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Year: 1879

is the duty of Congress to sweep away
such partizan Instructions, that are IN
the way of electing President who is
favorable to economy and reform. Hence
the extra session to make an effort to re-
peal the laws that have caused the defeat
of the will of the people in the election
of President, and that still threaten 10
bar the way to an economical admin
stration Of the government. This is tue
aim of the Democrats. There can be no


secret about the matter.


They propose to make the country


richer by reducing expenses that taxation
NAV be made to bear more lightly upon
the industry of the people, and there Is


no other way, under our Constitution, by


which the people can reform abuses and


retrench their expenses, than that pur-


sued by the Democratic Congress. why
then call it "Rebel Congress" The
} people united with the Democrats and
voted the Democratic ticket. They did
this although opposed by hundred


thousand office-holders, and threatened


with arrest aud imprisonment by thous-
l ands upon thousands of u. S. Marshal'


and Deputy Marshals assisted by thous
( ands of soldiers with arms in their hands
4 They did it Notwithstanding the purs'


and the sword was used against them


and in some places great corruption fund
q were raised to bribe and pay such a
d could be bribed and paid to vote fo
Q their extravagant Republican rulers
' The people triunphed over all opposi
:, ton and elected Congress favorable t


economy, and yet it is called "Rebe
> Congress" Every Democrat should re
1t buke such . scandalous Justification c
" the history of his party and its Progres
q to power over arrogance and outrage.
Year: 1879

A "REBEL CONGRESS-" is the heading
of an editorial in the Republican of the |
10th inst. The article is so replete with |
misrepresentation and exhibits such a |
perversion Of the truth in letter and
spirit that we can only wonder that any
gentleman who desires bis family to un-
derstand properly the political issues be-
fore the country, and that they should
not be entirely misled as to the rights OF
the people and the principles upon
which the government is founded, will
allow such a paper to come into his dwell
ling. Following this, ON the next day,
is another editorial headed "TuK REBEL
YELL" 1t is difficult to see what use
there is in thus misrepresenting the Con
gress of the country. 1t can certainly do
no good. 1t can only damage the inter-
ests of the people. The government is
theirs and they have been laboring for
years to have it changed from an exi rava-
CANT one to an economical one. This is
the whole of our politics in a nutshell.
How to effect this purpose most speedily
is the question. The recent sessions of
the Democratic House of Representatives
have endeavorsd to cut down expenses
and the Senate and the Executive have
both opposed this economical policy ;
and the Senate has gono so far as to de-
feat all bills sent to it with this view


The Democratic party again ap-
pealed to the people and they again
returned q majority to the House
of Representatives in favor of retrench
ment. They not only did this but they
elected Democratic legislatures in the
States for the purpose Of removing the
Senators who had opposed the demand.
of the people for economy, and now ths
Senate is also Democratic with that view
elected by the people. The Republica,
denominates the two bodies thus elected
and called together In extra session BY
Mr.. Hayes, Republican President, (wh,
was not elected by the people), "Rebe
Congress-" This body has not passed al
act, t,noone of its Democratic members ha
uttered a s'rebel" sentiment ur propose,
single measure that is not in accor,
with The constitution of the country. [
this the way to bring about confidence il
the stability of the government ? w
think not. Is it the way to encourag
trade and stimulate capital to seek tn
avenues OF industry ? Certainly not
The whole spirit of such attacks is di.
astrous. They are calculated to destro
confidence, if they have any weight wit
the people at all.


The Democratic Congress is pursuii


apolicy by command of the majority
the people expressed through the ball,
to make the government stronger al


give it credit at home and abroad-jll


as the prob gate citizen who has bee


wasting his substance, turns about
husband his resources and pay his deb
will give confidence to his neighbo


and friends and crafty his creditor


This is what the Democratic Conpre


has aimed to do; what it means to d


The Executive and the Cabinet has o


posed such economical measures whi,


the people have demanded, and hence
Year: 1879

ADOut Darklmgss


A correspondent of an agricultural journal
writes as follows:


A few years since we procured a trio of
dorkings. They were of good size and quite
contented, compared with some of the small
Ter breeds, but they had more life and ambi-
ton to get a living than the light Brahma.
We have now had them for six or eight years
aud, taking them as family fowls for the
farmer who wants eggs for his household or
chickens for his table, we think them ahead
OF all the Asiatic races and many of the small
Ter breeds, when eggs and flesh are taken in
consideration.


During the past two or three years it has
been difficult TO have hens incline0to sit to
furnish what chickens we wanted for our
family use and to keep up our flock from the
pullets raised, so as not to have on hand
lot OF old hens that are thought not to lay as
well as young fowls the first season or two.
We do not sell either eggs or chickens, as
rule; generally all produced are used in our
family, and this year we have had eggs very
plentifully. Probably seven eggs would aver
age pound the season through; and when
chicken or young fowl is dressed for the
table there is (tf well fed) enough for fami-
ly dinner. So, In my experience, instea1 of
their being tender fowls to raise, and inclined
to lay but few eggs, they are quite the op-
poslte. We have rarely lost a chick the last
three years; not one with the gapes or any
other disease, that know Of, and but three
or four in hundred by accident, an imm-
munity which we think proves them entitled
to be called hardy in regard to raising of the
chicks. am mot prepared to say that they
are the best of all fowls, as some say of their
breeds, but OF any we have ever tried they
have come the nearest 70 what we think a
fowl should be for the production of eggs and
meat for the farmers table.
Year: 1879

the PRESS will be devoted as in the past to dis
eliminating support OF the Republican Party and
will stand through thick and thin for an honest and
stable currency and the equal rights of all citizens
throughout tho length and breadth of the Republic.
1t will always speak out for education good morals
and Just laws, believing that the safety OF the nation
depends upon these things.
Year: 1879

The Independent Order of United Work
men assembled at 8 clock this morning at
the hall on the southeast corner of Plum
and Ninth streets, with a large delegation
present. During the day and evening sew
eral questions relating to the Lodge will be
discussed and several matters of business
attended to, the most important of which
will be the election of Grand Master
Workman. The meeting will continue in
session until Thursday night.
Year: 1879

Specials to the Star.


THE PENSION LAW.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 28-There is very
strong pressure being brought to bear upon
the Attorney General, to whom was referred
the arrearages of pensions bill, to make a
certain construction of he same, which will
largely reduce the total amount to be drawn
from the treasury. 1t is hoped to get him
to construe the law so that the pension bill
will begin from the date of disability, and
not from date of discharge; also that those
who now begin drawing pensions shall not
receive the arrearagesa at the rate of pensions
now allowed, but at those rates that would
have been received from time to time as the
pension was increased by Congress. The
Commissioner of Pensions to-day issued q
circular, stating that no claim agent will be
recognized where arrearages are sought by
a pensioner now on the roll.


SENATOR CHRIsTIANeY.


1t is now stated that last summer Senator
Christiancy applied for the Mexican Mis-
sion. 1t was given to Foster because the
latter was familiar with the complications
then existing between the two Govern
ments, and because he was like the large
army to be rewarded for services in the
Presidential election. About four weeks
ago the Michigan delegation asked for a for
eign mission for Christiancy, and at the
latter's request kept the matter secret. The
President has rendered him the Peruvian
Mission, and he has accepted the place,
which pays double the salary of Senator.
His nomination will be sent to the Senate
this week, and his colleague, Senator Ferry
will move its confirmation without refer
ence to the Committee. AS soon as con-
firmed the Senator will resign his seat in
the Senate. The Governor of Michigan
will issue a proclamation, and the Legis-
lature will elect Zach. Chandler as the sue
cessor.


AN INCOME TAX PROPOSED.


The sentiment against the reduction of
the tax on tobacco is so strong, now that
the arrearages of pensions bill has passed.
that the proposition for an income tax is
being discussed informally in both the
House and Senate. No doubt some effort
will be made to pass bill imposing an in
come tax in the Senate this session.


Secretary Sherman, in an interview to-
day, said that if there was to be an increase
oftaxation to meet the requirements of the
pension bill, he was in favor of an income
tax that would bring in revenue of about
$4,000, 900 a year. He thought this mode
would put the taxation on those best able
to afford it. He also is in favor of paying
the arrearage of pensions in yearly Install
ments for ten years.
Year: 1879

On going round the garden. | per-
cheese apparently floating IL. he air
straight before me. On coming up to
l it, found that it was suspended from
a spiders web, which was spun right
across the path. The first hasty


thought was that this spider had found
a piece of cheese below, and, taking a
fancy to it, was then drawing itupinto
its web to eat it. Further examination


however, showed that the substance


was not cheese, but a small pebble
much resembling that edible, evidently


taken from the gravel walk beneath.
There was nothing for the spider to at
tach his web to on the walk, so he had


selected a suitable stone to. balance
his web being attached to trees on eth
er side of the walk, and weighted be-
I low by the stone, so as to be in nearly
perpendicular position. The stone
was connected with the web by three
fold cord, the strands of which were at
tached to different parts of the stone.


| visited the web two or three hours af-
ter the spider had finished it, and


found that his ingenuity had been re-
warded, as the web contained, besides
large fly, of which he was dining,


more small flies than l have ever be-
fore seen In a web. Neither myself,
nor those of my friends to whom L
showed the web, have ever seen any
Year: 1879

The Scientific american tells wherein
the danger of kerosene lamps consists, and
gives these valuable hints in regard to pre-
venting explosions '.All explosions of pc
troleum lamps are caused by the vapor or
gas that collects in the space above the oil.
OF course, lamp contains no gas, which
commences to form as the lamp warns up,
and after burning shOrr time sufficient gas
will accumulate to form an explosion. The
gas in a lamp will explode only when ig-
nited In this respect it is ike gunpOwder
Cheap or inferior oil is always the most
dangerous The flame is communicated to
the gas in the following manner: The
wick tube in the lamp burners is made lar
ger than the wick which is to pass through
il. II would not do to have the wick work
tightly in the burner; on the contrary, it is
essential that il move UP and down with
perfect ease. In this way it is unavoidable
that space in the tube is left along the sides
of the wick sufficient for the flame from the
burner to pass down into the lamp and ex-
plode the gas. Many things occur to cause
the flame to pass down the wick and ex


plode the lamp. |. 4 lamp NAV he stand
~ on the table or mantel, and a slight puff
of air from the open window or door may
cause an explosion. ,. \ lamp may he
taken up quickly from table or mantel
and instantly exploded. 3. \ lamp is
taken into an entry where there is draught,
or out of doors, and an explosion ensues. +.
\ lighted lamp is taken up flight of stairs
or is raised quickly to place it ON a mantel,
resulting in an explosion. In these in
stances the mischief is done by the air
movement, either by suddenly checking the
draught OF forcing air down the chimney
against the flame. ). Blowing down the
chimney to eXtinguish the light is fire.
quent cause Of explosion. 6. Lamp eX-
plosions have been caused by using a Chin
ney broken off at the top or one that has
piece broken out, whereby the draught is
variable and the flame unsteady. Z. Some
times thoughtless person puts small sized
wick in large burner, thus leaving consid-
cradle space along the edges of the wick.
;. An old burner, with its air draughts
closed up, which rightfully should be thrown
away, is sometimes continued in use, and
the final results is an explosion
Year: 1879

| had a jackdaw that used to follow the
carriage for miles when we drove out in the
country, but if we went to the town, about
a mile and half distant, Jack would re
main on the walls of the old castle, outside
the town, until we returned, and then fly
round and round the pOny's head, finally
alighting on the splash-board. If we met
any other conveyance, he always flew off
into the hedge. | likewise had a little blue
tit. who used to settle on the tall trees near
the house, and come down when called,
alighting often on my head and shoulders
A lady, an acquaintance of mine, Lad. she
SAYS, canary SO tame that it used to pull
the hair out of her curls to line its nests
with. This very severe winter has tanned
the wild birds in this neighborhood. Ny
window Is constantly besieged by them :;
robins, finches, sparrows and blackbirds,
come flying up directly if is opened, for |
am in the habit of feeding them during
frosty weather. One, a redbreast, is the
master. He is such a greedy little fellow !;
he eats his fill and then sits on the plate,
keeping all the other birds at bay, and ut
tering such shrill shrieks, am often obliged
to go and drive him off so that they may
come and pick up few crumbs. Ayoung
friend of mine put whole loaf out, half
quarter cut in two, and it was so amusing
to see Bobby, after the birds had picked
out the crumbs, ensconce himself in the
shell, and scream out defiance to all his
companions
Year: 1879

thing of the kind before. Perhaps
your readers will be interested in such
an example of high instinct in spider.
and those who are more versed i'm nat
ural history than myself may be able
TO remember other examples of the
same kind. That the stability of the
web depended upon the weight of the
stone was shown when | put my hand
under the latter. The result was that
as raised my hand the lower part of
the web gradually collapsed, but when
the stone was again suffered to fall
gently the web resumed its proper
shape. The web was about five feet
from the ground. Spider engineering
is most interesting subject, and one
that have spent hours in studying. /
have worked out most of the problems
in connection with it, but the weight
dodge | have not as yet been able 10 ex-
plain. Some spiders will use ties; but
others, of exactly the same species,
will use weight, although the cir
cumstances under which both built are
apparently similar. But how does the
spider raise the weight? This | could
never explain to my satisfaction, as
some of the weights are so large that
1t is scercely possible they could lift
them by a dead lift Besides, they
will put on one, two or more weights
in few hours before wind, to fix their
structures. The industry and ingenui-
ty of the spider passes belief to all
those who have seen them at work, but
no more profitable day can be spent by
a young engineer than day after a
storm in path through the gorse
watching spider reconstructing its
web. This is the legitimate way of see
ing the work done, but there are other
dodges, such as breaking down the
webs, and watching the poor devils re-
construct them.
Year: 1879

\ Detroiter who dresses well and has u
reasonable share of good looks had Occa-
sion recently to make a trip 10 the country,
and one night he found himself at a farm
house at which a party was to come oil.
He was invited to participate in the fes,i-
vities, and after he had consented the old
farmer took him around the corner Of the
house and said:


The young folks are mighty fond Of
any game with kissing in it. They'll get
up something and fix it to make YOU kiss
the handsOmeSt gal in the room"


"Weil, I'll kiss her, was the prompt
reply.


'.YeS, bat hold on a little continued
the old man. There's my girl Emma.
We think shes as purity as any Of 'e,n, but
certain folks around here kinder sniff at her
cause her nose crooks a bit and her hair is
a trifle hi-h-colored. Now, want YOU 10
kiss En- for the handSOmest gal in the
room. I,'il DO the old woman good. do
En-. good, and kinder set these ere sniffcIs
back little. | don't ask You to kiss her
for nothing. but if you'll do it I'll throw
fifteen cents off'n your bill in the morning.
What dye say


The young man said he'd do it, and the
father continued:


That's the checker. Don't have any
make-believe about it, but kiss her right
pop up, so that we kin all hear the smack.


The game was played, the Detroiter was
''fixed, and he kissed I'm. like the
pop of pistol He felt all the happier for
it that night, seeing who greatly the old
woman was pleased, but next forenoon as
he logged along he had to run the gauntlet
of a score of farmers sons, waiting in fence
corners to lick him because he passed their
gals" by for EN- He was struck by
thirteen stones, six clubs, and about a
bushel Of potatoes before he got out Of the
neighborhood, and when he came to figure
up he realized that fifteen cents was no in
dUcemeut all all
Year: 1879

English photographers avoid the strain
on the sitter's eyes, which usually result in
ghastly stare, by having a clOck-face as
the point to which they are directed, the
eyes being allowed to travel slowly from
the figure MI. all around. The rotary
moment of the eyeball in adapting itself,
step by step, to the figures upon so small II
circle at such distance, is so excessively
photographic process. The eyes are excl
lently well defined, even to the iris, and
the pictures have marked superiority over
those previously taken in the manner in
which the details of the over are reproduced.
The sitters have expressed themselves as
not having had any strain upon their eye
Year: 1879

1t has become so common to write the
beginning of an elegant, interesting
article and then run it into some adver-
tisement that we avoid all such cheats
and simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in as plain honest terms
as possible, to induce people to give
them one trial, as no one who knows
their value will ever use anything else.
Year: 1879

On the grave of Parson Williams,


The grass is brown and bleached,
1t il more than fifty winters


Since he lived and laughed and preache
But his memory in New England,


No winter SHOWS can kill /;
OF his goodness and his drollness


Countless legends linger still.
And among these treasured legends


Most Orthodox. on grace,
When sound of distant thunder


Eroke the quiet of the place.
Now the meadows of the Crosby's


Lay full within his sight,
As ne glanced from out the window


Which stood open on his right.
And the green and fragrant haycoeks
By the acres there did stand
Not meadow like the cescon's


Far or near in all the land
Quick and loud the clars of thunder


Went rolling through tie skies.
And the Parson saw his Deacon


Looking out with anxious eyes.
New my brethren" called the Parson,
And he called with might and main.
I'VE must get in Brother Crosby's hay.
'Ts our duty now most plaini"
And he shut the great red Bible,


And he tossed his sermon down
Not a man could run more swiftly


Than the Parson in that town.
With will they worked and shouted,
And cleared the fields apace;
And the Parson led the singing,


While the sweat rolled ywn his face.
And it thundered fiercer, louder;


Ana dark grew east and west;
But the hay was under cover,


And the Parson had worked the best.
And again in pew and pulpit


Their places took composed;
And the parson preached his sermon
To- fifteenthly," where it closed.
Year: 1879

The natural selfisbness Of mankind Is
never more strikiugly set forth than in
the supreme pleasure with which the
comfortably. housed railway passengers
enjoy seeing the train make farmers
team run away and scrape the troubled
agriculturist up against q barbed wire
fsnce,
Year: 1879

minutes And 20 IL remains TO this day. The
whaers follow their prey up into the Arctic Sea- but
they are not explorers and have motive to VEN
ture further north than they can go with safety.
The limit OF present knowledge in this direction is
but q short distance north OF Point Barrow. the
northernmost headland of Alaska There may be
nothing but sea and ice beyond. as appears ON the
maps, but the maps of this region represent
ignorance and not our knowledge. There may, for
aught we know. be as large islands there have
been discovered in higher latitude further east and
further west Six years ago the Austrian explorers.
Payer and weyprecht, found northeast Of Sptzber-
gen country as large Scotland, where the
geographers had supposed there existed nothing but
an open sea. Perhaps the Jeannette will make dis
covery of equal interest


PRosPxcrs OF SUCCESS


The important fact which furnishes the motive Of
the expedition Is that while q latitude high as
eighty-two degrees has been reached by the Smiths
Sound route and along the east coast of Greenland
and also by the recent Austrian expedition, nobody
has penetrated toward the Pole even as seven
ty-fve degrees by way of Behring Strait Yet
there is no reason why the channel between the
Arctic and Pacific should not offer as favor
able approach to the Polar regions as either Of
the routes heretofore selected. In fact, there
reasons in climate and tidal currents for be-
lieving that 1t will be possible get the Pole
by this route than any other. The Jeannette will
show whether these reasons we'll founded. II
she meets with no misfortune she will be back next
year. Her commander has the great advantage of
not going over beaten tract so that whether he
some important additions to the sum of Arctic
knowledge, and he may have the good fortune to in
scribe his name with those of Kane, Hall and Hayes
on the roll of daring American explorers who have
bravey struggled to unlock the secrets of the frozen
Pole.
Year: 1879

FATAL RESULT OF THROWING A BUTCHERS
KNIFE IN RESPONSE TO PLAYFUL MISSILE


(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD1


BUFFALO, N. Y, July Q. 1879.
The most remarkable fatality known in this
city occurred this morning. about eleven o'clock in
Washington Market. during business hours. Two
young men, named John Miller and Louis Schlagter.
kept butcher stalls opposite sides of the market
Miller. in playful mood, out from his stall
with q piece of lights liver and threw 1t at
Schlagter. who was sitting smoking o pipe and
making out q bill. 1t struck him in tho
face. knocking the pipe out of his mouth. lie rose
in rage ana taking sharp butcher knife from his
counter hurled 1t at Miller, who had turned round
and was running back behind his stall. The kniie
struck Miller in the calf of the right leg piercing to
the bone, severing the main artery and making %
CHASTITY wound. He fell. and the blood poured from
the cut in u stream.


BEYOND HELP.


Doctors we're Immediately sent for, but before
eighteen years of age Schagter seeing what he had
done tor doctor. then disappeared, but after
ward gave himself up to the police. The occurrence
caused great excitement, especially on account of its
singular character. II cannot be termed murder as
there intent on Schagter's part 10 kill Miller.
He threw the knife in moment OF passion, and no
one was more astonishcd than he at the result. He
will be held charge of manslaughter.