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Year: 1878

The Board met in regular session,
all the members present except Mr.. Foote,
and President Bell in the chair.


The Engineer was directed to prepare the
necessary papers for the improvement OF
Considine avenue, from Warsaw Turnpike
to College avenue, and also to take the
cross section on East alley.


A bill of $24S for work on Kemper Lane
Bridge was ordered paid.


The Superintendent was authorized to
furnish tagging for repairing Baymiller
street.
Year: 1878

PHILADELPHIA, February le.-This
N orning one Of the arches Of the bridge
over the Schuylkill river at South stree;
fell in, carrying with it in rapid succession
nine other arches and completely
wrecking three hundred feet OF
the bridge. The portion which
gave way rested upon piles
in the marsh on the western
bank Of the river, and this plling hiss
been gradually sinking IN the mud. A
large number 81 workmen were engaged
in showing the defective arch a. the time
OF the accident but were warned in time
and aIl escaped uniniured. The bridge
was built of iron and granite, and cost
originally $4,000. The loss by the &C.
cident to-day will be about 100000.
Year: 1878

A NEGRO magician gave show il
an Alabama town one dark evening
and announced that ha was bullet. proof
The next forenoon q coroner's iur,
rendered q verdict that he must have
been mistaken.
Year: 1878

Short addresses we're then made BY
several members Of the meeting, and
the following resolution was adopted


ResOlred, That the minutes Of the
meeting DO sent to our Senators and
Representatives in Congress, with re-
quest that they will uso their influence
to prevent any changes being made in
the tariff on wool and yoolens.
Year: 1878

The boot-blacking trade is destined to be
overcrowded. The exchanges are publish
ing charming sketch OF a Yale graduate
who opened a law-office in New York,
and then, rather than starve while walt
ING for clients. opened business as
boot-black under the sidewalk at the
entrance OF downtown restaurant:
His earnings soon ran up to Sc day, ana
he had to hire an assistant. While he was
at work he disguised himself so that his
best friend could not recognize him, but
out OF business hours the boot-blacE was
an elegant gentleman, living in stylish
clearinghouse on TWenty-frst street.
That he fell in love with beautiful being,
that he had jealous rival, who finally dis
covered the vulgar occupation, and IN
formed the venerable papa that the young
lady was keeping company with boot
black, goes without saying. But the
denouement is very touching. "Liltie! "
yelled the old gentleman, red in the
face, sscome here. You may take John as
soon as you please. He set about earning q
living honestly, and has succeeded. He will
get on" The boot-black has resigned the
brush and resumed the practice OF the law,
and he has gathered bis Lille to his bosom.
Go, young lawyer, and starVe no more.
Year: 1878

STORMY WEATHER. Yesterday wa; 4
stormy day, indeed; that is, so far as the
rain and thundcr-storms were concerned.
About , O'Clock the city was visited by as
heavy rain as is often seen in these parts.
followed by some very vivid lightning and
heavy peals of thunder. The rain, which
was indeed welcome visitor, came down
in torrents, and the streets were well
washed. Later in the evening there was
another heavy thunder-eloud. Indeed the
lightning during the evening was as sharp
rs we often see in these parts. At night
there was another very heavy fall OF rain.
Year: 1878

GAs.-After about three days trial the
national gas has been turned oil at the Gus
tom-house building and the Use OF city gas
resumed. OF the two gases the employees
at the post-otfice generally prefer the city
gas. Between kerosene oil and the national
gas they prefer the latter
Year: 1878

DON'T GO WHERE YOUR LOVE LIES DREAM
ING but go to any cigar store restaurant and ask
for WfITLocK MODEL CIGARS, and dream the
happy hours away by yourself 1t will pay better In
the long run.
Year: 1878

The cause of my trouble and discomfort
Is where to get 4 good CIGAR for cent.
Take This advice, you will lind it best
Hereafter smoke WuITLock's Key West.
And If for che you'!l pay 10 cent,


To get something good and be content,
Be sure you get WHITLoCK's Model Cigar;
They are for sale most everywhere.
Year: 1878

pKEEDEN IL FOX,


BROAD AND FIFTH STREETS,
viii opcn this day and during this week an asSort
lnent OF


DRESS GOODS
which has never been equalled In variety Of styles
and in prices In this marker.


They guarantee to sell all GOODS as low as they
be bought in the retail houses of New York city.
They ask special attention TO unusual bargains in
BLACK and COLORED SILkS-a very large as
sortment, lower than ever known before.
Their stock is now complete in all departments.
tnh 25-1w
Year: 1878

There is work for the farmer to do in all
seasons--in sunshine and rain. If he be
practical, painstaking man, his time will be
employed indoors or out to some advantage.
During the winter months the tools are over
hauled and repaired, harnesses washed and
oiled, and everything made ready for use
against the time when spring work comes
on. Farmers that succeed are the painstak-
ing-and busy ones who look after the details
of the tarm and find something to do" at
all times and seasons. Those who complain
that farming does not pay are the ones who
find plenty of time to spend away from
home, at the village store, tavern, or on. the
street corners, talking politics and bewailing
their cordition-.wishing to dispose of their
farms and remove to town. Such men are
FARMERS irname only, and no true sons of
the soil.-Rs8'aI World.
Year: 1878

At this season of'the year many who farm
few COWS and market few pounds of butter
each week, while the price is high. BY this
means the family expenses are very much
reduced, and often enough may be realized
10 keep up the table until near harvest. 1t
is to this class of buttermakers that we are
indebted for SO much inferior butter, and
tor the low price it reaches in midsummer.
They do not make the business a study, are
not SIX He'd in the art, not properly fixed TO
carry it on, and we regret to say, generally
refuse to be enlightened on the subject. The
consequence is that when the markets get
supplied they are forced to sell for whatever
they can get, as the article they manufacture
is not suitable for packing. Our regular
tairymen very we'll understand the necessity
of manufacturing Il good article they under
stand the value Of establishing reputation,
that their products may be sought, while
the farmer who works upon q small scale
ignores this principle altogether. 1t is not
so very expensive to fix up to make butter
on small scale, and after once fixed it is'no
more labor to make "'gilt-cdge butter" than
the common, worthless stuff so often offered
for SALE. Farmers must learn that their
wives cannot make butter tit tor market If
compelled to set their milk.in the cook room
or root house, where it maybecome impreg-
mated with a dozen foreign odors. Wives
must also learn that handling and working
butter with the hands, the gathering of the
butter before draining OF the milk and thor
ough washing, are practices that have pass
ed out Of date. 1t is not our purpose in this
article to tell how to make butter. we have
given the most Improved methods time and
again, and merely wish to point out the evil
effects of common practice. 1t is just'as es-
sental for the farmer who only makes few
pounds of butter per week to establish &
reputation for making the very best quality
as it is for the extensive dairyman. First
class butter will always command a gooc
price, but the manufacture of any other is
labor in vain.
Year: 1878

high enough, plow them close and plow
three times; but am very careful not to
plow after the potato vines are in blossom,
for such late plowing would do more harm
than good, as it would destroy the sets,
more or less. If the Enquirer readers will
pursue this plan they will have potatoes
when their neighbors will have none.


have patch plowed now for this plan.
have tried raising potatoes every way, and
find this the best. My neighbors laughed
at me, six or seven years ago, when | first
tried this plan, and told them they would
not laugh when they saw the crop. The
same neighbors saw my potatoes when
dug them. and then they said that they were
too large to be good = Cincinnati sEnqsirer.
Year: 1878

is to place shingles around the vines, and
during the night large numbers will go to
roost upon the under side of the shingles,
and can readily be scraped off in the morn
ing into pail of hot water. (It is said that
IF bugs are killed and left upon the ground
the smell will attract thther other bugs"
but cannot vouch for the truth of the state
ment.) In this manner the vines We're clear
ed, and the ebugs put to flight for the season,
with the additional labor OF removing the
eggs from the leaves. AS soon us deemed
it prudent, we pulled up all the vines in the
hills, except tour in each. 1t will be OBJ
served that in the preparation of the soil no
pits were dug, neither was thesoil loosened
with fork Or spade. Level cultivation was
resorted to; it being accomplished with the
addition of a small trowel for working
around the vines in the hill. After the vines
had covered the soil, the remaining weeds
were not disturbed. In the fall we had as
fine a cart-load of squashes as any one could
wish to see.-Cor. Country tGs5stIeman.
Year: 1878

Because of its supposed easy cultivation,
little special attention is given, except by
regular gardeners to the growth of lettuce
The consequence, as many OF our readers
can verify, is that the salhGs on most coun-
try tables, instead of being made Of large,
delicate, crisp and succulent heads, are COM
posed of tough, small leaves, bitter as DAN
delions. A very little attention to the selec-
ton of sorts and their cultivation is only
needed to secure heads of the finest quality.


The numerous varieties of lettuce may be
divided into two classes: those that are
hardy, or comparatively SO, and hence suit
able for winter use, and those that are ten
der, and thus suitable only for summer use.
AS the season tor commencing the cultiva-
tion of the first has passed, we confine our
remarks, for the present. to the last named.
The seeds Of these should be sOWn in a cold
frame towards the end of February or the
beginning of4March, according to the sea-
son. Keep the frame carefully and we'll
covered at night, but air it we'll during the
day to prevent the plants being drawn up.
The plants will be suitable for setting out
III ApEll vi MAY, vi WILL uUOAG tWO lLStiEo
high.


The soil for lettuce can scarcely be made
too rich. For the greatest perfection it must
be grown rapidly. The soil should be we'll
hoed or stirred every two weeks after the
plants are set out, as the lettuce thrives best
in soil that is frequently stirred and thus
kept open. If in is desired to have lettuces
yet earlier than by the process already des-
cribed, it can be done by preparing a cold
frame, with soil made very rich With rotten
manure, and large enough for setting out
the plants III it, seven or eight inches apart
each way. The frame must be well covered
up at night, and air given during the middle
OF the day, increasing the airing as the sea-
son progresses. Care must be had to water
the plants freely, so that they may be kept
in constantly growing state-the requi-
sites for success being plenty of light, heat,
air and water.-Ec.
Year: 1878

Itake piece of sod land, or new ground


that is clayey,- and rich enough to raise q
good crop of corn; or red sandy land will
do. plow it in winter, or early i'll spring,


five inches deep, with a plow that will lap
the sod about two inches. Ihenrl let the
ground lay in this condition, and when it is
time to plant take ordinary-sized potatoes
and cut each one into two pieces; or, if my
seed potatoes are small, do not cut them
at ak Then takea sharp spade and stick it
in between the seams of tile sod, and put i'll
the seed making the hills eighteen inches
apart, and milking every third seam row.
In the next place. when see few sprouts
lust through the ground, take sharp har-
row and give the potato field good harrow
ing. And as soon asstlfe potato plants are
Year: 1878

from the irrigating bitches and upon the
dryest part o. their land, did best. SO great
was the difference that they have moved
their orchard to the top of ridge, where
the soil is dry and we'll drained. The soil
around trees should be kept moist. but not
wet This may be done by running water
in the vicinity of the trees. About the mid
die Of August, however, the water should
be turned off and the ground allowed to be-
come dry. This will stop the growth of the
trees and give the new-grown wood time to
harden before freezing weather. Drying
the ground also aids the fruit in ripening.
lfyou can cause the fruit to ripen by the
time the trees shed their leaves in the fall, no
Montana winters will injure them. Young
trees take more water than older ones, and
the older they get the less water is required.
Trees six to eight years old only required,
last year, two waterings.


OF apples, the varieties proving the most
Gutenberg, and Jonathan. The first two
are Russian varieties, and were, / believe,
imported to America by the Department of
Agriculture. The first named is Summer
fruit, and the second is fall apple. Other
varieties than these, grown by Benz Harris,
Of Bitter Root valley, have been successful,
but ann not Informed as to their names.
The surest and best apple for Montana is,
think, the Transcendent Grab. 1t is very
hardy, and bears apples i to 2 inches in
diameter. 1t begins to produce the third
year, and is the most prolific of any apple
that grows. The taste, without cooking, is
excellent, and for jellies, preserves and cider
it is superior. Tine trees in the Bass Bros
orchard, on July 1st of last year, though
but five and six years old and not more than
six feet high. were so loaded down with this
fruit that the branches had to be tied and
propped UP to prevent them from breaking
down. This crab appears to be better
adapted to this climate than any other, and
could, with slight attention, be made one of
the most profitable crops of the Montana
farmer. The trees may be planted either in
October or April. The most successful way
OF planting yet adopted in this country is to
dig a hole Is inches deep, and large enough
to receive the roots. Furn water into the
hole and4ni soil with it until about as thick
as thin mortar, filling the hole to within
three orstour inches of the top; then push
the roots of the tree down. and fill up and
cover with dry soil so that the air and sun
will not bake the mud. Trees shipped from
the, Eastern States were found to grow right
off when set in this manner. WILL.
Year: 1878

l,ctrospection is often the safest ciey
To the path to tread. Any who remember
thirty years back, and who have lived i'll
these United States meantime, can readily
recall the DAYS when silver Was almost
exclusively ihe current coin; when gold
WAS exceedingly scarce Not until since
the gold discovery days of California has
gold COIN been al all common III any
portion Of the Union. But it has never
been the currency; it is not now. Yet
the capitalists demand that in shall be the
only standard for the bonds they hold, or
the debts due them. Bankers issue paper
promises to pay. So does the hegovcrnment.
But neither the hankers nor the govern
mcnc accept paper promises ~ the
standard with which To acquit the obii"a-
tions of their debtors Why should they
iSsue paper, to he paid in gold Why
a:.ould paper be better than silver Why
is not silver the equivalent of gold, as a
standard, subject to tie ssihe rules which
regulate "r govern money The consti-
tuition mentions gold and silver as the
only legal tender. Congress, in the face
| of the constitution, made paper a legal
tender for everything but debts due to
the government.


1t might as well have declared that the
government should have the authority to
| wrtst dollar in gold or III silver from the
pcssesSor, ard compel him to receive in
full exchange lis paper promise to pay him
4 dollar whenever it was convenient for
the government to discharge the debt.
The dollar in gold or silver is intrinsically
worth a dollar. The paper which promises
4 dollar is worth only so much rs the
credit cf its maker goes for in the money
market. 1t is rarely worth its face away
from home, and sometimes it is worth less
AT home than abroad 1t is remarkable
that the men who thought SO poorly of
the credit of the government when legal
tender notes and bonds were issued by
millions rs to refuse to take either, or
who bought the one or the other at less
than half their par value, are now the
foremost and most clamorous to insist
that the credit of the government. must
be maintained at any and every sacrifice.
They took advantage of their country S
necessities. They bought greenbacks at
forty cents on the dollar, and With them
purchased seven per cent. bonds at par.
For fourteen Years they have been draw
ing the equivalent of fourteen per cent.
upon their money, with gold at a pre-
MUM, and already they have been more
than reimbursed Yet they now presist
in demanding gold dollars, with interest
in gold, for their forty cents worth of
paper, which called for no interest, and
cry out that the national credit will be
ruined unless this principal and this in


terest shall be paid in gold at par 1t is,


they insist an obligation too sacred to vio-


late or neglect. The more sacred oblisa-
tion Of justice to the mass Of the people


is utterly ignored by them. No wonder,


with all the facts freshly before them, that


the people are hecomeing more and more


in favor OF the silver bill
Year: 1878

NOMINATING THE tASDioA ES.-Certain
"small fry politicians propose that the
central committees OF the democratic ami re
publican parties nominate candidates Tor the
constitutional convention. Action ot tHis
kind would clearly be I usnrpa.lon oi au-
thority. and entitled to no respect whatever.
Better avoid party nominations altogether
and leave to the people the selection OF The
men who are 70 frame the Organic Law ot the
new state We have yet t. meet the hrst
man fit 10 hold a sea. IN the convention "iio
is willing TO accept a party nomination. In
4 matter of this kind where the interests of
all are concerned, We can atori to raise above
party and select men solely on account OF
their fitness. All the muuSing politicians
Of the Ferry order, viii clamor for party
nominations, but those who have solid inter
ests at stake viii refuse to be led by the
.small beer politicians Already we hear
of a man who Is a fit subject for the poor
halse peddling out nominations ;or the CON
yention. In San Francisco and other large
cities they have about election times what
are termed piece patriots" These fellows
90 about selling nominations, and OCCASION
ally make good thing. In the matter OF
the constitutional convention tine man who
will buy or barter for place may fairly be
characterized as al unmitiSated scoundrei,
and the very suspicion that the members OBJ
tained their places in this way would wreck
H.. whole movement. just at this time let
the .piecc patriots take a back seat and
allow the people to select their representative
men.
Year: 1878

4 PaRENTHEriChL ADMINISTRATION
A politician Of large experience Is report
ed as saying the other dag al Washington
"if the president had .iacksons courage
or Lincolns lact, he could sweep the
country and make his administration ben
efcent to the people. As it is, IL threat
ems to be no morc than rarenthesis i'll
our political history. Perhaps he may
yet wake up. Ga course this is possible,
but the general impression he creates 81
far Is that he has a perfect temper, and
unvielding viii, and none of that magnet
ism which enables one powerful man to
draw others to him and induce them to
follow him, even when they are not en-
tircly persuaded that his course is the
most judiciouS in short, that he lacks
one Of the NEST important qualities of
leadership"
Year: 1878

An HONEST DOLLAR. y We want the
bushel OF tie fathers, the yard of the fathers,
the pound, quart and the dollar If the
fathers; but we want them of full measure,
weight and value The dollar of the fathers
vas an honest dollar in It's day, and it would
be an insult to their memory TO remonetize
II on any other than an honest basis. Let
the silver dollar contain dlllar's worth of
silver.
Year: 1878

OF all the qualities that combine
to form good character, there is not
one more important than reliability.
Most emphatically is this true of the
character or good business man.
The word itself embraces both truth
and honesty, and the reliable man
must necessarily be truthful aud
honest. We see so much all around
US that exhibits the absence of this
crowning quality that we are tempted
in our bilious moods, to deny its very
existence. Bat there are, neverthe.
less reliable men, men to be depend.
ed upon, to be trusted, in whom you
may repose confidence, whose word
is as good as their bond and whose
promise is performance. If any one
of you know such a man make him
your friend. You can only do so,
however, by assimilating his charac-
ter.


The reliable man is a man of good
judgment. He does not Jump at con-
clusions. He is not frivolous man.
He is thoughtful. He turns over a
subject in his mind and looks at it
all around. He is not a partial or
one-sided man. He sees through a
thing. He is apt to be very reti-
cent man. He does not have to talk
great deal. He is moderate man
not only in habits of body, but of
mind. He is not PASSIONATE man, if
so by nature, he has overcome it by
grace. He is sincere man, not a
plotter or schemer. He does not
promise raslily, What he says may
be relied on. He is a trustworthy
man. You feel safe with your pro
perty or the administration of your
affairs in his hands. He is a watch
full vigilant man. You feel secure
within his protection. He is a brave
man, for his conclusions are logical
ly deduced from the sure basis and
he does not fear to maintain them.
He is good man, for no one can
be thoroughly honest and truthful
without beng good. Is such quality
attainable? Most assuredIy so. 1t
is not born, it is made. Character
may be formed, of course then its
component parts may be nodded to
that formation.
Year: 1878

Character is so much more than
wealth or knowledge, fame, or pow.
er, that it is the measure of the man.
When man is placed in prominent
position of any sort whatever, we
saw at once, "What is he worth?"
not "What does he know" but what
sort of a man is he?" That is the
momentious question that involves
ALL All others are secondary.
Wealth, knowledge, fame and power,
are most desirable accessions for a
good man; but otherwise they add
strength in wrong direction. |
wonder if the young men and boys
in our land realize that character is
the most important capital in any
and all business transactions. If a
man of large business is looking for
a partner or employee, what does he
inquire first and most of all? An
honest man or boy. Wealth and
position, with this first requisite, will
be no detractlon, but nothing with
out it.


What pillars are to the building,
what the foundation is, and the cor.
ner stones thereof, so is a good char.
acter to man or woman, boy OF
girl. The wise man said, "A good
name is rather to be chosen than
riches" And he had no lack OF
wealth. Remember, boys-and il
harms none to remember-that what
you are is of infinite importance;
while what you have is finite in its
value; its end is the grave; while
the former will grow and enrich its
possessor through all ages Of immor.
tality. Strive for it as for your
life, for life is naught withoutit.
Year: 1878

Is BURNING ONES HOUSE ARSON ?-Is
the question recently considered by
the Main Supreme Court, and the
conclusion was reached that it was
NOT. The same view has been held
in other states, and in England, where
the otfense was based on common law
doctrine of arson. Under the com
mon law man may set fire to his
own property, or procure it done
for him, without being liable to pun,
ishment as an incendiary, provided
he does not harm his neighbor's
property as well.