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Year: 1879

We are both surprised and panied at
the suggestions occasionally made that
the nomination of Foster may provoke
the hostility of the stalwarts For what
reason shall it provoke hostility We
were and are as stalwart as anybody. We
were not pleased with the peace policy
were not pleased with Fosters course in
regard to that policy. But we fail to see
that it has anything to do with present
issues. The President is now as stalwsrt
as anybody, and so is Foster. If we are
to go back on every man whom either of
us may judge has been mistaken some
time, there can be no union anywhere.
The best of US have made mistakes. But
there was no time when our opposition
to Foster was personal-we only objected
to his methods. To day we are in perfect
accord, and it would be factious and
senseless to now object to his leadership.
Prior to the convention we cared SO little
about who should be the candidate of the
Republican party that we never express
ed preference. To-day we are for Fos-
ter, heart and soul, and no man, unless
his ability exceeds ours, shall do more to
help swell his majority.
Year: 1879

existing statutes prohibiting military
interference with elections authorize the
control of elections by bayonets. The
question is in nutshell The Democrats
propose that the national government
shall surrender to the States its right
and duty of protecting its citizens in the
exercise of national function. The
Republicans decline.


Upon this question the Republicans are
ready and glad to appeal to the country
The Ohio Republican Convention proper
ly places it first in the platform but the
platform does not properly adjust the
responsibility. The Democratic must, OF
course, be held accountable. But it is
the Northern. not the Southern, wing
which is the aggressor. 1t is such Demo
caats as Speaker Randall, Messrs. Cox,
Clymer, and others, who are the real
leaders in this business. 1t will be found
at last, we think, that, as in the old
ante belhtm days, the manlier element OF
the Democratic party is the Southern
element. Northern Democrats are 30
eager to serve what they suppose to be
Southern wishes that they run before
they are sent. Conscious that the vote
of the party is in the Southern States, in
their zeal to propitiate it they are more
Southern than the South. 1t was Messrs.
Thurman and Beck who suggested the
revolutionary programme, while the
Southern leaders were averse to it. In
the electoral struggle of 1876 it was the
Southern Democrats who were sober and
patriotic the malignants were North.
erners. So during the present situation
it is the Northern, not the Southern,
Democratic journals which try to taunt
and sting Congress to disorganize the
government, by emitting the appropria-
tions; and should the appropriations
pass, it will be owing probably to the
action of Southern Democrats


We agree with the New York Times
that it is the Democratic party, not sect
ion of the country, which is to be held
responsible for the extra session and its
extraordinary follies. The question
which the session has raised as para
mount is in no sense sectional. 1t affects
the whole Union and every State equally.
The election of members of Congress in
Louisiana or in New York is an election
in which every State and every interest
in the country is concerned. Members
are not the delegates of State in Con-
gress of States they are representatives
of the people to make suitable laws for
the people every where in the Union.
The representatives from Maine and Iowa
have an equal voice with the representa-
tive of Louisiana in sugar legislation, and
with that of Virginia in the laws that af-
feet tobacco The 'Oto or Tie member
from ARKANSAS affects the manufactures
of New Englan /, the mines of Pennsyl-
vania, the commerce of New York.
Therefore the Constitution provides that
the Congressional election shall not be
regulated by the States exclusively
Steady persistence in nIaI2taining the
real result of the war will at leet per-
suade the most obdurate Bourbon LEat
the enormous sacrifice and the tremend-
GUS struggle were not $50 called" but
were among the most effective facts of
history
Year: 1879

Vitriol throwing by women has come
to be a common practice in New York,
and one day last week three cases were
before one judge, The sentence is usu-
ally five years, and SEEMS to be severe
one when we come to consider the provo
cation. In all these instances the girls
had been ruined by the men they had
punished and when reparation has been
sought, they had been tainted with their
shame, and as the law could not reach
the seducer, the girls had dealt out pun
ishment with their own hands. A fear
full punishment it is too, for these men
had been SCARED by the fiery liquid as if
red hot knives had been drawn across
their faces, and two of them had lost an
eye apiece. While we must condemn
this fearful mode of punishment, we can
not but confess there is a tinge of poetic
justice in it, which has it's pleasing aspect,
and it does not seem altogether wrong,
that the seducer should carry on his face
the everlasting mark of his villainy.
Year: 1879

Far back in my musings, my thoughts have


been cast
To the cot where the hours of my childhood


were passed;


Lie loved al I Its rooms to the pantry and hall, ~
Its chairs and tables, none brighter could be-
For all its surroundings were sacred to me-
10 me nail in the ceiling the latch on the door'
And love every crack in the old Kitchen floor.
1 remember the fireplace, with mouth high and
The old-fashioned oven that stood by its side,
Out of which, each Thanksgiving, came pud-
That fairly bewildered and dazzled my eyes.
And then, too, Saint Nicholas, slyly and still,
came down every Christmas, our stocking to
But the dearest of memories I've laid up in
Is the mother that trod on that old kitchen


floor.


Day in and day out, from morning till night,
Her footsteps were busy, her heart always light;
For it seemed to me, then, that she knew not a
The smile was so gentle her face used to wear !;
L remember with pleasure what joy filled our
When she told us the stories that children so


prize;


They were ssG new new every night, though, we'd
From her lips, at the wheel, on the old kitchen


floor.


I remember the window, where mornings I'd
AS soon as the daybreak to watch for the sun !;
And thought when my head scarcely reached


TO the Sill,


That it slept through the night in the trees on


the hill.


And the small tract of ground that my eyes


there could view,
Was all of the world that my infancy knew
Indeed, cared not to know of IL more,
For world ofitself was the old kitchen floor.
Tonight those old visions come back at their


will,


But the wheel and its music forever are still
The band is moth-eaten. the wheel laid away,
And the fingers that turned it lie mold ring in


clay;


The hearthstone, so sacred, is just as twas then
And the voices of children ring out there again;
Ihe snn through the window looks in as OF


yore,


But it sees stranger feet on the old kitchen floor
ask not for honor, but this would crave,
That when the lips speaking are closed in the


grave,


Ny children would gather theirs round by their


side,


And tell OF the mother who long ago died;
,Iwould be more enduring, for dearer to me,
Than inscription on marble or granite could be,
To have them tell often, as 1 did of yore,
Of the mother who trod on the old kitchen floor.
Year: 1879

MarFBwzmg hAnd


of al the implements used on the


..rm there is but one, the pillow, that is
L. necessary to good cultivation as the
barrow. and, as q general thing, there is
,,one thst there is 40 little account made
= bv farmers. Good plowing is of the
c,f stest importance in preparing the
{s,;l fox sny crop, but 1T is well known


,set thst there is too little good plowing
Edons in the west, and, after poor job
Eof plowing hes been done, q great deal
Fdsnsnds on our being Thorough with the


narrow. This, also, we are little neg
Iioeut about, especially In preparing the


land for corn. Our best planters do


c,od work where the land is smooth and


yell pulverized, but we cannot expect


them to do good work where the ground
IL in bad condition. In my opinion, the
|principal points Of improvement made In


bsfrows is in the greater number OF


teeth now used. This, more than any


other one thing, is essential, as the OBJ


iect 10 to work the surface.


Most harrows in use have about forty


teeth, and that is not enough. My way
is to have the frame made of small-sized


scantling, and teeth mot over inches


and not less than sixty OF them. We do


not expect to work deep, and conse-


suently heavy frame and few teeth
will not pulverize as well as lighter
frame and more teeth, while the draft 10
about the same. / have been using one
made in three sections OF 2x23 inch stuff,
hour bars in section, with 27 adjustable
steel teeth. By Adjustable, ] mean that
when the draft bar is attached to one emo,


the teeth stand perpendicular, and, hay-
ling great number of them, it does
much better work than the old Scotch
narrow. By attaching the draft of Ethe
other end, the points of teeth drop back
four inches and make it a frst-class
smoething harrow. This harrow
retsiIs at about twenty dollars.
A dig price compared with the old
fashioned forty-tooth affair, but cheap
when tine working value of each is taken
into confederation. i speak Of this one
Eof mine as an illustration, and knowing
that it is q good tool--perhaps other
makers have as good, perhaps better
ones than this Think no farmer should
be satisfied to use poor harrow because
/ it is cheap in price. Buy the best, if it
does cost more. as the difference iu price
will soon be made in the extra work it
fwill do.


Another fact ia, we do not harrow ov
ground enough. Who ever heard q
farmer say he had got his ground too
smooth and fneS And how often do we


think we ought to lay out more work in
putting in our cropss Iwould never buy
o harrow that had less than sixty or
seventy steel teeth, and one that has q


simple and reliable arrangement for


Sratt.--iE. A. f.. in Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1879

white pepper and salt; stir in this one
halt pound grated cheese; boil all
together a few minutes; add the macsr-
oni; boil ten minutes.


FRAxGIPAEK TART.


Sheet tart-tin with puff paste pour
into it some of the following cream
Beat well four eggs, add to them a pint
of cream, tour spoonfuls of -four and
some loaf sugar; put them into stew
pan, and rasp in, with lump of sugar,
the peel of lemon simmer the whole,
constantly stirring it, on slow fire, for
about twenty minutes; then stir in two
dozen sweet and bitter almonds, pre-
vionsly beaten to paste, with few
drops Of water. Having filled the tart
with this cream, bake it, and sift over it
fine sugar.


DUTCH ROLLS.


There used to be steam packet that
went out OF Amsterdam that gave first
class feeding to her passengers, and once
/ mixed up with the Dutch cook, ne
was Swede, and / got this receipt from
him for his rolls, which were very good
and light, and / have made them since
with brilliant SUCCESS: Sift three quarts
OF -four: break three eggs into pint OF
cold milk in which put teaspoon!ul of
yeast and stir us; cut spoonful of but.
ter up fine and work it into your -four !;
mix the milk and eggs and yeast with
the -four; knead thoroughly. Make i'm
to rolls, butter the pan, and stand by
the stove to rise. Bake liz quick oven


DUMPLINGs FOB SOUP.


Take one pint Of four measured be-
fore it is sifbed), turn into a sieve, and
measure into it one teaspoonful of cream
of tartar, one-hah of saleratus, one-half
of salt and one of sugar. Bun this
through the sieve, and wet with milk /;
have the dough stiff enough to roll Gut
it into small cakes snd cook as directed.
Be sure that your soup boils fast enough
to get up good steam, and keep boiling
while the dumplings are in the pot; it
you do not they viii bs heavy. Some
persons like them for dessert. When
used for that purpose they should be
eaten with syrup.


FRENCH CUsTARD.


Separate the whites and yolks of eight
eggs, beat the yolks up very Light and
add them to one quart of milk which
you have sweetened to taste and favored
with vanilla; put it in a fsrina.kettle,
place it over slow fire, and stir it all
the time until it becomes custard then
pourit into puddingsdish to cool whip
the whites until they are perfectly stiff
and dry /; have all ready paa of boiling
water, on the top of which place the
whites, and cover them, and place them
where the water will keep sufficiently
hot to cause steam to pass through and
cook them. Put in dish, suitable tor
the table, Layer Of the custard, and
CRATE o little nutmeg with q tablespoone
full of wine, and pour over it,; Then q
layer of the whites, and 30 on until it is
all used up, reserying 9 Layer of white
for the covering, over which you graf
Year: 1879

a carelesaly kept coffee pot will impart
a rank favor to the strongest infuaion of
the best Java. Wash the coffee pot
thoroughly every day, and twice week
boil borsx and water in it for fifteen
minutes.
Year: 1879

II Sam. Wood had political discussion with
man at hotel table in Topeka, the other day.
and convinced his opponent by knocking him
down with chair. and beating him. We have
not learned whether his antagonist was cripple
or not.
Year: 1879

RICH GRAvEL.-In putting in four l2-
foot boxes in the Oregon Gulch Mountain
claim last week, Superintendent Lover
idge removed the gravel to the depth of
four feet and ten feet in width. Thiswas
washed and yielded little over tiUe hun
dred dollars. And this from gravel
three feet from the bedrock. There is
more gold IN that mountain than there is
in any other place in this State. A good
supply of water is all that is needed to
make it the best paying hydraulic min
ing property on the Coast.
Year: 1879

REAL ESTATE SALE.-Henry Hooker
gives notice in advertising columns that
he will on the sixth day of October sell
at auction his late res dence in Faggtown
the "Crcus lot" in French.own and the
lot adjoining the Empire Hotel on Main
street. Be on hand and secure some of
this valuable real estate.
Year: 1879

TIE Reading Independent says Joe
Durham was telling crowd of teamsters
at the depot abou hauling 10000 pounds
into Junction City, and how steep the
mountains and how short the turns, when
Yank Hatch Clipped in and said, That's
so, Joe. was driving hogs for Brad
bury over there one Winter, and we had
to rougA,lock every hog when we went
down that mountain
Year: 1879

AND YET ANoTHER.-The claim of
Chapman & Fisher, on Trinity River
above Junction City, has long had the
reputation of being the best rugged of any
in the county and the owners evidently
intend to maintain that reputation. From
Mr.. Chapman we learn that they have
just ordered another Little Giant and
will run three of them in the mine during
the coming Winter.
Year: 1879

DENTISTRY. 1t should not be forgot
ten that Dr.. T. j. Holden, the Dentist is
here and that he will remain only very
short time longer. Those who may de-
sire first class dental work should avail
themselves of this opportunity. Office at
the New York Hotel. Do not delay but
have your teeth attended to ut once.
Year: 1879

NEW GooDs.--J. q. Balch arrived
from the city by Wednesdays stage. A
portion of his Fall and w inter stock got
here ahead Of him and more is on the
road. Whenever you want to dress up
or purchase working or any other kind of
clothes, give HIM call.
Year: 1879

ATTENTION is called to the notice of
Mr.. A. Rumlet in advertising columns
wherein he calls upon all indebted to
him to come forward and pay up. He
means business and those who owe him
please take notice.
Year: 1879

Coop TURN OUT.-Hay Fork Valley
made II large showing in town last Tues
day. On that day twelve teams arrived
from the valley loaded with hay and
grain for this market. Crops there turn
ed out fair average this season.
Year: 1879

SETTLE UP.-Mr. II Hooker desires
US to say that he will positively leave
Weavervlle on the 10th of October and
he earnestly requests all who are indebted
to him to come forward and settle prior
to TINT date.
Year: 1879

TIN TAGs-Pace's Tin Tag Cable
Twist Tobacco is the favorite solace of
miners who use the weed, and nearly all
do it, The tags are said to be great
nuisance in mining claims, MS they find
their way into the bitches and fumes and
become mixed with the gold and quick


silver and are the cause of great deal OF
trouble if not some loss. Certain 1t is
that the tin affects the amalgam and
shows plainly in retorted gold. The bars
are black ard assay much less than the
same gold does when clean. In some of
the hydraulic mines in Nevada and other
counties, we are informed, the use of the
Tin Tag Tobacco has been forbidden on
this account. One lot of black gold from
aJunction City claim recently sent to the
Mint assayed only 87S fine, while gold
from the same claim usually goes over
900. This is II matter of some Importance
to miners and will bear investigation.
Year: 1879

The shell of the giant clam of the h. dian Ocean is not unfrequently used as fonts to contain holy water in Roman Catholic cathedrals. Some of them are four feet in diameter. The following anecdote, told in an English journal, relates how one of these clans caught 8 man:

 On one occasion, a sailor belonging to H. s. Magpie jumped overheard upon 8 reef of coral, having about three feet of water over it. He put his foot in large open conch shell, like monster oyster, which closed upon the poor fellows foot, and although several men who went to his assistance tried their best, they could not get the monster shell open again, ol remove it from the reef.

 As the tide began to rise, there was no time to be lost, so at last they agreed to get some large crowbars from the ship, and by degrees the shell was bro ken into pieces, and the poor mans foo released, which, however, was so terribly injured that it had to be amputated b. the surgeon of the ship when he we taken on board.
Year: 1879

There is no particular reason why a tramp should wear 8 polished white shirt, but they had one at Detroit with shirt so terribly in want of soap suds bath that the oldest men on the force gathered around the fellow and declared that they never saw anything like 1t under the blue canopy of heaven. When asked how long he had worn 1t without washing, the man seemed hurt and replied:

 "Give fellow a chance, won't you ? You see, I had this shirt on seven months ago when broke my arm. l couldn't get it off then, of course"

 "But your arm got well, !" protested one of the officers.

 "Yes, it got we'll, and then my sister died"

 "What of that ?''

 "Why, she made this 'ere shirt with her own blessed hands, and l kinder felt as if it was my duty to wear 1t in mem ory of her for awhile. I'm 8 hard look ing pill, I know, but loved my sister Poor Sarah She's up there where they don't need clean shirts and never have their hair cut"

 "Well, haven't you worn it long enough to ease your sisters spirit ?' Gentlemen, I should have got thi' shirt washed some time this week, bu last night I lost my dog-an anima which had stuck to me for over thre' years"

 And what had the dog to do with it 1?

 eff I should get washed up an' cleaned up and seer, to be somebody and should come across that dog, he'' look at my hair, give one sniff at m, clothes, anu then he'd turn tail and keel up the search until he fell in his tracks I don't want to go back on my own dog dol? I don't want to play any COT tamptible trick on canine which ha turned to and eaten shingle nails and ol oyster cans when he was on the tram and I couldn't git nothing for myself br shelled GOTH. How I'd look going bac on a dog which never laid down besiG me at night without hunting around see where could pick up turnips f' breakfast

 , After you find your dog you cf l wash up," suggested an officer. t "Well, I shall live in hopes" was u l dubious reply. "Life is but a spa e you know. We cometh up like Howe d and are cut down, and tell you I'm n d going to run any risks or take a

 chances for the sake of having a cle

 shirt to spit tobacco julce on !'
Year: 1879

Some women have curious ways of hiding their money. The Cincinnati

 Commercial says: Mrs. Hansen put fifty dollars in the oven of her stove one night to keep 1t safe. Next morning,

 after breakfast, the national debt had been diminished exactly that much. A student of the curious would find 1t in- teresting to note the places in which women hide their money. One excellent and frugal dame used to tuck her little savings away under corner of her car- pet. The tiny roll of greenbacks grew latter and latter in the course of year or two, when, the day after 1t counted $250, the house took fire, burned to the ground, and again the national debt was diminished by little roll of woman s pin-money. There was that other lady, too, who used sometimes to hide her diamond rings between two tea-cups in the kitchen cupboard, sometimes behind certain brick in the cellar, and again divers other places of safety for hei j3welry also, the only trouble being that she had so many hiding places she oo, casionally forgot where she last put hel precious things, and about every three months would fancy she had been rob

 bed, and the house would be turned in

 side out, and all therein be made un

 comfortable until the missing gem would be found carefully tucked away in tE folds of the bottom towel of the pile il

 the left hand corner Of the lower drawe . in the clothes press at the east end C l the dining room.