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Year: 1879

tJ. r. Youngs Washington Letter to N. Z. Star.l


We have story that a Mr.. Redfield. Of
Philadelphia, has a letter from Mr.. Borie,
saying chat Gen. Grant will positively de-
cline to again run for the Presidency. Mr..
Borie ought to know, Of course But the news
is old. Senator Chandler received a letter
from Gen. Grant, more than q year ago, most
emphatically refusing to allow his name to
be used in connection with the Presidency,
adding that while his first choice was Conk-
ling, the Republican party had many men
fitted for the position, any one OF whom would
receive his Endorsement.


OF course, 1t IS natural that the General
should not again seek the place, but as his
nomination is to be By acclamation, he will
be forced to accept. The feeling for him
seems to grow rather than wane. Senator
Blaine said to me the other day that the
feeling for Grant was irresistibly strong, and
he could not see how his nomination could be
prevented He said that he (Blaine) probably
had the largest correspondence of any mera-
her of Congress fact which enabled him to
Judge well of the feelings and views OF the
people, and they We're Enthusiastically fol
Grant. He believed that Grant would be
nominated by acclamation, and that he GER
tainly would not allow his name to be used
with Grant In the field"
Year: 1879

What does 1t profit a man to have good
business and to be making money If he does
not have health to enjoy 1t. Many mans life
is made burden to him by fever and ague.
when, If he would only use Reeds Gilt Edge
Tonic. he would ind speedy relief. It restores
the appetite stimulates the digestion, and cor
rects and gives. tone to the stomach, and is a
wholesome, 1nvigorating and unfailing remedy
ague. O
Year: 1879

It Ia related by Chester lady that


when General William Henry Harri-
son was running for the Presidency he
stopped at the old Washington House
In Chester, for dinner. After dinner
wine was served 1t was noticed that
the General pledged his toasts in wa
tor. and one Of the gentlemen from
New York in Offering another said,
"General, will you not favor me by
drinking glass Of winsi" The Cen
eral declined in very gentlemanly
manner. Again he was urged to Join
them in glass of wine. This was too
muth. He rose from the table, his tall
form erect, aud in the most digniaed
manner replied: o"Gentlemen' have
refused twice to partake of the wine
oup--that should have been sufficient;
though you press the cup to my lips
not drop shall the portals. l made a
resolve when started in life that I
would avoid strong drink and l have
never broken 1t. I am one Of a class
Of seventeen young men who graduated
and the other sixtesn fill drunksrds'
graves-all through the pernicious
habit Of social wine drinking. owe
all my health, happiness and prosperi-
ty to that resolution. Will you urge
me now 7"
Year: 1879

SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.


Pain in the right side, under the edge of the ribs,
ncreases on pressure; sometimes the pain is In the
eft sides the patient Is rarely able to lie ON the LEFT
side sometimes the pain is felt under the shoulder
blade and 1t frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder and is sometimes mistaken for rheuma-
tism in the arm. The stomach is affected with loss
or appetite and sickness the bowels in general are
costive sometimes alternative with lax the head Is
troubled with pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part There is generally
considerable loss Of memory, accompanied with u
painful sensation Of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. sllynt. dry cough
is sometimes an attendant. The patient complains
OF WEAKNESS ard debility he is easily startled, his
feet are cold or burning and be complains OF q
prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits are low
ana although he is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial TO him, set be. can scarcely summon up


ortitude enough to Try it. Ia fact be dstrsts every
remedy. Several Of the above symptoms attend The
disease, but cases have occurred where few Of
them existed, yet examnation' of the body after
death has shown the LIVER to have beeI extensive
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Year: 1879

to be avoided, Gays the manicure, In tie
care of the nails is TIE use Of the kni 9
or scissors in either cleaning OF cuttin:.
The nails should never be cut, but
always fled, and never cleaned fxcept
with something hard aud smooth, ike
ivory, which cannot erase the protective
lining Of the nail. OF course, the nails
should not be bitten-scarcely any one
addicted to this nervous and vulgar
habit needs to be told this. They should
a!so Be guarded against br1liEes, which
are the cau.e Of the unsightly white
spots neither sholI the flesh about the
nails be cut by ones self, as very sole
fingers may be caused by csrelessness in
this particular. The nails in prime con.
dition should be curved, and not fat;
long and narrow, with the delicate white
crescent outline at the base, rosy IN hue
and glistening like mirror. Here then
is the standard which the regular patrons
OF the manicure uphold, and more or
less OF the points constituting which may
be achieved by each individual herself at
the expense of some care and not little
Year: 1879

An armv officer who arrived in Chi


cago from the Yellowstone valley day


or two ago, told sto of what happened
to q herd of bufalnes that were migra,-'


ing southwark. The herd numbered


two thousand f We hundred head. They


had been driven out of the Mix river


cou atry by the Indian hunters belonging
to Sitting Bulls band. The herd struck


the river near Cow | land and ventur.d
upon the ice with th~i7 customary con


6dence. The animals came upon TIE


river with solid front, and h'gan the


crossing with closed ranks. The stream


at tho point OF crossing YVES very deep.


When the 'front.' file, which wa1 stretched
out quarter of mile in ltngth, al


nearly gained the opposite shore, the ice
suddenly gave way under them. Some
trappers who were eye witnesses OF the
scene said it seemed as if trench had
been opened in the ice the whole length
OF the column. S0ne four or five hun
dred animals tumbled into the opening
all in heap. Others fell in on top of
them and sunk out OF sight in r twink
ling. BY this time the rotten ice was
breaking off short under the still advanc-
ing herd. The trappers say that in less
than minute the whole body OF brffaloes
mad been pfeciE ita:ed into the river.
They were wedged in SO thickIy that
they could do nothing but struggle for
NJ cond and then disappear beneath the
ice ard the swift current. Not bsast
OF all that mighty herd turned tail and
tried to escape when the ice began break
ing up. In solid phalanx they marched
IN their fatal bath in the Big Muddy"
IN 8 minute from the time the fnt ice
bro,;e not a buffalo head CT tail was to be
Year: 1879

The long yexed debt question has
been settled at last. It was found
impossible to distinguish the just
from the fraudulent bonds, and the
members of tho Convention who fa-
vored scaling, finding themselves in
hopeless minority, were compelled to
compromise with the bondholders.
The basis settled upon is this: The
whole face of the debt is recognized
and the interest reduced to three per
cent annually for fifteen years, after
which the interest will be four per
cent. Though not in accord with our
wishes concerning the disposition Of
the bonds, we are bound to admit
that the settlement ass agreed upon
by the Convention will be q consider
bic relief to the people. Heretofore
the State had to pay seven per cent
interest with very high salaries; now
the interest is less than one half that
sum with proportionately low sala-
ries. By comparatively light bond
tax the State can easily meet the inter-
est and at the same time gradually
draw in the principal. Few bond
holders will be inclined to retain
the bonds at such.a low per centage,
and an active Treasurer might assume
little responsibility and buy them
up at their market value.
Year: 1879

A beautiful young wife in Chicago
has expended much ingenuity in de-
vising a scheme to keep her husband
at home nights, and it proves very
effectual. She flatters her leige lord
about the exquisitely dainty proper
tions of his feet, and induces him to
wear boots about two sizes too small
for him. He is on his feet all day
long in town, and when he gets home
at night she has soft chair and a
pair of cool slippers for him, and by
the time he gets his boots off he has
come to the conclusion that the lodge
is a fraud or his friend amt so very
sick after all
Year: 1879




If Louisiana could he towed out in
the Gulf of Mexico there would be a
sigh of relief from all the rest of the
country. But the mass of corruption
thus dumped into the sea would make
all the fishes sick. Cleveland (Ohio)
Herald.


And if the devil could be induced
to admit the dirty carcass of the editor
Of the Herald into his kingdom, hell
would have the champion skunk and
liar of the universe. AS it is Ohio
bears the shame and dishonor.
~ Fine .Ioh Work al. the CanitOlian
Year: 1879

Dear CGpIt0NG's---Vur peaEt IL hllc0
with joyful emotions a. We write these
lines, confirming the glorious news
that the lightning flashes Of the tele-
graph have brought to the citizens Of
Baton Rouge and to those throughout
the State! Indeed, on yesterday
evening, at 4 o'clock, by q vote ofs3
to Is, the patriotic Convention Of
1870, decreea that the voice Of the
people should be sustained, by the
restoration Of the Capital to the site
selected by the representative men Of
ls45 and 1852.


THIS measure will mark the return
Of o new cru In Louisiana, We arc
sure that this net marks the inaugura-
ton Of tho onward march towards the
establishment Of good government,
and tho development Of the great
resources Of our State. We hope to
sec all eyes turn towards the construc-
tion of railways, In order that the
rich and fertile lands that lie con-
cealcd in these sections now 80 diff
cult Of access, will be brought to tho
view Of tho emigrant who seeks q
home where his labors will meet with
adequate reward. We know that our
great Crescent City will revive just
no soon ~ tho facilities for travel and
transportation are increased. The
Western cities must no longer come
to its doors to take away the wealth
that ought to find its proper recepta-
Gle in our metropolis.


Some Of our New Orleans friends
have argued that in urging the claims
of Baton Rouge, we were endeavoring
to array tho country in unfriendly ut
titude towards this city. They have
certainly labored under very great
error, for our citizens have always
sympathized deeply with its people
ut every misfortune that has befallen
them. Whenever any attempt to ex-
tend the commerce Of the Crescent
City has failed, we have felt the blow
as much as they have themselves


We sincerely believe that it Is 70,


their good, and that Of tho entire


State that the removal Of the Capita


has been effected. Despite the asser'


tions of the Democrat, We MAINTAIN


that we are right when We say tina


in taking away the political head


quarters from here, ne surplus capita


Of this city will be employed in com


peting against those Western citie'


who themselves nre not political cen


tres, and be used more for the fur
therance Of commercial interests. 4
careful comparison ought to sustain


the view expressed in the speech re


fcrred to by the Democrat.


To-day the Convention is goin


through tho remaining articles con


tanned in the report of the committe
on general provisions, at u doubl


quick time. Thirteen articles hay
been disposed Of in one hour and
quarter. At this rate the end will b
forthcoming, and we will then be look
' ing towards the return home.


Our readers must excuse the brevit
Of this weeks correspondence, as on
: feelings arc such this morning as
+ incapacitate us to enter into q discul
0 sion Of general subjects, our apolog
q is that we feel as happy over the j,
storation Of Baton Rouge's honors I
they do.


We therefore give up the pen tb
: time, by reason Of mental and phy'
ical disability.
Year: 1879

Congress adjourned on the I'd inst.
As the session was only marked by
chickering's and political sharpshoot-
ing with the Fraudulent President,
the adjournment will be n relief to
the country. Though Hayes vetoed
the appropriation for the Marshalls,
the result Of the session Is considered
u Democratic triumph.
Year: 1879

Tho people who talk most about
tho papers, and think they know just
how paper ought to be edited, know
less than anybody about the matter.
The man who tries to please every
body Is sure to be In trouble with
everybody.
Year: 1879

A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer writing from Washington
declares that he has evidence to prove
that John Sherman paid for the Gin
DEPENDENT action of the Ohio Green
back convention. Money will do al
most anything nowadays, but it is
difficult to believe that an oppressed
people will permit o representative
body like u State convention to be
bought for a very small price.
Year: 1879

It's now authoritatively stated that
Bishop Wingdeld has declined to
accept the appointment to the diocese
Of Louisiana, made last February.
after having had the matter under
consideration for the past four months.
This will nccessitate tho reconvening
Of the diocesan council Of clergy and
laity for another election.
Year: 1879

THE Times commenting on the news
from Cape Town says: SIT would be
useless to deny either the sadness or
the extreme gravity of the catastrophe.
Whether or not there was any want Of
vigilance on the part of our own force,
1t is clear the Zulus are even more for
midable than our military authorities
expected them to be. We now know
but too well how large force they can
mass at one point. Sad as the loss Of
our troops Is. still graver is the peril
which must arise with defeat. The
Zulus will be emboldened and the colo
nitss will be exposed to fresh and for
midable dangers.
Year: 1879

The spelling reformers are making
headway fast, and the most sensible of
them are coming to some sort of agree
ment as to the essential changes demand
ed. Professor March, of Lafayette col
lege, Pennsylvania, and Professor Whit
ney, of Yale, the two most distinguished
philologists in this country, are the
leaders in a spelling reform association
which has adopted an alphabet to meet
the requirements of the new system, and
has already published primer and first
reader embodying the new characters
and methods. The principal features
are the use of single vowel for diph-
thong or triphthong having the same
sound the substitution of one vowel
for another of similar sound, according
to a determined plan the use of + for
2oh and of Il for oh hard the omission
of final when not pronounced and of
all silent letters, and the introduction of
significant characters to represent sounds
compounded of two or more letters.
The new system seems to be gaining
manv disciples among intelligent men,
CincianG6 Sun.
Year: 1879

The other night, as old Blinks sat lis
tening to the various opinions expressed
about our Indian troubles, he felt con-
strained to relate some OF his own ex-
periences with the Indians, prefacing
bis remarks with the assertion that not
one man in ten thousand knows anything
about the subject. Said he: "You give
me one hundred men as brave as myself,
who would rely on me for strategy, and
follow where would lead, and we'd
whip all the tribes between here and
Alaska |"


Blinks proceeded to state that in the
early days of Texas he commenced the
subiugation of an Indian tribe all on his
own hook. He was both infantry and
cavalry, and his courage and willy tactics
appalled, the Indians more than an ordin-
ary army corps would have done. He
maintained his uneven warfare for several
months, until one day he found himself
some three hundred miles within the
Indian Territory, where no white man
had ever been before. AS he was pass
ing through defile in the mountains,
fifteen hundred Indians surrounded
him. They had closed every avenue of
escape; abrupt mountains lowered on
either hand, their sides lined with saw
ages; several hundred guarded the pass
ahead of him, while an equal number
had closed in upon his rear. To escape
was impossible, the odds were too great
to give battle, so he maiestically surren-
dered and defantly told them to deal
with him as they pleased. The delight
of the Indians at capturing such an i'm
portant and dreaded enemy prevented
them from killing him at once, and they
were two days in council trying to invent
some more horrible torture and manner
of death than they had ever practiced
before.


BY this time Old Blinks had got him
self hopelessly entangled, and the crowd,
seeing his dilemma, demanded at once
to know how he got out of such fix.
Blinks coughed and "sparred for time, "
hoping to invent some way to wind up
the story, but his imagination "fell
down on him and the boys kept press
ing him. He told of his thirst and de-
scribed his thoughts, trusting that some
idea would come, to his rescue. The
crowd, becoming more and more aware
of his predicament, interrupted, dis
tracted and confused him SO much he
could think Of no way out, 80 bringing
his fist down on the table with thump,
and with a look of earnest sincerity,
said: "By George, boys, they killed
me. - Carson (NeU. appeal.
Year: 1879

This be your doom the judges said
To one whose hands with blood were red
" Hanged by the neck till you are dead"
The felon staggered from the dock,
Then paler turned to hear the clock
His waning moments grimly mock.
Then on his wrists they clasped the gives
For law holds fast on murderers' lives
From sentence-day till doom arrives.
He paused, an instant, in the street
For the last time the sky to greet,
And sunshine-ne'er before so sweet
The sheriff's men who jailward led
Looked as II following the dead,
And moved along with measured tread.
Under the prisons frowning gate
he passed the threshold of bis fate,
And parted there with human hate
A keeper by the stairway saith
I" One moment pause to give him breath y
And whispered, "he belongs to DEATH"
AS his cell-door to swing began,
A shudder through his body ran;
Twas opened by the murdered man
The specter- victims ghastly grin
Welcomed the convict-guest within
At last the murderer saw his sin
Only his eye that specter saw
Those grating cell-bolts slowly draw,
Barbing the vengeance Of the law.
The fellon stood at the dark throne,
And heard these words, "I claim mine own
You neer again shall be alone"
His veins seemed filed with molten lead
AS constantly the specter said
Hanged by the neck till you be dead"
Thenceforth the fare whereon he fed
The purest milk, the sweetest bread
Sickened him with its hue of red
Thenceforth that specter gave no peace
My taunting voice shall never cease
Nor shall the scaffold yield release.
To souls like thine by crime perplexed
Remorse shall preach from spectral text
Ever in this world and the next !"


--NeW York World.
Year: 1879

When you go to the table take your seat
quietly and do not commence to eat until
all your friends are served.


Do not eat fast.


Do not shovel your food into your mouth
with your knife, but eat with a fork and
cut your food with your knife.


If you are asked what part of anything
you want, state 1t. If you do not the per-
son waiting on you does not know what to
give you.


Do not rest your elbows on the table.


If plate is passed to you keep it, and
do not pass it all around the table. The
person who waits on you does not know
who to pass the next to.


Do not make the drinking from cup or
spoon vocal exercise.


Do not heap your plate with what you
cannot eat.


If anything is wrong with something you
are eating, do not speak about it or show it
to anybody, but get rid of it as quietly and
quickly as possible.


Do not catch hold of knife, fork, or spoon
with the whole hand with grip like lob
ster's, but hold them easily and in the right
position.


When you pass your plate for more food,
rest your knife and fork against either your
butter plate or saucer.


Do not reach for butter with your own
knife, but use the butter knife.


Do not pour coffee or tea into saucer to
cool.


Do not blow anything to cool it.


Do not leave the table while anybody is
eating without asking to be excused.
Year: 1879

In the first place, the thorough house
keeper feels that the successful manage
mcnt of her domestic duties requires much
thought and attention. She is, therefore,
quite willing to eXpend some brain power
upon it. Now, suppose we set aside one
hour each morning, and decide to devote
that entirely to our house. Let the larder
first be visited, and the ways and means
for the days food be well considered before
the orders are given; and then, if possible,
! let the orders be i1nal. Do not consider it
mt all derogatory TO be seen studying a
cookery book; we must be very perfect if
we can learn nothing from other sources.
Endeavor to have q change of food, and
also variety in the way of serving it-in
short, study your daily dinner. Have u
book upstairs in which you enter all the
orders and quantities which shsuld be given
to the tradespeople each day, and should
the cook order extra or different things, let
her understand that you intend to be the
dispenser of your own income. A good
housekeeper will have some plan i'm her
mind for the weeks food. She will know
when the cook should have sufficient stock
to make soup; and every housewife will
soon find how expecting the soup to be
made. and explaining how it must be done,
will form the habit of having it done.
Our servants are very much what we make
them, and it has been the lazy and inetfi


cient system that housekeeping has degen-
Grated into that has made servants what
they are. In factories and workshops, the
foreman or forewoman exercises constant
supervision over the workpeople; so also
should our servants be looked after. After
the kitchen is attended to, walk up stairs
and see if the rest of the work is properly
carried on. Probably you have given some
order, see if it has been executed as Won
wish. This general supervision will be ten
times more etfectual than the usual fault
finding by fits and starts-a grand row now
and then, when both mistress and maid
lose the control of their tempers, and which
probably ends in notice to quit being given
from one side to the other. Lastly, pay
your bills yourself: it brings you into CON
tact with your tradespeople; it lets you
know more fully the current prices of arti-
cles. Now, your hours time well en-
ployed, and done to the best of your ability,
dismiss the subject from your mind. Do
not be worrying over dinners and servants
all day. always bemoaning shortcomings;
and, above and beyond all, be morally
courageous In home that is well and
conscientiously managed, it will be impos-
sible to find discomfort and unhappiness.
Year: 1879

We clean our premises of these detesta-
BILE vermin by making white-wash yellow
with copperas and covering the stones and
rafters of the cellar with thick coat of it.
In every crevice where rat might tread we
put crystals of the copperas and scattered
the same in the corners of the floor. The
result was perfect stampede of rats and
mice. Since that time not a football OF
either rats or mice has been heard about the
house. Every spring coat OF the yellow
wash is given to the cellar, as purifier as
well as a rat exterminator, and no typhoid,
dysentery, or fever attacks the family.
Many persons deliberately attract all the
rats in the neighborhood by leaving fruits
and vegetables uncovered in the cellar; and
sometimes even the soap scraps are left open
for their regalement. Cover up everything
eatable in the cellar and pantry, and you
will soon starve them out.
Year: 1879

In Algeria there is river of genuine
ink. 1t is formed by the union of two
streams, one coming from the region OF fer
ruginous soil, the other draining peat
swamp. The water of the former is
strongly impregnated with iron; that of the
latter with gallic acid. When the two wa
ters mingle the acid of the one unites with
the iron of the other, forming true ink.