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Year: 1878

esterday afternoon party of five
gentlemen left this city for the purpose
or trying their luck al fishing in the
creek near Kianensi. Alter pleas
ant drive they arrived at their destina-
uon, and after considerable discussion
they Game to the conclusion that the
water was to cold to venture in, and
In consequence they returned home
without having obtained any members
OF the finuy trine.
Year: 1878

Washington, April LIN the House
to-day Butler said that ON Monday
next he would move to suspend the
rules and adopt a resolution instruct
ing the Banking committee to report a
bill or bills, first, providing for the re-
issue of fractional currency of the
denomination of so and % cents, and
the withdrawal of subsidiary silver coin
of the same denomination now in cir
culation, as fast as received at the
Treasury, and preventing the further
issue thereof. Second, Providing for
the printing and issuing of 100000, 900
legal tender notes of the denomination
of one, two, three and FIVE dollars, to
be paid from the Treasury for the ex-
penses of the Government.
Year: 1878


She is found in Bath Room with her


Throat Cut.


New York, April 1.-The police were
startled by the announcement that the
well known Madame Restell had been
found dead early this morning in a
bath room in her mansion on Fifth av-
enue. The ex-Judge Stewart, of Dis
trictattorney was called by the woman's
family at an early hour and was inform
ed that she retired late last night feel
ing very respondent about her trial
which was to take place to-day. She
rose at night and went into bath room
where she fell dead. The Madame sta
ted to a friend last night that she did
not care what might be the result of the
trial so far as she herself was concern
ed-she only cared for the reputation
and feeling Of her grand children.


The court room was crowded in an
ticipation of the trial of the notorious
woman. but before the case was
called, the telegram announcing her
death were received and the Judge or.
dered a postponement till tomorrow.
Year: 1878

BOB lNGERsoLL said the other day
to an interviewer that his father had
only one misfortune-hi religion. The
brilliant Bob probably for the moment
forgot his own entry into the world.
Year: 1878

ORANGE MARMALADE - Allow equal
weights of oranges and white sugar; peel
and quarter the oranges-careiu to re-
move the inner thick skin from the yell
low peel. Boil the peel in clear water
once, changing the water once, about
fifteen minutes after it first bOils,
to remove the bitter taste. When ten
der, boil it slowly for three or four
hours, drain in Il coandGr and cut into
delicate shreds with a very sharp knife.
To prepare the pulp, remove the seeds
and white stringy outside part; squeeze
out the juice and thin pulp into n bowl
and pour over the sugar; cover the pulp
with water and boil until tender; then
pound the pulp in D mortar, or cut into
small bits, and with the water in which
they were boiled add, with the SHREDDED
yellow peel, to the sugar and juice. Pat
the whole into Il porcelain kettle and
boil. When it begins to thicken it must
be tried occasionally by letting little
cool in spoon upon ice. Great care must
be taken that it does net burn. When as
thick as desired, turn into cups or tum-
blers, cover with paper wet in brandy
and tie down tightly.


BOILED CHICKENS, DEvGLED SAUCE
Have two or more spring chickens, SINCE,
draw, pare the wings, cut off the sumps,
split by the back, crack the main bones,
put the legs Inside, ilatten slightly, season
with salt, white and red pepper; bastc
with melted butter, sprinkle little fresh
bread d-crumbs over, then broil slowly and
well done on very moderate charcoal
fire; dish up on slightly buttered toasts
of bread, and serve with devilcd sauce
either poured around or in sauce bowl.


CHEESE FRITTERs. Slice thin Il half
dozen large, tart apples, and prepare
half as many thin slices Of cheese. Beat
up one or two egg9, according to the
quantity required, and season high with
salt, mustard and little pepper. Lay
the slices of cheese to soak for few mo-
ments in the mixture, then put each slice
between two slices Of apple, sandwich
style, and dip the whole into beaten eggs
then fry in hot butter like oysters, and
serve very hot. These fritters arc an ad-
dition to any breakfast table.


WAFTLEs.--One egg, one cup of milk,
one and half cups of flour, one table
spoonful Of melted butter, one teaspoon
ful Of sea foam and pinch of salt. Sift
the sea foam and salt through the flour.
Beat the egg very light, add the milk and
stir in the flour. If you measure both
flour and milk with the same cup this
batter will be just right. Have the waf-
fle iron very hot on both sides and very
we'll creased. Almost everything de-
pends upon the baking, They must he
eaten Us soon as baked
Year: 1878

MINT TO DRIVE AWAY RATS -Four
years ago my barn was regularly infested


with rats; they were so numerous that |
had great fears Of my whole grain being
destroyed by them after it was housed ;
but having two acres Of wild peppermint


that grew in II field of wheat, after the
wheat was harvested the mint was cut and
bound with it, and drove the rats from
my premises. have not been troubled
with one since, nor am | at present, while
my neighbors have any quantity of them.
l feel confident that any person who is
troubled with these pests could easily get
rid of them by gathering good supply
Of mint and placing it around the walls
or base of their barns.--Candda Farmer.
Year: 1878

one has them. 1t only gratifies a
momentary spite to force your own


unfavorable opinion of him, deep
into another's mind. 1t never did
any good. All! if this world, full
of ugly people and awkward peo-
pie, of silly people and vain people,
knew their own deficiencies, what
a sitting in sackcloth and ashes we
would have. The greatest of all
things that man can possess is a
satisfactory identity. If that
which he calls pleases him, it is
well with him; otherwise, he is
perfectly wretched. Let your fell
low beings alone; hold no truthful
mirror before their eyes, unless
a pure intention to uproot sin. So
may a mirror without flaw never
be prepared for you.
Year: 1878

Above all things, says Professor
Huxley, in Popular Science Month
ly, let my imaginary pupil have
preserved the freshness and vigol
of youth in his mind as well as his
body. The educational abomina-
ton of desolation of the present
day is the stimulation of young
people to work at high pressure 10y
incessant competitive examina-
tions. Some wise man (who pro-
badly was not an early riser) has
said of early. iisers, that they are
conceited all the forenoon and stu
pid all the afternoon. Now, wheth-
er this is true of early risers in the
common acceptance of the word
or not, | will not pretend to say /;
bnt it is too often true of the un-
happy children who are forced to
rise too early in their classes.--
They are conceited all the fore
noon of life, and stupid all its af-
ternoon. The vigor and freshness,
which should have been stored for
the purposes of the hard struggle
for existance in practical life, have
been washed out of them by pre-
cocious mental debauchery-by
book gluttony and lesson bibbing.
Their faculties are worn ont Ivy the
strain put upon their callow brains,
and they are demoralized by worth
less, childish triumphs before the
real work of life begins. / have
no compassion for sloth. hut youth
has more need for intellectual rest
than age; and the cheerfulness, the
tenacity of purpose, the power of
work, which make many a success
fnl man what he is, must often be
placed to the credit, not Of his
honrs of industry. but to idleness,
in his boyhood. Even the hardest
worker of us all, if he has to deal
with anything above mere details,
will do well. now and again, to let
his brain lie fallow for space
The next crop of thought will he
all the fuller in the ear and the
weeds fewer.
Year: 1878

Don't rob your neighbor Of his
good opinion of himself. Crush a
woman's self-esteem, anh you make
her cross-graiued and snoppish.
Do the same with man, and you
only make him morose. You may
mean to create q sweet, humble
creature, but you'll never do It.
The people who think best Of
themselves are apt to ne the best.
Women grow pretty 10 believing
Year: 1878

UP ELL GRAVEL MINING MACHINE.
A San Francisco company is preparing
to mine in Tuolumne County with the
new Hydraulic Gravel Elevator. They
are preparing the claim for the new
machine, and expect to have everything
for operation by the time full supply
Of water is obtained. From prospecting,
it is ascertained that there is large
sink Of gravel in the hill, where they
intend to put up the machine, which in
times past has beea found to pay well
wherever tapped by means Of shafts
Water and other difficulties Of working
by the old method, caused it TO be
abandoned as improbable, although the
gravel was known to be good. There
being no dump, and too much debris to
remove by hosting, it was decided by
the company to put on one Of the newly
invented Hydraulic Gravel Eievators.-
By this machine water and gravel can
be sluiced up hill, and mines worked
IHdJ nave nO hNllps IL saws b'uloOh
tunnels, open cuts, and drains works
as good as a 10 or II inch grade, and
will handle RS much gravel in proportion
to the water used. 1t can be made Of
any capacity. Wherever hydraulic pres
sure can be had, say 100, 200 or 800
feet, a mine can be worked to as good
advantage 30 or 50 feet deep as through
an open cut or tunnel. Five sizes Of
the elevator are made. A u inch ma
chine, the smallest, carries 800 inches
of water and gravel in the suice head.
The driving water is always returned to
the mine and used for washing the
gravel into the elevator. This machine
is successfully worked at the American
Flat claim, at Fiddletown, Amador
county, at Canyon Creek, Oregon, and
at several other places. There are many
other localities where these machines
would save costly tunnels aad open cut-;
and where a sufficient fail can be OBJ
tanned to work them they couy be cm-
pIoycd to profitable advantage. Their
introduction will mark new era in
extensive and profitable mining opera
tions.-F0ot HiH 1Jdhags.
Year: 1878

No CoNFIDENcE * SHERMAN.-A
Washington special says the House
Banking and Currency Committee pro-
pose to ascertain on their own account
exactly how much gold there is in the
Treasury available for resumption. To
this end they will request Of Secretary
Sherman that all gold be weighed in the
presence Of the members Of the Commit
tee, and members of the Committee
will be detailed to 60 to New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Cincinnati, Chi
cago, New Orleans, ST. Louis and Balti-
more and witness the weighing Of gold.
The Collector of the Por! Of San Fran
cisco will be instructed to certify, under
oath that be has seen the gold weighed at
the Sub-Treasury there The Committee
believed that this should be done SO as to
settle all doubts as to whether the amount
of gold in the Treasury is correctly stated
by Sherman.
Year: 1878

Convection CERTAIN.-The Confer
ence Committee of the two Houses of the
Legislature having agreed on the Consti-
tutional Convention Bill it is probable
the measure will now pass and receive
the Governors approval. The Confer
ence agreed to a compromise retaining
the % Delegates Mt large-8 from each
Congressional District-and allowing pay
at the rate Of $40 per day. The position
Of the bill is this 1t is now with Tie
Assembly, which will concur in tie
amendment Of the Senate adding 80 dele
gates at large. The bill will then go to
the Senate, which will recede from its
amendment to the salary section, when
it viii 60 to the Governor for his approv-
al. There is no reason to believe that
either the Senate or the House will refuse
to accept the terms Of agreement of their
Conference Committee, and the Consi-
tutional Convention is now an assured
thing.
Year: 1878

RESUMPTION PROBABLE. A most
important conference between Secretary
Sherman and the members Of the FL
nance Committee was held Tuesday,
and tho Secretarys propositions bid
fair to become the basis of such "A com
promise between the moderate men on
both sides Of current financial questions
as will give thecountry a settled financial
policy. Sherman requested that his re
marks be treated as made in confidence,
but information has been gained so show
that he placed before the Committee facts
showing the practicability Of early re-
sumption, and in case the agitation was
suspended by the inilationists, he protes-
sed his readiness to offer two concessions
making greenbacks receivable for Gus
toms dues and providing for the issue of
certificates upon silver bullion at no coin
age value, under proper restrictions
Sherman's ostensible object in appearing
before the Committee was to protest
against the repeal of the Resumption Act,
the House bill for that purpose being be-
fore the Committee. In his statement he
showed that the country was close upon
metallic resumption. The worst was over
and nothing remained to be done but leg
islate favorable to the end. He had sixty
millions of gold on hand free Of encum--
brances, twenty millions of gold ccrtih-
Gates, and every prospect existed that
this sum could be raised to one hundred
millions. The Silver bill he was now in
clined to regard as blessing in disguise,
and the silver coined under it would be
daily added to the metallic reserve with
these resources at his command. He felt
that freedom from unnecessary legislation
and security for the future was the only
additional requisite needed, and he some
what surprised the greenback men on the
Committee By making the proposal al
ready outlined. Conversations with ex-
IRENE inhationsts in both parties, mem
bers of the Committee, show that these
proposals have made deep impression.
They may not suspend the agitation, but
they will deprive it of any effective
strength in Congress.
Year: 1878

A PLAN of heating multitude of hous-
es by steam from common boiler has
been tried for months in Lockport, Now
York, and newspaper report says the
result is complete success. The steam
was carried more than mile in iron
pipes, covered with conducting ma
terisl, and more than fifty houses were
thus protected against the cold. 1t is
claimed that steam can be delivered at Il
distance of20 miles with pressure of SO
pounds 10 the square inch, and that pres
sure would drive machinery and have
heat enough for cooking or washing.
We presume that the production and
transportation of heat will in few years,
become separate occupation, and will
furnish opportunities for the investment
of much capital.
Year: 1878

THE action Of Kearney and his crowd
on Saturday afternoon at the PlatL's Hall
meeting, to protest against the bill pend
ing in the Legislature providing fora sale
OF the Spring Valley Water Works to
San francisco, was an outrage upon free
speech and deoeney. Mr.. Kearney had
as much right in that meeting as any one,
butno business there to dictate who should
speak, and to assume and hold the chair
mansbip. The idea that the citizens Of
San Francisco who had called the meet
ing being compelled to ask Kearney who
might speak !-AppeaL.
Year: 1878

TIE Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gasehe draws a sad picture of
the suhtrings that are being endured at
tho Capital this Winter by mon and wo-
men vino have been thrown out of Gov
ornmeut employ. lie says one cannot
walk the streets nights without meeting
on every block suppliunts for penny or
two with which to buy bread. Certainly
no such state Of affairs as this exist in
California.
Year: 1878

A New DMLY.-Tho initial number
Of The Red Bluff Daily People's Cause
has been received and we bid it welcome
to our table. The Daily, ike the Weekly
is exceedingly neat in appearance and OF
creditobie size, and make up. While
wishing the proprietors the utmost sue.
cess in their venture, we do not think
Red Bluff has sufficient population and
business to make the publication of Il
daily paper at that point paying insti-
tuition.
Year: 1878

A YOUNG man who attended one Of the
Murphy meetings in Troy, New York,
last week, took the pledge, and the same
night while walking home fell down an
excavation and broke his neck. Ills faith
er is now suing the reformers for damages,
on the plea.that if his son had been left
alone he would have been sent safely
home that evening on shutter as usual.
We Away, thought this cold water bust
ness unhealthy.
Year: 1878

SENATOR EDMUNDs reported back ad-
versely from the judiciary Committee
the bill giving the right to female law.
yers to appear in the Supreme Court
Sargent saved the measure from eternal
death by asking that it be placed on The
calendar, instead of tabled This iEdi.
Gates that he intends to call il up at some
future day for debate.
Year: 1878

BISHOP MARVIN, ON THR SABBATH
These two inst!tutions-thc family and the
Sabbath-came out of the gates of Eden
linked together; they cannot be disjointed.
In the family the Sabbath has lis chief OK.
preston, even more than in the house of
God TOR in the sanctuary there is often, on
occasion, the same worship on other days
as on that; but in the home there is no day
like this one. No birthday nor holiday re-
sembles it. 1t is an unseen but felt presence
IN every chamber and upon every heart /;
Its touch is upon every face, and its tone in
every voice; its light is purer than the
light OF common days, as if celestial beams
were braided in with the rays that stream
through the window or lie upon the thresh-
old. The man.servant and the maid.se
want rest ; and even the horse and the OK
roam in the pasture or sleep in the stall ;
tho plane and the axe lie idle in the shop {;
the court house is closed and every place
OF merchandise is still; husnan life has re.
treated from its contest Men emerge from
the doorway of home only to visit the house
OF God, andthen return 70 commune with
the lnyisible at the domestic altar, and to
rest. Here and now the hcass gathers all
its treasures together, and estimates them
by standard Of values that fpds its def.
milton in such words as God and holiness,
eternity aud heaven. Thus homo and the
Sabbath belong to each other. There can
be no home in the highest meaning of the
word, without the Sabbath, and wi.hou,
the family and the home there could scarce
ly be Sabbath at all upon tho earth.
Year: 1878

.s.uCABBAdE PLANTs.--As soon as your
pinnts are large epought take up a,dozen or
SO at: tinio and take to the place where you
wishto set. Havc dish Of water with
you'll prefer rain water-make hole and
put in your plant, gil in the dirt and press
itfirm'y around the roots until the whole is
nearly full Then turn in half o gill or
more of water, and haul fresh dirt upon
that, but don't press it. This will prevent
tho ground from baking, and tho plant is
almost sure to grow.
Year: 1878

KILLING GRASS NOT CULTIVATION.


Many farmers in this section plant as
many acres as they possibly can keep the
grass down on, under the mistaken notion
that IT the grass is kept down the crop is
an right. They ought to be called "grass
Killers" If there is no grass, there is nc
cultivation, for they let the field of corn O,
cotton stand until the grass springs I'M
though otherwise much in need of the plow
The number of acres they can keen clear ot
grass is assumed to be the number thcy can
cultivate with their force, and thus over
planting goes on from year to year, willie
poor cultivation cripples tho land, reduces
the yield and disheartens the farmer.


Low No It that 7thesa -farnaa.s. -oaanat eret
ft trutU -tfrcfr s-thet.~ .~ealeiYatisa means
stirring the soil as well as killing the grass:
They argue that in killing grass of course
they stir the soil; and SO they co, after a
fashion, but they forget in this argument
that in most cases the implements they use
are designed not for the best cultivation. but
tor the best grass killing Let them reverse
this object, and we think the result will be
satisfactory. Have your plows made for
the very best cultivation, aud let the grass
killing be incidental There will not be
much grass il the field is we'll cultivated ;
but in order to do this your calculation Of
thirty to forty acres to the horse must be
upset. One horse or mule cannot cultivate
SO much land well, and if he seems to have
done so on former occasion, reduce it now
to twenty or twenty five; cultivate better,
STIR the soil oftcner, and you will be con.
vinced by the difference in the yield that you
a"ua hnen ovnrworked for no correspondino
profit. Twenty acres of land well cultiva.
ted will certainly yield more than thirty
acres poorly cultivated. Many Of these
grass farmers" if not all of them. bv
thorough cultivation could dispense with
one-third Of their horses pows and hoes,
and produce better crops. 1t is difficult to
oacak OH old habits, we know, but it is bet
ter to break bad habits than never.


Good cultivation requires watchfulness
over the crops aud frequent close inspections
as to their true condition AMI needs. and
when it is perceived that the earth has been
rcpackcd from heavy rains or long standing,
or the surface baked or crusted from the
same causes, as so often happens in our eli
mate, be assured the plow is needed, and
every day it is delayed brings loss to the
I"t EIU': rxCuf1 -uy or pTv,grrs,
and avoid turning it over as much as pos.
sible. Stirring the soil don't mean turning
it bottom up. In dry seasons, especially,
your crop will need all the moisture in the
soil, and If you turn it mp you release the
moisture to the sunshine and winds. We
use too many turn plows in summer In
fact, they should be used only in winter in
breaking up when moisture is abundant
Ii you do not use patent cultivators, long,
narrow scooters arc best to side with when
the crops are young, and also to keep the
mlddles loose; to make time, two, three and
even four of them may be attached to a
single stock, while shallow running sweeps
are Incompatible for skimming the surface
to destroy grass.-L. c. b. IN .Sauannah
Neus.
Year: 1878

REMEDY FOR RuEUMATIsM.-Takc a
pint OF spirits of turpentiue, to which add
an ounce of champion. Let it stand until
the champion is dissolved; then rub it on
the part affected, and it will never fail of
removing the complaint. Flannel should
be applied after the part is well fomented
with turpentine. Repeat the application
morning and evening. It is said to be
equally available for buns, scalds, bruises
and sprains, never failing of success. Cut
this out, it is the best remedy going.