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Year: 1879

a GREAT many persons would like 10
know by what species of legerdemain the
theft of the Government Printing Office was
countenonced by the majority of the Senate
Committee ON Appropriations.
Year: 1879

THERE is no proof anywhere in existence
that single Southern Republican eector
offered his vote for sale in 1876. Yet the
special report of the POTTER Committee on
the cipher dispatches is based upon the ly-
Year: 1879

The only official of the late House with
whom the hungry ollice-seekers all hesitate
to lock horns is JoHNGEE THOMPSON.
He seems to have been born on purpose to
be Sergeant-at'Arms of the House, and will
probably enjoy his birthright so long rs
the Democracy remains in power 1t is
certain that his accounts have always been
correct, and that in the performance of pub
lie trusts imposed upon him he has won the
good will and respect of all. GLOVER, in
his wild hunt for fraud in which he always
caught another Democrat" never stunt
bed over THOMPSON, for the reason that in
his Office the walking was smooth, and
there was nothing for the unlucky blum
derer to fall against.
Year: 1879

WHEN the hungry Democrats in the COM
ing session of Congress find that they can
not get their own salaries without the
Executive approval of the legislative appro-
priation bill they will discover that there
nre two sides TO the BECK programme.
Year: 1879

WE have neither time nor space to de-
vote to the business of mud Singing with
the Baltimore Gazette. We have exposed il
months ago as shameless liar and dirty
blackguard, and we have no disposition 10
relieve it from that estate by imparting TO it
the slightest respectability or countenance
by future recognition. By-bye.
Year: 1879

THE contest between the Executive and
the Senate in the coming session will be
especially severe over nominations sent to
that body. Southern Unionists who may
have made record for eminent service in
the loyal armies during the late war will
have red-hot gauntlet TO run for confirm
ntion.
Year: 1879

PRESIDENT HAYES might as well begin
now TO prepare u veto Of the repeal of the
national election laws rs at some
later period. The BECK programme
will be carried out to the letter in the
coming extra session, for the Democrats,
in the interest Of selfish aud partisan de-
sire to break down every barrier against
fraud before 1880 have determined to fol-
low the old Scotch Kentuckian to the bit
ter end a good plan for him to adopt, in
view OF the certainty that number of
Vetoes Of the same or similar measures will
be required, would be to htbograph the first
message OF the kind, and then keep q
supply on hand for future use.
Year: 1879

The Democratic complaints against the
expenditure OF the public funds by
the Department of Justice in the pros
ecution and prevention of fraud, are
very short-sighted The idea of making
war against the execution of the laws
for the protection OF the purity Of the
ballot began with those complaints, and has
reached its proper elimination in q demand
for the destruction of every barrier against
fraud and corruption in our national elec-
tions. These complaints and this demand be-
ing taken away from them there would he
nothing left of so-called Modern Democracy
except the seditious relics of Bourbonism,
upon which ii is founded.
Year: 1879

How very weak and pitiaby transparent
is the special report of the POTTER Commit
tee regarding the eipher-dispatch frauds !!
1t admits the attempted crime and then de-
clares that the Gramercy Park paralytic Is
" innocent of this great transgression." But
who will acquit him of guilty knowledge
in the premises when it is known and ad-
mitted that the cipher kilograms were di-
rected to his personal residence, and show
cred upon him, members of his family, and
his personal and political friends, like avery
avalanche of filthy corruption? 1t would
be rs reasonable 10 assume that he could
escape the contagion of the Russian
plague after having slept with the rotten
carcasses of half dozen of its victims, as
that he is free now from the contagion of
corruption with which he was surrounded
in 1s76-'77 But the truth is he was the
original promoter Of this infection.
Year: 1879

THE organization Of the committees in the
next Senate will present very curious ar
rangement of conflicting interests in view of
the diverse influences which prevail in the
Democratic ranks. Mr.THURuAN, of course,
will take the chairmanship OF the Judiciary
Committee, where his peculiar financial
theories will not be permitted to exert an
influence upon the financial legislation of
his party, and where his eminent legal
abilities will have full sway. But Mr.. BAY
ARD, n pronounced hard-money Democrat,
will 90 to the head of the Finance Commit
tee, where his opinions will be impressed
upon every financial measure that may
arise in the coming two years of Demo
cratic rule in Congress. The soft-money
advocates the country over will please take
notice of this arrangement.
Year: 1879

Place woman among the flowers, foster her as tender plant, and she is thing of fancy, waywardness, and folly-an. noyed by dewdrop, fretted by the touch of butterAy's wing, ready to faint at the sound of beetle or the rattling of window-pane at night, and she is overpowered by the perfume of rosebud. But let real calamity come, rouse her affections, enkindle the fires of her heart. and mark her then How strong is her heart Place her in the heat of battle e-give her a child, bird, or anything to protect-and see her, in relative instance, lifting her white arms as shield as her own blood crim- sons her unturned forehead, praying for her life to protect the helpless. Trans plant her in the dark places of the earth, call forth her energies to action, and her breath becomes a healing, her presence a blessing. She disputes, inch by inch, the strides of stalking pestilence, when man, the strong and brave, pale and affrighted, shrinks away. Misfortune daunts her not; she wears away life of silent endurance, and goes forward with less timidity than to her bridal. In prosperity she is 8 bud full of odors, waiting but for the winds of diversity to scatter them abroad-pure gold, valu- able, but untried in the furnace. In short, woman is miracle, a mystery, the centre from which radiates the charm of existence.
Year: 1879

A letter from Hammondsport, N. r., says Two years ago peculiar fish ap- peared in Lake Kenka. The full grown fish were about five inches long, and in shape like a shad. From the threat Q sharp projection of bone extended along the belly to the tail. Alright these fish gathered in schools near the shores of the lake and darted swiftly through the water, with the dorsal fin above the sur face, making noise like that of an as- cending skyrocket. No one had ever seen any of the fish before, and the mys- tery of their appearance has never been solved. They were given the name of "saw bellies." This season the surface of the lake is strewn with the dead bodies of these strange fish. They float on the water by thousands. Occasionally one of the fish may be seen to shoot up from the lake like an arrow, and then it falls back to the water dead,
Year: 1879

A friend and neighbor had son who is so quick at repartee that it is little dangerous to cross swords with him.

 He was out riding with his father the other day, when noting the name of a street, he asked if it was not named for Mir. B., a we'll known but not alto gether popular citizen. "By no means, D said the father, it was not named for him, but for his father, who was very popular and very much esteemed" The son said nothing; so his father, who thought he saw a chance to preach a little sermon, continued cts very apt to be so. A boy has father whom everybody loves and respects for his good qualities and abilities, but in too many cases the boy don't amount to anything" Said the boy, after pause

 "Your father was very much esteemed, wasn't he, sir ?' -.-
Year: 1879

A writer of the Chicago Tribune who has been angling for grayling in northern Michigan writes as follows of the fish: .

 "The grayling himself rarely exceeds two punds in weight, and the average weight in catch is about half pound, so that they run considerably larger than the brook trout. He is constructed upon the model of the trout, though not quite so chunky, his head being per- feet copy. His fins also resemble the trout's, with the exception of the dorsal. which is very large and beautifully marked, and gives him great strength and swiftness. His color is purplish gray, darkest on the back, and his sides are silvery. There are indications of speckles on the belly like the trout's but his distinguishing characteristic is series of irregular black spots on each side, just below the gills,> resembling the letter T. You will always find him in the holes if you approach them care- fully, and the ordinary angle-worm is as good bait as you can find. He does not rise to the bait like trout, consequently you must fish near the bottom of the holes, and this you can regulate with a float, which also enables you to put your line into every nook and corner you desire. He is strong, free bitter, and, as he runs with the bait in every direction with the swiftness of an arrow, flying out of the water with amazing leaps, you must keep firm hand on him and his head must be held up stream. Any sudden jerk will inevitably pull the hook out of his mouth, which is very tender.

 "Once out of the water, give him no chance 10 struggle in the air. Take him directly over your basket and seize him by the gills. If you take him by the body he is as hard to hold as an eel, and will inevitably flop back into the water. In this connection it should be stated that the ordinary creel is of no account, as the scribe can bear witness. Any two pound grayling will flop out of it. A basket with flat top, made of canvas, converging to the aperture, will take them in as easily as if they were fed into hopper. The sensation of the bite oi large grayling is like an electric shock. It makes you jingle to your finger ends. It is not like the dull, humping tug oi the bass or pickerel on the end of 6 trolling line, but rapid succession oi sharp, fierce jerks, and then your line goes dipping, hissing through the water in every direction, and the silvery creature flies out of the stream in curves like those made by salmon"
Year: 1879

FREDERICK MA1oHo, Q murderer, ventured from his hiding place in the woods to his home at Wilberton, Ill. He feared the officers of the law less than he did his neighbors, who, as he knew, would like to lynch him. Hungry and fatigued, however, he had resolved to take the risk of this visit. It was night, and, after eating hearty meal, he lay down on bed to sleep, first placing loaded gun within reach, and stationing his wife at window to keep lookout for lynchers. He had not slept long before she awoke him to say that mounted men were approaching. He unhesitatingly shot himself through the heart,
Year: 1879

The Golden precepts OF our God,
The thorny path our Christ hath trod,


Seem meant for other men,
The pulpit, in its eloquence,
Feels every word that drops from thence


Is meant for other men. ff
The sin it sees, the crimes unseen
The outcast SOUL the wretched mean,
Are all of other men. ai.e -as-
And so from pul pit down it goes ~
The list of sins our paper shows Ha-


f Are deeds OF other men. -
And all good Christians as they read
Rest safely in their chosen creed, 81
t And sigh for other men
"God save those souls; but as to ours, g.
We do not fear the threatening powers
rs Which conquer other men,"
And yet. oh reader, search your heart, =
And see how little tits apart
81 From those Of other men.
How much of strength is due to chance
The happening of circumstance


To you and other men.
In prosperous days you fear no fall;
But tickle fortune changes all


For you and other men.
Oh, how much better it would be
If you could onIy-only see


YourSelf rs other men
See all your meanness and how small
AT best you are, and, after all,


How like those other men.
Year: 1879

Wonderful are the changes that have been
effected of late years in the manufacture OF
leather by the use Of chemicals and ma
chinery, in place of the old-fashioned tan
nits and the slow manipulation of the cur
rier and tanner. II some of our old leather
manufacturers could be resurrccted-men
who were accustomed to soaking their hldes
for wears and turning them aSslduously at
certain seasons-how they would stare TO
see the present process. But every day we
hear OF something new i'll this direction. A
Joint stock company was recently FORMED IN
Detroit for the purpose Of tanning leather
in one hour. We give the information for
what il is worth, but it certainly does look
like sleisht of hand. The process is
chemical one performed BY. the. action OF


certain. inexpensive materials, the COM
pounding OF which in the right proportions
is a secret. It Is claimed that robes tanned
with the hair on are soft as the finest wool |;
hides Of the deer, horse. dog, ETC., are smooth
aud soft, while calf and kip show the tex
ture and grain which shoemakers most ad,
mire. No bark is required except little to
give the proper color TO the leather. Bark
is worth $S to so cord, and about two
hundred cords are required to tan 1000
hides nv the common method. Two cords
would be sufficient to give the proper color
to the same number OF hides, and the saving
in this item will be enormous. We: under
stand that the company. are turning out
from two thousand to three thousand hides
ner month. How the article is wearing we


have not been able TO ascertain, but snail


aotcb the result with interest.
Year: 1879

LEVY BROTHERS,
1917 and 1919 Main street,
CALL PARTICULAR ATTENTION


to the


GREAT BARGAINS
they are now Offering In
EVERY DEPARTMENT,


and


INVITE A CALL,
confident Of their ability 10 give you
the
Year: 1879

MEDICAL. COLLEGE OF VmGGN1A-SPRING
AND SUMNER SEssION.-Amongt the evidences
Of the advancing improvement OF the city
and the times may be mentioned the pros
perity OF our Medical College. The num-
Der OF students during the session Just
closed was greater than that OF any session
since the beginning OF the panic IN 1873.
The indications are that the attendance at
the forthcoming spring and summer course,
commencing Tuesday next, will be large.
Year: 1879

was exhibited in court. 1t is small six
shooter. with one chamber loaded. It car
ries a ball about the size OF buckshot-
certainly no larger.


The hickory cane bought by Curtis to at.
tock PoindeXter with was also shown. 1t
is about an inch in diameter at the upper
end. About the middle Of the cane the
bark had been broken for six inches IN
length, but was not knocked off.
Year: 1879

Some of those interested seem 10
be very sensitive about the China
cum iron mine, Indignantly ressnting
the slightest hint that II MAY not
WELD prof, to those investing. The
policy which dictated recent strict
ures on our course is either very
short sighted or evidence of desire
10 prejudice others against US, by dini
sophis,ical reasoning. Our temper
ate caution has nothing 20 do with
the operation of testing the ore, anu
certainly no capitalist will invest un-
less i, is proved to him, beyond
doubt, that money can be made in
the operation-so that if the mine
will really pay for working it, fair
and unbiased comment cannot pos
sibly retard its development. On
the other hand, without due caution,
the honest laborers who have by
OF industry and economy accumulat'
cd few hundred dollars, might easi.
IL he induced to invest their little all
upon the blind supposition that a
rare chance had offered.


We distinctly remember of an in
instance, not thousand years since,
when good, hard. working fellows
DID invest their spare cash-and they
have never received copper in
return since, and perhaps never will.
1t is the duty ofa journalist to speak
fairly and couscientiously, where the
interests Of the public are at stake.
If the iron mine in question WILL
pay, as some think, then it will be
developed; if not, few words of
caution may possibly save the money
Of some poor fellow who might other
wise squander it in foolish specula-
tion. In this case, we earnestly hope
that the widest dreams Of those who
are enterprising enough to lead off
may be realized, because it would
benefit not themselves alone, whose
public spirit deserves success, but
every one on Puget Sound.
Year: 1879

The latest evidence OF activity on
the part Of sneak thieves in town
was the stripping Of various clothes
lines last Monday evening. Some.
thing must be done to rid this place
of vagabonds.
Year: 1879

The very high price which farmers fire..
quently have to pay for cloverseed should in
duce them to save at least a sufficiency for
their own supply, and undoubtedly, if we'll
followed up. make it a very profitable busi-
ness as money crop, A farmer, who is
vouched for as one of the best coverseed sa.
vers, gives the following hints as to the saw.
ing of the seed: The second crop is for the
seed and is really fit for no other purpose, as
it salivates the stock fed on it. The best
time to cut for seed is very nice point to
determine 1t should be cut when a majori-
ty Of the heads turn brown, and before any
begin to shed off the little seed pods, each Of
which contains a seed. Cut the second Gor
OF clover just as though it were for hay, rake
it into wndrows and let it lie and take one
or two showers then put it into very small
cocks while damp, about one good pitchfork-
ful in place, and when it is dry put into
sacks and cap with something that will turn
water, or what is still better, if you have a
shed or barn, put it there and let it remain
until you get huller to take it out for you
Let our farmers save all the cloverseed they
can, and thus help to make thousands of dol.
lars for the State, now sent out each year tol
cloverseed to sow
Year: 1879

l will tell you very curious and melan.
choly incident that happened on one occasion
in church where was conducting the SER
vice. The windows and doors were, of course,
all wide open, and through one of those open
doors a cobra glded into the church. I did
not notice it myself, but several of the con-
gregation did, and were not unreasonably
much alarmed. The beadle, a native, was
fortunately on the alert, and he managed to
procure tulwar, with which he cut off the
creatures head before it had time to do any
mischief Tranquility was restored, and the
service proceeded to its close, when many Of
the congregation went to look at the dead
snake as it lay headless on the ground
Among them was a man who in his curiosity
to examine the reptile, put his foot on the
head and rolled it toward him when he in
stantly uttered loud exclamation and drew
his foot away. By some means or other be
had contrived to set in action the muscular
apparatus attached to the poison-fangs, which
had darted violently forward and struck hin
on the foot. All remedies were useless il
half an hour the poor fellow was a corpse
proving, with vengeance, the awful viru.
lence of the poison Of the cobra di capello i
Chambers journal.
Year: 1879

This is the way | make good road with q
pow and drag: Commence in the middle
of the road with good, sharp plow, as soon
as the frost is well out while the ground is
yet soft, and plow it into the centre from both
ways, plowing strip from twenty to twenty
five feet wide, then drag it down thoroughly:
then plow again in the same way, then drag
again at least twice over, and so on blowing
and dragging until the road-bed is raised
from one. and-a-half to two feet high. | am
sure to go straight, for nothing looks bette
to me than straight road | don't like ser.
pentine roads. When raised high enough,
drag four or five times over, SOW on grass
seed and roll down.


In the district where live we are taxed
about seventy days on the road. A team
plow and man are counted three days work
With these seventy days work we can round
up good half mile and it is as smooth when
we get done as house floor. Can drive
two-forty gait just like "a mice Being dont
while it is moist, it will pack down sole
and not run up. We used to wait until abou
the 1st of June, then tear things all to pie
ces by getting Jumps on to rough spots anC
making them rougher, and soft dirt on to sof
spots and making them softer and somewha
dangerous for spring wagons to pass over, go.
ing 'helter-skelter up and down and all over


You gentlemen who like good roads try IN.
plan know you will like it. You will b,
astonished how much you can do in a day
how fast you can round up the road and how
nice and smooth it will be when you get done
Plow it fine, drag it fine and do it while tn,
ground is wet don't wait until it gets dry
and hard. Do it right and you will be glaC
and happy and make Others happy. A goot
coat Of gravel put on one year after is an ex
cellent plan, and such road will last man,
years without any more expense.


&. w. PALMER.
Monroe county, N. y Germantown Tel
| egrdph.
Year: 1879

An infdel passing through the shadows
that hang around the close of life and finding
himself adrift amid the dark surges of doubt
and uncertainty without anchorage or harbor
in view, was urged by his skeptical friends to
hold on, but will you tell me what to hold on
byT Here is question which men do well
to consider before they reach the closing
scene. If they are told to hold on, what are
they to hold on by Where is their trust ?
Where is their confidence? ? What certainty
have they as they go down into the shadows (
Surely man who comes to his dying hour
needs something better than infdelity car
give him he needs the guiding hand of Hin
who is the resurrection and the life, who ha.
conquered death and riumphed over the
grave, and who is able to brisg us safely off
at last He needs that hope which is as ar
anchor TO the soul, both sure and steadfast
and which entereth into that within tn,
veil.'
Year: 1879

A studious-looking man arrived at an Iowa
county fair with large and intricate ma
chine, which he unloaded with great care
from wagon. The superintendent asked
him what it was, 50 as to be able to assign it
to proper place among the exhibits. He
replied that it was an apparatus for making
human beings. Il put the proper amount of
bone, muscle, blood, and SO on, into this hop
per, he continued, set the wheel in motion,
and the result within an hour is perfect
adult man or women The only imperiec-
tion in his invention, he went on to say, that
the creatures thus made had no souls, but he
hoped soon to remedy that. He was allowed
to set up his machine, aud to explain it to
the crowds but he was unable to get the
proper material for practical illustration.
Year: 1879

course on the resolutions recently sub
mitted by Edmunds, declaring the last
three constitutional amendments duly
ratified; that the laws already enacted
for their enforcement should be faith
fully executed, and that congress
should further provide for that en-
forcement by additional legislation.


After some discussion the subject
was referred to committee Of seven,
headed by Judge Thurman, to report
to a future caucus. A committee of
three, with Senator Morgan as chair
man, was appointed to report what
further action, if any, should be taken
to secure the repeal Of both sections
of the revised statutes which prescribe
test oaths for jurors in United States
courts.


Mr.. Allison, from the conference
committee on the military academy
appropriation bill, submitted a report,
which was agreed to. The house hav-
ing agreed to report yesterday, the bill
now goes to the President,


Bills on the calendar not objected to
were considered under the five minute
rule.


The house bill reported from the
committee on ways and means for the
issue Of certificates of deposit of the
denomination of ten dollars, bearins
interest at three per cent. and con
vertible at any time into four per cent
bonds, was taken up and discussed.
Year: 1879

THAT paper has no more claims to
journalistic recognition than tramp
has to seat in the house of lords,
says one newspaper about another in
Chicago, because the other paper
printed two governors messages day
ahead of their delivery to the legisla-
lures of Illinois and Indiana respect
lively. Now let somebody interview
about fifty of Chicagos leading citi-
zcns and learn if more than one out Of
the lot has read either message That
is precisely the situation here.