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Year: 1877

GERERAT DESIRE TO AVOID ONE II POSSIBLE.


lDY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUSE.l


WASHINGTON, March 13.-The question of an extra
session of Congress Will without doubt be deter
mined before the close of the present week. con-
ference of few leading members of Congress of
both parties will be held in day two to consider
the subject and make recommendation to the
President the purpose being to ascertain if there is
any course which will avoid the necessity OF the
extra session, and which will at the same time be
thought both legal and udicious by representative
men of the Administration and opposition parties.
Apparently the question has no longer any partisan
bearing. Democrats as well as Republicans seem to
be equally averse to Congress meeting again Ill
Nav or June. Some of the Democrats think
they will have better chance to organize the House
then than at the beginning of the regular session III
December but Others believe that there would be
nothing gained by an early meeting. The theory of
the latter class is that in the first flush of enthusiasm
over the new Southern policy the Administration
would be more likely to succeed i'll placing the
organization under control of its friends than it
would be next Winter, when the Democrats have
had time to recover from their Generalization, and
when the difficulties in the way of carrying out the
Presidents ideas will be sure to make themselves
felt.
Year: 1877




self decided to haul up anchor and "go
10 see the fun,' which, at our distance
from the scene of conflict, seemed TO be'
growing decidedly monotonous. By this
time Mr. Page had driited fully half q
mile to the westward, and not once had
the trout given any sign of yielding
When we came up with Mr.. Page it was
quite dark, and the contest, which did not
seem 50 very unequal after all.-for it
was yet doubtful which would get the
best of it,-had stretched out TO a lull
hour and quarter. Then at last the
trout showed signs of exhaustion, aud,
yielding to the inevitable pressure OF tho
elastic rod, was once brought near the
surface, but not close enough to net
Settling again to the bottom he had appa-
rently made up his mind to stay there;
but the gentle, steady persuasion OF the
faithful seven-ounce Murphy split bamboo
fly rod again proved too much for him,
and straining his tackle to the utmost,
Mr.. Page brought his victim gradually
toward the surface. The three boats had
now come so close together that the fish
was shut in on all sides. But it had be-
come so dark that it was difficult 10 dis
Germ objects with any distinciness. and TO
shed all the ligh. we could upon the puz-
zling problem which was at last approach
ing solution, we got together all the
matches we had with US, and made in
each boat q miniature bonfire. Soon
commotion upon the surface of the water
showed that the critical moment had
arrived. There. with his back fin as erect
as ever, was a magnificent front, which
was soon in the landing-net, and in
moment after in the boat, after precisely
an hour and hall of as steady and per-
sistent fight as a fish ever made forl
but his capture was full reward for all
the time and trouble it had cost, since he
weighed by the scales full seven pounds.


This trout, and one weighing eight
pounds which had been taken by Mr..
Crounse, were among the magnificent
trophies which were carried away from
BeVa when we broke camp day or two
afterward. And the scene upon that
memorable morning was one to which it
is difficult TO do justice with pen or pencil.
There was the balteau ladencd with all
the camp paraphernalia, including the
pet dog Prince. AS passengers, there
were the two leaders OF the party, Messrs.
Page and Crounse. each with his two
boys, while the guides pulled the oars.
Dam Quimby, the faithful cook and
profound philosopher. whose "corn dod
gers" had been in steady demand and
uniailing supply during the whole time
OF our stay in camp. was starting oil for
Il ten-mile tramp overland 10 Madrid,
leading the COW which he had brought in
with him by the same route month be-
fore. and the esprit OF Mooselucmagun-
tic" stripped Of his blanket, seemed to be
dancing in wild glee at the prospect OF
being left in undsturbed possession Of
his wild domain Two or three Of US
remained behind to catch few more
trout, and in the hope Of less boisterous
passage to the main camp. After day
or two we followed, taking with Us de-
lightlul memories of the camp at Bema.
and trout enough to excite the envy OF
the less successful anglers at the other
end OF the lake.


THE END.
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the Towanda
JOurRd writes; The potato bug is no
scarcity with us at present, and upon in
quiring at the drug store the price of
Paris Green, and learning that the popu-
larity of the arCicle as an eXterminator
had increased its price to about the val
ue of crop protected by it, concluded
to tell the people what l have long
known about making the article.


Take unslacked lime of the best quail
ity, slack it with hot water; then take
the finest of the powder and add alum
water as strong as it can be made, sutfi-
cient to form thick paste then color il
with bichromate of potash and sulphite
of copper until the color suits your fancy
The sulphite of copper gives the color OF
blue tinge, the bichromate of potash a
yellow. Observe this and you will never
fail.
Year: 1877

Betwixt your home and mine
Oh, love, there is graveyard lying:


And every time you come
Y onr steps were Ger the dead and from the diving
Y our face was dark and sad
Your eyes had shadows in their laughter


ct their glances made me glad
And shut my own TO what was coming after
our voice had deeper chords
Than the -Eolian harp when night winds blow
The melancholy music of your words
None but myself may know


And OH you won my heart
BY VOWS unbreathed-by words of love unspoken
so that, as now we part,
on have no blame to bear and yet--tis broken
How shall | bear this blow, how best resent it
Ah, love, you have not left HE even my pride
Nor strength to put aside nor to repent it
Iwere better | had died


You came beneath nv tent with friendly greet


ing;
Of all my joys you had the better part


Then when our hands and eyes oftenest


meeting
Y 1ou struck me to the heart


No less a murderer than your victim living,
tan face the passing world and jest and smile
No less traitor, for your show Of giving
! our friendship all the while


Well, let it pass The city churchyard living
Betwixt our homes is but a type and sign
Of the waste IN your heart and OF the eternal


dying
VI all sweet hopes in mine.
London Transcript.
Year: 1877

'IN 49,


For several years Judge Bay of this city has been
great sufferer from facial neuralgia and to avail
himself OF any benefit that might possibly result
from change of climate, spent most of 1873 in
California and the last part Of 1874 in Colorado
without any material benefit, and on his return
from Colorado, Dr. Hodgden cut out little over
half inch of the fifth facial nerve and for seven
or eight months the Judge experienced entire re
lief from the disease, but at the expiration of that
time it gradually returned upon him with increased
severity until life almost unbearabe. DR.. Hodg-
den became satisfied that the separate parts of the
nerve had united, and he determined to perform a
second operation and on the 7th inst, at the
idence of Judge Bay, 3220 Chestnut street, and in
the presence of several medical gentlemen, cut out
two inches of the nerve, and removed several col
lateral branches The operation lasted fifteen
minutes, was exceedingly painful, and thoagh the
Judge declined to take chlorotorm or any opiate,
he stood the knife without any hinching. This
operation has been very rarely performed in the
West and from the proximity of the nerve to the
eve requires great care and much skill. The Judge
has had no return of the neuralgia pains, and all
the indications are that the operation will prove
eminently successful, though it will probable be
week before he will be able to leave his house
Year: 1877

How strangely we overlook the value of
the liquid eXcrement oi our animals! A
COW, under ordinary feeding, furnishes in
year twenty thousand pounds of solid
eXcrement, and about eight thousand
pounds of liquid. The comparative money
value of the two is but slightly in favor of
the solid. This statement has been veri


fed as truth over and over again. The
urine Of herbiverous animals holds nearly
all the secretions of the body which are
capable Of producing the rich nitrogenous
compounds so essential as forcing or leaf
forming agents in the growth of plants.
The solid holds the phosphoric acid, the
lime, the magnesia, which 90 to seeds
principally: but the liquid, holding nj
lrogen. potash and soda is needed in
forming the stalks and leaves. The two
forms Of plant nutriment should never be
separated or allowed 10 be wasted by
neglect. The farmer who saves all the
urine OF his animals doubles his manurial
resources every year Good seasoned peat


OF an immense service TO farmers, when
Used as an absorbent, and the stalls for
animals should be so constructed as to
Jdmir ot wide passage in the rear, with
Generous room for peat, to be used daily
WITH eNcrement Journal Of Chemistry.
Year: 1877

AS the Freeport ferry was taking load of pas
sengers across the river, and when about half way
over, the rope broke. None of the men could
swim; the boat drifting down stream there
nothing board by which it could be pad
died or its movements directed. At length a
strong and healthy Canadian woman calmly took
off her shoes and stockings. Modesty forbade the
removal Of much more She caught a rope in her
teeth, plunged into the muddy current, and swan
for shore. She reached the bank tied the rope to
q strong tree, and the men hauled the boat ashore
Sacramento Bee.
Year: 1877

1t was at this season of the wear, Just
wears ago that extraordinary scene occurred in
Danbury 1t was in the evening, and couple
were bringing in several pots of plants from the
ward to save them from the frost which the TEN
peratnre Of outdoors threatened While thus en-
gagged she spoke. referring to geranium she had
in her hand


II wouldn't lose this one fer great deal as
mother gave it to me-


He looked at it.


"Your mother gave it 10 YOU Guess not. |
bought that plant myself"


why, it's no such thing"


4 tell you | did he added, speaking with
warmth.


And | tell you you didn't" she firmly assever-
ated. DO you suppose don't know what was
given to me =


DO YOU suppose l don't know what bought
with my own money !"


lf you say you bought that geranium," she
said, speaking very slowly, and with white lips
you say what you know to be false"


DO you mean to say | lie = he hssed.


"lf you say that, / do"


You shall be sorry for this" he threatened


Never, she retortedN


II e put on his hat and coat and left the house


That was seven years ags this fall. She never
him again, nor heard from him, in all that
seven years. What must have been the thoughts
the agony Of mind endured by that wretched wife
in that time. earth knows She kept
her thoughts to herself and patiently as far as
outward appearance went, bore the burden put
upon her


On Friday evening Of last week her door opened,
and a man walked into her presence. There was
a look, "a cry, and she in the arms of her hus
band What a happy home was that, All the
agony of the seven long years forgotten i'll
that hour Of reconciliation and reunion. A hearty
supper spread, and with tears and smiles she
hovered about him. mnisterng to every want.
After supper there a long talk of the past
N"lt is singular she said, speaking in one OF
the pauses, that it should have happened as it
like All awful dream We both lost our tenpers,
and we have both suffered for it, The miserable
geranium DO you know cannot bear to see one
of those plants! told mother to come and take
it back, for | would not have it in sight"


What! he calculated, "do you still persist in
saying that she gave it to you y
'Why, John, Of course she did. Haven't You
got that idea vet r


NO. haven't he persisted. his face darken-
ing. Il bought that geranum just as sure as I'm
a living man


She thought Of his years of cruel desertion, of
all he had caused her to suffer because of his OBJ
stinacy, and her heart hardened, and her face
flushed.


You are mean to say that when you know it is
false"


1T isn't false It's heavens truth"


Its no such thing It's mean, contemplate
lie


He jumped up from his chair, seized his hat and
coat and shot out of the house in flash, and she
never uttered word in protest She sat there
with clenched hands and white face and let him
60.


And so he is gone. And to-day she is alone
again with the old burden and the old pain. Dan
bury News,
Year: 1877

WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE Poor. Silver spoons
are used to scrape kettles


Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are left to stand
open and lose their strength


Potatoes in the cellar grow, and sprouts are not
removed until the potatoes become worthless.


Brooms are never hung up and are soon spoiled.
Nice handled knives thrown into hot water.
The -four is sifted in wasteful manner, and the
bread pan is left with the dough sticking to it.


Clothes are left on the line to whip to pieces in
the wind.


Tubs and barrels are left i'll the sun to dry and
fall apart


Dried fruits are not taken care of in season and
become wormy


Rags strings and paper are thrown into the fire
Bits of meat vegetables bread and cold pud-
dings are thrown away when they might be warm
ed steamed and served as good as new.
Year: 1877

We're the eager allies of the Monnons in those
days Dead bodies thrown into gully or dragged
among the foot hills We're soon disposed of One
might find skeleton and few remnants OF cloth,
but he could find nothing more. If any one was
missing there were the Indians to be charged with
the crime, and the Indians had no care what was
shOuldered upon them
Year: 1877

1t has been proved in Nevada and
other silver producing States of the West
that capital devoted to agriculture pays
better and more regularly than if put into
gold and silver mines.
Year: 1877

from party management does not show the least
sympathy for the old Democratic organization. Said
ono of. these leaders to me the other day: Tho
Democratic party do nothing for ms In Louisiana
All its theories and instincts opposed to our n-
terests. II looks upon government q sort of ma
tiona police to let things abne az long there's
disturbance. We believe its highest duty is to de-
velop the country. We want our levees constructed
The water from twenty States comes pouring down.
upon MS and browns crops. aud think it is an
affair of the nation to keep it off lands. The
Democratic party would not vote dollar for the
purpose. The Republican party built the Union Pa
cifc Railroad. and if get the Southern Pacific


line it will come from that party and not from the
Democracy. Last session the Republican Senate
voted money to establish steamship line from here
to Brazil, but the Democratic House killed the pro-
ject. We want tariff system maintained to pro-
tect our sugar planting interests; to Democratic
party would establish free trade if il could. tell YOU
We are not blind and that the barrier that kept
Ills IN one course in politics is removed we shall help
the party that can help us."


IL is encouraging tn those who look for the speedy
paccation of the State to notice how rapidly the ami
mostly toward Packard and his supporters is dying
out. The members of Packard's Legislature who had
been garrisoning q hostile fortihcation for three
months were received with applause when they ap-
peared to take their seats in the Conservative body.
Even Packard himself, whom one of the city papers
wanted hanged to the first lamp-post last January,


is spoken of with hardly trace of bitterness. In
stead of denunciation and abuse, one often hears
such remarl- made of him these: "Well, he's a
plucky fellow, any way; he stuck il out we'll"


Strange to say, the evils that have sprung from
negro suffrage do not seem to dispose the gov
erniug class TO take measures to limit its power OF
fuure mischief by restrictive legislation. In many
Southern States poll tax has been resoTsed to, and
has proved effective in come there is renewed talk
of an educational qualification. Here. theIe
to be intention to resort to either measure, or to
any other tending IN diminish the volume of the
black vote The plan of Gov. Nichols and his asso
cates is not to decrease the quantity of this vote
but to improve its quality They propose TO educate
the negro and thus make him able to cast ntelli
gent ballot They say that The people of the State
are willing to maintain good school system by
property tax public sentiment in this respect having
undergone an entire change within tho past two
three years. E.y.s.
Year: 1877

In the Isle of Man, as was one day walk
ing on the sea-shore, remember contemplat
ing with thrilling interest an old gray, ru-
ined tower, covered with ivy. There was a
remarkable history connected with the spot.
In that tower was formerly hanged one OF
the best governors the island ever possessed.
lie had been accused of treachery to the king
during the time of civil wars, and received
sentence of death. Intercession was made
on his behalf, and pardon was sent; but
that fell into the hands of his bitter enemy,
who kept it locked up, and the governor was
hung. His name is still honored by the
many, and you may often hear a pathetic
ballard sung to his memory, to the music oi
the spinning wheel We must feel horror
struck at the fearful turptude of that
Man who, having the pardon for his fel
low-creature in his possession, could keeI
it back, aud let him die the death of a trai
tor But let us restrain~our indignation
till we ask ourselves whether God NIGH
not point to most of us and say Thou arr
the man Thou hast a pardon in thine hand
| to save thy ielow-creature, not from TEN
poral, but from eternal death Thou has
a pardon suited to all, sent to all, designate,
for all. Thou hast enjoyed it thyself bu
hast thou not kept it back from thy brother
instead of sending it TO the ends of th
| earth 2"-Huqh SiOWeH.
Year: 1877

have always thought that we are apt to
dwell too much on the suffering and sorrow
of the lot and mind of Christ Our rever-
ence aud sympathy should be more with his
abounding joy. ! think those who read
with clear eyes and an open mind will see
evidences of an unutterable joy in his words;
may almost think they hear it in his tones
when he promised heaven to disinterested
and earth to the meek, and satisfaction to
the earnest when he welcomed the faith OF
the centurion, and the hope of the penitent
aud the charity of the widow when he fore
saw the incoming OF the Gentiles, aud knew
that heaven and earth should pass away
sooner than his words of life and truth. Th'
sutferings OF the holy can never surely tran
scend their peace and whose fulness OF jo,
can compare with theirs ?-lidrtenedu.
Year: 1877

on THE BuRDENs.-To am ordinary OBJ
server, the mass OF people one meets seem
happy and joyous. Here and there, perhaps
we see care-worn face, but the multitude
pass on AS sunny and smiling as II there were
no trouble in the world. But could we lift
the veil and look beneath this gay exterior,
we should discover many hidden grief, so
many hearts there are that ache and make
no sign aud that is not the btterest sorrow
that the world sees aud knows. Those griefs
are the sorest and the hardest TO bear which
must be kept concealed and never spoken OF.
Year: 1877




To the Hon James II. Wilson, Fair field, la.


My DEAR SIR: l have your favor OF the 26th
inst, in which you say that the recent order Of
the department relative to the omission of the
names of battles from the army register as It is
now understood and as the newspapers are
treating it, sis doing me injustice" You very
properly ask me to explain to you the reasons
for the order, and l cheerfully comply with
pour request, appreciatiog fnlly the friendly
spitit in which it was made. For several years
efforts. have been 10 progress for revision of
the army register in this respect, with view
to the perfect treatment of all regiments. This
work of revision is not yet finished, but have
given orders to complete it as soon as possible,
so that an edition of the register containing
correct list of the battles may be issued at an
early day. In the opinion of the General Of
the army, in which concur. IL was not practi-
cable to complete the work iu time for an issue
of the register now in press, and consequently
upon bis recommendation the order for pubca-
ton was temporarily suspended, not revoked.
The necessity for this revision grows out of the
fact that the list of battles as heretofore
published was not prepared upon any uniform
plan. 1t should contain under each regiments
list of the battles in which the regiment has
been engaged, but the difficulty has been
to determine what engagements are TO be
regarded as battles within the meaning of the
order. Great diversity of opinion has ex-
listed upon this point, and also upon the
question whether . battle in which only
part of a regiment was engaged, say one or two
u.
pOrtant how these questions are decided, but it
is quite important, 10 order to prevent injus-
tice, that one rule should be applied to all regi
ments. This was not done in preparing the
lists as heretofore published. and hence the
necessity for careful revision. These lists
were furnished by the commanders of regi-
meuts, each acting upon his own Judgment as
TO what was proper, some, instead of confining
themselves to battles, including skirmishes,
campaigns and scouts; Others forwarded for in-
SEXTON only battles in sense of engagements Of
Importance; some incuded only battles in
which the entirs regiment had been engaged,
while others reported all battles aud skrmishes
in which any portion of the regiment had
taken part. Numerous requests for amend
ments have been received since the lists were
published, and mary complaints naturally re-
suited from the want of consistent rule TO apply
in all cases. Under these circumstances, upon
the recommendation of the General Of the
army, an order suspendng the publication of
the list of battles was issued for the purpose of
awaiting the establishment, through board of
officers CT otherwise, of proper standard as q
guide hereafter. need hardly to say to you
that l am surprised to hear that anyone should
charge that the order was issued with view to
oblterate any part of the glorious record made
by the army in the war for the suppression of
the rebellion and the preservation of the Union.


Very respectfully yours, etc,


GEORGE W. MCCRARY.
Year: 1877

WITHIN ten months eighty million dollars
worth OF silver have been unloaded on the
market, and the supply does not begin to be
exhausted. Germany has still large re-
serve, the South American mines are turning
out immense quantities, and another bonanza
has been struck in Nevada. A more unfavor-
able time for the reconciliation of silver
could not be selected.
Year: 1877

1T appears by a letter of Secretary Nc
Crary, just made public. that the list of bat
ties in which each regiment participated was
only omitted from the present edition of the
army register because new system of selec-
ton and arrangement is to be introduced in
the next one
Year: 1877

THE question which the American people
have got to decide is "Shall the country be
ruled by the Mississippi plan?" BY this
plan the Democrats have got control of the
House, and have nearly succeeded in captur-
ing the President and the Senate.
Year: 1877

THE conflict between the President OF the
French Republic and the Chamber of Depu-
ties goes on with great earnestness. Marshal
MacMahon acts as if he was trying to build
up the old Whig party in France.
Year: 1877

If there is any breaking up of the solid
South it is carefully concealed. That Sean
dinavian god that could see the grass grow
could not perceive SO much as crack in the
solid ranks of the Southern Democracy.
Year: 1877

we DO not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.