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Year: 1877

In the subject of this brief sketch few
people will fail to recognize the pretty,
vlvacious young woman, who, with her
handsome face, sparkling eyes and at
tractlve manner was, until recently, the
IDOL OF her family and the pride of many
friends. ''-.1


During her childhood she was reared
amid the influences of an attractive, re-
lined home circle, and as she grew to-
wards womanhood she was constantly
surrounded, by precept and example,
with all that could tend to keep her
footsteps in the path of virtue, and her
life free from the sins of the world.


But pretty form and blonde COM
plexion, combined with an attractive
bearing and fine conversational powers,
soon drew scores of admirers to her side,
but no thought Of suspicion was ever
Dreathed against her character, and until
very recently no stain of reproach was
cast against her hitherto fair name. Yet
the tempter approached, and if rumor
speaks correctly, he approached in the
shape OF man who had already taken
upon himself the VOWS of matrimony,
and whose dissolute character readily
enabled him to stifle all feelings of honor
for himself and regard for the fair girl
whose ruin he successfully accomplished.


The sold, old story" soon unfolded
itself. Detection was speedy, and when
the guilty truth could no longer be con-
cealed, the frail creature, disregardine
the pity and sympathy of her still loving
friends, plunged deeper and deeper into
the life of infamy and reproach, Daily
her conduct grew more bold and defiant


while her circle of guilty admirers in.
creased in extent. Rapidly losing ali
Feelings OF personal regard or sense oi


shame she fed from the home circle


where virtue and contentment existed in
painful contrast to her depraved nature


and now, with few kindred spirits, this


once bright, beautiful and virtuous young
} woman is keeping house of ill-fame in
The western part of the city.


I. Such is the briefly told tale, which i:


an every day occurrence in the larger


cities, but which the citizens of Whining
ton do not frequently have their attention
directed to. 1t is a sad recital, and while
. friendly hearts will deeply sympathizt
with the afflicted family, whose bereaye.
ment is far greater than if death had en-


tered their portals and taken the onct


loved one in all the purity of her fresl


young life; they will also join in exc


Grating the horrid actors who claim res


pectability while they assisted to bligh


her young hopes and blasted her charac


ter forever in the eyes of the world.


How terrible must be the feelings Q


the seducer. In many of the States tn
, crime is made penitentiary offence, an,
, it should be in Delaware. How woul
:. these foul and wicked wretches like t
e have their own children debauched or Sc
/ their sisters thus led to ruin. 1t is i'm
= possible for these men to escape the eye
g Of the community. The day is past whe
: the responsibility of such an offence to
r community will be looked over in s
Z lence, or in which the punishment an
a shame will rest only on the weaker an
g . Trailer party to the scandal. How teri
. BILE is this warning to the young an
4 thoughtless.
Year: 1877

Nothing could be more cruel than curb
bits for working horses. we saw this
morning a poor little donkey hauling
heavy stones; his under lip was tightly
compressed with a strap, and swollen as
large as an egg. On opening his mouth
we saw raw and bleeding hole, where
the curb was pressing in his jaw; the in
We bought the right kind of bit for the
donkey, and had the satisfaction of
seeing him comfortable and easily man.
aged. E.W.
Year: 1877

Alfred Jochen, who was recently shot in
the head, is again very low.


During the heavy rain yesterday after
noon, many of the streets were impassable
owing to the large amount of rain that fell.


Harry Heacocks was run over at Sharon
Hill Station, on Wednesday evening, by the
9.45 train from Philadelphia.
Year: 1877

Will be one of extreme pleasure to have
the opportunity Of visi ting the far famed
r. sorts of the northeast coast Of New Jer-
sey, and narroWs of New York Harbor, on
one excur ion, for a low fare, will leave
Year: 1877

General kautz and Secretary Go>prr have been on a trip through the hills as far east as the Peek mine, visiting the mines in Turkey Creek on their way. We learn that the General has lead m Turkey Creek district named the Indian, which shows well on the surface and has men employed working out assessments. Secretary Gospcr has taken up the north extension of this claim and has named it the Sadie" quite an enduring name by the way.

 The Goodwin mine is looking well. and the shaft k down Seventy-tivc feet showing we'll defined walls with excellent ore.

 The Holmes mine has a tunnel in on it ~eventy-five feet and the owners ire cNtrac- ting very rich ore which they are asserting carefully preparatory to shipping it to san Francisco.

 The Peck mine still continues to yield enormous rich ore. IL Is estimated hy the Secretary that the Company have on their dump S200, 900 and ore that shows itself in the mine worth several hundred thousand dollars more. The General and Secretary are both high in praise of the iattcring prospects the mineS seem to possess; but declare the hills very dry
Year: 1877

in France and afterwards married again
in foreign country. has been subjected


to new and cruel kind OF legal perse


cution. The French Courts have or
dered that she be fined 1000 francs y
day until she returns to the keeping OF
her former husband the two children OF
her first marriage. The fine will be leV-
led on the income OF her property In
France, which is under sequestration.
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star.


WASHINGTON, March 5.-The Senate,
after the appointment of a committee
of three to wait ON the President and in
form DIm of its organization for busi-
ness, adjourned till tomorrow.
Year: 1877

Gen. Joe johnson is credited with the
statement that both sides were greatly de-
moralized after the first Bull Run battle,
and then he now believes it would have
been better for the South if the North had
won that battle, for in that event the wal
would probably have ended there.
Year: 1877

Our EXPORT TRADE-Rc0ica! Of B48ineSs.-
1t is now very generally believed that the
demand for American breadstuffs abroad
will this year be so unusually large as to
require nearly the whole of our surplus to
meet it, If these anticipations are realized,
and the supply, instead Of being rushed to
market in bulk, is sent forward in steady,
continuous stream to the shipping points
during the autumn and winter seasons and
through the ensuing spring, prices promise
TO be good and to be we'll maintained. 1t
is only by such a rapid accumulation of
breadstuffs at the European ports as would
cause glut there that prices would fall at
the shipping points and spectators on the
other side Of the Atlantic make the profits
that should belong to the producers. On
the other hand if the Western farmers are
so unwise as to hold back their crops now
in the expectation Of getting higher prices
in the spring, the result will be rush tc
realize when prices have risen in conse
quence of the artificial scarcity thus pro
duced, and the market being thus suddenly
overstocked a reaction would set in anC
prices forced down below what they woulC
be under an equable outhow.-Bah San.
Year: 1877

THE EXTRA SEssIoN-The extra session
of Congress, which begins on the 18th of
next month, is likely to be of unusual
intesest. While the message of the Presi-
dent is expected to be brief, and confined
to the special business for which the session


has been called, the House will have TO
elect Speaker, the Senate will have to
dent IT, since inc K Adjourned e and there tag 5feT ere
threats by republican politicians that the
question of the confirmation of these ap-
pointments will become the occasion of an
organized war on the President and his
cabinet Should these expectations be
realized the extra session will be exciting,
and may last till the regular session meets.
Year: 1877

Agnes Herndos in answer to 8
very pressing iavitatIon exten Ted
by the Governor and members of
Legislature read in Jefferson CITY
last Monday and Tuesday. She will
favor her friends of this city with
her appearance at the Opera House
10 this city to night and tomorrow W
night.
Year: 1877

M uili effer Our entire stock of
goods tlcost and less for the next
6U days We want to close out the
entire stock by that time or will
close the entire stock cheap to any
one wishing to engage In business


WOODWARD & Cons.
Year: 1877

Leave all and follow Theel 0 blessed Lord,
fdin would leave the cares and tolls Of life
he ceasaless worry, and the endless STRIFE
Zen the scan, toys my earthly days afford,
Il were pleasant task to follow Thee
Up to the heights Of Heavenly calm and peace,
Where pain and discomfort forever cease,
And all from grief and sorrow ares free
But IOrd, Thou once did say, II we would tread
The narrow path, We too must bear cross,
And ser7e Thee well, counting ell elso as dross
Remembering, when sad how Thy heart blcd,
It by doing that which we should do,
We follow along the blessed way
Thou bid'st us all work well while vet It's day
And not the smallest duty to eschew.
We cannot serve Thee well through idle days,
Zen though our hearts be filed with love and prayer
Labor is w0rship"-we must do our share,
And do it faithfully, to meet Thy praise
leayeall and follow Thee Yea, all the sin,
And all the paths which lead aw1y from Thee
llut from our labor we shall not be free
Until our harYest.sheayes o Thee we bring
And, nothing 10th, turn my eyes away
From iar-Oh heights which know not toll or care
Duties we'll dOEe Thou dos accept as prayer
In Thine own mansions we shall rest some day


-FdM Walton
Year: 1877

The Savage incline, a point near the
water is so hot as to be almost beyond
human endurance. But for their shirts
tbe skin of the men would be blistered as
though by a jet of scalding steam. A
man from the mine recently showed a
Mister on his arm that was nearly as
LARGE as a mans hand. This blister was
caused by exposing his arm at the bot
tom of the incline. 1t is so hot down at
the water that in screwing a nut on the
end of bolt one man would be able to
do no more than fasten a monkey-wrenct
nnon it before he would be obliged to re
treat, Another would then descend anc
giye the wrench two or three turns, wher
6e would fall back, and third maj
would 90 down and give it few turns
Yesterday morning the "giratie go
of1 the truck well down on the incline
and in trying to replace it one OF small


Marty of men was 50 overcome by tn


heat that he fell down in state of IL


sensibility. His companions carried hir
from A point between tho LOO and tn


900 foot levels to the 800 loot level {
The Hale and Norcross mine, where b
could obtain mouthful of fresh air. ii
was still unconscious when he reac9e
the point named, - Virginia City Eate
} prize,
Year: 1877

OPENING OF FAIR IN AID OF THE FUND FOR


ITS PURCHASE.


TBx TxLEoRAPH TO THE zERALp.l


BosroS, Dec. 8, 1877.
Boston's celebrated landmark and Revolutionary
heirloom, the shape Of the Old South Church. the
OF . brilliant and interesting gathering this
ing tho occasion being the inauguration Of
fair, the proceeds Of which are 10 be applied TO the
iund tho preservation Of the ancient cdilcc Tho
weather very stormy, but In spite OF this the
gathering was such as 10 crowd the old sanctuary
every part and among the visitors were some OF the
the community The collection OF articles sale
and exhibition probably comprises a more varied
Of and valuable curiosites Of gen.
crations than were ever before exhibited, many OF
which have been contributed from Now York ana
other distant points. Incidental to the opening ths
which, with the absence Of elaborate speeches. added
TO The pleasures OF the occasop.
Year: 1877

clsion, which was carried by vote Of
lat to Ut.


The two Houses will dissolve the
Joint session after the objections are
made to Oregon, and then the House
will take recess till Monday; this will
be In accordance with the electoral bill.
The trouble was that those who voted
for immediate recess, without receiving
the Oregon decision, were too fast.
Speaker Randall does not mean to be
caught violating the law, though he is
In favor OF all the delay possible under
the law. He summarily equelched the
attempt to adjourn In violation. OF the
electoral bill. BUELL..
Year: 1877

tle-feld, and she will be only one of


many nations there.


All this very possible relapse into


the darkness of history will be in the
midst of civilization, in scenes dear
and familiar to the educated mind,


brought by modern appliances to with
IN hve minutes OF London office.


The world is to be outraged in its
grandest theatre. A civilized world
just rebuked for its excessive self-res-
traint, its unmanly dislike of force
and its foolish readiness to trust in
peaceful means, is to witness, with
equaDtmity, two admitted representa-
tives of older ideas in terrible conflict
careless how much they destroy, or
whether they perish themselves, 80 as
they may drag one another down to
perdition. The world will not long
endure this spectacle. 1t has just de-
clared to both the Powers at deadly is
sue that its law is humanity, and that
it will enforce that law when the time
for force arrives. The world will not
permit the earth to be desoloted and
three continents to be made the scene
OF struggle begun in an interchange
of defiances, and if left to itself pretty
sure to last as long as one party has
the strength to hurl defiance at the 9TH
er. Wars begun in reason may spontan
eously end in reason. The weak may
bow to the strong. The wise may
swallow iadignity and hide resent
ment. But there is neither reason, nor
wisdom, nor even confessed weakness
here; but, on the contrary two terrible
and uncompromsing antagonists. A
long score of mutual injuries and re.
examinations has led to more hatred
and there is now an accumulation to be
drowned in blood. Civilization &C.
knowledges no such dire necessities;
but what we. e.are now to witness is out
of her pale. Unhappily, it is not al
together clear of her territory or iso-
lated from her belongings. On the con
trary, it is an awful and present dan
ger, and in self defence, she will lhave
to conf1ne it to the smallest possible
limits and secure its early extinction
if she can.
Year: 1877

CINCINNATI, May 7.-At late hour
tonight young couple who were mar
ried this morning were in the Newport
Jail, and the father of the bridegroom
was looking for some one to go on the


bond that would release them. Very
early this morning Alexander Joyce,
aged IL, came over from Newportto Gin
cinnati, by swearing one or two things
that were not strictly true, this young
lover procured license and was married
to the bride before o'clock. They re-
turned to Neport, and the mother of the
bride, finding it YVES too late to undo the
marriage, in her wrath swore out war
rant for the arrest of the daughter for
grand larceny, and for the son-in-law for
provoking breach of the peace. Both
were sent to Jail, being unable to give
bonds, and their bridal bed wss In the
cell-room. 1t is said the girl has been
badly treated by her mother, which
seems to be proved by this unnatural eff
fort to send the daughter to the peniten-
tiary.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, May 11.-Silver coin
may now be obtained by any one with
out the expense of transportation, upon
the deposit of notes or fractional curren-
cy with any United States Assistant
Treasurer or national bank depository,or
national bank notes may be sent to the
United States Treasurer free of expense
and silver will be returned therefore
Silver, however, can be sent only in null
tiples of $1,000, and deposits should be
made in like sums.
Year: 1877

A very remarkable game of base ball
was glayed in Boston yesterday between
the Harvard and Manchester clubs. The
game was called at the end of the oath
inning, neither side having scored a
run.
Year: 1877

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 Formerly there WAS very strong prejud- nee against alfalfa for hay, especially for horses. It was considered good enough for cattle, but too coarse for horses The principal reason for this prejudice was found in the fact that we did not know in the first place how to SOW alfalfa, and in the next place when to cut it and how to use it Years of experience have taught us what there is in both these point, an l now alfalfa is the best hay produced in California. if not the best produced in any other country. Alfalfa wants to be sown thick. at least 9 pounds to the acre. Ifsown this thick. and a good stand is obtained. the clover grows fine, the stem being tender and juicy, instead of coarse and woody. But even then it must be cut early. or before the seed begins to form The best time to cut alfal- fa for hay is before the blossom is in full development This is not all If cut thus early, and then not properly cured, the hay is greatly injured, if not ruined It must not be dried in the sun, but as soon as wilted should be raked into the winrow and put into small ricks or heaps. to be dried princi- l pally by the air and without direct expos ure to the air. Those who are going to SOW alfalfa this spring will bearin mind that one acre thick on the ground will be worth more | than two acres standing sparsely on the | ground. fyou have but small amount of seed, better SOW that on part of your Al Al balance. When once seeded it Is almost l to thicken the stand by sowing new seed with old clover, from the fact that al any time the new seed would grow, that already on the groundso shades it that it will not germinate. The sowing must be done well at first Sow thick, and then cut and cure as suggested, and you will have the best of hay for cattle or horses, Oraay hay eating animals.
Year: 1877

One of the problems Of the day is the
preservation Of meat. Large cities are
far from the sources of supply. In
South America, Australia and Texas are
thousands of cattle, but their CONNER
cial value exists only in their horns,
hides and tallow, while their flesh is lost
through ignorance of the way to pre-
serve it. Scientific men have long
wrestled with the problem of transport.
ing meat for long distances in good con-
dition. A company in Texas cans and
preserves the principal elements OF beef
under an American patent. Their sales
have been quite large, But the chief
objection to this as well as Liebig's Eek
tract Of beef and its limitations is that
it can be used only In liquid form. 1t
is only recently that the preservation of
solid meats has been possible. A New
York company has for this purpose a
unique process. The beef, or rather
meats, is first dried by patent blowing
and steam evaporating process, after the
removal of all bone and fatty or gristly
substances. 1t is then packed in ex-
tremely thin slices and will preserve its
good qualities for an unlimited period
IN any climate. In fact nothing re-
mains in the meat that can decay. A
quarter of pound of it is equal to a
pound of solid meat.
Year: 1877

A London court decided not long ago
that the editor of newspaper or maya
zine is bound to return a rejected article
if it is demanded, when it is still extant,
but it is not bound TO give compensation
for its destruction, if he has destroyed it
before it is demanded A case of the
kind has lately been decided at Paris.
The director of paper there received
the MS. of story, and gave receipt for
it. After several months the author ask
ed for the insertion of his work, It's re-
stitution, or compensation. The director


asserted that he gave up the MS. to re-


preventative of the author who came to


reclaim it, butdoes not seem to have produ-
ced proof of this. and added that the
notice at the head of his paper to the eff
feet that the MSS. would not be returned
was suffi icient to relieve him from re-
sponsibility. The Tribunal of Commerce
of the Department of the Seine, looking
to the fact that the receipt gave the ar
ticle had been acknowledged by the edi-
tor gave the authordamages tothe amount
of <240.
Year: 1877

There is one thing which nature does
not supply and which all civilization, J.,
the Germantown Telegraph thinks, reR-
coal But charcoal made of wood does
not answer the purpose; it has no taste of
food, is not attractive to the fowl, and is
seldom eaten. But if any one will put
an ear of ripe corn into the fire till the
grains are well charred, and then shell
off the corn and throw it to his flock, he
will see the eagerness developed and a
healthy condition brought about which
will make decided improvement. All
pale combs will become bright red
that busy song which precedes laying
head, and the average yield of eggs will
be greatly increased.
Year: 1877

From the Camden ~ J. Post.


Mr.. Horace Sharp, acting treasurer
of the Camden Building and Loan
Association and after the adjournment
of the meeting, carried from thence
the funds amounting to over $1,000 de
termined to use a little seasonable
subterfuge he accordingly placed the
money about his person, and carried
the box containing some small change,
with as much care as though it con-
tanned large instalnent of the noted
Alabama claims. 1t was we'll this pre-
cautionary measure was taken for not
withstanding he had a companion in
the person of his brother in law, Mr..
Frank Derrick, the tin box and its pro
tectors had not reached the shelter OF
their nearby residence at Line and
Broadway before they were attacked
from behind by two ruffians, armed
with base ball club anu a huge piece
of white oak. With these Messrs.
Sharp and Derrick were vigorously as
sailed, the latter felled to the earth
with the base ball bat and the other
with the piece of live oak. Though
badly hurt, Mr.. Derrick sprang to his
feet and ran, giving the alarm as he
fled. This frightened the Williams, and
probably saved Mr.. Sharp's life as
they Immediately picked up the tin
box and ran. II was near midnight,
but Mr.. Derrick's cries for help soon
arc used the persons residing in the
neIghborhood, who came to the scene
of the outrage in numbers, and regard
less of special attire, gave instant
chase. The box when secured was
found to have been broken open but
most of the small change was found
upon the ground near to where the
box Was dropped by the flying ruffians,
Year: 1877




The Cincinnati correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times, an Inde-
pendent Democratic paper, after
carefully stating the issues that will
be prominent in the coming Ohio
campaign, thus sums up the situa-
ton, and answers his question as to
who will win, as follows:


"It is early to say. Still, looking
over the ground calmly and critical
ly, it seems as though the Republi-
can chances were the best. There
is general satifaction with Hayes and
his policy among business men and
the great middle classes, who are
tired of the conflicts and contentious
for the past ten yers. They want
peace by way of reconciliation" and
''pacifcation, which is usually the
last route tried and the only one that
succeeds. That the people of Ohio,
after a thorough canvass, with all
the facts before them, will repudiate
Hayes and the Republican policy of
pacifcatiOn does not at this writing
seem at all probable. But it will
be a hot contest, and all will be said
against Hayes and his policy that
can be said. The great policy which
will restrain anti-Hayes Republicans
from lukewarmness in the cause at
election day is the knowledge that if
the Democrats carry Ohio by de-
cided majority this year, they will be
morally certain to elect their Presi-
dent three years hence"