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Year: 1879

Mr.. Hamman reems to think, if the
quarrel between himself and Mr.. Well
born be properly represented, that men
of the South who would have public
Federal faith observed are towards
and traitors" Wellborn struck HIM for
making the assertion. Bat there must
be some mistake. Hamman is not an
idiot or knave. He is everywhere es-
teemed flIghty, frothy dreamer and
enthusiast. He would not do mean
act or have his country guilty of one
involving even a suspicion of dishon-
or, and Wellborn must have miscon-
ceived the assertion of the great fiatist.
II Federal debt were made payable
in paper, to make it payable in gold,
when gold was worth more than paper,
was wrong done the people, who
must pay; if the debt be payable in
gold the people cannot honestly make
1t payable in paper. But how absurd
the quarrel as represented when it
is fact that paper and gold are
now Of equal value, and no great
er curse could befall the people
than the restoration of that con-
dition of affairs, from which we
have escaped through so much poverty
and suffering, when gold was worth
one-half or one-third more than paper.
Peter Cooper may insist, now that
mortgages and trusts have been en-
forced and money lenders have bought
up land and town lots worth five hun
dred millions, that this vast property
shall be.quadrupled in salable value by
doubling the volume of currency, but
the people will never assent. They
have had enough of violent fiuctua-
tions always enuring to the advantage
of the rich and ruinous to the poor,
and MIR. Hamman breaches financial
fatulency and bad faith in vain. But
is there not some mistake about the
quarrel between Hamman and Well
born9 Men often say extravsgsnt and
absurd things in heated controversy
which they gladly modify when their
attention is called to the facts and Mr..
Hamman could hardly declare deliber-
ately thSt they are towards and
traitors" who would have the letter
of the law executed and contracts spe-
officially and literally enforced. Well
born, as an honest gentleman and
American citizen, devoted to the honor
of his country, could have said no less
and Hamman surely exacted no more
and the fight must have resulted from
other incidents of the rollicking dis
cusslon.
Year: 1879

PARENTS should watch the books
and flash literature devoured by boys.


We see them making selections for
Sunday use at the book stalls and
news-stands with rare discrimination
10 favor of Wild Bill, Ned BuntlIne,
and "yaller kivered" literature. Ser
mons and prayers avail nothing when
the soul is poisoned by foul recitals of
crime or of passion and lust half
veiled beneath the suggestive plati-
tudes of most significant phraseol-
ogy. The market for this detesta-
BILE literature is supplied by
that gross parental indifference born
of the fact that the state is supposed
to nurture and guard the intelligence
and morals of the young. Parents arc
absolYed from responsibility by the
blessed free school system which makes
the vices of the most deprsved the
common property of all, giving at the
same time the least possible modicum
of intelligence. Bat the parent, &C.
customed to deliver up his children's
intelligence to the State, forgets as we'll
to guard the child's morals, and the
fault is that of parents and not of
The Brennan Banner
says that no parent who takes care of
his child as he should, and who does
his duty by bis child as he should,
need fear all the flash publishers liv-
ing. And we may add that if the
parents who have ample meaLs to edu-
cate their children, were to lift them
above the reach of this depravity the
neglected children would not be nu-
merous enough to make paying mar
ket and the trade would die.
Year: 1879

The wedding was preceded by a re-
QUEEN sung for the repose of the souls of
the groOm's father and mother, he be-
ing an orphan. a most mournful and
lugubriOus introduction to a wedding it
seemed. The groom, who is very rich, 1
hear, was a sight to behold. His sleeyed
waistcoat was of no common cloth, but of
rich blue velvet, curiously embroidered,


his sash of blue silk and his hat bound
with broad silver ribbon. The unity
of his costume was somewhat marred by
black cloth trousers and a pair of kid
boots of Partisan make. But if the
groom was a splendid sight, what shall
I say of the bride? Her dress was gor-
geous. She literally blazed with gold
and silver laces and ribbons, spangles
of all colors and silk embroidery. Her
apron was a plum-colored silk, bro
caded with great flowers OF green and
yellow. Nor was she alone in her mag
nificence; many of the guests were as
brilliant as she. Two young ladies from
Year: 1879

BY the banks Of the river wandered alone,
And into the pure depths dropped u small


stone;
It sank from my sight ere went on my way
As the eddying circles were fading away.
! passed by that spot in n day or two more,
And the waters flowed on as 1 saw them be-


fore,
But no ripple came over the surface so clear.
To tell that the pebble was still lying there.
So the harsh word from lips, p'rhaps unheed-


ing win fall
And sink to some gay heart, tho tender


Wfthal,
And the pain Of that heart seems to pass in a


sigh
Yet the pang viii remain, though unseen it


may lie.
OH pluck not one petal from out gay fow'r,
To leave IL to wither and die I'm an hour;
Destroy not the bloom you can never restore,
But cherish it fondly, by day more and more.
Rather speak the kind word to the nigh


broken hearted,
Shed light on the soul from which 10Y has de-


parted;
Let the balm Of sweet speech on the stricken


heart fail,
Speak kindly TO each one, or speak not at all


Justin +. AfcCdTthg.
Year: 1879

Arrangements have been made by the
Sierra Valley Shooting Club for bear
hunt in the vicinity Of Weber Lake, TO
commence Sept Is and continue six
DAYS A circular issued by the Club
states that bears are very numerous in
that section this year, and, furthermore,
that deer, quail, and grouse are abun-
dant. Not far from the lake Is the home
of 50 Old Brin,' the largest grizzly-bear
in America, and weighing about 2 1000
pounds He was caught by Grizzly
Dave at his ranch on the Henness Pass
Road in 1854, but tore the trap To pieces
and made his escape. In case the bear
is captured, the Club propose having a
grand barbecue, and if he isn't caught
they viii use some less eminent member
Of the bear family.-iSdp Francisco
Chronicle
Year: 1879

Chamber furniture made of ebOnized
wood, in imitation of the rich - ebony
and gold'' more common in the Eastern
hemisphere, is quite popular, and there
are few fine furniture-stOres in this city
in which more or less of it is not dis
played. Some superb specimens are to
be seen at the dealers, where they at
tract much attention. The process of
ebonizing wood is comparatively simple,
and has been described as follows: The
wood is first stained with a decoction of
lOgwood, which may be purchased from
any druggist or dealer in dyestuffs. 1t
is dissolved in warm water until all has
been taken up that the water will hold.
Application to the wood is made freely
withs,a large, soft bristle brush, and the
surface is rubbed with n cloth to prevent
the formation of a gImmy coat thereon.
After the article has been left to dry for
few hours the second application,
which consists of vinegar in which a
quantity of nails or clean filings have
been soaked for several days, is also
freely laid on with a brush The mo-
ment the vinegar touches the wood it
combines with the lOgwOOd solution in
the pores, making an ink which is per-
manent jet-black stain. The influence
of the iron in the vinegar is all-impOr-
tant, and it is really that which does the
work. If any tendency to grayness is
noticed Il second treatment with the log
wood is necessary, but this seldom hap
pens if the materials have been properly
used in the first instance. When per
fectly dry, the article is vanished and
rubbed down, or finished with furniture
oil well rubbed in. A dead black sur
face is what is sought after. Cherry is
considered the best wood for ebonizing,
and the furniture to which we have re-
ferred is most generally known to the
trade as "ebonized " cherry" White
wood, maple, and beech are, however,
used with good effect. Any close
grained, dense wood will answer. Ash,
chestnut, and oak are not suitable
Domestic Monthly.
Year: 1879

UTILIZING ROUGH FoDDER.-Dr. j.
w. North of Augusta, Me, in paper
read before the Dairymen's Association
of his State, said: Early cut hay and
the best of feed are not absolutely es-
sential to successful dairying; but most
of our rough fodder can be fed to a
profit. The great problem with many
has been in regard to the disposal of
their straw. Now science is demon
strating that in connection with certain
refuse products, like the oil cake, beet
pulp, etc, it can be fed with satisfactory
results. Experiment seems to agree
with science in her conclusions. In many
of the European countries, no hay is fed
but simply straw, pulp from the sugar
beet and little grain. This is the food
of milch cows and beef cattle. The time
viii come when we shall follow their ex-
ample.
Year: 1879

PEACH CULTURE.-Discussi on
peach culture in Michigan, us reported
in the MtchigaR Farmer, furnish some
good suggestions, which may prove use
full to beginners. A distinction was
made between the treatment of young
trees and larger ones which are bearing
full crops. In order to harden or ripen
the shoots of young and rapidly growing
trees, the cultivation of the soil, so i'm
portant during the early part of the sea
son, should cease in August. Otherwise
they would be likely to keep on growing
till frost, and would be left in a green
and succulent condition, untitled to
withstand the cold of winter. Bearing
trees, on the contrary, should be cult
waited till the fruit is about to ripen, as
the crop continues to consume the
strength of the tree after the cessation
of the growth of the shoots. Some OF
the cultivators present stated that they
found it important to check the growth
of young trees as autumn approaches by
pinching in, and one of them used a
pair Of shears for this purpose. In APP
plying all directions of this sort, the
Judgment must be used, for difference
in soil and treatment would make a diff
ference in the vigor Of the trees and in
the time that growth ceases.
Year: 1879

OvERToN PUDDING.-Line a small
fiat dish with puff-paste Mix three
ounces of cake-cTumbs, a teaspoonful of
vanilla and a gill of boiling milk. Put
this mixture in the bottom of the fiat
dish. Sprinkle with sugar and two ta-
blespoonfuls of jam Bake in IN oven
for twenty-five minutes,
Year: 1879

FRUIT EVERY YEAR.-A New York
Tri6at,se correspondent says: Cherries
and all fruits that mature SO early in the
season as to leave time for the ''secOnd
growth" of August and September to
repair damages, and fill out fruit-buds
and reserve of nutriment, can bear crops
every year where the climate favOrs
them 1t is the late sOrts-and especial
ly those that overbear-which are en-
tirely exhausted when the fruit is taken
off them in October, and they must have
the next season to recuperate. If, how
ever, from thinning of the fruit, COM
bined with ample food and free growth,
tke tree can hold some means in reserve,
there viii be a chance for some fruit the
following year. Thus many late apples
that bear moderate crops at a time have
a reputation as annual bearers.
Year: 1879

THE tenacity with which tOads cling
to life is well eXemplified in the case of
one which was resurrected from a catch
basin on Chapel Street, New Haven,
Conn, recently. After a seven years
imprisonment in solid cement, this toad, &,
when relieved from his surroundings,
hoped off just as if nothing had hap
Dened.
Year: 1879

A fellow was discharged from the Hart
ford Jail Saturday who gave an interest
ing exhibition of his skill as a contortiOn
ist and sham cripple. Taking off his
coat, he doubled one arm close up to the
shoulder, then put on the coat, and he
had all the appearance of man who had
lost one OF his arms nothing less than an
actual examination could have detected
the trick. A twist of the other arm. and
it came up part way to the shoulder.
every joint OF the wrist and fingers being
out OF place, and giving the hand shock
ing appearance \ jerk Of the leg, and
it appeared turned almost around, and
considerably bent; another wriggle, and
he has deformed shoulder. Thus fixed
he started round the room, twisting him
self along, figure that would excite the
sympathy of any kind hearted person
One lady had actually fed him with bread
and milk from a spoon, supposing he
could not raise his crippled arm to his
mouth; and she sent him off with 50 in
his pocket, as her contribution to his de-
plorable condition. A railroad conductor,
taking compassion on him, passed him
free for nearly 200 miles, and at the end
OF the route gave him dollar
Year: 1879

Honey sent from America to England in
the comb for the first time reached Liver
pool safely, and the experiment is pro
bounced successful. There were eighty
tons in one ship, stored by the bees them
selves in half million neat little glass
sided boxes. This honey was the partial
product Of twelve thousand swalms Of
bees, in which large mercantile firm is
interested, and which are distributed
throughout the honey producing sections
Of the United States in apiaries of one
hundred Swarms each. The English pa
pers are wondering what sort of food
America can not supply to her trans
atlantic cousins.
Year: 1879

Gulls along the southern New jersey
coast have discovered a new trick for
getting at the surf clam. They seize it
in their talons and ascending a hundred
feet let it fall. Striking the beach, one
half Of the shell breaks, and all the gull
then has to do is to turn it over and help
himself to the clam.
Year: 1879

BoPEEP WATTERsoN, who, if he knows
anything knows everything, very grayely
remarks in the Comier-JOmHal that many
young men in the North went into the
army for mere love Of adventure" and
were ignorant of the fact that the South
had committed the overt act Of treason by
reason of it's forcible attempt at secession,
BoPEEP's observations in the South during
the wu have warped his judgment He
knows very well that hundreds aud thou
sands of non-slaveholders went into the
Confederate armies to fight for tho " sacred
Year: 1879

THE holidays have gone and the month
of January is fast waning and will be soon
counted in the past, and isn't it about time
that the Baltimore Gazette produced that
terrible and overwhelming list of Republi
can defaulters and thieves which it prom
ised in December? OF course it has ran.
sacked the public archives for a catalogue
for it said it would Immediately after the
holidays-and unless 1t is soon published
the moral effect OF its performance will be
ieopardized
Year: 1879

The best evidence that the Radicals ore
afraid OF the cipher investigation is that they
are beginning to say they are not afraid.-Ihe
Post.


Pray, when did the Radicals" begin TO
demand an investigation Of the cipher dis
patches? Was it yesterday, or a year, or
eighteen months ago, or as soon as their ex-
istence was discovered? If the Democrats
had not had control of things this investi-
CATION would have been completed at the
last session of Congress, for the Republic
cans have never been afraid of its result.
twas TGLDEN's attorneys here in Washing
ton who made the first proposition to sus-
pend the investigation, which at that time
would have exposed every secret regarding
the conduct of the campaign of 1876, in
cluding those hidden between the covers of
TTLDEN's bank-books.
Year: 1879

THE POTTER Committee will go down to
history as the most successful orgoniza-
tion Of the kind that ever existed in this
Government. 1t was organized to cover up
and avoid the exposure of fraud, and it has
succeeded At the same time 1t has been q
very hot-bed for the growth of perjury
forgery, and the most outrageous political
wicledness.
Year: 1879

IT is currently reported that DAN VooR-
HE'S is now more vehemently in favor of
the trade-dollar than ever. If he receives
the unanimous support of the Democrats in
the Indiana Legislature he will lack one
vote of a reelection to be Senator 1t
therefore behooyes him to make a trade
with some National member of that body,
which he is dolorously inclined to do.
Year: 1879

GENERAL GRANT will sail to India on
board French vessel. 1t is too bad that
this simple announcement does not contain
anything upon which his Democratic
friends can base political prophecy. But
perhaps he's after the French vote.
Year: 1879

The st. Louis GioJe-Domocyat cast its
" tow-line" into the political pools here
about the other day and Gshed out the fact
that the Republicans in Congress have been
engaged in diabolcal plot to prevent
Southern Democrats from destroying them
selves. They have forbidden the sale of
liquor in the Capitol buildings, 1t makes
an exposure of this extraordinary plot as q
sufficient answer to the anonymous charge
in the Democratic organ not long ago that
the Democratic members of the House are
not dying off from natural causes" To
those who are posted about the cause of at
least one of those deaths, this charge would
appear TO be substantiated. But the least
that is said about it the better it will be for
the dead and the living; and especially will
it be better for the Democratic majority in
the House, of which it appears that some
members die before they get thoroughly
ACKLEN-ated.n
Year: 1879

II the POTTER Committee is really anxious
to reach the whole truth regarding recent
political manipulatious in Louisiana, why
does the Democratic majority thereof object
to the examination of ST. MAUTIN? lie is
here in Washington, awaiting examination,
at Government expense but the trouble is
his story is too well known. lie has leaked
IL out by driblets and the Democrats are
afraid TO permit him to tell it under the
solemn sanctity of an cath. The truth, in
this instance, as generally is in all others, is
what the Hon" PorrAI and his associates
would like to conceal instead Of expose.
Year: 1879

IT was fortunate escape of Mr.. Small
LEY when he left the Cleveland Herald aud
went on the New York Tribune, for he has
laid aside his conservative coat, which never
did set WELL and has put on better
fitting radical garment. We congratulate
him
Year: 1879

THE Senatorial contest in Wisconsin has
assumed a tripartite form, with few scat
tering votes. On the thirteenth ballot the
vote stood KEYEs, 80; CARPENTER, % (;
HOWE, %; with six scattering, and some
not voting. In thirteen ballotings KEYEs
had gained two votes and CARPENTER one
Since then there have been moro ballotings,
without decisive result In our hum
BILE judgment the interests Of the State
and the nation will be better subscrved by
a union of this divided strength on Senator
HOWE, so as to secure his return, than in
any other result likely to be reached OF
course, if CARPENTERS strength should go
over to KEYEs, that will settle the question
by securing his election but as KEYEs is
a new man, the selection Of either HOWE
or CARPENTER would give more strength
to the Republican cause than any other
result.
Year: 1879

The Phoebe Record says, S. Keele was
engaged last Sunday in hauling a load
of hay to town from the valley with
two yoke of oxen. Between Phoebe and
BulliOnvilie the hay took fire from a
lightel pipo. Keelo Was oil at the bacl,
OF the wagon and commenced throwing
burning portions OFF so as to save tho
balance, but the fln ncs had too good n
start and it was impossible to extinguish
them. The oxen becoming scared a,
the flames and suffering from the in
tense heat started of on a run scatter.
ing the burning hay in all directions.
By Che breaking Of the tongue the oxen
managed TO get loose and thus escape
being roasted alive, although one OF
tho animals was severely Lurnod and is
liable to die. The wagon and hay is a
total loss.
Year: 1879

from an interview with Gen. Loring


"Who would be the Khedive's successorv'


His son, TeWtik Pasha. The Sultan ID un-
der bonds not to force any one else upon the
throne OF Egypt. Some years ago when there
was feeling against the Khedive, his uncle,
Hahn Pasha, wrote an open letter calling
upon him to give UP all bis possessions to the
poor fellahs. He knew that the proposition
was absurd and that the Khedive would not
listen to 1t. His idea was to have him refuse
and then point at him and say, See, he re-
fuses to do this much for his people, But the
letter only reacted against Hahn, and there
is not the slightest chance for him."


what sort OF a man is Prince TeWfik?'


He is a remarkably fine young man OF
seven-and- twenty years OF age In appear
anee he strongly resembles his father. the
Khedive. He Is well educated, amiable and a
man OF liberal views. The best professors
were brought to Egypt TO instruct him, and
State and taught the art of government.
Although he has not travelled much outside
OF his own country, he Is greatly interested in
foreign affairs. America particularly inter-
ests h1m and ne Knows about the big buildings
IN New York, the Brooklyn bridge and rapid
transit pretty near as well as you or do. In
the matter OF governing his country, think
that he would follow out his fathers ideas to
q certain extent as far as progress and i'm
provement go, and ne would be just as anx-
1ous to pay the national debt, but whether he
would take the same means cannot say.
Most young men are ambitious to do some
thing original, and think this would be his
plan, keeping always in view the interests Of
his people. He Is q man of excellent prin-
perhaps, Is very much like the Khedive. Un-
like bis father, he has but one wife, and he is
man OF strong domestic feelings


And what Of Hahn Pasha ?'


HAHN Pasha, the pretender, is a very ca
pable man. He is the youngest son of Ne
hemet Ali, and did have some chance for the
succession until his claims were set aside BY
the late Sultan, Abdul Azlz, in favor Of Prince
Iewfik. Owing to his delicate relations with
Hahn was born of Bedouin mother, and he
partakes of many Of the characteristics of his
race. He Is very fond of the chase, and Is a
splendid horseman. His education has not
been neglected, and he is a good French
scholar and man of general culture, but be
1s not as progressive or Europeantzed in his
views as the Khedive.
Year: 1879

CINCINNATI, June 29.-The district court
to-day granted an alternative mandamus
against Che police commissioners, command
ing them to allow Pat Hogan to act as COM
missioner, or show cause why they do not.
The Governor once before suspended Hogan,
and he was reinstated by the court because
of an informality in the proceedings to sus-
pend
Year: 1879

CHICAGO, June 29.-The trustees Of the
Chicago public library have made q thorough
Investigation as to whether contagious dis.
books. The conclusion Of their report being
that there Is little or no danger from this
source.
Year: 1879

Senate Saturday saying that he had reliable


information OF the murder. Other reports
say twenty three convicts have been MUIR
dered within month. The details of these
murders are said to be horrible,
Year: 1879

There is new voting precinct in the city
All voters residing west of ST. Clair str
and north Of Main street, in the city
Frankfort will hereafter vote at the. "a
House, in the classic precincts Of what
vulgarly known as Craw" w
Year: 1879

No use of having the chills, no use of
headache, ,or any OF the ills that come from
a disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
a new person. Try it and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

Frank MilIer's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade of
these goods is always standard aud their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the country and
has the Iargest trade in its line. DIFF
Year: 1879

Now You go up your fuc
And look it through and-through
And see if your pipe is sound.
Then get the stoye-pi2e man
To clean it, il he can.
And leave no SCOT around;
For, should a lingering spark
Make SCOT blazing mark,
'Twonld burn your cottage down.
AT this same time before
SCOT fire made you sore
And burnt you to the ground.


Coop DAY.