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Year: 1879

Another lady makes an article which sells
readily for Sl.60 per pound, and which
experts pronounce stronger and of superior
flavor to the impOgteu article


The remaining question to be solved is :
Can tea be grown in this country as Il pro-
fitablc market crop? The cultivation of the
plant is as simple ~ that of the gooscbcrry


The plants only need to be set in rows
thoroughly titled and properly pruncd to
induce low, compact growth and album
dcncc of shoots. No olcavcs should he picked
until the fourth year from planting, TO
insure robust, healthy and wcll-cstubished
growth 50 that they will endure the strain
of successive strippings, for under the best
conditions the. leaves are picked several
times each yeur. What are these condi-
tions? In the first place, rich, loamy
soil is indispensable, and the strength OF the
ground should be sustained by fertilizers
The climate must be warm, for although
the plant vii! endure Il zero chill, it thrives
best where the summers are long, and
where the temperature is never lower than
six or eight dcgs. below freezing The
last necessary condition is abundant moist
urc. In India the rainfall is from so to
100 inches per annun, and it is doubtful
whether tho leaves would form with sulfl-
Cicut IaplIity w nltikc tlllS crop successful
in any part of tbs country where the annual
rainfall is less than GO inches, and even
this should he ditfuscd pretty equally over
the spring and summer months Of course
where irrigation is possible the rainfall is
of less Importance


There is only Ole way Of learning whether
these and other essential conditions, if such
there be, exist together in this country TO
degree which would insure success. Per
haps the Government might accomplish,
something if it would cease to rely on in
direct methods Of encouraging experiment,
which can only be desultory and unsatis-
factory, and begin some persistent trials Of
its own OH Il scale Of sufficient magnitude
to settle the question conclusivcly. An
appropriation Of $50, 600 would be sufficient
to purchase and stock farm of ample size
in what seems favorable location, aud it
would cover all ncedful expenses for
series of experiments for term of years
1t would then be found what quantity of
leaves an acre would yield, and what would
be the cost of picking and curing. Until
some satisfactory data on these points arc
established, private enterprise will hardly
grapple with such an uncertain undcrtakGg
and wait several years for results Many
acute observers haze faith that the United
States will yet produce its own tea, nnd
better lea than is now consumed here
Year: 1879

A simple device is within tho reach of
every ono having oil ordinary window in
his room, by which fresh outer air can be
admitted in small quantity with such an
upward current as will prevent its being
felt as an injurious draft by tho inmates.
1t is particularly adapted to sleeping rooms
when the weather Is to" cold to admit of an
open window. Thus, start bo;h top and
bottom sashcs Of the window half an inch,
which is not quite enough to clear the re.
bate or stop-beads at the top and bottom,
but which leaves On opening of on inch be-
tween the meeting rails, through which a
current enters, but diverted upward by the
glass as 1t should be, 80 as not to fall dir.
ectly to the floor, as Its coolncss might
otherwise induce II to do It thus becomes
well mixed with the alt Of the reem with.
sNt being felt ss q draft,
Year: 1879

WE WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION


w of Carpenters, Waronmakers and all other Wood
workers to the fact that work both Soft and Hard
Wood Lumber to any desired shape Edge tools eroun
and shArpened in tho best manner. We also
Year: 1879

EN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEC
for the County OF Ormsby.Janes Gettys, plaintiff,
Mary Jane Getys defendant Action brought in the Dis


ct Court of the Second judicial District Of the State Of
Nevada in and for the County Of Ormsby and the
plant filed in said County Of Ormsby in the Office of the
Clerk of said District COur-The State of Nevada sends
greeting to Mary Jane Getys defendant You hereby
required to appear in action brought against you by the
abve named plaintiff in the District Court of the Second
Judicial District of the State OF Nevada in and for the
County Of Ormsby, and to answer the complaint filed
therein "a copy of which accompanies this summOns)
within ten days exclusive of the day of service)
after the service you OF this summons-if
served within this county; if served out of
this county, but in this District within twenty days
otherwise within forty daysor judgment by default will
be taken against The said action brought to obtain


decree Of divorce dissOlving the bonds OF matrmOny
istng between plaintiff and yourself the grounds of
having tied adultery the latter of the
year A d. 1874 and in the early part of the year A. D.
two certain persons, named in complaint, various
and diverse times and places and various and diverse
times ana p ices down to this date with various other
persons that to the exact times and places of said
various acts of adultery that plaintiff is uniformed he
being at said time in the State of Nevada and fur
ther grounds that you had the time of your marriage
with plaintiff former husband living in Colorado by
plaintiffs complaint And you hereby notified that if
you fail appear and the said complaint above
required the said plaintiff will apply the Court the
re ief demanded in his complaint


Given under my hand the Seal of the District Court
of the Second Judicial District of the Sta OF Nevada in
the year of Lord, thousand eight hundred and
seventy nine.


[sEAL.I J. Fl. MARSHALL Clerk


T. C0PPIr. Attorney for Plaintiff je6
Year: 1879

IT is worth while to know how
to stop bleeding from the nose
when it becomes excessive. If it
bleeds from the right nostrl, pass
the finger along the edge Of the
right jaw ill the betting of the
artery which supplies blood to that
side of the face IS felt. Press hard
upon 1t aud the bleeding will cease.
Continue the pressure 1--WE minutes, :
until the ruptured vessels in the nose
have bad time u contract.
Year: 1879

No ice hereby given that all the School University College
Mor



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redeemed according to law; viii o'clock
continued all of lands
Said lands will be offered by Counties in alphabetical order.
n will be
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herein
The
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Year: 1879

desii4d. under the surface of tie ground, tlies saving the construction of ditches, aud their ccasiant repair. In this country where iasa is abuud- at and chcap, and where land witl,- out water is worthless, an invention ef this kind is celtniliy valuable one and something of this kind will surely have ce be lnausurated here. Expexisncssts made with this pipe at San Bcrnariino have proved sue 'cessful, and quite number of fruit growers of that section have signi- fed their willingness to adopt it. A system of irrigation otf this ti char zcter places no water on the sufiice of the g-ound. There is no blowing before or cultivating after irrigating The ground does not become settled, baked or hard by this system of ape' plying water as in the case of sur face irrigation. Less water is used by this modc and the general result Is more satisfactory.
Year: 1879

An individual lately arriving at the Or leans terminus fell in with man who rep- resented himself as bootmaker. They walked into the town together, and were presently met by Pole, carrying a heavy handbag full, as~ he said, of gold and bank notes. The latter soon found an excuse to leave the precious bag in charge of his new friend, exacting at the same time the de- posit of his purse as @ guarantee of good faith. Unnecessary to add that he never returned, and that the bag, on being open- ed, was found to contain lead ard rubbish.

 On the same day, at cafe in the Boule- yard St. Michel three or four persons sat down and partook of some refreshments. after which one of them went up to the counter and asked for change for Q one- hundred franc note. The five gold pieces were duly counted out to him, and he took them up, holding the note in his hand all the time. The moment he had safe hold of them, however, he rushed out suddenly by the door, and was quickly in the cab. This is. said to be the fourth time that this same trick has been successfully played quite lately in this one boulevard.

 The last of the cases reported, and per- haps the most ingenious, is that of mes- senger sent out to deliver valuable packet from one of the ladies' shops to a customer in Vincennes. He was oppressed with the heat of the day and sat down on bench, when an individual accosted him with the question 'whether he would like to be mesmerized." The obliging offer was de- cined, but the mesmerist would not take any refusal, and began to make passes over the face of the victim, who soon suc- cumbed to the charm. When he awoke he found himself deprived not only of his bag of merchandise, but also of his gold watch and chain, his hat and even his boots. The charmer must be magician worthy of place in the Arabian Night"
Year: 1879

Many of our readers have doubtless heard of the famous travelling stones of Australia Similar curiosities have recently been found in Nevada, which are described as almost perfectly round, the majority of them as large as walnut, and of an irony nature. When distributed about upon the floor, table or other level surface, within two or three feet of each other they inlme. diately begin travelling toward common centre, and there lie huddled up in a bunch like lot of eggs in nest A single stone, removed to distance of three and half feet, upon being released. at once started of, with wonderful and somewhat comical celerity, to join it's fellows; taken away four or five feet, it remained motionless. They are found in region ,hati compara- lively level, and is nothing but bare rock, Scattered over this barren region are little basins, from few feet to rod or two in diameter, and it is the bottom of these that the rolling stones are found. They are from the size of pea to five or six inches in diameter. The cause of these stones roll ing together is doubtless to be found in the material of which they are composed, which appears to bel elodestone or magnetic iron pre-
Year: 1879

An extraordinary piece of gossip. (says London correspondent is going about, and is founded, am assured, on positive fact It seems that north of England earl, own ing one of the oldest titles in the peerage, and one of the finest estates in the king dom, has just lost his eldest son, who died of fever abroad. would be more explicit but the circumstances and place of his death would give clue to his name. The earl, however, has a second son, to whom it was expected the title and estates would come. But it has just been discovered that the deceased heir was privately mar ried to woman who had been servant in the family, and had been discharged in con- sequence of relations known to have existed between her and the deceased. She is the mother of two daughters and son, which son is now beyond all question the heir to the earldom, as well as the estates, which are strictly entailed. He is two years old. The mother. it is said, has every necessary documentary proof of the legality of her marriage, so that it is impossible to set aside the claims of her son. The earl who is far advanced in years, is now on the con- tinent.
Year: 1879

A singular anecdote is related by the Rev. J. Bowden in connection with the plague in Norway. At the beginning of the four teenth century it attacked the district of Valders with such severity as to entirely depopulate the country for miles round. About two hundred years afterward peas- ant was one day hunting bear in that part of the country. Having discharged an ar- row at the animal, it missed it's mark, but, flying onward struck against something which gave back ringing sound. Curious to discover what was the cause of the strange circumstance, the hunter searched and found 8 church hidden among the trees. The arrow had struck against the bell of the clock in the church steeple. This was the ancient church of Hedal, which had stood unknown since the visita- tion of the plague, and in the lapse of time large forest had grown up and concealed the sacred building from the eyes of men, The most singular part of the story is, that the hunter entered the church and slew the bear at the altar, where it had taken refuge. [, The bears skin is still preserved in the yes- try of the church.
Year: 1879

Bonaparte lost four aides -de-camp during the short tima he WAS in Egypt. One of them, Croisier, appearing to Napoleon to lack the proper degree of boldness at the proper moment, he burst out against him in one of his violent and humiliating at- tacks of abuse and contempt The word coward escaped him; Croisier determined eral occasions, but did not succeed till the siege of Acre. He was in attendance on Napoleon in the trenches there, when such sharp lookout was kept by the garrison that if an elbow or feather showed itself above or beside them, it was immediately grazed by a bullet Croisier watched his opportunity and jumped upon the platform "Come down, I command you!" cried Ma poleon, in @ voice of thunder; but it was too late; the victim of his severity fell at his feet. Murat, the chivalrous braver of all danger, had also his moment of fear, which lost the countenance of his general until displeasure could no longer resist the brilliancy of his achievements. It was at

 

 campaign, that Murat was ordered to charge body of troops that were making 8 sortie from the garrison. He hestated, and in his confusion declared himself wounded; he was removed from the pres ence of the general, and in every way dis countenanced. In Egypt he was sent out on the most distant and dangerous ser vices; in short, he more than reconquered his character before the battle of Aboukir, on which occasion Napoleon himself was obliged to declare that he wassuperb. The brave Marshal Lannes one day severely rep rimanded a colonel who had punished young officer for a momento of fear 'That man," said he, 'is worse than poltroon who pretends he never knows fear"
Year: 1879

The completion of the Gunpowder per manent water supply tunnel, which will be in the early part of the coming year, will witness 8 somewhat novel excursion. The Water Board have for some time past been informally discussing plans for the celebra- tion of the event of the completion of the great enterprise. The arrangements will include, of course, an official inspection of the .entire plan. The difficulty of carrying out this 'plan, so far as the tunnel from Loch Raven to Lake Montebello is con- cerned, was not overestimated, but the inn pediments have finally been overcome. The tunnel is seven miles in length and about twelve feet diameter. Upon the day ofinspection the water will be turned on gradually at the upper end of the tunnel and flow through until about four feet deep at the lower end. Several long boats will then be launched into the mouth of the tunnel at the Lake Montebello end in which the party will make the trip through the tunnel of water. They will be propelled by paddles or short oars. By the time the P]ACy A"o uaue HUH tue oIstahce Cne lower end of the tunnel will be completely filled by the water, which will be slowly turned on at the upper end during the trip. Head- lights will be placed on the boats and at the arches which will have been erected where the fifteen shafts now are brilliant lights will be displayed, and large numbers will designate each shaft. Every arrangement will be made to prevent accidents, as the drowning of the party, which, of course, will include the city fathers, would be an inauspicious opening of the great water works. The trip up the subterranean river will occupy several hours and will be the first one of the kind ever made. .-Baitinore Gazette
Year: 1879

Lay the dead Hope amid the flowers to rest

 Smooth tenderiy the daisied turf above it.; Watch by the grave by memory's rays caressed,

 Recalling how we used to guard and love it: From its sweet dust fresh fancies may awake, Till new dream it's gentle sembIance take. Though passionate tears fall fast as Summer rain,

 Where the dead love lies in eternal sleep; Though life and joy may never wear again

 The glory buried with it, dark and deep; Just for that dead things unforgotten bliss, A chastened charm may soothe watch like this. But when the shrine where we have garnered up

 Trust, pride, devotion, shivers at our feet; When poison lurking in the loving cup,

 Turns into stinging gall what was so sweet; What sOlace broods above such bitter death? What future comforts us for murdered Faith?
Year: 1879

At the recent inauguration of the Theirs statue some experiments were made with balloon with view of ascertaining to what extent signals could be understood. The eronauts made the signals with a flag, and the experimenters on the earth, at dis tance of more than three miles, received them on mirror and translated them. the Morse alphabet being used for the purpose. The results show that there is little difficulty in communicating with be- sieged town possessing captive balloon.

 Work is a necessity in one way or another to most of us. Overwurk is of our own making, and, like all self-imposed burdens, Is beyond our strength
Year: 1879

From our special reporter We get the following items of interest in re gard to matters st the railroad front:

 Side-iracks and turn-tahle are now being put in for new station to be called Stanwix, 21 and 3-10ths miles cast of Texas Hill The first regular train is to run out there on Monday, and the following timetable is to take effect on and after next Monday, March 3d, on and after which date two trains will run-one each way
Year: 1879

SUMMARY OF THE NEW INTERNAL REVENUE


LAw-IMroRrASr CHANGES IN THE SPIRIT


TAX IAws--rNCrEAsE IN THE POWERS OF


THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SPIRITS TO


BEAR PAPER STAMPS.


Tho act to amend the laws relating TO internal
revenue. which has been agreed upon in conference
committee and which passed the senate to-day. and
will doubtless pass the House. has been popuary
and almost universally supposed to relate only the
subject of tobacco; but such is not the cssc Under
cover Of the popular agitation the subject of tho
tobacco tax bill has been put through which effects
the most sweeping changes in tho internal tax system
accomplished since the law Of 1868. These changes
relate to tho administrative powers CT internal
revenue officers and to the collection of the spirit
taxes and although the law ostcnsibly refers only
10 inland very great alteration is made in
the customs laws by providing for tho stamping of
packages Of imported distilled spirits. thus assimi.
latinv the spirit system 10 that in force rca-
tion to tobacco and bringing our leading customs
and revenue tax laws under tho one head Of stamp
acts.


SUMMARY NEW LEGISLATION.


The first section of the bill provides for tho dis.
missa from Office Of any collector of internal rev.
enuc who shall in any way part with a stamp until
full value s received for It, and declares any delivery
of such stamp except receipt Of its money value
to be misllemeanor. This new penalty H. in sddi.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 1879.
rHE FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS IN THE SEN


ATE-ArTITUDE OF MR.. BAYARD.


On the discussion of the Deficiency bill in the Senate
this afternoon debate clause inserted by
the Senate committee giving the Attorney General
$3.50 carry out the Enforcement acts in the past
and This the democrats claimed was additional
to the Attorney Generals estimates In January, and
Mr.. Bayard opposed the grant in speech in which
he defined his position this kind Of legislation.
remarking that he was opposed to all attempts to
repeal even bad laws by the expedient Of q
threat to stop tho wheels Of government un-
less they were repealed. He denounced
the federal supervisor laws, they are
called, as thoroughly bad and mischievous and
thought they ought to be repealed. but only in q
regular manner and not by lacking repeating clause
sn an Appropriation BILL BUT he opposed the extra
grant Of money asked for by the Attorney General
the ground that the laws had been administered
in an illegal manner and that great expense
had been incurred IN the use of deputy marshals in
Q manner not contemplated or allowed by the law
itself.


There is good deal Of excitement in the Senate on
the subject Of the repeal of the election laws
some of the democratic Senators strongly
urging that the repeal shall be insisted
on even at the hazard Of forcing an extra
session. and it is urged that several Southern Con-
gressmen-elect will be sent TO State prison il tho
laws are not repealed But the answer is made that
il these men guilty they ought to go to prison,
and If they innocent they will be acquitted; or
il they should be wrongfully condemned that will
be grievance Of which the people may be trusted
70 take notice at the next election.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON. Feb. &C. 1879.
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL FAILS WITH


THE SESSION.


The Senate Committee on Commerce has not yet
finished its consideration Of tho Interstate Com
bill of the House. though it is intimated that
It may be disposed Of at the session of tho committee
tomorrow. 1t is Of little consequence now what the
report Of the committee may be. is impossible
for the Senate to reach It this session. Sew
eral Senators have said that tho bill IL
passed the House involves grave questions
IL legislation constitutional grounds. and that il
tho bill were TO up immediately the time Of the
present session would not be long enough for the
discussion which II would evoke. The calendar is
already tlled with more important matters which
must be considered. and the Interstate Commerce
bill will fail this session.
Year: 1879

The case of Edward ]. waugh. the warrant ofhcsa
of the United States Navy. who was arrested at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard time ago on the charge Of
stealing from the government. was reached by the
court martial now sitting at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
yesterday Tho charge against the accused Is that as
the time OF his arrest he passing through the
east gate with sixty pounds of composition metal.
valued at forty cents pound sccreted about his
body Officers sent search his residence in Clas-
son avenue found 400 pounds Of metal concealed
there Action in the case vas postponed until todAy>
Year: 1879

A correspondent tells ut greater length


than we have space for the story of I'm at


tempted fraud which was exploded by
chemistry. An emery wheel guaranteed
to stand 600 revolutions was run at the
speed OF 1000 revolutions, and burst. do
ing Large amount of damage. A suit to
recover was instituted. based on letter
written by the seller of the Wheel in which
the strength Of the wheel was rated ut
l,6OO revolutions. While in the Office of
the prosecutor, endeavoring to effect set
tiement. the defendant observed that a GER
tain make of ink was used, and he learned
by casual inquiry that the same ink was
used exclusively by the prosecutor. The
defendant had tor several years used an
other ink. Taking samples of the two
inks to chemist, he was able, after analy-
sis. to secure solvent which would not
affect the other. The case came to trial.
Evidence was taken as to the kind of ink
each party employed. Then the chemist
was called. and in the presence OF the jury
applied the solvent, which removed the
interpolated Il" and left the rest Of the
writing untouched. The proof of the
forgery was sufficient, and the case was
dismissed, leaving the dishonest prosecr.
tor to defend himself from a criminal
charge.