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Year: 1878

SEATING OF WIGaINToE.-A New
York Times Washington special has the
following on tho scene in the House: His
cock of New York led tho debate on be-
half of the legally elected candidate, and
in clear and forcible argument demon
strated conclusively that Wigginton had
no more right to seat in the House than
had one Of the pages. He was interrupted
during his speech by Luttrell, who tried
to break the force of his address by irrele-
want questions. The attempt was signal
failure, and at the conclusion ofhis speech
Hiscock was the recipient of warm con
gratulstions by all the prominent Repub
cans on the floor. 1t is worthy of note
that Potter Of New York was the only
Democrat who had manhood enough to
vote with the Republicans against the ad
mission of Wigginton.
Year: 1878

THE Postmsster General has issued q
new rule which has caused a furry in Re-
Publican circles. Postmasters for small
towns and for country districts will here
after be appointed on the recommendation
of the Postmaster of the largest neighbor-
ing city. Some Western member of Con
gress feel indignant at this loss of patron.
age. They believe it to bo another insid-
lots blow at the Republican party, and
are more than ever convinced that the
Presidents Southern policy is failure.
Year: 1878

Several parties whose names have been
dropped from our subscription list, are still
owing us for several years subscription to the
BEACON. The privilege Of paying such in
deb;edness with four bushels of corn 70, each
year (Which is nearly twice its marker value }
is extended 10 them as well as others, tut
unless they settle in this or some other way
within month, we will be compelled to
bring suit against them. Sept 22-lm
Year: 1878

The Sultan has instructed his commission
to devise plan to redeem his fat currency
in four per cent. interest.bearing bonds; but
the commission find it difficult to devise a
plan. But suppose they do propose one,
why, this will be a sudden and violent con-
traction lin fact wiping out nearly all the
paper currency of the country. This the
Nationals" here would howl against as aw-
full. Their remedy would be 20 issue some
more of the fiat paper, and SO get the benefit
of imitation. The benighted Turks, however,
who have had experience Of how the fiat
business works, loudly demand specie re-
sumption, if it wipes out every paper dollar
in the country. They have had enough of an
irredeemable paper currency; and. they will
have no more of it, Insane as it may appear
to our Nationals" the fat currency bitten
Turks clamor for gold and silver coin and a
paper currency convertible on demand into
coin,
Year: 1878

The failure of Gen. Banks to secure a re-
nomination to Congress will be great surprise
for there was general confidence In his luck.
His defeat is not thing to cry over, for he is
a Turveydrop in politics yet department is
is not to be despised, aud there ought to be
some one at Washington to teach manners to
the barbarians who have controlled the
House for the last few years. The little iron
man narrowly escaped victory, as he too
often did while in the army. The vote on the
final ballot stood fifty for him to fifty-one
against him. The man who was nominated.
Mr.. S. 2. Bowman, is said to be fully quail
fled for the place, and commended even by
his opponents, as a man fit to represent the
District in Congress. He is sound on the cur
rency question-and it is to be feared the
distinguished gentleman whom he defeated
was not.
Year: 1878

The Nationals are frightening the Mary
land Democrats badly. In several of the
Congressional Districts the candidates NOM
inated by the former party are closely push
ing the Democratic nominees. Democratic
journals are appealing for harmony, and beg
ging the party to keep united and return a
solid delegation to Congress.
Year: 1878

CHARLES SUMNER once said that 'Infia.
tion is the method of the exhausted inebriate
who would cure the delirium by fresh drafts
of the fatal poison. Initiation is death to
business-death to character
Year: 1878

We 90 not read anonymous letters ana communi-
cations The name and address Of the writer are In
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserys com
mpnicatons that are not nsed
Year: 1878

The aggregate of coin now held by the
United States Treasury is equal to more than
two-thirds of the entire amount of legal
tenders now outstanding. With one hundred
millions of legal-tenders in actual control of
the Treasury, and this large coin balance, it
is evident that everything is ready for re-
sumption on the 1st of January next.
Year: 1878

Roxy, is the title of an original and powerful
story by Edward Eggleston. New York;
Charles Scribner's Sons: Portland; Loring,
Short & Harmony 1t seems like the brother
of SAKE Holms stories, there ara the same
traits with the difference between the mascu-
line mind and that of woman. 1t is the story
OF girl who lowered with the desire for self
sacrifice that exists in some women, finds ful
exercise OF her power Of forgiveness and her
forttude in her own home. The story is hardly
pleasant one, there is too much Of sorrow and
sin in its pages, but its high tone and practical
treatment elevate it above its griefs; and .
pleasant contrast to the brilliant, vacillating
hero and rather too angelic heroine, are the
figures of the mischievous Toinet and the
young minister who becomes q willing victim
of her pretty ways. Roxy is remarkable nov
ell, of the kind that make the world better for
the reading of them.
Year: 1878

A Buffalo physician recommends
champagne as preventive Of yell
low fever, and the Buffalonians
who used to sneak in the back door
Of saloons now boldly walk in the
front entrance Thus far not q sim
gle case of yellow fever has oc.
Cured in Buffalo.
Year: 1878

The facilities of the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside OF San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to US will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
Year: 1878


bearings perfectly that these high





they paid for experience and we have
through the for theirs Suce
SILVER We shall all times conduct our business

let the have cheap goods at the GA1
TOWNEYS .f- Mn1
Year: 1878

The Russians Not In Want of Sch ooners


ELLSWORTH, May 12.-The visiG of the
schooner Venus to Southwest harbor was
simply an effort to sell the schooner to the
Russians. The officers laughed at the idea
and said they had no need of such vessel.
Che was too large for row boat and they did
not care to go yachting SO long as they had
such comfortable steamship as the Cmbria to
carry them about. The master of the Venus
suggested that she would make a good trans
port to which the officers answered that there
was plenty of room on the Cimbria for their
baggage and besides they needed it with them.
1t is ntterl6 impossible to tell when the Cim-
brla will leave. Some young officers who were
here yesterday said that Capt. Badenhausen
and Griperberg would visit Ellsworth some Sun
day. An invitation was telegraphed them to
dine here to-day, but they answered it was i'm
possible for them to leave to-day.


LONDON, May ia despatch from Rome
contraditcs the statement that the Russian
ambassador in that city has said that the Cim.
bra was engaged to transport men and officer
to America, where they will cross the continent
and other vessels will take them to the mouth
Of the AmoOr, the object being merely the
better protection of her possession on the lower
Amoor.' The despatch says the ambassador
said nothing of the kind.
Year: 1878

A Nebraska farmer claims to have made
six hundred pounds of bright sugar and one
hundred and fifty-three gallons OF amber
syrup from two acres OF cane. The seed
planted was of the early amber variety. The
sugar was obtained by hanging the thick
syrup in coffee sacks after it began TO gram
ulate
Year: 1878

SHOULD not be regarded
as trifiing ailment-in fact
nature demands the utmost
regularity Of the bowels,
and any deviation from
this demand paves the way
often to serious danger. It
is quite necessary to remove
impure accumulations from
the bowels as Ii Is to eat or
sleep, and no health can be
expected where q costive
habit of body preyailR.
Year: 1878

When the eggs begin to hatch, if the hen
is inclined to be restless, or the nest is
crowded, remove the chicks as soon as they
are dry, and keep warm in the house until
all are hatched; then remove hen and
chicks to coop previously prepared. II
the coop has been used before, whitewash
inside and out, a week beforehand. Do not
feed the chicks until they are atleast twelve
hours old. l used to imagine that a chick
should be fed as soon as it was out OF the
shell, but after | had killed two fine broods
by feeding too soon, changed my mind.
Year: 1878

After the hearing of the Statement of the
physicians the Jury rendered "A verdict tn the
effect that Greene came to his death by taking
an overdose of some poison, but with no in
tent To commit suicide.
Year: 1878

S"-SSN


New England Farmer.


Ii, when a pan Is taken down 10 be skim
med, there is found thin layer of whey
under the cream, and under that, thick sour
milk, the hope OF making good, sweet but
ter from that cream may "a well be given
up, Tor il is an impossibility. Ii such
cream could be churned Immediately, and
under the very best conditions, il is posi-
hle 10 make fair quality OF butter Tor
Immediate Use, but as a rule, such cream
had better he kept out OF the cream jar.
Cream taken from sour milk which has
progressed in fermentation 50 Tar as 10 sep
arate its whey will almost invariably give
a strong cheesy flavor to to the butter made
from it. Good cheese is good in liz place,
but most persons prefer to have their butter
and cheese in separate packages, and dairy
men should not forget this fact.


How 10 Pack Buster for Winter Use.


Cor. Inter-Ocean,Gl


would say in regard TO putting down
butter for winter, and to have it kept sweet
il Is important to apply salt 10 the butter
at the rate Of one ounce to every pound.
After the salt has been worked in, the but
ter should lie allowed TO stand twenty four
hours and then be worked over again. BY
this second working it is not only rendered
more solid, but the salt is more thoroughly
incorporated, and the butter will keep sweet
longer time. 1t is then ready to put in
jars-I prefer stone jars cover it with
strong brine OF soft water. This will
keep butter a year fresh and sweet, as We
know from experience. The brine in the
ca~e of jar acts as a heading keeping the
air out.
Year: 1878

The death of Henry Greene, the eccentric
Englishman, which occurred on Monday
night or early Tuesday morning, was the
topic of discussion yesterday throughout the
city, and the verdict OF the Coroner's jury IL
the effect that his death was caused by the
taking OF an overdose % poison unintention-
ally, was a matter Os great surprise, although
physicians who made the postmortem ex.
animation. This is due from the fact that
is
Year: 1878

Allow a cupful of bran for each quart Of
water, mix cold and boil for twenty min
utes, then strain and add to four or FIVE
quarts Of water, enough more to wash =
dress Have it only luke warm and use no
soap whatever, and no water in which
white clothes have been washed or rinsed.


Add salt if there is any white and the color
runs. Rinse well and starch in glue water
not too hot. When dry, sprinkle and
iron. Brown linens can be washed
in the same manner, adding
enough hay TO give the water dark tinge.
Year: 1878


Our beautiful Maggie was married to-day


Beautiful Maggie, with son brown hair.


Whose Shadows fall DER face as fair
As the snowy blooms Of the early May;
We have kissed her lips and seat her away,
With many blessing and many prayer,
The Iet Of our house who was married to-day.
The sunshine is gone from the old South room.
Where she sat through the long, bright sumner


hours:


And tie Odor has gone from the window flowers
And something is lost of their delicate bloom,
And shadow creeps over the house with It's gloom
a shadow that over our paradise towers.
For we see her no more IN the old South room.
Thought that the song Of the robin this eve,
As he sang to his mate on the sycamore tree,
Had minors Of sadness to temper his glee.
As if he for the loss Of our darling did grieve,
And asked, Where is Maggie?' and why did she


leave


The maiden who earroIled sweet duets with me p
For she mOcked not the song Of the robin this eve.
The pictures seem dim where they hang on the wall;
Though they cost butt triie, they always looked


fair


Whether Iamplght or sunlight ilumined them


there


think twas her presence that brightens them all;
Since Maggie no longer can come to our call.
With her eyes full OF laughter, unshadowed by


care,


The pictures seem dim where they hang on the wall
lounge through the garden, Istand by the gate
She stood there to greet me last at this hour,
Every eve, through the summer, in sunshine or


shower, #trta- 4t-
Just stood by the postern, my coming to wait
Dear Maggie, her heart with its welcome elate,
To give me smile. and g kiss, and flower
OH when will she meet me again by the gate:
She loved US and left us-she loves, and is gone
With me one she loves best as his beautiful bride
How fondIy he ealledher his joy and his pride,
OurjOy and our pride. whom he claims Es- his own!
INT can he, like US, prize the heart he haswon-
God I1nowsl and we know that she loves and is
B. asouef
Year: 1878

In Germany they manage this little
pastime in very pleasant way. When
a couple meet after eating pbiiopena
together no advantage is taken Of the
other until one of them prOnOunces the
word "philopena." This is the warning
that now the sport is to begin. Let US
suppose that gentleman calls upon
lady. She invites him to walk in, and
at the same time speaks the talismanic
word. If he accepts the offer to walk
in he is lest, unless she removes the ban
by telling him to go away. If she asks
him to take off his hat, he must reso-
lutely keep it on; if to be seated, he
must stand; or if at the table she should
hand him any article which he accepts,
she wins the forfeit. During all this
time he eudeavors to take her by sur
prise, for the acceptance of any offer
from the other wins the game. Both are
constantly exercising their wits to pre-
vent being caught, and the sport often
goes on all the evening. PeRhaps the
gentleman brings a little present and
says, knowing that l shall lose my
philopena, have brOughtit along-here
it is" If she is caught of her guard ny
the smooth speech she loses 1or ne
Immediately claims forfeit. II neither
wins at the first meeting, the. sport Is
continued to the second, and 1t may
happen that half dozen parties meet
at lie same time, all anxious to win Of
their philopena partners, so that the
scene often becomes ludicrously anus
ingl is diamond cut diamond in
very truth.
Year: 1878

The story is tod of a clergyman
that after preaching an interesting ser
mon on "The Recognition Of Friends IN
Heaven" he was accOsted by nearer,
Hho said; Il ike that sermon, and
[ now wish you would preach another
On the recognition Of people IN this
world. l have been attending your
church three years, and not i've per
sons in the congregation have as much
as bowed to me in all that time"
Year: 1878

"A clergyman was annoyed by people
talking and giggling. He paused, looked
at the disturbers, and said: Il am always
afraid to reprove those who misbehaYe,
for this reason: Some years since, as l
was preaching, a young man who sat
before me was constantly laughing, talk
ing and making uneouth gTimaces. I
paused and administered q severe re-
buke. After the close Of the service
a gentleman said TO me, Sir, you have
made a great mistake; that young man
is an idiot Since then have always
been afraid to peproYe those who misbe-
have in chapel, lest I should repeat that
mistake and reprove another idiot"
During the rest Of the service there was
good order.
Year: 1878

LOVE AND AGRICULTURE-There were
tyEO of them hanging over the front gate
The other night. She was standing
withia the yard and he on the sidewalk
outside, both leaning on the top rail,
and apparently as happy as two pigs in a
corn6eld, He was saying, Nov, my
own little darling, sweet idol Of my soul,
whose image IS ever on my heart
when he saw the old man coming down
the front walk, and continued in a diff
ferent strain; 1.-THE potato bugs haven't
DESTROYED our crops so much since We
purchased Paris green, and you viii find
also that cabbages can be raised better
on a rich soil" The old gentleman
heard it, and turned back, saying as he
entered the house, These young people
take more interest in agricultural affairs
fiaan people generally suppose.
Year: 1878

Though keeping it before the pubIic''


has long been known as the golden road
to success in business, yet how it


could best be done has been a mooted
point. But experience is fast settling
the matter upon a firm and true basis,
and money that has heretofore been the
same as squandered will be made to
return good interest upon the invest
ment Circulars Though of some use)


have about had their day. The public


nave learned that, as a rule, they are
tossed unread into the waste basket:


the expense of printing and envelopes,
direction and postage do not nav. Busi-
ness men are simply annoyed BY having
their mails filed with them: are dis.
gusted with having valuable time taken
up in the opening, and know that gen.
orally such advertising lodges are not
worthy of respect. In the inception of
the plan it may have worked benef-
cially; noWit is worthless and a nui-
sance; is resorted to for the most part
by confidence men, quack medicine ven
dOrs and showers Of the queer" and he
who has q reputation at stake avoids
such questionable means of giving to
the public knowledge of what he has to
sell.


The legitimate wins in the long run,
and the legitimate in advertising Is the
newspaper. That is never thrown care
lessly aside; is read by the many there
is something in it that appeals to every
mind and heart-pathos, history, poetry,
anecdotes, morality, religion, statistics-
it is in fact a map of the busy world,
and so attracts the eye. It is not con-
Hao1 70 tho oov,r,&sr,rr Iv,k Ie
way to the home circle and is cherished
around the family hearth is read and
reread is fled away for future refer
ence, and when use requires some fad"
that is impressed upon memory is
hunted up and yields its fruit in patron
age.


There is something of responsibility
in It's announcements it is a sort of
godfather to all published within its
columns; there is an air of respectable
ity about it than can never be given to
transient matter; it VOuches, as it were,
for correctness and honesty and reliabil-
ity of what is given to the public; there
are no no ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain" in giving knowledge Of
where goods can be found, and where it
is for the best interest of the purchaser
to go there is stability in what it says,
and it reaches thousands Of homes and
eyes that can never be gained in any
other manner.


In the present age those who do not
read can be counted upon the fingers;
those who do can scarcely more than be
by the sands on the sea shore;
and the "Wise learneth what Is good
and holds on to il" and viii remember
that the newspaper is the true medium
Of giving information to the public.
Year: 1878

A larger area of grain will be harvested
in the Southern States this spring and
summer than at any harvest season since
1865. In Virginia, where wheat is one of
the principle cash producing crops, the
farmers, hoping thereby to put money in
their purses, speculated on the probability
of free fight among the European nations
by sowing all their available lands in
wheat, in some instances reducing the
acreage of tobacco. In view of possible
row on the other side of the Atlantic the
planters in the cotton States have also
considerably increased their planting of
corn and small grain for home use this year.
In doing so they act mainly on the motto
that SO penny saved is penny earned"
for the high price of grain purchased for
plantation use and the low price of cotton
consequent upon a European war would
operate disastrously upon the planters if
caught unprepared for the emergency.
With the exception of little damage by
hailstorms in Virginia and some injury by
rust further south, these crops are in the
main ripening prosperously, so that the
farmers down there have prospect of un.
commonly we'll filled granaries, while the
colored laeorers may look forward to a
liberal supply of hog and hominy on which
to make next years crop.
Year: 1878




We are happy to learn that another Of
the military political prisoners, Jas. Dillon,
has been released by the Government.
James Dillon was one of the political Of
tenders imprisoned in Spike Island. AS
far as we can remember it is now thirteen
years since Dillon's trial took place. He
was convicted of firing at a policeman, of
drilling, and casting bullets, and SEN
tence Of penal servitude for life was pro-
nounced on him. He passed through Dub
lin yesterday on his way to bis native place,
Tipperary, looking, it is said, much worn
and in bad health. 1t is to be hoped that
the other men who are still confined in
Spike will soon share his pardon, and that
the Government will see their way to adopt
uniform system of mercy towards all the
political prisoners. We cannot compre-
hend how O'Keiiy, Kelly, and the others
still undergoing sentence in Spike, for
offences rising out of political agitation
and excitement, are denied the mercy
which has been extended to the military
prisoners, or why the soldiers have been
ranked as political prisoners while the
civilians are refused that distinction. If
there were a difference in the magnitude
of the offences committed we cannot un-
derstand why the military men have been
credited with the lesser share.
Year: 1878

The Cincinnati Saturday Night gives
an interesting account of one of Edi-
sons inventions, thus: 'Imbibing q


mint julep in the saloon adjoining, q


brilliant idea flashed through his fertile


brain, and before he left the place he


had invented an instrument that is


likely to revolutionize the entire sa-


loon business. 1t is machine so con-


structed that when q person who has
just been partaking of some spirtuous


beverage breathes into it, the action of


his breath upon peculiarly prepared
substance (also the invention of Mr..
Edison) made to revolve slowly by
,ueans of small crank, makes such an
impression, that by again applying the
lips and turning the crank the other


way, the effects of the drink can be re-
produced as many times as desired, no
matter how great length of time may
have elapsed. A man provided with
one of these instruments could pre-.
pare himself with cocktails for a long
journey, simply for the price of one
drink. Edison christened it the tod
Of course the saloons will
fight against It bitterly, as it must in
eyitably destroy the business of ninty
nine out of hundred of them. A per-
son can mix his drinks just to suit
and then stock his toddy-.
graph with supply of different bev-
erages sufficient to last him lifetime.
And when he has drank himself to
death with it his children can bring
the instrument out occasionally, aud
revive tender recollections of their
parent by turning the crank and get
ing Whit of the old mans breath
Year: 1878

A GENTLEMAN who has been in u q
ha bit OF repeatin the Lord s prayer with
his family recently began to preface
that with extempore petition. His
bright three year-old girl kneeling by
his side thought the time was up, and
broke in-as well as ont-with Papa,
hurry up; l want to say amen.'