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Year: 1874

A Kansas paper gives the following


report of a judges sentence, lately


passed on a criminal "Brumley, you


Infamous scoundrel You hain't sin
gle redeeming trait in your character.


Your wife and family wish we had sent
you to the Penitentiary. This is the
fifth time I've had you before me, and
you have put me to more trouble than
your neck is worth. I've pleaded over
you long enough, you scoundrel! Just
go home and take one glimpse at your
family, and be off in short order |!
Don't let's ever hear of you again |!
The Grand Jury have found two other
indictments against you, but I'll dis
charge you on your own recognizances,
and II I ketch you in this neck of woods
tomorrow morning at daylight I'll sock
you right square in jail and bumb you
off to Jeffersonville in less than no
time, you internal scoundrel! If ever I
ketch you crossing your finger at man,
woman, or child, I'll sock you right
square into the jug Stand up, you
scoundrel, while I pass sentence on
you p
Year: 1874

A bee raiser has patented an inven-


tion for the protection of bees from


the attacks of the honey moth, which
enters the hives at night and rifles the
stores. The idea arose out of his fa-
miliarity with the daily routine not
of bees only, but of hens.
Hens, he observed, retire to rest
early bees seek repose earlier still no
sooner are they sunk in slumber than
the moth steals into their abode and
devours the produce of their toll. He
has now built stand of hives with
henhouse above it. The bees first
betake themselves to their dwelling and
and settle themselves for the night.
The hens then come home to roost on
their porch, and as they take their
places upon it their weight, sets some
simple mechanism to work, which at
once shuts down the doors of all the
hives. When the day dawns, however,
the hens leave their roost, and the
removal of their weight from the
perch raises the hive-doors and gives
egress to the bees in time for their
work.
Year: 1874

Here is a story of curious attempt
at suicide as told by the Baltimore Sun.
Harry Harden had just quarreled with
her sweetheart, and was infamed with
jealousy, so she resolved to make a
sacrifice of herself on the altar of love.
She set fire to her clothing, but just as
she was getting pretty well enveloped
in flames, and began to experience what
a dreadful torture it was to burn alive,
she suddenly changed her mind and
cried out Justify for help. She was
heard by her supposed unfaithful lover,
who was in another part of the house,
and he running in quickly, subdued the
flames before the fickle-minded suicide
had been much injured.
Year: 1874

Tho old year said to me, as he lay dying,
Why dost thou look upon my face with sigh


ing
gtsh of happy tears prevented my replying.
Oh year! blest year! oh, ever can another
Lead me like thee as gently as mother,
Kindly reprove me, like an elder brother2
Untried the future years are slowly creeping,
Oh, year of years my life was in thy keeping.
And thus stand beside thy couch with weep


ing.
Loved year! lost year! thy latest breath is


iieeting,
A stranger comes, with slow and solemn greet


ing
Oh, speak to me once more and bless our


meeting
True friend, we part Though many men will


blame thee,
Aud with blind hearts will thanklessly defame


thee.
AZ Gods eternal angel still claim thee. Fare


well!
Year: 1874

You laugh as you turn the yellow page


OF that queer old song you sing,
And wonder how folks could ever see
a charm in the simple melody


OF such an old fashioned thing.
That yellow page was fair to view,
That quaint old type was fresh and new,
That simple strain was our delight.
When here we gathered night by night,
And thought the music of our day
An endless joy to sing and pray,


In our youth. long, long ago.
A joyous group. we loved to meet,
When hope was high and life was sweet;
When romance shed its golden light
That circled in nimbus bright


Ger times unwrinkled brow.
The lips are mute that sang these words;
The hands are still that struck these chords
The loving heart is cold.
From ont the circle, one by one,
Some dear companion there has gone;
While others stay to find how true
That life has chord and discord too,


And all of us are old.
Tis not alone, when music thrills,
The power of thought profound that fills


The soul. 'Tis not all art !!
The old familiar tones we hear
Die not upon the listening ear;


They yibrate in the heart
And now YOU know the reason, dear,
Why have kept and treasured here


This song of bygone years.
You laugh at the old d-fashioned strain;
1t brings my childhood back again,


And fills my eyes with tears.


Old and NeW
Year: 1874

To prevent overheated .horses from
suffering from that cause, to one pint OF
water put an ounce of chloride OF am
monia, one ounce sweet spirits Of inter,
one dram of tincture aconite; give a
tablespoonful every hour or two.
Year: 1874

To make violet oil-pigment for print
ing on fabrics, pour alcoholic solution Of
violet aniline B. b. upon finely-powdered
chalk in a saucer, stir well with rod,
and allow it to dry on a hot plate or in
the stove, then stir to powder, and
again simply moisten it with the aniline
solution, dry again, pulverize, and pre-
serve in dry place. For use, rub some
with zinc-white, according to the shade
desired. The pigment is rich, and prints
well, but is not permanent in the air with
ordinary usage, and the best B. B. must
therefore be employed, of q greenish cast
like diamond fuchsine. With this the oil
color wears as well as much more expen.
siye ones
Year: 1874

DIDN'T SCARE WORTH A CENT
An old French shoemaker, who boast
ed that nothing could frighten him,
was put to the test by two young men.
One of them pretended to I've dead,
and the other going to the shoemaker,
induced him to- sit up with the sup
posed corpse. The shoemaker was III
q hurry with some work he had prom.
ised to have completed the next MORN
ing. So he took his tools and leather
and began working beside the corpse.
About IL O'Clock at night q cup Of
black coffee was brought him to keep
him awake. He drank it and resumed
work. About 1 O'Clock, the coffee
having exbilarated him, forgetting
that he was in the presence Of death,
he commenced singing lively tune,
keeping time with his hammer. Sud-
denly tho corpse arose, and exclaimed
in o hollow voice: "When q man is
in the presence OF death he should not
sing!" The shoemaker started, then
suddenly dealt the corpse blow on
the head, exclaiming at the same time:
" When q man is dead he should not
speak, 1t was the last time they
tried to scare the shoemaker.
Year: 1874

The period of ripening Of grain il
that at which the grain contains th,
largest portion of nutriment. 1t il
not that at which the grain is hargles
or of the brightest color, or parts mos
readily from the capsule or envelop<
in which it is contained. Indeed, .
considerable part Of the ripentng pro
cess should take place in the shock ol
the stack. If it is allowed to ripen
or, in other words. dry and harden
completely while standing, the grain
loses much Of its nutritive properties
AS in clover. hay, or grass, q large
portion of the sugar, starch, and gum
is changed into woody fibre by stand
ing after q certain period, 50 grain il
leteriorated by Over-ripening. The
husk becomes developed at the ex.
pense Of the kernel, aud the yield Of
flour from Over-ripc wheat is less than
from that cut in the proper season.
My own practice has been to watch
the fields closely, especially around
the outside or along the fences, he
cause it is there that the grain ripens
first. AS soon as l find that the grain
shells readily and has taken fine
white ctraw color, and when crushed
between the edges of the nails of the
thumb and forefinger produces a
powdery, starchy substance, which is
in 10 way pasty or doughy, 1 turn in
the reaper at once. If the grain il
left until it is too hard to be easily
crushed in this way, it is too ripe and
its quality is inferior. From my ex.
lelience in milling, as we'll as farming,
l am satisfied that it is best for the
miller as we'll as the farmer that wheat,
rye, oats, or barley should be cut al
the precise point here described
When the season is dlier than usual
would hasten the period somewhat
A Pennsylcaaia Farmer, in the Ne,c
York Tribune.
Year: 1874

A VETERAN officer observes: II
never place reliance ON q man who is
telling what lie would have done had
l,a been there. l have noticed that
somehow this kind u people never do
get there"
Year: 1874

Would not the method Of VOC
ing prescribed and practiced n
California, if introduced in thSs
part OF the country, obviate souar
of the evils usually attendiu;
elections? Would it not tend 4
preserve the peace. to quart |,
against fraud, and make the votcl
more independent of dictation..'
The method is thus described
There is no crowd around tha
polling place, as In the Eastern
States. The crowd lis half N
square or moro distant. The
streets and sidewalks are almosii
deserted for a few hundred fee5
each way from where the judgee
sit. Over that vacant space goes
now and then q voter with his
folded ballot in his hand. He is
not allowed even to open it with:
in a hundred feet of the box in
which he is to depos 1t. H5
is not permitted within that dis
tance to talk to any one about
his vote. All the electioneering
must be done at a distance, and
the man. when his mind 10 made
up and Lis ballot folded twice;
marches all alone from the crowd,
all alone over the vacant space.
realizing be is perfectly free and


Individually responsible. He
marches up like man, with no
canvasser or candidate to watch
him, and deposits hid folded ball
lot in the box.
Year: 1874

Congress adjourned, as usual, with
more curses than blessings. But every
such body is so composed and subject
to such influences that IL Is to be judged
rather by what it does than by what IL
fails TO do. Those who describe 1t as
"a den of thieves" and nest of Job.
Ders, merely declare with rhetorical
vehemence that it has not done many
things which they hoped would be
done. But this Congress deserves to be
honored for its freedom from jobbing
and for its general high character, as
well as for its searching inquiry into
irregularities, and exposure of gross
abuses of administration. II repealed
the salary grab and the Sanborn con-
tract law; it abolished the moiety sys-
tenn and the District government; and
the good impetus of these acts will
doubtless lead to n thorough revision
of the whole revenue system. For the
repeal of the moiety system is a far
reaching blow. The sudden and inn
mense reduction of the emoluments of
certain revenue officers also reduces the
pecuniary resources of the Administra-
ton party in the elections, and tends to
restore the Custom house to its legiti-
mate function. That the salaries named
are in all cases what they should be
may be doubted.


For instance, under existing laws
the position OF Collector of New York
\ is an office of such Importance and
| power that it may be questioned
whether man of the necessary knowl-
edge, experience and ability is likely
to be secured for twelve thousand dol
lars year. There have been Collec.
tors of another kind, indeed, who have
been paid very much more, but they
were not appointed primarily to dis
charge the proper duties of their posi-
tion. And one Of the very great ser-
vices OF this Congress is the step to-
ward reform of the abuses OF this
civil service by restoring 1t to its pur-
pose which Is taken by the repeal of
the whole system of moieties and per-
quisites-eXcept in cases of actual
muggling-which was intended not
to save money TO the treasury of the
country, but to provide money for the
treasury of a party.


Another important result OF the re-
forms adopted by this Congress is the
evidence which they furnish that the
Republican majority was wise enough
to know that the party Is quite strong
enough to criticise and reform its own
measures and men. We observe that
a "Liberar' orator the other evening
proposed to his friends to join the
Democrats, and recounted many of the
abuses which the Republicans have ex-
posed and corrected as reasons for OPP
posing the Republican party. There
is fatal touch Of comedy in all lib
crap performance just now. II Con-
gress had elung TO the salary grab, and
retained the moieties and the Sanborn
law and the District Ring and the San
born officers in the Treasury, and
showed itself sullen and incredulous
have been some reason In the denunci-
alton of the party. But as it has been
a peculiarly honest and a strictly in
quiring and a radically reiOrming
body, the invitation to step over and
try the Democrats is exquisitely iudi-
crOus.-HdrDe1''s JVeeklV.
Year: 1874

eight children to mourn his loss, and
not alone will they mourn, but the en-
tire community in which he lived.
His remains were brought home yes
terday morning, and will be inferred
this morning at Pleasant Forest grave
yard, where some of his relatives now
rest in nenCe.
Year: 1874

have cured me effectually if it
had not been for young Clemens.
When went to bed put the
mustard plaster where 1 could
reach it when | should be ready
for it. But John Clemens got
hangry.in the night and eat it up.
[ never saw any child have such
az appetite. | am confident that
he would have eaten me if l had
been healthy. After all this ex-
perience you cannot wonder that
L dread going to New York, and
feel obliged to decline your kind
invitation. Wishing you a pleas
ant and successful time, l remain
very respectfully,


s. L. CLEMENS MARK Twain-)
Year: 1874

First, get a wife; secondly, be
patient. You may have great tri-
ais and perplexities in your bust
ness with the world; but do not
therefore, carry to your home a
cloudy or contracted brow. Your
wife may have many trials, which,
though Of less magnitude may
have been as hard to bear. A
kind conciliating word a tender
look will do wonders in chasing
from her brow all clouds of gloom.
You encounter your difficulties in
the open cir, famed by the heav-
ems cool breezes ; but your wife
is often shut in from these health
ful influences, and her health fails,
and her spirits lose their clasticl-
ty. But oh! bear with her, she
has trials and sorrows to which
you are stranger, but which
your tenderness can deprive of all
their anguish. Notice kindly her
little attentions and efforts to pro-
mote your comfort. Do not take
them all as matter of course, and
pass them by, at the same time
being very sure to observe any
omission Of what you may consld'
er duty to you. DO not treat her
with Indifference, if you would not
scar and palsy her heart which
watered by kindness, would tc
the latest day of your existence
throb with sincere and constant
affection. Sometimes yield your
wishes to hers. She has prefer
ences as strong as you, and it may
be just as trying to yield hel
choice, as you. DO you find i
hard to yield sometimes? ThinE
YOU it is not difficult for her t(
give up always? If you neve'
yield 10 her wishes there is dan
ger she will think you are selfish
and care only for yourself; ant
with such feelings she cannot low
as she might. Again, show your
self manly, so that your wife may
look up to, and feel that you vii
act nobly, and that she can con
fde in your judgment.
Year: 1874

It was here that we fingered, Carina,


One sweet summer night by the sea,
When the world seemed an Eden Of gladness
And only for you and for me.
1t Was here that your blue eyes so tender
Gave back all whispered of love,
As we gazed at two stars that together


Were smiling in heaven above.
But your little hand trembled, Carina-


We wish what was never to be
As one star fell, and only the other


Kept watch over you, love, and me.
Yon are from my side now, Carina,


liuger alone by the sea;
For nv love dream is Ger, and shadow


Has darkened between you and me.
And try to forget you, but ever


There smiles through the mist of my tear:
Your old look of love like sunbeam


That CLEANS out Of dear bygone years.
And think of the two stars, Cariua,


And the wish that was never to be,
Till a voice at my heart whispered softly


Ola heaven still for you and for me.
Year: 1874

The Bohemian says San Francisco
is seldom entirely sober. This is a
sober fact spoken in jest. San Fran
cisco has a greater number of well
patronized saloons than any other
place of its size in the United States,
and the average seasoned and accli-
mated San Franciscan can drink
more whisky and still talk and walk
straighter than any man outside of the
blue grass region. San Francisco has
not been thoroughly sober since the
great fire of ls5lland.it is dollars to
cents that she will not be sober on
the day of the last great blaze when
the earth and all thereon shah melt
away like wax before the flame. The
bohemian should have said San Fran
cisco is never entirely sober and
earned the reputation of an axiom
utterer. sass s-aA4p'- a'oi~
Year: 1874

ARRANGEMENTS are making for the


construction of an Alden fruit pre-


serving factory at Grass Valley. 1t is
the purpose of the projectors to have
the establishment ready for operation


on the first fruit of next Summer.
The Alden has proven a profitable in
vestment wherever it has been ope-
rated. The three evaporators erected
in this city by Mr.. GEO. B. DAVIS are
already valuable property and next
Summer will add largely to the export
products of this valley. We. under
stand that at least two more Of these
fruit preservers will be in operation in
Los Angeles county next season and
that tits the intention of Mr.. DAVIS to
add two more evaporators to his facto-
ry in time for next seasons fruit crop
Year: 1874

And mt them Tor the sum-"


He climbs like huge fly upon the
bald skull of some lofty mountain, and
the primeval hills welcome his daring
footsteps. He taps with the prospect
ors pick at the adamantine doors of
the earth's treasure chambers, and at
his demand they reveal their shining
secrets. His glittering axe lays low
the green plumed forest monarchs,
and on the surface of the emerald hued
prairies he marks the sites of cities yet
to be, Not for him the science of the
school, not for him the graces of cul-
ture, not for him the joys of home, not
for him the sweet solaces of life. But
he reads the story of the ages written
upon the rocks and hears the tale of
mysterious forces whispered by the
midnight stars, and the priest-robed
mountains and the smiling lakes and
white-lipped sunset seas are his palaces
and his kindred.


Southwark you shall behold him,
undaunted by the roar of the Colorado
or the stealthy step of the Apache,
pressing onward and still onward to
listen to the wash of the tropic waters.
Northward his resolute face is turned
toward the wooing mountains of crys-
tai until the North Star CLEANS like "a
mighty diamond in its gold and Grim
son setting of northern lights, and the
sullen sun hangs but for an hour upon
the verge of the polar night, a faint
reminder of the lost Southern cline,
while the booming artillery OF the Ice
King halls the pioneer of polar seas.
Westward there is no longer
West; the iron lace with which Pro-
gress fringes her garments reaches
now to where the Golden Gate swings
back upon its hinges. Asia and the
Orient 81 = Europe Is the Uecidehhtt OF
America.


And still from the silver and the
orange blossom of cactus-fringed and
isnow-crowned Mexico, northward to
where the ice-bergs glitter against an
Arctic sky, our pioneers are marching
and toilings In thetraek which their
fleet feet are breaking our country is
marching onward to her greatness.
The army of civilization swells upon
their pathway. Art, science, progress,
the wealth of nations, the power and
glory, of the Republic, follow. All
honor and all hail to those brave hearts
who lead the vanguard.
Year: 1874

SAN FERNANDO valley is a very
lively place. Farming is fashionable,
and every body wants to be in FASH
ion. A good deal of wheat is going
into the ground. A large amount of
olive oil is daily manufactured which
is worth six dollars per gallon in the
San Francisco market. A casteel soap
manufactory is about to be established
which will convert the refuse oil into
a first-class article of soap.
Year: 1874

GOVERNOR TILDEN of New York is
too good man for this selfish world.
Soon after his election the New York
Central Railroad Company sent him
complimentary pass for himself and
family. The Governor returned that
pass with q polite note saying that he
preferred to pay his railroad fare. If
in short time we have advices thai
wings have sprouted out on the Gov
ernor's back, we shall not be aston
ishad
Year: 1874

ANOTHER Indian doctor has just
been killed by his tribe for failing to
cure his patient, What a pity this
custom does not prevail among civil
lied people. The newspapers would
teem with notices to the effect that
JOHN SMITH died last night and his
doctor is to be hung at noon to-day.
Year: 1874




An Instructive Exeperiment.


The principles in the circu
lation Of the waters of the sea
were beautifully shown before
the Royal geographical society,
recently, by a eimple expen
meEt. A trough with plate
glass sides, about six ieet long
and a foot deep, but not more
than an inch wide, was filed
with water. At one end u
piece was wedged in between
the sides to represent the polar
cold, while the troplc heat was
represented at the other end By
a bar of metal laid across the
surface of the water, the pro-
jectlng end of which was heat
ed by a spirit lamp. Red col
orlng matter was then put in at
the warm end, and the blue al
the cold end, 80 that the cur
rents could could be traced.
The blue water, chilled by
contact with the ice, immedi-
ately fell down 10 the bottom
crept slowly along, and grad
ually rose toward the surface Of
the equatorial end, aftet which
it gradually returned along Ile
surface TO the starting point.
The red water crept first along
the surface to the polar end,
then fell TO the bottom just as
the blue had done, and formed
another stratum, creeping back
again along a bottom aid com
ink to the surface. Each color
made q distinct circulation dur
Ing the hslf hour in which the
audience viewed the expert.
meht. :s.i a.
Year: 1874




PERsIMMON cUffee IS much
preferred tO the burned bean
variety in Georgia. A gentle
man OF ,ha, State hss taken
out . patent tor making 1t, and
describes his process as stohows:
"My mode Of separation con
sists in steamine the iruit for
half IN hour in q boiler, and at
ter crushing them l throw them
into o talk Of water, and the
seeds are easily washed out, as
their own ,ifc gravity car
ries them to the b8ttoin, and
the pulp can be aoated of. The
seed should then be Spread cut
in the sun to dry for three or
four weeks, and tbenoparched
and ground similar TO any 9th
ef coffee-cars being taken to
have them parched sufficiently
to grind easily. The seed by
this process can be obtained
where the fruit is plenty at =
cost of two cents per pound
and If properly prepared ore
equal in oil respects to good
java coffee"


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