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Year: 1877

Hayes fraudulent cabinet have assumed
novel jurisdiction. They claim to be the
judges as to whether a grand jury, in
parish of free state, has or has not done
its duty in the prosecution of criminals.
1t would be amusing, but for the fact that
there can be nothing amusing in any cir
cumstance regarding the stupeDdous con-
spiracy against the verdict of the ballot
box, to read that after mature delibera
ton the cabinet decided that there was no
warrant for the criminal prosecution of
Wells, Anderson. kenner and Casenave.
To have arrived at any other decision
would be to tell Hayes, their master, to
his face, that he was a fraud. But where
did the fraudulent cabinet get their
authority to consider and decide the ques-
ton at alp Who constituted them a
tribunal to Judge as to whether court in
New Orleans had done its duty? They
have just as much right to decide in con-
clave that John Smith or Tom Jones of
New York city should not have been in-
dicted by grand jury of the county for
pocket picking. g.-Esch.
Year: 1877

ST. LOUIS, July l6.-It is stated on
good authority that all the large banks
have declared their purpose to pay DO
more time deposits except in eases where
distress or unusual need of money is
clearly shown. The statement in Satur =
day nights dispatches that the Lucas bank
was involved in the run of that day proves
to have been mistake; it was the Lucas
market saving bank, small concern in
the western part of the city. The Lucas
bank is strong and its business has mate
rally increased since the distrust in the
banks originated through the failure Of the
National Bank Of the State Of Mo.
Year: 1877

FlatuleEcy, Sluggish Digestion, want of Tone and
Activity in tbs Stomach and Bowels, Oppression
after eating TO be relieved by single dose
taken after each meal. A great want exists for
Year: 1877

whether produced by indigestion, improper food
change of water diet, too free indulgence of c,
water, exposure to sadden changes of temperature
are Immediately relieved by it, One ounce addeC
10 a gallon Of
Year: 1877

This elegant preparation is prepared from the
TRUE Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice aro-
matiCs and genuine French brandy and is vastly
superior TO every other Extract or Essence of Gin
ger before the public-an of which are prepared
with alcohol by the old proc ss,
Year: 1877

The Augusta (Me.) Journal tells it
again in this shape: A young man took
his sweetheart to the circusin HalloweL.
After viewing with open mouth the won
ders of the menagerie, and making many
comments on the ferocity of the "grave-
yard robbers" and the huge elephants,
the two proceeded to the main tent and
soon were oblivious to all save the won
derful feats performed by the nimble
sons and daughters of the fing. Pres
emily sleek-haired, smooth-voiced, In
nocent-looking young man, bearing q
tray of lemonade, approached them and
inquired of the young man if he would
not accept glass of cooling drink for
himself and young lady each. The young
man, supposing it was free, Immediately
took three glasses, one for himself, one
for his lady love, and third for another
lady friend who was seated near by.
When the glasses were emptied he re-
turned them, and thanked the young man
for his kindness, when to his horror he
was informed that the price OF three
glasses of lemonade was thirty cents.
He had come unprepared for any such
drain upon his pocketbook, and, after
fumbling in his pockets for some time,
he brought to light small amount OF
nickel and handed them to the vender OF
lemon Juice, saying: "Here are twenty
six cents, which is all I have, and you
will have to wait for the other four
cents until your circus comes this way
again"
Year: 1877

At Rockwell, Texas, George W.
Garner was awaiting sentence for the
murder of the sheriff of the county.
His wife had been permitted for some
days to share his cell with him. On
the morning set for the execution the
sheriff, entering the cell at four o'clock,
found the woman dead and Garner at his
last gasp. His wife had composed her.
self in bed, folded her hands over her
breast and placed handkerchief over
her face. They both left letters explain
ing the cause and method OF their death.
Mrs. Garner had smuggled morphine
into the jail in her mouth, the dose being
believed to be sufficient to destroy two
lives. On the night of their death a
dispute arose between them as to which
should take the larger dose. She took
it, but to make assurance doubly sure
her husband apparently strangled her, as
marks of violence were found upon her
throat and neck. Gamers death pro-
ceeded from suffocation, as his nostrils
we're found plugged with cotton, hand
kerchief in his mouth and the iron bail
of bucket clasped so closely round his
neck as to be buried in the skin. Nearly
5000 people were baked of their desire
to see the execution. Mrs. Garner left
a letter saying that it was not through
her husbands persuasion that she gave
up life to follow him


"through those dark gates


That no man knows.
Year: 1877

the churn should be stopped as soon as
the cream has broken, but before the
butter has gathered in large balls. In
warm weather it is Of great importance
to watch the process closely, and to
notice lust when this change is to take
place. At this time add enough cold
water (not ice) to reduce the temperature
of the mass to about ffty-six or fifty
eight degrees, and then complete the
churning, which will be as soon as the
butter is in a granulated form, with par
ticles about the size of peas. Then draw
off the buttermilk and dish in cold water,
repeating the washing until the water
drawn off appears clear. Now, take out
a layer of butter into the tray, and
sprinkle on finely sfted salt, at the rate
of about an ounce of salt to the pound
(more or less, as consumers may wish).
Then take out another layer of butter
and salt as before. After the butter is
salted, set it away for about three hours
for it "to take salt 4" and "harden the
grain" Now work it a little with q
wooden paddle, and set it away again
until next day, when it will need but
little working before preparing it for
market. By handling in this way you
will get clean, bright article, with a
perfect or unbroken grain, which will
keep sweet whether consumed immedi-
ately or packed down for future market
ing. If the butter is soft and white, it
is from lack of proper cooling before
churning and it may be hardened by
putting in about three times the usual
amount of salt, and working it a little
for two or three mornings.
Year: 1877

Raspberries may be cooked the same
as strawberries be sure that they are
heated to a good boiling temperature !:
if cooked too long they will be hard and
undesirable. One can hardly time the
cooking for others, because so much de-
pends upon the intensity of the fire
a hot, steady fire as for ironing is the
best. Fruit ought to cook quickly q
slow fire consumes time, renders the
fruit hard, and drives off in steam all the
delicate flavor which it is desirable to
preserve.


Blackberries should be canned the
same as raspberries.


Gooseberries and currants require
considerable sugar and more cooking.
Gooseberries should be well done, so
that the skins may be tender, and they
will admit of more than twice the water
that is used with strawberries,
Year: 1877

Fortune is like market, where, many
times, if you wait, the price will fall.


If you hove built castles in the air your
work not need be lost. That is where
they should be. Now put foundations
under them.


He that has not known adversity, is
but half acquainted with others OF him
self. Constant success shows us but
one side of the world.


Mental pleasures never cloy unlike
those of the body, they are increased by
repetition, approved of by reflection and
strengthened by enjoyment.


It is into the minute circumstances of
mans conduct that we are to inquire
for his real character. In these he is
underthe influence of his natural disposi-
ton, and acts from himself while in his
more open and important actions he may
be drawn by public opinion, and many
other external motives, from that bias
which his disposition would have taken.


What thing it is to be cheerful, and
to have cheerful people about one
Life, except during the pressure of its
most terrible calamities, always has a
bright side, and those who look at that
side are far the wisest. Yet there are
excellent people who go about bowed
under weight of forebodings, who feel
sure the worst thing possible will happen
who indeed make it manifest that in
their opinion it has happened already.
Year: 1877

A committee of the Odessa (Russia)
Chamber of Commerce have made re-
port on the increase of the American
grain trade, to the detriment of that OF
Russia. After quoting figures the COM
mittee say:


"The above figures are in the highest
degree instructive. They show that we
have changed positions with the United
States. She has now our former place IN
the English market, and we must be salts
fie with quite asecondary position. What
they chiefly prove, however, is the regu-
lar progressive movement of America.
We cannot therefore hope that pros
porous harvest may turn the scale IN our
favor and restore us to our former posi-
ton; but we must believe that the United
States will take higher position among
the grain producers of the world.


"It is impossible to calculate the
amount of grain which America will be
able to export, and which will render
her so completely the controller OF the
London market that we shall be utterly
unable to compete with her. The cheap
ness and fertility of her virgin soil, her
favorable climate, the high class of her
agriculture, the substitution of mac hinery
for human labor, the spirit of enter
prise and the aptitude of the Americans
for organizations, are so many proofs
that our fears are well founded"
Year: 1877

It is said of the late Kit Burns, OF
New York, that as professional rat
catcher he was the first in America. 1t
is further alleged by those who profess
unequivocal knowledge of the matter,
that the deceased Kit had amassed much
money in the pursuit of his unique voca-
tion. He once made $500 out of one
single job in the rat catching line. One
of the first restaurants on Broadway had
been so badly infested by rats that the
quantity of provisions consumed or de-
stroyed night and day was incredibly
large. The finest mousers were pro-
cured, but they made no inroad upon the
army of rodents. In fact, cat after cat
became demoralized, while the lats grew
bolder, and frequently put them to
fight. Alone in the restaurant one
MI ght, Kit surveyed the situation, and
declared it to be desperate one. The
following night he set his huge cage
close to an advantageous aperture. A
small dim lamp on shelf above him was
the only light in the place. He lay
above the great cage with the string of the
main trap in his hand. His object was to
catch the "king" rat, and then the work
was easy. They all followthe king. Rat
after rat came to the cage, nibbled the
bait, and ran back to the hole. There
seemed to have been perfect under
standing about the matter before his
majesty ventured forth. When he did
Kit knew him-for the king rat is
an enormous, shaggy specimen, with
great bristles growing out Of his body
and down snapped the trap. Now the
rest were g1ideless, and wholly at the
mercy of the rat catcher. Kit then
fastened the king so as to secure his pres.
ence in the cage, and when the trap was
again raised scores upon scores of rats
filled the cage. It could hold no more;
but when the subjects found themselves
captured they fell upon the king and
nearly tore him to pieces. After that
Kit easily secured the rest of the var
mints, and was paid $500.
Year: 1877

A death which has occasioned much
comment in Paris was that OF the Coun.
tess Potocki. She was sister OF
Madam de Beauveau and Count De NO
mar, and also the devoted wife OF the
old Count Potocki, grand seigneur
well known in Paris. She was not,
however. the mother Of Count Gregory,
who was killed at the siege OF Paris bya
small bombshell, or of Count Mellos.


The countess was remarkable
woman: she consecrated her whole life
to art, and it is probable that had she
been poor instead of being the possessoI
of millions, her name would have ranked
with those Of Maibran and Sontag.
Her friendship for Chopin is well known,
and the musician at this time was not
then considered the master he, ls to-day;
In 1910 she heard that her beloved
friend and instructor was fatally III, ana
she at once prepared to make the long
journey necessary to see ,him before ne
should breathe his last.


Weary with fatigue, she arrived at the
bedside Of the dying man. Alas ! ne
had already lost consciousness the
stupor of death was upon him. She
knelt beside him and prayed for one last
look, one last word. After q time the
diving mans eyes opened; he fixed onher
a long, earnest look. Finally, q light
came over his countenance, and at last
he recognized her. he smiled family
and murmured: "Sing, singt" Sadly
his noble visitor complied, and going to
the piano sang indeed with tears In her
voice. When she stopped, the dying
man. whose face was fairly Illuminated,
only said: "Sing ! sing again! !"s And
she sang the music the master loved.
Could anything more touching be I'M
agined than the friends of the dying man
kneeling beside the bed Of the dying mu-
sician, while this noble dame, this great
artist. sang with an inspired voice
psalm of Marcello or cantiste Of the Vir-
ainp Once again she stopped, and turn
ing his eyes toward her, the poet muir
INJURED: eft is beautiful" and with
these last words the spirit left the body.


It is supposed that he was about thirty
wears old at the time of his death, for he
had no record of his birth nor any date
to 90 by, except watch given him by
Catalan, and on the case of which was
this inscription: To the little pianist,
Chopin, at the age of ten years"
Year: 1877


When the mists have rolled in splendor,
From the valleys and the hills,
And the sunshine, warm and tender,
Falls in beauty on the rills,
We may read loves shining letter
In the rainbow of the spray;
We shall know each other better,
When the mists have cleared away,


We shall know as We are known,


Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning Of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
II we err in human blindness,
AID forget that We are dust,
If we miss the law Of kindness,
When We struggle to be just,
Snowy wings Of peace shall cover
All the pain that clouds our day,
When the weary watch is over,
And the mists has cleared away.


We shall know as we are known,


Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning Of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
When the silver mists have yeiled US
From the faces Of our own,
OFT We deem their love hath failed s,
And We tread our path alone;
We should see them near and truly,
We should trust them day by day,
Neither love nor blame unduly,
II the mists were cleared away,


We shall know as We are known,


Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning Of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
When the mists have risen above US,
As our father knows his own,
Face to face with those who love us,
We shall know as we are known,
Low beyond the Orient meadows
Floats the golden fringe of day;
Heart to heart We hide the shadows,
Til the mists have cleared away.


We shall know as we are known,


Never more to walk alone,
When the day Of light is dawping,
And the mists have cleared away.
Year: 1877

According to the Scientific Farmer
churning cream to make good butter is
not so simple process as some may
think. It must be churned at the proper
time and at the proper temperature, and
Year: 1877

NIGHT WATCHING. - The following
from Ii2rper'S BdzGr will be read with
interest;


Few of us who have ever watched all
night would give up the experience it has
brought US i'll soothing pain and fighting
back death, or in knowledge and observa-
ton of outside nature, as we see with won
der that all pain increases as the sun with
draws toward his greatest distance, that
the vital powers burn low, and night
seems TO wrap the sick, us pail wraps
the dead, in horror of thick darkness,
and that at certain hour, when the sun
has been long gone, the lamp of life flick
ers ut its feeblest, and II rude motion could
exLinguish it.


10 many of us, too, our hours of watch
ing have given US almost all we know of
night, of the deep later night, that time of
mystery in which the world is left to take
care OF itself; for in the intervals when the
patient has not needed us we have re-
treshed ourselves with long draughts of
the outdoor sights. We look out and see
the great constellation hanging in the
southeast like sentinel; we busy our
selves with our work, and as the hours
move on we look out again, and it hangs
In the southwest, and we are conscious,
in the change, of u great procession of
vast powers moving by us as if they were
mighty spirits marching through the
heavens, and it was like sight revealed
to us alone OF all the world And we al
ways feel, us we did on our first night, rs
if no one else in the world were awake ut
this dead hour, and we had the hollow of
the night to ourselves with the weird and
waning moon, and at length the strong
morning star, the presence of the sick
making it dread and awesome too, wilhal.
Perhaps it SHOWS; and seen from the sick
room, the snow borrows strange CLEANS of
cold and death. Or perhaps it storms, and
all the elements in confusion without give
strangee mphasis to this little point of pain
within, and it seems to dilate at last, and
increase to the proportions of the night,
and pain Itself become IN element. The
sailors on the coast then are up with us,
we know, and although we may be miles
away from the sea, their driving vessels
seem close upon us, and when the wind
brings the mutfled stroke Of some church
towers bell, it seems like u ships bell toll.
ing its own knell.


And by and by it is gray, and the light
swels like seed, till it blossoms out and
fills the whole heavens, and our wrought
and excited senses seem to see the very
glory of heaven in the burning rose and
gold of the east, and we feel as if the
splendor of the sun came to atone, us fai
as outer splendor can, for the gloom anC
grief of sickness and pain.
Year: 1877

woman of the name of Asma, who exposed
the prophet and his claims 10 ridicule in
some satirical verses, was soon afterward
assassinated by an agent of Mahomet, who
crept into her apartment at midnight and
plunged his dagger into her breast as she
lay asleep between her little ones.-
Mac Colts Eastern Question.
Year: 1877

A community in New York resort to
what they call s'cure by criticism"
when any of their band is sick. They
get around his bed, and fai aithfully tell
him all his faults, as far as known,
and this, they say, .'thr0ws him into q
profuse perspiration, usually resulting
in a speedy recovery"
Year: 1877

The Kalamazoo Mich Telegraph
tells the story of an extraordinary adj
venture which happened recently to
Kalamazoo lady, in which she displayed
such rare presence of mind as to make
the matter worthy of more notice than
mere paragraph. About half-past ten
in the morning, Mrs. d. @. Reed, OF
Kalamazoo, was waiting in her carriage
for DR.. Gile, who was calling upon West
street, when crazy man broke from the
ranks and attendants, jumped into the
carriage with Mrs. Reed, took the relns
and whip, and beat the horse severely,
and drove out West street to near Mr..
Burt's, when Mrs. Reed persuaded him
to get out. Then she put whip to the
horse and returned to the village. The
crazy man went into the woods, but
was soon captured and taken to the
asylum.


Mrs Reeds GOODNESS under this try
ing situation probably saved her from
serious results. After the carriage had
been driven rapidly down West street,
she talked calmly to the lumatic, telling
him she knew he was endeavoring to get
away from the keepers, and making him
believe his best plan was to escape to
the woods. They had now got beyond
the Heydenburk hill, and she induced
the madman to get out, telling him to
run into the thick underbrush there.
He got out, but Immediately changed
his mind, did made desperate effort to
get back into the carriage, but Mrs.
Reed, who lost no time in getting away,
whipped up her horse, and reached Mr..
Burt's house, when she got out, ran into
the house, and was completely overcome
with excitement and fright. In little
while, however, she was able to return
| home
Year: 1877

A recent issue of the Boston Post
contains the following: Among the
persons who applied for lodgings Sun
day evening at the Ninth street police
station was one Charles Williams, form
erly lieutenant in the navy and at
tached to the South Atlantic squadron
under the command of Admiral Dahlgren.
Mr.. Williams, previous to the late civil
war, was in the merchant service, and
for six years was the commander of the
lookout, one of the finest clipper ships
which sailed out of New York harbor.
Upon the breaking out of the war he en-
tered the navy as common sailor, and
was very soon after made a lieutenant.
During the bombardment of Fort Nc
Allister, while attached to the Sonoma,
)f the South Atlantic squadron, he was
severely injured by the explosion of
cannon, the powder burning his face


nd hands in a shocking manner. From
the effect of this accident he lost his eye
sight, but was still retained in the SER
vice until 1865, when he was discharged


During his service as merchantmen and
in the navy he had managed to save a
considerable sum of money, which he
proceeded to expend at some of the best
eye infrmaries in the country, hoping
thereby to regain his eyesight, but fin
ally gave up in despair until 1870, when
he made the acquaintance of an eminent
German physician, then on q visit to
New York. He succeeded in restoring the
lost eyesight, although in an impaired
state, and in order to strengthen the eyes
inserted two minute glass plates be-
meath the lids, which Williams retains
up to the present time. Having been
unable to procure work in his own place
Bridgeport, Conn. }, and having wife
and three children to support, Mr.. Will
liams came to this city few days since
with what money he could raise, with
the hope of procuring work at his trade,
which is sail making but being unsuc-
cessful and having used up his last cent,
he was compelled for the first time to
ask lodgings at the city's expense.
Year: 1877

Passengers on the deck of large
pleasure steamboat, running through
the narrows of New York harbor, several
years ago, were amazed and greatly
alarmed by seeing large cannon ball
pass over the boat The ball was from
cannon in Fort .Hamilton, which the
gunners had supposed was aimed at a
target nowhere near the boat. The
residents of the quiet village of Minton,
i'll England, have also had an experience
of bombardment in, time of peace. At
midday sixteen-pound shell fell in the
middle of the main street, and ploughed
up the turf long distance. Another
shell soon fell into a garden near by,
and third entering the roof of barn,
utterly demolished the building. The
frightened villagers fled from their
homes to the open country. 1t was
soon ascrtained that the Royal Horse
Artillery were practicing gunnery upon
lofty eminence some two miles distant,
and that the gunners had put their tar
gets in line with the village. A mount
ed messenger informed the officer in
command of the village catastrophe, and
the firing ceased.
Year: 1877

Mrs. Sawin, of Kansas, is a plucky
woman who has farm of 800 acres Of
prairie land. This spring she harvested
ten acres of wheat of her own plowing
and sowing, and put down twenty acres
more, besides some sorghum and broom
corn. She is not strong-bodied woman;
on the contrary, when she began her
plowing she was so feeble that she had
an easy chair at the end of her furrow
and was obliged at every second rev to
stop and rest. She chose this life be-
cause she had more fitness for it than
for anything else that gave promise OF a
future for two little sons whom she de-
sires to educate to usefulness. Her
health improves, and sheep-raiser in
the neighborhood has engaged her to
plow ten acres Of land for him and take
her pay in sheep.