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Year: 1879

Publishers are often seriously ANNOYED
by the negligence of correspondents, and


the Kaukakee Gazette thus impresses
upon its friends q few words of advice,


which are good everywhere, and should


be borne in mind by all who write for


newspapers:


Do not wait until the last minute


you suppose your letters can be put in


type for publication. We are frequently
compelled to reject or Condense c0mmu-
niCatons we should publish in full if they
were received in season. While we
might take care Of one late conner, some
body must stay out when half q dozen
rush in at once Just before tho paper Is
ready for the press. It Is nothing IN
common for us to receive Tuesday after
noon or Wednesday morning a commu-
nication or notice which might have
been prepared three or four days before
without any inconvenience to the
writer. As these notices are published
gratutiously it does seem as if the
writer's might have some regard to our
convenience. A good many complaints
made about the nOn-RppearanCe of ar
ticles or notices thus furnished are not


Justly chargeable to a want of q dispO-
sition to publish or a desire to accommo-
date, but the failure to appear is directly
ehargeable to the negligence of the
writers to furnish them in proper sea-
son.


Condense what you have to say. As
a general rule, occasional writer's for a
newspaper write only upon some topic
in which they feel a special interest, and
on this topic they amplify. They forget
that other people feel, at most, only
general interest, and desire a brief pre-
sentation of the matter brought to their
notice. The subjects for newspaper dis
cussion are varied, and the average
newspaper reader desires brevity. The
question with the newspaper publisher
is not what he can find to put in, but
what he must LedUe ont. We are always
glad to receive local news and publish
what will be of local interest, but we are
better pleased with a correspondent
who tries to condense his items or his
ideas than with one who evidently
labors to say as much as he can and fill
as much space as he can spread over.
Leave verbOsity and tediousness to the
editor, who may perhaps be a tolerated
bore, but has the right to control the
Of his own paper.
Year: 1879

One of the conditions of perfect health


is physical exercise. In its absence the


whole system suffers deterioration, and


falls short of that development which is


necessary to the vigorous action of the


different organs. More than any other


organ, however, do the lungs sufferi and
It is not difficult to explain why. In


order that an organ should be we'll nour-
lshed, 1t is necessary that it should be
abundantly supplied with blood, and one
Of the agencies which plays an important
part in propelIng the blood through
arteries and veins is muscular contraction.
The alternate contraction and dilation OF
the muscles forces the blood along the
vessels. When aperson is exercising Wig
orousiy, the respiratory movements be-
come greatly increased, the air vesicles
become dilated, the blood is propelled
through the minute Capillaries, which
constitute large portion of their struc-
ture, and the lung tissue receives the
nOUrishment which it requires. and
which is necessary to its integrity and
efficient action. From insufficient bod
lily exercise, the lungs suffer in two ways
for want of sufficient blood to nourish
them, and for want of necessary exDan-
sion. The result is that the lungs, more
frequently than any other organ, become
affected in those who lead inactive lives.
This fact makes it incumbent on All. and
especially on those who have weak
lungs, to spend portion of each day in
vigorous physical exercise. We mean
by this, exercise which calls into yigor-
GUS action all the muscles of the body
exercise which causes the skin to glow,
the persDlratlon to start. Two hours of
this kind OF exercise each day is not too
much, and it should be performed, when
possible, in the open air. A celebrated
French physician says that a person, to be
healthy and strong, should exercise to
the point OF perspiring every day.
Year: 1879

The strong attachment of subscribers
to well-conduCted newspapers is fully
confirmed by publishers. "Stop my
paper of dread to beginners in
business-lOse their terror after a paper
has been established for term of years.
So long as a paper pursues a inst, honor
able and judiCiOus course, meeting the
wants Ofits customers IN 81 respects, the
ties g friendship between the subscrib-
ers and the paper are as hard to break
by an outside third party rs the link
which binds old friends IN business or
social life. Occasional defects and errors
in a newspaper are overlooked by those
who have become attached to it, through
its perusal for years. They sometimes
become dissatisfied with il on account of
something which has slipped into its
columns, and may stop taking it; but the
absence of the familiar sheet at their
homes and Offices for a few weeks be-
comes an insupportable privation, and
they hasten to take it again, and posi-
bly, apologize for having it stopped. No
friendship on earth is more constant
than that contracted by the readei for a
journal which makes an honest, an
earnest effort to merit its continued sup
port. Hence a Conscientiously conduct
ed paper becomes a favorite in the
family.
Year: 1879

Formerly the greater part Of the wool
used in the knitting factories at Cohoes
came from Australia. A few years ago
samples of California wool were tried
and found to be superior quality, though
so dirty that half the freight charges
were paid for dirt. To remedy this
defect large wool olscOuring establishments
were. opened in California, and ever
since then they have been sending clean
wool, saving not only half the cost Of
freight, but placing the Cohoes manu-
facturer in possession Of a better article
than Australia could furnish. As a
natural consequence the Australian
wool is now entirely discarded. Sheep
raising is wonderfully increasing IN Ore
gOn, and the prospect is good that in a
few years the Pacific coast viii have a
monopoly Of the wool trade.
Year: 1879

Such was ? !:ttle boys reply to his
comrades who where trying to tempt him
to do wrong. ~. .. 81.


"But you need not tell her, 20 one
will know anything about it."


81 would know all about it myself
and I'd feel mighty mean if couldn't
tell mother"


"It's pity you wasn't a girl. The idea
Of a boy running and telling his mother
every little thingp'


"You may laugh if you want to, said
the noble boy, "bUt I've made up my
mind, never, as long as I live, to do any
thing would be ashamed to tell my
mother"


Noble resolve, and which will make
almost any life true and useful. Let it
be the rule of every boy and girl to do
nothing Of which they would be ashamed
to tell their mother.
Year: 1879

The nitrate Of lead is now recon-
mended in the medical journals as
scarcely second to any other substance,
in point Of cheapness and efficacy, as q
deOdOrizer. To prepare it for use it is
simply necessary to take, for ordinary
purposes, half a draehm Of the nitrate,
dissolve 1t In pint or more Of boiling,
water. dissolve about two drachms Of
common salt in a pail Of water, pour the
two solutions together, and allow the
sediment to settle. To purify and sWeeten
a fetid. atmosphere Immediately, dip a
cloth in the liquid and hang it up in the
apartment.
Year: 1879

No physiological antidote has yet
been found for the poison of the cobra
and other yenomous reptiles Of India,
which caused the death Of 1900 persons
and over 5000 cattle in the year 1875.
The chloride of platinum is chemical
antidOte, neutralizing the virus almost
entirely when mixed with it ont of the
body, but when the poison has once en-
tered the system the same drug is pow
erless to prevent or check its rapidly
fatal effect,
Year: 1879

"A Report for It's Abolition to be Presented


to the Chamber of Commerce.


The committee appointed by the chamber of
commerce to consider the majority and minori-
ty reports submitted on the swindling brass
kettle, was called to meet at II o'clock yester
day. The portion of the committee who re-
sponded to the call, agreed to submit the fol-
lowing resolutions to the chamber for consider
alton next Monday:


ReSOlyed, That it having been thoroughly
demonstrated that the brass tester can be more
easily manipulated to give different WEIGHTS for
the same grain than other devices, it should be
abolished, and it's use forbidden in this State.


Resolved, That our legislature be requested
to take such action will prevent the use of
the brass tester in this State and that other
States be requested to cooperate.


Resoloed, That we cordially recommend the
movement now in progress in New York and
Eastern commercial centers (Which has become
an established practice in England) to have the
pound taken as the unit of weight in the sale
OF all articles of produce, and that we recon-
mend such action by Congress Us will make
transactions throughout the country uniformly
on the pound basis.


-ResolVed, That the time has come when the
Northwest, which already does, and in the
future must continue to increase in supplying
the world with breadstuffs, should establish q
grade for wheat and not az now, be subjected
to the manipulation of grades at intermediate
points between the producer and consumer of
this great staple.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, May 10.-The dele
gates to the A, NJ. Il. conference called
on the President to-day. Rev. James
H. johnson read an address of the
conference to his excellency.


1t sets forth that a call was made to
pay homage to the justly elected and
constitutionally installed President of
the United States-a President de
facto and de jure who shaped his
course not for the interest of any
party but for the interest of the whole
country. All could, without respect
to any faith or any race, say that you
are our President.


The President had been pursuing
this course to conciliate and pacify all.
He had given the olive branch to the
North, to the East, to the West and
to the South. The people knew
that he meant to harmonic all.
All this was also due to
the Presidents ''illustrious cabinet" I"
1t was evident that the Presidents
policy had been party subordination to
the national supremacy. His faith
| had been tried. and his course was moi
without troubles.


We call to let you know that the
colored people have hope that you will
prosper in your course and continue
to rule as we'll in the future.


The President replied: " | am very
glad to see this large assembly, repre-
senting so many Christian citizens Of
the United States. The sentiments
which you have been pleased to ex-
press and to read are, | assure you,
very gratifying. am glad you feel in
this matter as you have expressed
yourselves"


am confident that a great body
of all the citizens concur with you,
and l would be greatly disappointed
to learn otherwise. am glad to make
your acquaintance, and will be happy
to be introduced to each of you. l
only regret that my opportunity of
making your better acquaintance is
necessarily limited"


The delegates were then introduced
to the President, and after shaking
hands retired.
Year: 1879

Atnoon to-day the steamer James
Howard passed here going South, car
rying about one hundred and fifty re-
turning Kansas colored emigrants.
They relate a touching tale of the
privatiOns, sickness and sorrow en-
dured during their short stay in
Kansas. They say they were landed
near Wyandotte at a place where
no timber was visible for a
hundred miles or more, and many
Of their number died from sheer want;
scarcely family in the lot but had
lost one or more of its numbers. The
people up that way have no welcome
to extend on the contrary, they made
up fund to pay their way back to the
lower Mississippi river valley again.
The appearance of the party was suf-
fcient to excite sympathy from the
most callous heart. Many were quite
i'll, and all were in suffering condi-
ton. They have enough of Kansas
for a generation at least.
Year: 1879

1t has Geen proposed to organize in
our city an auxiliary sanitary asso-
citation. This is an excellent and a
practical idea, which we hope to see
take shape in the most effective meas
ures that can be devised. There are
men in our midst Of fine common
sense, who are capable of rendering
valuable service to the public by
uniting in an organization of this
kind. Sanitation is simple science.
Stripped of all technicalities it
is cleanliness and an observance
of the plain laws of health. In New
Orleans such an organization works
admirably. The best citizens belong
TO it and do not hesitate to put on
the badge Of special policeman and
90 about looking up and ordering
nuisances abated. One backyard may
be ever so clean and the next one in q
filthy condition. What we want is
general and thoroughly effective sys-
tenn, which will penetrate to every
part of the city and cause it all to be
placed in a sound sanitary condition.
The enforcement of such a policy will
make Memphis permanently what it is
now, one Of the healtbiest cities in the
country Let the auxiliary society be
organized. Who will lead off?
Year: 1879

CHICAGO, May lO.--In the Criminal
Court this morning Mark Gray was,
after the hearing of the full testimony,
declared insane. The medical ex.
perts testified that his attack on Ed
win Booth was simply an outbreak Of
lunacy, which will eventually develop
into epileptic insanity. He will be
sent to the Elgin Asylum.
Year: 1879

"Sow early,' has not and probably new
or will fail to be the true maxim for farmers.
In the experience of a lifetime we have
never seen it fail, and have urged it every
spring since the commencement of the HUs-
BANDMAN and the universal verdict of all
who have tried it thus far is that it is good.
Grain cannot be sown too early after the
ground gets in order. In Montana, fall
powed or summer-fallowed lands are suffi-
GENTLY dry for sowing before the frost is
out. Spring wheat, especially, should be
gotten into the ground at the earliest posi-
bic moment. for the reason that the grain
grows heavier and thicker, and stands bet
ter chance to escape the ravages of the
grasshopper. Italso requires less irrigation,
ripens earlier, and may often be marketed
before a late sowing is ready for the sickle
Oats and barley should also be put in early.
There are no grasshopper deposits this year
to send forth hord of destroyers upon the
young crops. The only thing to be feared
from this pest are the immigrants, and the
earlier grain is put in the better chance it
will have to escape.


1t is not only necessary to put grain in
early, but the garden should go in early as
we'll. In many localities where gardening
is attempted the seasons are short at best,
and early planting is indispensable if we
expect to produce well matured vegetables.


The tickle aspect of the skys, the weather
bright. sunshine interspersed with clouds
and showers, indicate the spring is near.
r 1.,x
mood besnp and doing, and above all things,
be readyas soon a. the season will permit,
to get Whatever seed he intends to cultivate
into the ground. This successfully accom-
plished, half the battle is won.
Year: 1879

very simple and handy mode to yentil-
ate the hennery is to leave a good-sized
opening in the gable-ends of the fowl-house,
say or 10 or II inches square, with a slid
ing screen or board inside the house, with
which these holes may be closed in very cold
nights, to keep out frost. AT any time of
the year, in the middle OF the day. these
apertures may be opened fol three hours,
for ventilating the premises. Or, the means
of ventilation may be similarly arranged at
the center or at both extremes of the build
ing at the peak of the roof, through one or
more regular cupola-shaped ventilators. In
some way ventilation is absolute necessity.
And poultrymen who contine their choice
fowls in close quarters in winter, will find
that ii they give this important matter due
consideration, they will have less disease,
and moping, and lassitude among their fowl
flocks after they are shut up or the season,
than they have usually met with, through
neglecting this vital provision.


The interior of the house may be very
simply and economically arranged. All that
is needed withia the building is a roomy
roosting-place proportionate to the convent
ence OF the number of birds housed, a row
Year: 1879

and occasionally scattered about the floor of
the house, whenever you detect old hens IL,
the habit of breaking and devouring the
natural eggs. We have found the very best
way to prevent the disposition of egg-eaters
from indulging in this annoying habit, is to
have the nests darkened in some way, or
the passage leading to the nests thus shad-
owed, so that when the eggs are deposited,
those that are inclined to eat them will be
unable to see them clearly. IT the glass,
plaster or wooden eggs be laid around the
outside and inside the nests also. the breeder
will have little or no trouble from this oft
complained-of nuisance among laying hens.
Poultry World
Year: 1879

L'1e1H ooou CoohteS.-CHe-lalI cup OF Dut-
ter, one cup of white sugar, one-half cup of
sour milk, one egg, one-half teaspoonful of
saleratus. Melt the butter, mix all soft to-
gether with spoon, and set away for one
half hour in the winter aid one whole hour
in summer, where it is coli. Then the
dough can be easily rolled without adding
very much flour (the less the better), sprip-
kle the dough after rolling with sugar, cut
and bake in quick oven, watching careful
ly. The ingredients mentioned in this
recipe make two dozen cookies. Add cara
way seed if liked.


Lemon Sauce.-One tablespoonful of corn
starch; one tablespoonful Of butter; two
eggs; two cupfuls of sugar; the grated
yellow rind Of two lemons, and the Juice;
stir and beat all we'll together. Just before
serving add one pint of boiling water; set
it on the fire, and let it boil up once.
| Cheese Toast.-Take half teacup of graf
ed cheese-use crumbs and dry pieces mix
with it a teacup Of grated bread, the yolk OF
one egg, spoonful of butter, three spoon.
fuls OF rich cream, pepper and salt and a
little mustard if liked toast some slices of
bread, spread the mixture on, place in a
quick oven for three or four minutes and
serve hor.


To Wash Buckskin Gloves-Make a suds
and add half tablespoonful of the mag
ical mixture to it and wash the gloves in it;
or you may put them on your hands, taking
small piece of sponge or soft flannel and
dipping it into the suds rub it over the
gloves until they are cleansca, rinsing them
with clear water. Hang them where the
wind will blow them dry, or pull them in
shape and dry by the fire.


Italian Gteam.-Boil one ounce of isin-
glass in one pint of water until reduced to
one-half; when cool stir it into one quart Of
cream, four wineglasses of Madeira, one
half pound OF sugar. the juice of one lemon;
strain it and pour it into moulds. This will
make one large and two small-sized ones.


Ointment for Mapped Hands.-At this sea-
son OF the year, many persons are suffering
severely with chapped hands, and the fol-
lowing recipe will relieve them almost inn
medately, but it should be applied every
night, and after rubbing it into the hands,
ca
first cutting out the palms of the hands:
Take equal parts of mutton tallow and lard
without salt, an equal weight of orange car
rots. Melt the grease in small basin
placed in a larger one filled with boiling
water. Scrape the carrots and CRATE them
finely, and add to the grease. Put into it a
lump OF camphor rs large as an English
walnut, a bit of borax of the same size, and
bit of carbonate of ammonia half as large
(this is for q pound OF the grease) melt
them, and let the whole boil for an hour.
Strain through fine cloth, and let the oint-
hoent become partly cool then beat it as
you do the whites OF eggs, until it is frothed,
which will take halt an hour. Put into
pots, pour a little alcohol over each one.
cover tightly. and it will keep for years It
is excellent for all abrassions or wounds, al
so for chatings and burns, being very cool
ing to the flesh.--Coantry Gentleman.
Year: 1879

About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
a young man named Deputy was driv.
ing large fern wagon with two horses
attached to it, along Front street, when
on reaching Front and Jefferson streets
the bride on one OF the horses broke,
when they started along the street at the
top Of their speed, and when between
Tatnall and West streets the wagon
came in contact with Morrow & Son s
store dearborn, turning it completely up.
side down, and throwing the horse to the
ground with great force. The dearborn
was loaded with several barrels Of flour,
which were sent rolling over the street
in every direction. The horse was
slightly cut on one Of the fore and hind
legs. The dearborn was but slightly
damaged. The runaway horses both
fell in the gutter, one Of them receiving
bad cut on the breast. 1t was taken
to the White Horse hotel stables, where
veterinary surgeon dressed the wound.
The runaway team belonged to Mrs.
Richards, who lives on farm about
two miles south of Red Lion. Consid


erable excitement was created, aud a
large crowd gathered in few minutes
Year: 1879

john p. Springer in his effort to de-
feat the bill before the Legislature for
the removal of the court house to this
city, represented that ths debt of the
county was now $4,000. According
to the published statement of Treasurer
Herbert, the debt of the county is only
$4,000. Now, we should like to know
who is mistaken, the Treasurer or clerk
of the Peace An explanation is call
ed for.
Year: 1879

A New STRIKE.-The working classes
of our community have struck against
the many high priced cough medicines
and have endorsed DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup as the best and cheapest remedy
in the world Price % cents bottle.
For sale by all druggists.
Year: 1879

THE Victoria Adrocate seems to cues.
ton the wisdom of having competi-
tion among teachers destroyed and all
schools of the town absorbed by one
graded institution in which the child
loses its identity and becomes part of
a ''graded" mass. The stupid and
the alert, the good and bad are all
merged into an inseparable body and
vices of the worst infect the best and
sloth is almost as efficient as Wig
orous action and tireless progressive
ness. These are few of the ohjec-
tiOns presented to the annihilation of
many private schools by the cheap pub
lie system. Cheap teachers are those
employed by politicians as such, and
those that "work cheap" and those
that come up through the devious
ways of nepotism and through the
charms which women have exerted
over the managers OF such massive in
stitutions are not well calculated to
make great men of untaugtt urchins.
Graded schools are eminently success
full however In destroying others cor
Quoted by private teachers and those
who like them do well to promote
their usefulness and to serve them. 1t
was of magnificent scheme of graded
schools that a Southern newspaper
sad, II few days 20, that the vices
of the worst were speedily accepted by
the best pupils and that the system
was a hot-bed Of vice and pollution
breeding thieves and forgers.
Year: 1879

The Supreme Court of the United
States has at last made a final decis-
ion declaring the act of Congress
constitutional which prohibits po-
lygamy in this country. The decree
will doubtless have a very serious
influence OH the Mormon population
of Utah, and their future course will
be looked for with great interest by
the people of the West. If the law
now made clear on the subject of
po!ygamous marriages is enforced
as it doubtless will be, il will natur-
ally create a revolution in the social
affairs of Utah territory; under the
circumstances, unless further legisla-
ton takes place, the Supreme Court
decision will be the basis of endless
litigation for estates heretofore
claimed by illegilimate heirs
Omaha Bee.