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Year: 1877




SIR: Will you please allow Inc short space
in vour valuable journal to call the attention Of the pub
c TO little incident which occurred while car No II OF
the Fourthave line the stand. near City Hail. on
Friday at O'Clock The filing with passen-
GERS and small newsboy about 10 years Old entered
aud WIS disposing OF his stock when the conductor
NO 81 suddenly pounced upon the little fellow and
rorcbly threw him out OF the door 10 the pavement
There were no other newsboys on the car the assault
was entirely unprovokod. and the car had not yet
started May ask what right this inhulldn creature
haI 10 maltreat the boy All the conductors allow
newsboys 10 sell their papers while the car Is on he
stand and not in motion wish the pubic that Is un.
fortunate enough travel on this mlsm1naged ROAD
would remember this conductor mo. s and give him
wide berth. lie il dangerous"


In this connection wish to add that as long as the
public patient enough allow the company 10 impose
On them by charging nearly twice much as the Otner
roads they would do than their duty by running
ears above FOrtyOurth-s Oftener than fOur times an
hour provide something better in Winter than cold
board seats and try and make the trip from City Ha 10
the Park III less than G5 minutes. H. h. o.


Ne,c- York, Jan. d, 1877.
Year: 1877

Notwithstanding the great depression OF busi'
ness the western Union reduced their rates.
but stick TO the old wartime prices 30 long as tne pun
lie will stand these heavy tolls messages so long VIII
the Orton monopoly demand it, The Atlantic and Pacnc
line has made large reduction I'm rates and as conse-
oence have received enough additional business 10 moro
than for The action but the western Union
still adhere To the getawecan policy that has been tho
means OF building up Atlantic and Pacific mo
formidable rival.
Year: 1877

SAN DIEGO UNION: The indications of active operations on the Utah South ern Railroad seem to be multiplying Correspondents in Utah speak of the matter as a certainty. The conStruc- ton of this road really means the eX- tension of the Union Pacific Railroad 10 the Pacific coast, and that means to San Diego, which is the only harbor this side of San Francisco. With a water frontage available for commerce of twenty-fuur miles, and an area of deep wafer anchorage of six miles, San Diego harbor must be Ihe true object we point of great line of railway coming south from Salt Lake
Year: 1877

1 sat in darkened chamber; Near by sang a tiny bird: Through all my deep pain and sadness, A wonderful song heard. The birding bright sang in the sunlight From out Of golden throat; The song of love he was singing Grew sweeter with every note. Iopened my easement wider To welcome the song heard; Straight into my waiting bosom Flew sunshine and song and bird. No longer I now am signing; The reason canst thou divine?- The birding with me abideth, And sunshine and song are mine.

 -Harper's for March
Year: 1877

satisfaction that the said tract of land is desert land, a. defined in the second section of said act. and that he has paid to the Receiver the sum of - dollars, being at the raie of twenty five cents per acre tor the land above de scribed.

 It is, therefore, further certified, that if within three years from the date hereof, lhe said or his assignee or legal representative, shall satisfac- torily prove that the said land has been reclaimed by carrying water thereon, and shall pay to the Receiver the additional sum of one dollar per acre for the land above described, he or they shall be entitled Io receive a patent therefor under the provisions of the said act

 S- -, Receiver.

 You will deliver one copy of this certificate to the applicant, retaining the other topy with the declaration and proof. You will number the cer- titicales in the order of their issue. Tine Register will keep a record of the certificates issued, showing the mum Der, date, amount paid, name of ap- plicant, and description of ihe land ap. plled for in each case, and in addition. he will note the same upon his plat> aud records as in cases of ordinary en- try. At the end of each month he will with the regular returns, forward 10 this office an abstract of Jhe drclur- aIions filed during the month, accom- panyIng same with ihe dcClaratIln- and proofs filed and the retained copy of the certificate Tn each case. The Receiver will also account for the money received under this act in the usual form. At any time within three years after the date of filing the declar- alton and the Issue of certificate, the proper party may make satisfactory proof of having conducted water upon the land applied for. This proof must consist of lhe testimony of two dis interested and credible witnesses, who. must appear in person before the Reg iSler and Receiver. They must declare that they have personal knowledge of the condition of the land applied fir and of the facts to which they testify; and their testimony must b. reduced ro writing in the usual manner. GOn will also require the .,artv 10 present and surrender the duplicate certificate issued when the declaration was filed When this iS done, and the final proof made 10 your satisfaction, the Receiver will receive the additional payment Of ne dollar per acre, receipling therefor in duplicate in the usual manner, bul indOr>inI upon the face of the receipt a reference tO this act. The Register. will also issue final certificate of. purchase in the ordinary form of cash certificates, endorsing also upon the face of the certificate a reference to- thIs act You will give to these final r ceipIs a special series of number and will make separate abstracts of each month, sending up the final cer- liticate>, receipts and proofs as in cases of ordinary pre-empljnn entries.

 In eases when declarations shall bel filed under this act for unsurvcyed lands you will immediately forward copies of the declarations to the Sur veyOr- General.

 Very respectfully,

 J. A. WILLIAMSON,

 Commissioner
Year: 1877

Every thIng indicates the speedy completion of second lIne of rail road across the Cnntiuent-the South ern Pacific Is now within a few miles of the Colorado River, and be fore the end of the year IL will be over two hundred miles beyond, on the way to meet the great trunk lines which stretch out Io the West. By almost su- perhuman eXertiOn the road has been carried over mountain and through them, and across tracklesS deserts, and will be pushed onward after the State line is left behind Arizona will be immediately benefited by opening the road for emigration, but California will derive the advantage, winch is more than reciprocal, of having the handling of the ores of her many mines, and of enjoying close commer- cial relations. Arizona will be as near to Us as in Neva la, and without any of the latter'S disadvantage of climate. The Directors of the Siuihern Pacific Railroad, while carrying out their grand system of irIvegsing the Con- tinent with d railroad on the 32d paral- Tel, are doing a great and immediate service 10 California.-Alta, March 31
Year: 1877

1t is pity that every skeptic, as
well as every friend of Christianity
in this country, did not hear a ser
mon preached by the Rev. j. b.
West, at the M. +. Church, South,
last Sunday. 1t was the most forci-
BILE, overwhelming, and uncontro-
vertable presentation of the truth of
religion to which we have ever list
ened. His subject was "The Test
of Religion" taken from the text /;
eff any man do His will, he shall
know Of the doctrine whether it be
of God or whether / speak of my
self" He made doing Gods will
the true test of the truth Of religion,
giving Christ, her great author, as
his authority; and he demanded of
every man who honestly desired to
believe the cardinal doctrines of the
Bible to put religion to her own chOs-
Ell test before rejecting her as false.
Said the preacher, the same chance
to test, by experiment, the truth Of
its principles is accorded to every
human science before they are rejec-
ted as false. No man, said he, ever
did Gods will through life and died
an infidel.


1t was a mastery presentation of
the subject and we wish everybody
could have heard the sermon. The
congregation was large and pro-
foundly attentive, but in order that
all who desire to do so may have an
opportunity to hear the sermon, we
sincerely hope that DIR. West will
consent to breach it again at some
future time. 1t is sermon well cal
culated to confirm the faith of the
Christian and direct the mind of the
skeptic or infidel into ihe channel
of religious truth, and thus accom-
plish great good for the cause of
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
Year: 1877




The time is approaching when


the value of silver viii require at


tention, not only from political


economists, but also from men OF


business. Influences are now at


work, or viii soon be at work, tend


ing to drive the. value of silver up


ward others are tending to check


its rise. To enumerate what appear


to be the chief of the first group,


there are: 1st, the approaching ex-


haustion of the German stock Of


cast-of silver ID, probable cur


rency demanded from the United


States; Sd, the near, or apparently


near, resumption of specie pay


ments in France; and, 4th, the per-


manent fact of ceaseless absorption


of silver in the East. This last has


hitherto gathered strength as the


value of silver declined, and will
apparently continue strong as long
as that value remains low. On the
other side, there must be certain
checks upon the ultimate recovery
of the price of silver :--the Eastern
demand, so far as it has increased
with the cheapnesS of silver, will
doubtless decrease with the adj
vance of its value; and, next, as
the price of silver is, in a great
measure, the value it bears in rela-
ton to gold, and as gold is not at
this time tending to fall in value,
the gold price of silver-like the
gold price of cotton, or tin, or any
thing else-will in part be kept
down by any enhancement in the
value of gold. We will in this arti-
Gle confine our attention to the
state of the question in the chief
supplying countries, Germany and
America.


a. AS the Government of Ger
many publishes no official state
ments on the subject, all that we
can do to show how matters stand
in that country is to reproduce local
opinion, and give such figures as we
can obtain. The unofficial world is
nearly as ignorant now, as at the
commencement of the German cur
rency reform, of how much old sill
yer there is still in circulation. The
feeling among local bankers is that,
although not entirely Withdrawn,
there are not now in circulation so
many coins of the old thaler valua-
ton that their demOnetiZatiOn
would cause very heavy demand
on the Government stock of gold.
At present, thaler pieces remain le-
gal tender nominally to any amount,
but the fact that a double currency
thus exists so far as these particular
coins are concerned, probably points
to their being but few comparative
Iy in number. 1t is therefore ex-
pected that, before very long, the
thaler pieces will be COM
pletely Withdrawn and added to the
stock of silver which the Govern
ment has for sale. AS to the amount
of that stock, no accurate infOrma-
ton exists. But it is plain the sup
ply from that source is neither mex
haustible or anything like so large
as it was. The amount of silver al
ready sold by Germany can be
by figures with some ap-
proach to accuracy; the mass Ofsilver
from that country having been sent
to London for sale, while some sums
can be traced as having been ship
ped direct to the East. According
to our Board of Trade tables, the
imports of silver from Germany
have been
Year: 1877

Next to being married to the
right person, there Is nothing so
important in ones life as 10 live un-
der ones own roof. There Is some
thing more than "A pOetical charm
in the expression of n wife, writing
to friend, who said eve have
our cOzy house; it is thrice dear To
us because it is our own. We have
bought Il with the savings Of our
earnings. Many were the soda
fountains, the confectionery saloons,
and the necessaries Of the market
we had TO pass many a time my
noble husband denied himself tho
comfort Of tobacco, the refreshing
draught of beer wore his old
clothes and even patched-up boots /;
and j, oh me, made my old BON
net do, wore the plainest clothes,
did the plainest cooking. Saving
was the order Of the house, and to
have a home of our own had been
our united aim. Now we have one.
There is no landlord troubling us
with raising the rent, and eXacting
this or that. No fear is harbored in
our bosom that In sickness on old
age we will be thrown oul of house
and home; and the money which
would have otherwise gone 20 pay
rent is sufficient to keep us comfort
able In the winter days Of life"
Year: 1877

And yet young girls, through feaI
of Old-maidhood, take upon them
selves the sacred name of wife with
little thought beyond the bridal
trousseau and the wedding tour


If girls would seek, not to marry
early but well-if they would re.
member that the land over which
Hymen holds sway is not a land
of perpetual sunshine and flowers
how far better ii would be! Then
there would be more happy wives
and fewer sad women, who look
at us with hungering eyes that tell
of lifelong disappointment.
Year: 1877

Senator Stanley Matthews believes in the
old adage that "the early bird catches the
worm" When he wants to consult with
the President he calls at the White House
at o'clock in the morning and stays to
breakfast.
Year: 1877

1t is the duty of man, to endeavor to
promote the health and prolong the lives
of his family and himself; he should keep
in his house remedies that will prevent or
destroy such diseases as are brought about
by the sudden changes of weather in winter
-Shriner's Balsamic Cough Syrup is the
article,
Year: 1877

a Cincinnati reporter says that there is


something grand In a pair Of runaway
aorses but We believe that a good deal
s.Spends on whether man is on fence or
Haang @ang 70 climb over the end board Of the
Year: 1877

In many instances the insensible portion
of the hoofs of colts and of young horses will
grow out so round and fiat that fragments
sometimes will be broken off. This is more
particularly the case if colts are allowed to
run at large occasionally on hard ground,
gravelly and stony lands and hard roads
the hoofs will wear fast enough, as nature
evidently intended they should. But IT
young horses are kept on smooth turf, their
feet must be kept short by artificial means
The most convenient way to trim long hoois
is to let one person hold block Of hard wood
against the hoof, or hold the hoof on the
square end of the wood while an attendant
cuts off small pieces with sharp chisel aud
mal,et. Use an inch iue chisel rather than
a large one, as a two-iuch chisel will require
heavier blows with mallet. A pair Of sharp
nippers (sometimes vulgarly called snips)
may often be employed for such a purpose
when a colt is so restive that chisel and
malet cannot be used.


We have in mind colt having unusually
long hoofs, which had in his play stepped
upon some hard substance aud broken off the
front of Oh part Of the foot to the quick
The accident was attended with some bleed.
ing aud excessive lameness, the suffering
brute being unwilling to put his foot to the
ground. Ten minutes work would have
saved the animal much pain, and the owner
might have had the benefit Of three months
growth, instead of having it arrested for that
period. But the occasional breaking off o
a part Of the hoof is nero triAe when com
pared with other mischieis resulting from tn,
same cause. When the toe il too long thu
strain on the fetlock joint will be greatly in
creased, so that permanent injury to the sus
pensory ligament Of the foot often follows


Young horses frequently have wind-galls an,
and other evidences of sprains before the,
are put to work. In many Instances sucl


ailments occur where shortening Of the to,


has been neglected until tho hoOis hav'


grown to an unnatural length.-Practica


Farmer.
Year: 1877

see that many Of our farmers, antici-
pating the ravOges Of the potato bug this
season, recommend early planting, thinking
by so doing to get the start of the bug.
Will they succeed9 The beetle is already
out Of the ground prospecting for potato
tops, and if there is green vine anywhere
iu the vicinity of his winter residence, he
will be sure to find it, and the vine will
grow so slow at this season Of the year that
it will require constant watching and care
to save it. l have practiced planting my
Early Rose potatoes for several years past
the first of june, and have succeeded every
season in getting good crop Of potatoes of
the first quality and matured in ten weeks
from the time of planting. l usually plant
on greensward plowed in the fall and work.
ed in the spring with tho cultivator, but not
deep enough to disturb the old sward. In a
weeks time from planting the potatoes are
up and ready for the cultivator, and grow
very fast under the warm and genial sun
and showers of June. This June planting
is for my field crop only. Plant in drills,
two eyes in hill about twenty inches apart,
rows three feet apart. In order to get a
good yield Of Early Rose they should be
planted as close as they can be worked and
we'll hiled up. ISLANDER.


South Hero, May 8,
Year: 1877

The earlier settlers were not unmindfal Of
the advantages of shelter, hence their dwell
lings were generally located at the base of
hill that the fierce blast Of winter might pass
above uuheeded, for science had not then
recorded the greater degree Of cold pertain
ing to valleys, though perhaps felt less from
the absence of winds. But in such situations
the fogs are wont to linger while the hill
sides are clear and fogs are destructive to
health aud comfort, at any season Of the
year. These facts being at present generally
understood, persons about to locate dwell
ling choose an elevated position as being
more cheerful and healthy, and affording a
finer aud more extensive view of the land
scape, but subject to the fearful blasts Of
winter which in many situations are of such
severity as almost to make an otherwise
agreeable residence untenable. Yet happily
man has power to overcome and set at nought,
in great measure, the fierce winds that sweep
the land in winter by confronting the ele-
ments in natures own way by surrounding
our habitations with strong belts Of hardy
spruce, which when planted close form a
complete barrier to the wind. | have such
an hedge eleven years planted, which is fully
25 feet high, and so dense as to completely
break the force of the wind, in situation
where fomerly the ground was swept bare Of
snow in winter and the soil was cast about
in clouds OF dust This has long been the
home of many singing birds which gladden.
place with music, for although the condition
Of the mind may be such that the sweetest
notes of the human voice may fail to please,
yet man is ever made happier and better


while his soul is stirred by the welcome ol


birds, and it is duty that the owners of the
soil owe to humanity and TO Gods little song.


sters that they furnish them place Of shell


ter from the storms and refuge from their


enemies, for if it were not for the assistance


Of birds 10 keeping the insect herds in check


man would plant aud SOW in vain. 1t i


surprising how great number and how vas


a variety Of birds will dwell about place


where there are many evergreens. Som


enterprising citizens are endeavoring to in


troduce quails into this country, but quail


aud partridge require a close covert Of ever
, greens for protection in severe storms, the
, often huddle together for days under tn
! snow-laden branches of evergreens Thes
elo 0'so V"oson hNa'lub PleS0 anu piaVv
refuge in time Of danger. Many aud variou
> are the advantages Of planting beautiful ever
: green trees, not the least of which is III
7 value they add to an estate, for ignore it q
: we may, whatever adds to the beauty. cheer
$ fulness aud comfort OF a home Is regarde
/. by purchaser, which is of Importance
' this land of unrest where the larger porto
0 Of homesteads are awaiting purchaser
Q DntchesS Farmer.
Year: 1877

A recent writer says The higher aim Of
every intelligent tiller of tho soil should be
the improvement Of the productiveness Of
his land until il reaches the point where
maximum crops are produced at the least
expense. Wise husbandrY regards the farm
simply as a machine for turning out crops.
The machine is the matter of first impor,
tance. This is always to be kept in good
running order, and its efficiency is TO be in
creased by all economical methods. The
man who farms upon this system will never
sacrifice soil for great crop. His aim is
10 have every crop taken of, leaving the
land in better condition than he found il.
He aims in every working Of the soil TO In
crease its depth and to add to It more ele-
ments of fertility than he removes in the
crops, and TO make the crops pay not only
for themselves but also for the Improvement
Of the acres upon which they are grown. In
carrying out this aim, so as to realBe these
results, a man shows his skill as oultiEator.
IL is a comparatively easy thing for any one
who has money to improve the soil SO that
it shall produce crops paying for the labor
Of growing them and the interest on two or
three hundred dollars an aero. Stable man.
ure enough, well pleughed in, will do this.
But it is altogether another matter to make
this improvement pay for itself. Yet it is
possible thing to do this, and there are farm
ers skillful enough to accomplish this result,
and this we hold to be the true aim in the
cultivation of the SOIL The most judicious
Improvements which finally pay the
largest profts-require several years to bring
in their full returns. 1t is matter of great
Importance that the farming population
should not only be settled, but that they
should feel settled, and plan all their oper-
ations upon the farm as if they expected to
spend their days upon it.
Year: 1877

CHICKEN CHoLERA.--When we see among
young chickens one or two standing about in
q listless manner, their feathers ruffled and
their wings hanging loosely, we look for
symptoms of cholera. Ordinarily we should
lay the trouble to vermin in shape of head
or body lice, but these do not infest our
chickens, and among the many hundred that
we have growing up not a single louise is to
be found. Cholera among chickens begins
with slight diarrhea-at least cholera in
this section Of the country does-and its
presence may readily be detected by exam
lining the excrement of the chickens, which
if the birds are diseased will have yellow
ish and greensh tinge. Ii the chickens are
examined there will be found below the anal
aperture few feathers or particles of down
sticking together, The liquid emulation
from the anus by which the adhesion is made
indicates cholera, and if it is dried on the
feathers it is as sticky or rather it holds the
feathers or down exactly as would glue or
mucllage. Treatment at this early stage
may be made successful. For medicine
give extract Of Jamaica ginger in milk in
the proportion of tablespoonful to a quart
of milk; by giving them nothing else to
drink for day or two a cure may be effected.
Massachusetts PlonghDian.
Year: 1877

A POssIBLE PRoJEcT.--A more gigantic
plot for enhancing the value Of real estate
through the wholesale improvement of the
climate was never proposed than that which
contemplates blocking the Straits of Bell
Isle to the end that the Gulf Of St. Lawrence
DO changed from refrigerator to tepidar-
ium, Through these straits there yearly
drifts an almost endless procession Of ice
bergs, which slowly melt as the spring comes
on aud considerably lower the average TEN.
perature Of the surrounding shores. How
the mechanical difficulties are to be overcome
is not yet announced, but the project has the
merit of being bold one.