow the seed as soon
after the rain as possible, or as the soil can
be dragged without rendering it sticky or
lumpy. If sown in such soil before a rain,
the crust forming Immediately after will
very likely prevent the young plant from
getting up through it, and then the seed and
labor will be lost. 1t is better to sow the
seed OH such soils also as soon as danger
from frost is past, rs they are more liable to
crust when the sun is warmer, later in the
season.


The poorest soil for alfalfa is one that has
hard-pan. or stiff, impenetrable clay sub
soil The roots coming in contact with this
hard-pan can go no further, and the roots
and plant itself become dWarfed and sickly
and will only produce from one to two crops
in the season, and these early in the season
before the surface moisture has dried out
The best lands for alfalfa we have ever seer
are the made lands along our river banks


In these lands it throws down its tap-roo


from fifteen to twenty feet, and never feel


a drought or want of moisture, and is eve


green and growing.-San Francisco Bulletin
Year: 1877

DOME ESTlC ECONOMY.


WE Gull the following useful hints to
house-keepers from the Castoante 1g,icul-
tu1ist:


In copper utensils, if the tin has worn off.
have it immediatly replaced.


Be clean in your person, paying partic-
ular attention to the hands, which should
always be clean.


Empty soups or gravies into a basin as
they are done; never allow them to remain
all night in the stock pot.


Cleanliness is the most essential ingredient
in the art of cooking a dirty kitchen be-
ing disgrace to both mistress and maid


Be very particular in cleaning all vege-
tables free from grit. Nothing is so UNI
pleasant, and nothing so easily avoided, il
but common care be exercised.


Do not 60 about slipshod. Provide your
self with good, well-fitting boots. You will
find them less fatiguing in warm kitchen,
than loose untidy slippers.


If you have spare kitchen cupboard, keep
your baked pastry in it; it preserves it crisp
and preserves it from getting wet and heavy,
which it is liable to do in the larder.


Ifyou have large dinner to prepare,
much may be got ready the day before, and
many dishes are a great deal better for be-
ing thus made early. 10 soups and gravies
this remark is particular applicable.


Provide yourself with dozen good-sized
serviceable cooking aprons, made with bibs.
Those will save your gowns, and keep you
neat and clean. Have them made large
enough around so as to nearly meet behind.
sonings, ETC., dwindle down so low that
some day, in the midst Of preparing q large
: dinner, you will find yourself minus very
important ingredient, thereby causing much
confusion and annoyance.
Do not scrub the inside of your frying
pan, as after this operation any preparation
; fried is liable to catch or burn in the pan.
with hard crust of bread, and wash in hot
water mixed with little soda.
Pudding cloths and jelly bags should have
: your immediate attention after being used
the former should be we'll washed, scalded,





and hung up to dry. Let them be perfectly
:, aired before folded up and put in the draw
: er, or they will have disagreeable smell
: when next wanted.


: Do not be afraid of hot water in washing
= up dishes or dirty cooking utensils. AS they


are essentially greasy, lnkewarn water can
> not possibly have the effect of cleaning them
ef1ectually. DO not be chary also Of chang
;, = ing and renewing the water occasionally.
= You will thus save yourself much time and
= labor in the long run.
v When you have done peeling onions, wash
: the knife at once, and put it away to be


cleaned, and do not use it for anything else
s until it has been cleaned. Nothing is mas
f. tier or more indicative of slovenly or unit
If dy cook than to use an oniony knife in the
d preparation of any dish where the flavor ol
" the onion is a dsagreeable surprise.
,r After YOU have washed your saucepans
is fish kettles, etc. stand them before the fire
II for few minutes, to get thoroughly dry in
Of side, before putting them away. They shoul,
,e then be kept in dry place, in order tina
k, they may escape the deteriorating influence
y of rust, and thereby be quickly destroyed