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Year: 1877




MARMALADE.-On peck of ounces
and two pecks of apples, pare and stew
separately; take pound of sugar to a
pound of fruit mix well and cook for
one hour, stirring all the time.


PEACH CeRDIAL.-Make a rich syrup
of one quart of peach juice, and one
pound OF white sugar; when Geld add
half a pint of the best brandy for a
drink dilute with water the same az any
fruit shrub.


APPLE CusrARD PIE.-Three cupiuls
stewed apples, nearly cupful sugar, six
eggs, one quart of milk. Sweeten the
apples well and lot cool, mix the eggs
with the apples, season with nutmeg,
stirring in the milk slowly. One crust.


PRESERVED OUNCES. and quar-
ter the ounces; boil in water enough to
keep them whole when they are tender
take them out, and TO each pound Of
ounce add pound of white sugar let
them stand with the sugar on until the
next day, when you will find the syrup
as light and clear as amber put them in
the kettle and let them boil twenty
minutes; they never get hard. The
water they were boiled In may be used
to make a jelly of the parings; add a
pound Of white sugar to each pint OF
juice and boil half an hour.


REMEDY FOR A FELoN.-Take the
root Of the plant known as the dragon
root, Jack.in-the-pulpit, or Indian tur-
nip, either green or dry; CRATE about
one-half teaspoonful into four table
spoontuls Of sweet milk simmer gently
few minutes. then thcken with bread
crumbs, and apply as hot as possible
This can be heated again two or three
times. II the felon is just starting this
will drive it back, If somewhat advanced,
il will draw it out quickly and gently.
II is well TO put little tallow on the
peultice, especially after opening, to
prevent sticking. This same poultice il
good for carbuncle or any other rising.
Year: 1877

Use cultivated grapes, not too ripe.
If light colored Jelly Is desired, take
them quite green. Boil gently, till the
juice IL flowing, and the pulp half dis
solved. Cool them, and press through
thin, strong jelly bag, which will allow
most Of the pulp TO pass through. Weigh
this and allow one pound and two ounces
Of sugar TO each pound of fruit. Boil
the juice till considerably reduced, then
add the sugar cheated In an oven) and
boil fifteen minutes, when it ia ready to
pour into ri uses.
Year: 1877

Bruise the green nuts and press out the
juice, to one gallon Of which add an ounce
cf cinnamon, half an ounce of mace, one
quarter ounce Of cloves. Put the whole
spices in bag and throw into the juice
and boil till the liquor ia half reduced,
pour In a Jar; add little salt. Let ii
settle two days, thenlilter through fine
piece OF muslin till clear. Bottle in
pints and half pints and seal the corks.
The older the better.
Year: 1877

MANY people, particularly children,
suffer with the earache and for the benefit OF
such We give a sure but simple remedy. Put
in two or three drops Of Josnson's Anodyne
Linfnnsat, stop the ear with undreesed wool,
battle the feet in warm water before going TO
bed, and keep the head warm at night.
Year: 1877

COLLINS Voltaic Plasters are not a
quack nostrum, but a remedial agent OF great
value. Probably no investment Of Is conts in
medicine will be found to yield such grateful
relief from pain and suffering rs these pIa-ters
Year: 1877

The President Thinks IL Can be Solved
Forthwith-His Message to Congress sug.
gesting Legislation to Bring About Specie
Payments.


The President last week sent to Congress
message upon the subject OF the resumption
Of specie payments. The following is the full
text of the document:
Year: 1877

70 the Episcopal General Convention At Dos
ton. Tuesday, tie resolution conseniiDg to tic
erection Of the diocese OF West Virginia was
passed unanimously. It will consist Of the
territory Of this State according to the State
lines.
Year: 1877

The readers of The CLARION may
recollect that in 1870, when the repair.
ing and refurnishing of the Govern or's
Mansion cost the people about forty
thousand dollars, we suggested the pro-
priety of disposing of that ornamental
and costly establishment, or of transfer
ring it to one of the benevolent institu-
tions of the State The deaf and dumb
were then without shelter; but they
have since been comfortably provided
for; and now we see, by the Governors
Message, that ''the main building Of the
Blind Institute is in very delapidated
condition, and year or two hence will
not be habitable, without large amount
of money expended in repairs" We con-
cur with his Excellency in the suggestion
that "the policy of patching an old
building at heavy expense, is, to say the
least of it, doubtful" When we ad-
vocated the policy six years ago of
selling or transferring the Mansion, as
stated, it was construed by some into
opposition to the party in power, and to
the then occupant, although no such motive
prompted the suggestion. 1t now seems
to be appropriate to return 10 the subject,
and we submit that the suggestions of
the Governor in reference to the blind
could be acted upon in no more economi-
cal or practical way than in the trans
fer of the Executive Mansion to the
trustees of the Institute for the Blind.
Let the Governor, whoever he may be,
provide his own quarters, at his own
expense, like other State officers, and lei
this costly building, which has, for some
years, been more ornamental than usefu


be transformed into home for the only
class of the untortunates of our State


who; are not properly provided for


The Blind Institute property, which
embraces about five acres in the heart O


the city, would sell for enough to defra,


any expense that may be necessary il
the erection of workshops for the blin'


on the Mansion square.
Year: 1877

McCombs City Intelligencer.l


We trust that the Legislature will not
fail to submit an amenOment to the Con
stitution, restoring the old feature of that
instrument, the right of each county to
have at least one representative. 1t was
abolished by the Republican leaders
when they controlled the state govern
ment, in order to diminish the influence
of the white and Democratic counties in
the law-making department OF the State
government, and to aid them in perpetu-
ating their rule, in violation of the prin-
ciple that every county should have a
representative to look to and protect its
special interests in the Legislature The
reasons in favor of such an amendment
are so obvious that no argument is need
ed to support it.
Year: 1877

The Independents of Illinois hold the
balance of the power in the Legislature
and seem to be acting with the Demo
Gratis. If the two will unite and elect
some such man as Trumbull, or Palmer
they will do a great thing for the coun-
try
Year: 1877

IT will be shown by the compilation of
the proceedings and debates of Congress
relative to the counting of the votes for
President, that the precedents are all in
favor of counting by Congress, or tellers
of the two Houses, and not by the Pres
ident of the Senate as claimed by the
the Republican managers.
Year: 1877

THE Vicksburg Herald advocates the
utilizing the labor of prisoners placed in
jails for punishment, so far as to reduce
the expense of their keeping, The idea
is a good one. 1t is no punishment at all
to certain class to be confined in jail
and fed at public expense.
Year: 1877

The following is the act of 1871 under
which it is assumed that new election
for President will be held if a vacancy
should exist by reason of the failure of
the two Houses of Congress to agree in
counting the votes before the 4th of
March


Whenever the office of President and
ce-President shall both become vacant
the Secretary of State shall forthwith cause
a notification thereof to be made to the Ex-
ecutive of every State, and shall also cause
the same to be published in at least one OF
the newspapers printed in each State, spec
flying that Electors of the President of the
United States shall be appointed or chosen
in the several States. within thirty four
days preceding the first Wednesday in De-
cember then next ensuing-provided there
shall be the space of two months between
the date of such notification and the said
first Wednesday in December.
Year: 1877

THERE is wailing in the Radical camp
because Gray, State Senator and Briga
dier General of the Ames militia is not;
WOE worth the hour, woe worth the day
When you fell low my gallant Gray"
Year: 1877

Inasmuch as many millions OF people
are in the habit Of smoking cigarettes, and
A, the use Of tobacco in this form has OF
late years spread rapidly,in this country,
the subject is one Of Importance. In Rus
sia. in France, in Turkey. in the East, in
Soain and in the countries peopled by the
Spsuiards. cigarettes are smoked by nearly
all the men and by some of the women.
Cigars and pipes are little used, and as for
the chewing of tobacco, that is tabooed by
all people Of good taste, Of whatever race


Now, is the cigarette injurious? OF
course it is, and so, to degree, are all the
forms of tobacco smoking; but to people
of weak lungs or Of tendency to bron-
chi.l troubles the cigarette is worse than
the pipe or cigar, for the habit of large
part of cigarette smokers is to inhale the
smoke and blow it out after it has reached
the lungs. The practice, indeed, is bad
for any one, however perfect he may be
physically.


OF cigarettes, taken as whole, the most
Injurious are those made at Havana. We
should advise people to be beward Of CT.
sarettes made in Havana. The French are
better, and the Russians better still.
Those made in the United States are very
good.


But if a man will smoke cigaretses, We
advise him to make them for himself, as he
can easily do after he acquires the knack.
If he does that let him procure the Papier
Persan, of French manufacture, sold in
little books. When this paper is burned,
there is left only minute quantity Of
ashes. The proper tobacco to obtain is
that known as the Caporal. By making
your own cigarettes you can get good pa
per, and also avoid the paste used in so
many of those bought.


The great trouble about cigarette smok'
ing is 30 many addicted to the habit inhale
the smoke. This is bad. The absorption
of the nicotine of tobacco BY the mucous
membrane Of the lungs and bronchial tubes
is much more immediate than that by the
mucous membrane of the mouth and lips,
and the consequence is that the inhalation
Of tobacco smoked by people in anywise
weak in the lungs or bronchia is very dan
serous. One thing, However, may be said
in favor Of cigarettes-that the paper pro,
tects the lips from actual contact with the
tobacco, and thus helps to ward off sor
Of disease Of the lips and mouth which
sometimes aftlicts cigar smokers. Bu
there always lies against them the objec-
ton that, being cheap and ready at hand
there is a temptation to consume too man,
of them.


We hope our civil correspondents now
know all about cigarettes but we war;
them that in whatever form they use to.
bacco, they invite trouble Of the nerves
and that moderation there, az elsewhere,
the rule Of tie philosopher.
Year: 1877

Portland has a temperance reform,
one phase of which is that young men
pledge themselves not to treat or be
treated, and another is that the girls
will associate with no young msn who
drinks or frequents a saloon.
Year: 1877

1t is well known that France pro
vilos nearly every: market in tbs
world with coral. .lrl1e Steele gives
some valuable information upon cor
al fishing, which furnishes employ.
ment for a large number of pcoplc:-
The process of coral fishing is of the
most simple nature. Imagine two
long pieces of wood, forming square
cross, in the centre of which a lead
or cast iron wedge is solldly affixed,
and which sinks the whole machine
into the middle of the sea. To each
of the four branches of this cross are
attached fbres of hemp and old ropes.
These fbres arc united by rope Of
about FIVE fathoms in length, so that
when tho cross is sunk to the bottom,
and is put in motion by the move.
ment Of the vessel, it catches, looscns
and retains all the fragments ofcoral
that comes within its reach. When
the captain sees fit, the boat is stop
ped, and it is thon that hard labor
begins for the crew. The capstan
must then be turned, and the heavy
cross, laden with all its booty, and
made still heavier by the resistance
of the water, must be hoisted on
deck.


This hard work is incessant; the
fisherman work on an average cigh'
teen hours day, and when the
weather is unpleasant, which is Of
ten the case on the African coast,
they have not one moments rest
The ship only returns to port to un-
load, to replenish its store of eatablcs
and fresh water, and then immcdi.
ately goes back again. OF all fish.
ing that bfcoral Is the most difficult,
When women decorate themselves
with these pink pearls they little
know what hardships and dangers
had to be undergone to dislodgo this
beautiful product from its ocean bed
Whom coral fisherman leave their
homes they say they are going to suf,
fer the torment of the cross.
Year: 1877

Nothing so strongly indicates the
man Of pure and wholesome thought
as habitual purity ofspcech. BY his
conversation among his own kind,
you may always pretty accurately
form I'm opinion as to the moral worth
of man. 1t is there, where no re-
straint is supposed to be placed upon
his words, that you may discover his
true nature, If he be given to loose
ness of discourse, or his mind wand
ers to the discussion Of subjects pro
scribed in mixed company or respect
ablo society, you may justly mark
him as one with whom association is
undesirable.
Year: 1877

AS to an execution by guillotine,
we are told that the whole thing is
exceeding simple. The criminal is
placed before the basculc, which falls,
bearing him with it, The basculcis
then propelled swiftly toward the
lunette, tho upper part Of which is
raised. The upper part is instantly
lowered us soon as the criminals
head and neck pass through the
opening, lie is always so placed as
to fall face downward, SO that he may
be spared the sight of the knife in
its decent. One Of the assistants
then seizes the head by tho hair to
prevent any conyulsiyo movement
after decapitation that might bring
it within view Of the spectators
The eexecutiones then pulls u cord
which releases the knife, which
flashes downward. The body is then
by one turn of the bascule tilted in
to the huge basket that stands at
one side with its cover raised ready to
receive it, the head is thrown in also,
and the whole affair is over.
Year: 1877

The faith that does not throw 10
warmth rs Of Summer around tho
sympathios and charities Of tho
heart, and drop inyigomtions like
showers upon the conscience and tho
will, is as false as unsatisfying
Year: 1877

The Duke Of Wellington had u
sense Of honor in all money dealings,
and would suffer mono of his agents
to do mean thing hisname. His
steward once bought some land adj
joining his country estate, and was
boasting Of having made very fine
bargain, from the seller being in
straitencd circumstances.


"What did you pay for it?" asked
the Duke.


eight hundred pounds" was tho
answer.


"And how much was It worth?"


eleven hundred pounds, said the
steward, rubbing his hands in glOe
at the thought of the good bargain.


"Thcn take three hundred pounds
and carry them TO The seller, with
my compliment, and don't ever ven.
ture TO talk to me Of cheap land
again"


The steward was confounded and
could scarcely credit his own ears
The idea that any one could refuse to
profit by sharp bargain, and throw
money away in paying more than
was agreed on, was hard for him to
comprehend. y
Year: 1877

Oh he not The first 10 discover


a blot on the name of friend,
A flaw in the faith of a lover.


VIII, St heart may prove true to the end
We none OF us know one another.


And Oft in error We fall;
Then let us speak well or cac, brother,
Orspeak not about him at all.
A smile or sigh may awaken


Suspicion most false and undue;
AID thus our belief may be shaken;


In hearts that are honest and true.
How often the light smile of gladness
Is worn by the friends that we meet,
To cover a soul full of sadness.


Too proud to acknowledge defeat.
How often the sigh of detection,


Is heard from the Hypocrite breast,
To parOuy truth and affection,


Or lu.l suspicion to rest,
How often the friends we hold dearest
Their nOblest emotions conceal,
And bosOms the purest, sincerest.


Have secrets thoy cannot reveal,
Leave base minds to harbOr suspicion.
And small ones to trace out defects;
Let ours be noble am bition,


For base is the mind that suspects.
We none of us know one another,
And Oft into error may fall,
Then let us speak well OF our brother,
Or speak not about him at all.
Year: 1877

Salute the hostess by saying, Gully
how's his nibs?' 1T has an Off-hand
informal pleasantry aboutit that makes
every body feel easy.


1t the evening is warm, shout
sWhootH as you sit down, and inform
the company generally that you do
not wear fannels. (Unless you do !;
then own up like man; don't lie
about it.l


Make mysterious references to sun
dry and divers good times of wicked
nature you have been having with sev-
eral good young gentlemen in compa
ny and cndeayor to leave the impress
sion that the best and bashfulest young
gentleman of all was awful drunk,
while the rest of you were only lit
tie drunk.


Ita young lady takes her place at
the piano to sing, it is your duty as a
gentleman to accompany her with a
very bass 'com-pah, COM .pah, bum'
bum, bum ; especially If you have a
voice like q crow and can not sing a
note. When the lady is through you
should whistle the refrain for your
neighbor who may not have heard the
song. #s


ltlends an air of easy elegance to a
gentleman to chew his toothpick all
the time.s If you have forgotten your
own, borrow some ones else.


Take out your tobacco pouch (you
ehOuld never attend a party without
iD, and make as though you would
take a tremendous large chew. This
is irresistibly funny, and never fails to
make the ladies, who can not chew,
very envious.-[ Burlington Hawkeye.
Year: 1877

The Wilmington DELI Commercial is get
ting good deal excited over our suggestion
that some of the Presidential appo 'ntments
are liable 10 90 over to the next session of
Congress, If it will he patient it will see


whether our suggestion is entitled to any
consideration or not. The Commercial is n
Democratic paper, We infer, and seems TO
De exceedingly sensitive lest we are engaged
IN some "schcme TO cudgcl Mr.. HAYES into
submission TO the majority of the Republi-
san Senators" II our Wilmington cotem-
porary had been half us Jealous a wear AGO
III Its admiration of Mr.. HAYES, it would
scarcely have been found cudgcling him To
secure TlLDEN's election. 1t and its two
Democratic Senators have suddenly fallen
in love with Republican President; but
We have no idea that they are to consum-
mate that love in a permanent alliance. In
year hence they will not affect him any
more than they did year ago The
threats of the Commercial, however. as TO
whether the Democrats will continue TO
treat the administration with courtesy. if
the administration Republicans continue 10
net as unit in behalf of Republican inter
eStS and principlcs"-willn not deter single
Republican Senator from proper Discharge
OF his duty under the circumstances. They
are not made OF the stuff that threats in
timidate.
Year: 1877

THE New York Times of yesterday moru-
ing announces that Tammany healed its cir
cular in MORRIssEy's district with HAYES
and Civil Service Reform with the
intimation that it would be much
better to elect SCuELL than MORRIS
sEY. The news now is that Nor
RIssEY is elected by n majority of 1888. or
course this use of the Presidents name and
policy in this instance is unwarranted by
him, And if he had authorized 1t, the re-
suit shows how impotcnt the effort proved.
The people have concluded to act for them
selves. They are not to he trammeled by
senseless orders from any quarter.
Year: 1877

The vote in tho House on yesterday
would indicate that Mr.. EWING is gain
ing strength in support OF his bill to re
peal the resumption act. Mr.. EwIfG
has work to do in order to get an even
start. with PENpLEToN in the Senatorial
race, and he knows that there is no surer
way to win the Buckeye heart than TO
succeed in his financial measures IN Con-
gress. Hence his persistency sn pressing
the measure.


There are many members who deslrs
to avoid a discussion of the currency
question until after the elections Of next
Tuesday, and some of these members are
favorable to EwING's theory, but who
are willing TO assist in keeping him in
the "nine hole he got into by bringing
in his bill during the morning hour. 80
1t must be conceded that when vote Is
taken directly on the bill that large
majority OF the House will vote for is
passage, and it Is possible it will have
two thirds majority.


The vote IN the Senate will be close'
with the advantage in favor of the
sdvocstes OF repeal. However, If the
President vetoes it there will be no hope
of two-thirds vote in the Senate to
pass it over the veto. About the only
show to defeat the repeal o.
the resumption act Is the Presi-
dents veto. Il, like GRANT, he has 10
policy In opposition to the will OF the
majority, then resumption will bo post
pOned.
Year: 1877

lstions without corresponding penalty.
There is no one to dispute the immense
power of Mr.. MoRToN's brain. His In
tellect was godlike, yet it is sll the sadder
to reflect that such intellectual
gifts were not directed TO an
amelioration of the condition Of his
fellow beings. The sacrifice he made
would then have left q sweet Odor be-
hind. Yet it is not our pleasure to recall
the mistaken part of mis- life, that part
which was 50 potent in keeping alive the
animosities of sectional strife, but
would rather look at him in the light of
partisan who believed sincerely
in the work and destiny of the
party of which he was the acknowledged
leader. To look at him in that light we
are constrained to place him as one of
the first men America has produced. He
was one of the few men who could IN
dellibly stamp individuality upon the
history OF the times in which he hved.
There were others given greater proml-
nence, but when the LINCOLNs, the
JoHHsoNs, the GRANTS and the HAYEsEs
have passed out OF memory, MORTON
will stand out boldly as the controlling
genius OF the Republican party from It's
advent of power in 1861 to the close OF
his life. Whatever OF good or OF evil be-
lougs to the history of the Republican
party is but the reflection OF the good or
evil in the heart and brain of OLIVER p.
MORTON.


While we could not hold up his public
lie as model for future generations, yet
taking his life work and his dying words
together We can learn some lessons
which may be laid to heart. There are
great natural, moral and physical laws
which cannot be violated, and ne wHo
persists in the struggle to overcome them,
however much will of mind or force Of
inlellec. ne may possess, will end the con-
test rs the Indiana statesman did by dis
appearing from the scene with the
feeble crv, "Worn out"
Year: 1877

DIR. H, one of the skilled physi--
clans of old-time Philadelphia, was a
member Of the Society of Friends, though
not always strictly obedient to their
rules. He was called on at one time by a
committee of the -" Meeting," who ex-
postulated with him upon his want of
conformity in some respect. He heard
them patiently, and in silence, and then
said:


I" Friends, have had dream which
would like to tell you.''


They agreed to hear him, and the old
gentleman proceeded:


dreamed that the whole Society of
Friends were collected in our great
meeting house, and attending to the
business of the Church. The subject
under discussion was the filthy condi-
ton of the meeting house, and the
means of cleansing it. Many plans
were proposed and discussed by the
prominent members, who sat in the up
answer the purpose, until one little man
who occupied seat on the floor of the
house, and had not taken part in the
discussion, got up and said Friends,
think that if each one of US would
take broom and sweep Immediately
around his own seat, the meeting house
would be cleaned"


A good lesson for every one. I'M
provements may go abroad, but should
begin at home. Let each man improve
himself, and he will be better fitted to
improve others.