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Year: 1877

HYAAPoME.-Wm II. Waldorf writes
us from His place that everything is dull,
although the late rain and snow storm
had brightcned the prospect somewhat.
Thos. Cox recently discovered a large
panther Feeding on one of his lavorite
calves, and went to his house for gun
with which to stop further proceedings.
N bis hurry to load the gun Tom got the
bullet halfway down before he thought
of powder. As there was no time to lose,
he returned to the field, treed the panth-
or and then sit down and picked enough
powder in Mt the tube to blow the bullet
out at the muzzle. Then loading The gun
in proper order, he took deliberate aim
and brought his victim to the ground the
first shot, although he shot him two or
three times afterwards for revenge. AT
ter skinning, the panther weighed two
hundred pounds, and under the skin was
found several pieces of flint arrow heads,
which were supposed to have been shot
into him by the Indians some twenty
years ago. II was judged that the ami
mai was at least twenty-five years old.
Billy sent us one of the pieces Of flint
taken from the panther; it is a nearly
whole arrow-point and the material from
which II il made shows it to be one Of
those used hy the Yuka tribe of the Ket-
tenchow section.
Year: 1877

WHEN telephone is perfected and null
tiplies in the land, the stump speaker may
send his voice abroad from Maine to CAL
ifsrnia, from the shores of the great lakes
unto the banks of the restless Rio Grande.
Then may the timid carpet-bagser defy the
bull-dozer in the jungle and political doc
trine be taught wherever there are ears to
hear. But shortly thereafter the stump
speaker and the telephone will have to be
suppressed or the country will go ravipg
mad in times of hot political contests.
Year: 1877

A school, properly eonducted,is is in many
respects prolongation Of a model home
Both in its system Of rewards and punish
ment and in its main objsct-education-
tits an elaborate extension Of what is or
should be undertaken in every family. In
the family this work mainly develops
upon women. Especially is that the case
in this country, where the men are gener.
ally too busy in providing for the material
wants Of their families to give much atten-
ton to growing mind or m orals. The In
dolent poet Of the,seasons has characterl-
zed teaching Of the young a. q delightful
task" but at best it is 9 very arduous one
In performing it tho teacher becomes .
learner, and has to acquire patience, anu
exercise nothsr.wit and arts. unused before
The result il tn at good American mothers
become skilled educators-generally with
out being ware of the fact; and they tran
smit their skill and teach their art, hall
uaconsciously, to their daughters. On the
other hand, their husbands and sons on the
farm, in the workshop, in the counting
room, forget mostly what they have learned
at school except that which is needed tor
business purposes, and add very little to
the self.training that would fit them for
educating the young. Taking the average
straight through any one Of our older COM
muuities, and especially in tho smaller
towns and villages, it will be found that
the women are very much better qualified
than the men for teaching children and
controlling school.
Year: 1877

OUT West they have spelling matches
conducted on the base ball fashion. Sides
are chosen as in base ball, with a pitcher
and catcher on each side. One side spells
at time. The pitcher on the first side
pronounces the words for the other side,
and the catcher on the first side takes it
up and corfeots word when mispelled by
the other side. Three out, all out.
Year: 1877

THEY pay their Judge $4,000 year in
the City Of New York; yet one of them,
last week, granted an order, to appoint :.
Receiver for the New York & Hudson
Canal Company, perfectly solvent corpo.
ration, which he was compelled to vacate
next day, saying as he did SO, that he
signed the order without knowing what
was in it.. A high salary failed in this in
stance at least, to secure man fit for his
place.
Year: 1877

How STATUES ARE MADE.-The
bronze sta;uaTy just now SO popular
is manufactured by simple enough
process. Over the clay marble IS
poured coating Of plaster of Paris,
which, having been allowed to set, is
taken off in sections-thus affording
hollow mold OF the figure. From such
mold Is produced a stucco duplicate,
either of the entire statue or of such q
portion thereofas is intended TO be
cast at 3 time; and on this again is
formed a second mold of greater thick
ness and solidity for the reception OF
molten metal, The material used Ter
the finer mold is composition of stuc-
co and brick dust. This is applied in
n plastic state 10 the stucco model,
from which its inner surface tales the
form of the figure. Were the statues
cast solid 1t would only be necessary
TO separate mold from model, aud run
metal into the former till It's interior
was filled. This however, would IL
volve absurd waste and in order to
economic the material solid core is
placed inside the mold, leaving only
such space all around as !, = receive
the thickness of metal Deeess- r
the work in hand. Tue mold W.. !.
core having been thus completed ,lo
hooped firmly around with bands of
iron, Is placed in kiln to bake to per-
feet dryness. This precaution is nec-
essary from the circumstances that
even trace of moisture migh,, on ap.
PiIcation of molten metal, occasion .
dangerous explosion. In the case Of
casting now IN question, the drying OF
the mold occupies some weeks. On
the removal from the kiln, the mold is
buried in dry earth below the iieor of
the fpundry-only the aperture for re-
ceivIng the metal and the rea.,hoIe
Tor the escape of air remaining visible.
Religious Telescope.
Year: 1877

DRESSES That ARE SKIN -TIGuT.-L,
Hooper says in one of her latest letters
from Paris: Ball dresses are growing
tighter and tighter, not only as TO
Their waists, but their skirts. Where
does the present fashion intend TO stop?
| recentey saw a youug French lady
at party in gored princesse dress
of pale salmon colored silk fitting as
closely and with as little fulness in
the skirt as possible. There was not
q particle of drapery or flopnces about
The dress, the only trimming being 4
fiat baGd OF embroidery in pale blue
and silver on dark ground that
went round the waist, sleeves aud
skirt, and transversely across the
front from shoulder TO skirt hem.
When the proud wearer sat down,
the effect can be better imagined ;han
described, as she looked like figure
moulded IN peach ice, and as the
waist was cut very, oery low, and
there were no sleeves ct ali TO speak
OF, she might have sat as a model 10
sculptor with perfect ease, not to say
propriety. | am told there is now a
question in the highest circles OF fash>
ion of SuppresSlng entirely all under
garments OF linen or muslin, their
place 10 be supplied by buckskin or
chamois-eosllier underware. This
fashion, it is said, has already been
adopted in England, where fashion
able dame can no longer get into a
carriage save at one prescribed side,
and where a certain Duchess at q
garden party last summer threw her.
self upon the green sward incautious-
ly, was unable to rise, and was obliged
10 call upon two OF her friends 10 as
sist her in getting up.
Year: 1877

Fletcher Webster, the second and
last son OF Daniel Webster, after lead,
ing a somewhat fast and cratic life,
was killed in a battle near Washing
ton, on the Both of August, 1862. a
melancholy remembrance of the fam
lily was revived in the Senate, the 9th.
er day, By the Introduction Of bill to
increase the pension OF his widow from
$50 to $50 month. This lady is now
sixty FIVE years of age, and MIR. Bout
well stated upon presenting the bill
that she was in condition of actural
distress.
Year: 1877

a Lesson FOR THE INDOLENT.-There
was a duke once who disguised him,
self and placed q great rock in the
middle OF the road near his palace.
Next morning a peasant came that
way with hisox cart. "Oh, these lazy
people, said be, "there is this big
stone lying right in The middle of the
road, and no ore will take The trouble
to put it out of the way" And so
Hans went on scolding about the lazi>
ness of the people Next came a gay
soldier along. His head was held SO
far back that he didn't notice The stone
and so he stumbled over it. He be
gan TO storm at the country people
around there for leaving a huge rock
i'll the road. Then he went on. Next
came a company of merchants. When
they came to the stone, the road was
so narrow that they had to go Oft in
single file on the other side. Oae Of
them cried out, ibid anybody ever
see the like of that big stone lying
here the whole of the morning, and
not single person stopping ~ take II
away" 1t lay there for three weeks,
and Nc one tried 10 remove il. Then
the duke sent around word TO all the
people on his lands to meet where
the rock lay, as he had something TO
tell them. The day came, and great
crowd gathered. Old Hans, the farm.
er, was there, and so were the mer-
chauls A horn was heard, and
splendid cava!caie came gallopIng up.
The duke got down from bis horse,
and began 10 speak TO the people
gathered there My friends, it was
| who put this stone here three weeks
ago. Every passer-by has left it just
where it vas, and has scolded his neigh
Dor for not taking 1t out Of the way"
He stopped down and lifted up the
stone Directly underneath it was
round hollow, and in the hollow lay
small leather bag. The duke held up
this bag, that all might see what was
written or it E.: "For him who lifts up
the stone" He united the bag, and
turned it upside down, and out upon
the stone fell beautiful gold ring and
twenty large bright gold coins. So
they all lost the prize because they
had not learned a lesson, OF formed
the habit of diligence.
Year: 1877

A man in Indianapolis, Indiana,
who was formerly connected with the
regular army, has a pair of gloves
made from the tanned hide of an In
dian whom he killed in a desperate
hand to,bsnd encounter in the Black
Hill country. The leather has fine
grain and is soft aud pliable.
Year: 1877

Spring is a trying season. Indications of SICK
ness should at once be attended to- Fatal diseases
may be caused by allowing the bowels to become
constpated and the system to remain in a d1sor-
Gered condition, rntil the disorder has time to de-
veloD ilself. An ounce Of prevention is worth q
pound of cure, is an old and truthful saying.
Therefore, we advise all who are troubled with the
complaints now very prevalent headache, indiges-
tion disordered liver want Of appetite, nausea, or
feverish skin, to, take, without delay, Schenck's
Mandrake Pills We know of no remedy so harm
less and decisive in its action 1t at strikes
at the root Of the disease and produces healthy
tone to the system. People never need suffer from
any disease arising from disordered condition OF
the liver If they would take this excellant medicine


when they feel the first indications of the malady
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three four boxes of these pills with
them. They have an almost instaneous effect


They viii relieve the patient Of headache in one Of
| two hours, and will rapidly cleanse the liver O


surrounding bile, and win effectually prevent {
| bilious attack. They are sold by all Druggist
Year: 1877

Stick ginger snap on the end of a
knitting needle and you have the latest
style of parasol. IN T. Herald And
wrap sheet Of foolscap around
the neck of a mineral water bottle and you
have the latest style of gents collars, -
Norristoaga Herald.


The Aledo Banner says: Last Friday
night a young fellow and his gill was out
riding 10 buggy about nine o'clock. near
the Aledo Academy, when the girl was
heard to say, Now. you quit, or will get
right out" We presume she was talking
to one of the horses that was frisking
about, and wanted said horse to under
stand that she would not ride any more
unless he behaved.


The musk plant man is the latest
fraud. He sells at large price what be
represents to be "a genuine musk plant.
which is any ordinary greenhouse plant
saturated throughly with musk. The odor
usually lasts for day. when the peculiar
ity gradually grows beautifully less. Ht
has been doing thriving business East
and the newspapers are after him.
Year: 1877

- The eneroaehments of the river
are such as to compel the Nebraska
Railway at this point to something
TO permanently protect its track and
property, hence during the. past week
large quantities or stone are being
brought down the track and work
men are engaged in putting in line
OF rip-rapping or abutmeDt about one
hundred feet IN length IN front of
Hackney's grain house, which is rails
ed about eight feet above its original
foundation, and moved back to give
room for new railroad tracks.
Year: 1877

From the Ioaoa State Leader (Democratic.)


it was the good fortune Of Iowa to have
borne part in the shaping of the bill for
counting tie electoral vote, by the presence
Of Hon. Geo. W. McCrary, a member of
the house committee, where he was one of
the most earnest workers, He has shown
by this action that he is able to rise above
the groveling position of the mere partisan,
and to show by his action that he is
animated by sentiments higher and n0bler
than those which belong to the partisan
and the demagogue. His course will be
commended by the fair and honest men Of
Iowa. who care less for party success thar
than for the preservation inviolate of the
sacred rights of the people, In the name o
and as member of the Democratic parts
of the state we tender him the thanks o
the Democrats of Iowa for his wise ant
patriotic action.
Year: 1877

Several rumors, apparently we'll
authenticated, were in circulation this
morning to the effect that Judge Lawrence,
of the firm of Lawrence, Campbell &
Lawrence, and late Chief Justice of the
supreme court Of Illinois, had been solicited
to become a candidate for the United States
senate, and promised the united support OF
the Democratic party in the legislature.
One OF those rumors, and to all appearances
the most reliable, stated that the Hon
Bluford Wilson. late solicitor Of the
treasury department under Mr.. Bristow,
had sent a telegram or communication to
Judge Lawrence, directly, asking him to
become a candidate for the distinguished
position, as stated above, guaranteeing the
Democratic support.


In order to ascertain the truth of the
statement, Journal reporter called upon


the Judge this morning and asked him
about the matter.


The Judge said;


am not at liberty to state what PROPOSE


tions have received, | could not accept


the office even if | were elected,
The reporter then asked the Judge for


some suggestions in regard to the senatorial
conflict. and also as TO whether or not be


would indorse K, B. Washburne; on neither


of which questions would he commit him


self


When the reporter turned to go, the


Judge manifested some interest to learr


the source from whence the rumors came
Year: 1877

A very full notice was written BY gentle
man well qualified to do justice to the mat
ter. By some unfortunate "faux pas" the
copy was mislaid in the competition room.
We regret this the more, as the concert was
perhaps the very best that has taken place
in this city for years. 1t gave such universal
satisfaction that If repeated we are quite
certain It would be equally successful.
Year: 1877

Life is race, where some succeed,


While others are beginning;
IT'S luck at times, at others speed,


That gives an early winning,
But if you chance to fall behind,


Meier slacken your endeavor,
But keep this wholesome truth in mind
'Tis better late than never.
If you can keep ahead, tits we'll,


But never trip your neighbor;
IT'S noble when you can excel,


By honest, patient labor;
But if you are outstripped at last,


Press on as bold as ever;
Remember, though you are surpassed,
TITS better late than never.
Ne'er labor for an idle boast


OF victory DER another;
But while you strive your uttermost,


Deal fairly with brother.
Whate'er your station, do your best


And hold your purpose ever;
And if you fail to beat the rest,


IT'S better late than never.
Choose well the path in which you run -
Succeed by noble daring;
Then, though the least, when once 'tis won,
Your crown is worth the wearing;
Then never fret, if left behind,


Nor slacken your endeavor
But ever keep this truth in mind


'Tis better late than never.
Year: 1877

The Poultry World advises the use of
hay in the diet of fowls in winter, as they
eat grass to advantage in summer. ''Bull
IN lood IS required for health as well for
poultry rs man OF animals. Rich and con-
centrated food is not readily digested and
invites disease. 1t is stated that, in i'm
portation. the life of valuable horse was
saved on shlpboard by feeding to him cut
Shavlngs in the absence OF hay in order
20 dilute, so to speak his grain diet. Some
think a craving Tor bulky food is one chief
cause of feather eating in winter, or among
fowls confined Now, lust try and secure
good supply OF second crop hay, short,
and, if possible, containing clover Cure
only enough to preserve, and your fowls
wall eat a portion OF it all winter when
they would turn away from stale cabbage
What IS not eaten will furnish untold
amusement in scratching over. Remem-
Der in winter if poultry stand on one leg,
unemployed, all day, they are disposed to
have the "blues." Idle meditations lead
always to had habits; while u wealthy
mind, in = vigorous body, suggests busi-
ness, which, with fowls, means winter
eggs and early chickens Secure your
roWen this month before it is too late, If
You have not already attended to the mat
ter, and before severe frost. if possible.
for it is injured il quality by being frost
bitten. The above advice is good, al
though few suppose hens would eat hay if
given them, but this is because they have
not watched the habits Of their poultry
We have noticed them oftea picking short
bits OF cut hay OF almost any variety. and
hay cooked for cattle is eaten greedly by
them We advise shortcut clover wei!
boiled tor them Let them have the water
IT ~ boiled ill., Glover is better than any
other hay because it possesses egg max
ing nutriment, besides fibre TO separate
the particles of grain. 1t is not bulk, as
mere quantity that is needed, but coarse
fibre 10 separate the concentrated food in
the stomach, 50 that the gastric Juice can
circulate through the mass. 1t is the |
pOrouSneSs OF food that facilitates diges- |
ton. that is the point in the ration of
shayings with the grain in the TODD of |
the horse. The stomach cannot well man.
age solid food Only few minutes will
be required to prepare this hay for a large
number OF poultry. National Live Stock
journal
Year: 1877

1it BItf GlAs5 TnEOE1. About tour
years ago the New York Tribune referred
editoriaIly to Gen. A. j. Pleasonton's theo-
ries concerning the influence OF blue and
sun light upon life and disease The cx-
changes took up the subject with one con-
sent and indnlged in comments more face
tious, perhaps, than wise. A correspond
emf of the Chicago Tribune has recently
striyen to renew public interest in the mat
ter by relating some Of the remarkable
cures which have been wrought by means
of blue glass. For instance, two old
friends OF Gen. Pleasonton were afflicted
with rheumatism, in the iorearrns from
their elbow Joints to their ger-cnd8, 50
severe at times that they were unable to
hold pens. They obtained n piece of blue
gla3s and set it up loosely in one OF their
windows. Tor three days they barred their
arms and held them IN the associated blue
and sun light ior thirty minutes Each
day brought them relief, and at the end OF
three days the rheumatism had disappear
ed A little child that had, from its birth
scarcel y any use OF ITS legs, wa9 taken to
play daily IN Z room where blue class
formed q portion OF one of the windows
In a very short time it obtained the use of
it's legs. and learned to walk and run with
out difficulty. The correspondent gives
page from his own experience. "A lady
of my family, about six weeks ago, had a
violent hemorrhage of the lungs, and for
ten days raised more or less blood daily.
She was very much weakened by the loss
of blood, and considerably frightened
withal. i obtained some blue glass and
placed it in the window where she was in
the habit of sitting, the blue glass consti-
tuting one-half OF the lower sash of the
window, The lady sat daily in the associ-
ated lights, allowing the blue rays espec-
tally to fall npon the nerves of the back of
the neck for about an hour a day The
second day, the suns rays being unusual
ly strong, she got too much blue glass and
at night felt peculiar sensations in the
back of the neck, among the nerves. and
an unpleasant tulness in the head. These
sensations wore off next day, and since
then she has not remained so long at
time under the blue glass. But from the
first she began to grow stronger, her face
soon gained its natural fullness, and in a
week she was to all appearance as well as
ever VI course she was not cured of the
trouble in her lungs in so short time,
but the soreness in her chest has passed
away and she begins to feel we'll again"
Another lady who had lost her hair sat
under glass and regained it, Another-but
a paragraph. like all other good things,
must come to an end sometime
Year: 1877

At this season of the year. and especial
ly when apples are so plenty as now, there
is much fruit manufactured into cider, the
pomace after pressing, being often trouble
some to dispose Of We have found it pay
well to feed pomace to stock. which usu-
ally eat it greedily. If placed in layers
six inches thick, with twelve or fifteen
inches of hay or straw between the layers.
it will not ferment, but will keep in good
condition until fed out, provided it is kept
from freezing. Cattle, sheep or horses
will eat straw readily, if it has been used
to dry pomace. and frequently improve in
condition. even if fed nothing but the
straw and pomace. A neighbor once
stated to us that the owner of q cider mill
near his fathers farm in Lyme, Conn, al
ways filled thirty or forty foot barn full
of straw and pomace, on which he Win
tered large flock Of sheep, bought up in
the fall Tor this purpose, and sold them
fat after shearing in the spring He al
lowed the sheep to eat all the pomace and
straw they would. and in so large Il mass
il kept secure from freezing, except at the
outer edges, so that it was always fresh
and soft when fed. In making cider with
the now common hand mills we have
usually pressed about one bushel OF apples
at each time, and the resulting cheese will
usually last y horse one day, with hay or
straw in addition This feed makes the
horses coat silky, and makes him lively
when driven.
Year: 1877

perity-shall be large or small, yet there


are many ways in which they can secur.


the lasting good of those under their con-


troll, Laws may be enacted which will re-
suit only in making the rich richer, and
the poor, poorer, and since there have been
no natural calamiies of sufficient msgni-
tude to account for the general distressnow
existing among us, We have every reason
to believe that the present state Of affairs
is due largely to causes under control Of
legislation. Such laws then as fetter the
hands of our working classes should be
land blunders in legislation prompt
ly adjusted. if possible, 20 that the rich
and poor alike may prosper and receive
adequate compensation for honest labor.