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Year: 1878

A cabman at a public house q few
days after Nobiling's attempt upon the
emperor of Germany's life at Berlin, ex-
pressed his opinion that kings and en-
perors were not much good to anybody.
They cost deal of money, he said, and
nobody was the better for it. A police
man in plain clothes pounced upon the
cabman as soon as he had uttered his
sentiments, and he is now in prison, and
will remain there for two years. About
the same time lad of sixteen exclaimed,
"I wish the emperor had been shot in
1870 then we in Alsace should not now
be Germans. The boy was condemned
to imprisonment for two years and six
months.
Year: 1878

The young man who thinks he can
carry his boyish pranks in the serious
business of life is not man, and de-
frauds himself and his employer.
After work play" That should sat-
isfy the most sanguine, Business
before leasure, is the motto OF the
prudent man whose guide Is expert
ence. And it is sufficient for the no.
vitiate in active life.


But it is despicable to see the
young man just starting in life so
welded to his former enjoyments as
to place them above present duties.
Yet&his Is often the case. The young
man, who, to steer his own bark,
launches forth on the sea OF life, too
often looks back on the pleasure he
leaves behind, and, foregetful fpres-
ent duties, steers back to past enjoy
ments. There is no royal road to
success any more than to knowledge.
He who would succeed must work,
and after all there Is more real enjoy
ment in work which has worthy OBJ
ject, than in play or pleasure intend
ed to kill time. We remarked a few
days ago to a business man whose
present means are amply sufficient,
but who worked really harder than
his numerous employees. that he
ought 60 "take it easy" Said he: 1
am never so happy as when l have
more than lean do. 1 may wear out
in working, but dread to rust out in
idling." He was right. His work
was a part of himself, part OF his
life, and it was always faithfully done.
To apprentices especially, this earn
estness and interest in the work is
necessary, il success is ever to be at
tanned.
Year: 1878

The whitewash process is In order
this month and next, for fowl houses
and fences-inside and outside. The
common method of half cleansing the
poultry premises, has been in vogue
so many years, and farmers are so
prone to adhere to the old furrow in
doing these things, that they need to
be reminded every spring and fall
that complete cleanliness OF fowl
houses and runs is essential to sue
cess. In whitewashing the interior
of poultry house do not not leave a
spot even as large as the head OF a
pin untouched anywhere. Plash the
whitewash literally into every nook
and corner, crack and crevice. II the
hennery has floor of cement, stone,
brick or boards, whitewish that also.


The plan of whitewashing" is
very good and serviceable way to
renovate the houses, and to purify
the premises. But the use OF lime
alone in this work, is not so good q
method as the following:


Into the whitewash pail, when the
liquid is prepared for application to
inside work, while the lime water is
still, drop tea-cup full Of soft boiled
rice, and mix it thoroughly through
the mass. Then pour into q quart
pot of cold water, say ten or twelve
drops OF crude carbolic acid. Mix
this into the rest, and swab the in
terror Of your hen house with it.


For outside work. use rock-salt dis
solved instead of boiled rice, and dis
pense with carbolic acid. No other
preparation OF whitewashing' ever
equalled this, within our knowledge,
and no one who tries this once will
ever be content with any other combi-
nation. for poultry buildings The
Poultry World
Year: 1878

OF the making Of new words
there is no end. A car which leaves
the railroad track and prefers to
bump it over the ties or take its place
in the ditch Is now said to be derail-
ed; atrain which plunges into an abyss
from a high bridge may likewise be
said to be debridged, and conduc-
tor left behind by his train, as con-
ductors are sometimes left, is de-
trained.-Ptitsbttrg Commercial.
Year: 1878

in a wine making district, and being
interested in the subject, have made
inquiries With respect to the effect OF
drinking vine while in an unferment-
ed state. We discovered that the
liquor in its unfermented condition is
most intoxicating: little will pro-
duce the most undesirable Effects"
Mr.. Monro applies this fact, as he
claims it to be, to the controversy
now active in England in relation to
the use of fermented wine at the
Lords supper. .sa


Rev. DR.. Field says, in the ErangeI-
ist, that personally the late Pope
was man to be respected and to be
loved. 1t is thirty years this coming
May since we first saw Plus X, in ST.
Peters, and riding about the streets
of Rome. As we looked into that
kindly face, it was easy to see the
character of the man; that he had
tender heart and the best intentions,
but that he was not a man born to
rule. Had he been a simple parish
priest, or bishop in some quiet COR
ner of Christendom, where wars and
revolutions did not come, he would
have been revered and loved as the
father Of his people, as true pastor,
the sympathizing friend Of all who
needed his care; a good shepherd.
who cared for his sheep, and watched
tenderly over his flock"


When to Prune Fruit Trees.


Long experience shows that when
it is desirable to produce a free
growth of shoots and leaves, pruning
should be done when the trees are
dormant, as in the winter season, or
early in the spring, before the sap
begins to flow. When fruit trees ap-
pear to grow too rapidly, and to pro-
duce too much wood, they may be
pruned moderately in the summer
season, cutting away portion Of the
wood by degrees, but a shoot grow
ing in an improper place may be cut
away at any tine. An experiment
made by pruning apple trees every
month in the year. for two seasons,
showed that the wounds OF the
branches cut in February and March,
at the end OF FIVE years, when all had
healed over, were found to be least
decayed under the healed surface.
When trees are pruned in winter, or
1 may say at any time, it is best to
cover the wounds with hot mixture
of tar. and pulverized brick dust or
fine sand. A solution of shellac in
alcohol, as thick as can be applied
with a brush, is considered by many
as the best preparation that can be ap-
piled.


/, During the mild days of winter. or
chards may be pruned-while little
else may be Gone, but good judgment
should be exercised in regard to Sc
lecting the branches to be cut away.
1t is ruinous to an orchards to cut
and slash away one third to one-half
the limbs. All that should be done
is TO give the trees good shape, and
only cut away such limbs as are
plainly in excess Of the natural re-
quirements Of the tree to conform to
the extent of its roots. If we take
away too much Of the top Of a tree, it
is like taking blood from man-the
more that is taken, the less vitality
remains in him, therefore in pruning,
only the few unsightly branches. and
those improperly situated, should be
cut away.-Rtsral Neac Yorker.
Year: 1878

Mayors Court.-Mayor Clarke yesterday
ordered two little boys to be locked up a
few hours for fighting in the streets.


An old white tramp who bad been lodged
for two nights was ordered to leave for other
nastIlreS new.
Year: 1878

SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SToLEN.-Ser-
geant Thomas has in bis possession at the
Third Police station lot OF heavy silver
spoons. He found them in searching q
house for other stolen goods.
Year: 1878

The Liver is the imperial organ of
the whole human system, as it controls
the life. health and happiness of fman.
When it is disturbed in its proper
action. all kinds of ailments are the
natural result. The digestion of food,
movements of the heart and blood,
the action of the brain and nervous
system, are all Immediately connected
with the workings OF the Liver.
1t has been successfully proved that
Green's August Flower is unqualied III
curing all persons afflicted with Dyspe-
psia or Liver Complaint, and all the
numerous symptoms that result from
an unhealthy condition of the Liver
and Stomach. Sample bottles to try
10 cents. Positively sold and III all
towns on the Western Continent.
Three doses will prove thatlt is just
what you want.
Year: 1878

Distress after eating, one of the most
unpleasant results of indigestion, will no
hnger be experienced if tablespoonful of
Simmons Liver Regulator is taken after
each meal This will prevent the distress
referred to; and persevering in the use of
this remedy for a few weeks a permanent
cure will be effected, aud pain will no long
er he the penalty OF eating.
Year: 1878

1t is said that one out of every four real
invalids who go to Denver, Col. to recover
health, never return to the East or South
except as corpse. The undertakers, next
to the hotel keepers, have the most profit
able business. This excessive mortality
may be prevented and patients saved and
cured under the care of friends and loved
ones at home, if they will but use Hop
Bitters in time, This we know. See
other column.
Year: 1878

called Sherman letter. The Chairman
said he differed from the Republican
members of the committee in so far as they
deemed in important point in the investi
cation to be whether Sherman wrote the
letter or not. First. it was proposed to be
shown that Secretary Sherman had used
certain influences to bring about certain
results and this letter was only one of
series of actions tending to that end.
After further discussion witness was excus-
ed and the committee adjourned until
Wednesday.
Year: 1878

All the news we can gather of the
resources Of our heighboring terri
tory of Alaska, is Of the most en-
couragiug character. The prediction
that the productions of its mines and
fisheries, will in the near future, be
Of more value than its sea IS and otters
may seem to some ar.fetched, but
this faith we believe to be well
founded. The fishing companies
who have gone there find one thing
only to regret, viz, that they did not
go prepared to take more fish. One
company, we understand, i'll two
hauls of the seine, took as many fish
as they were prepared to can in the
entire season.


Our correspondents item regarding
the mines is based on personal
knowledge. Specimens of quartz
shown us are very rich, ard a little
capital, with the protec ton Of law,
will produce results seldom if ever
equaled. This points unquestion'
ably to a rapid growth, in the near
future, Of Alaska's population, and
consequent increasing Importance.
Year: 1878

As illustration of some of the practical
effects of the silver agitation, two good
stories are current-one told by Senator,
of debtor who sent word to his creditor
that he wasn't able to pay him now, but
that when the silver bill passed money
would be plentiful and he would be able
to pays and the other, told by Senator
Eaton, of Connecticut manufacturer who
recently paid off his hands with silver. A
workman who received large quantity of
the "stuff" demonstrated, telling his employ
er that he would need "a jackass to cart it
home.' "That's all that is wanted added
the Senator, commenting upon the story ;
'jackasses to issue the money and jackasses
to haul it home"
Year: 1878

In this Department everything will be found from
French China Tea Sets and Decorated Toilet Sets
down through Granite ana G. C. Ware in infinite
variety, TO Common Stone and Red Earthen Ware
Stove Pipe Guards Specially. Flower Pots.
Year: 1878

The only United States law regu-
lating the manner in which mining
claims upon the public domain shall
be located, and a Government title
thereto obtained, is that passed by
Congress in July, 1866, with its sub
sequent amendments, (which provides
that when the claimant to a mineral
vein has made the requisite improve
ments upon his claim, he may file in
the local land Office diagram of the
same, 50 extended laterally or other
wise, as to conform to the local laws,
customs and rules of miners, and en-
ter such tract and receive patent
therefor, granting the right to follow
the vein or lode with its dips. angles
and variations to any depth, although
it may enter the land adjoining, which
adjoining land shall be sold, subject
to this condition. In constituting this
act the Commissioner of the General
Land Office has decided that where
the apex of the lode or vein was with.
in the limits of claim, tue vein may
be followed to any depth laterally,
though it enter the land adjoining


Scientific Press.
Year: 1878

Some people are so in the habit of
grnmbling that they are never happy
except when doing it. Nothing is
ever quite right to them unless it is
just enough to enable them to com
plain of it. 1t is better, however, not
to finger every rose with the certainty
that if you search long enough you
will find the thorn. The end of such
a habit is well put in the following
lines:
He finds he has sorrows more deep than


his tears,
lie grumbles to think he has grumbled for


years;
He grumbles to think he has grumbled


away.
His home and his fortune, his life's little


day.
But, alas It's too late; it is no use to say
That his eyes are too dim and his hair is


too gray.
He knows he is wretched as wretched can


be;
There is no one more wretchedly wretchei


than he.
Year: 1878

AGAIN we say that it is useless for
miners or workingmcn of any kind to
come 10 this city or TO any place along
the Comstock expecting to find employ
ment. We have hundreds and hundreds
OF mon here now who can find nothing to
do; not miners alone, but men ofall trades.
Hundreds of first class mners-men in
nred to the heat Of the lower levels, and
men who have perfect knowledge of
every kind Of timbering, pump work and
work in rock in every kind of opening
ever made in minc-who are begging
for work. They are men who live here
and whose fam lilies live here. Not only
do the men beg fcr work, but their wives
50 to the forcmen and Superintendents,
carrying their children with them. and
implore them almost upon their knees to
give their husbands work. We saw this
yesterday at the Consolidated Virginia,
and it is TO be seen every day at the
leading mines. The mines are woi king
all the men now that can be employed -
Prgt7ia Enterprise.
Year: 1878

THERE is man living in one of the
villages of the West Side who prepared
to go into the ice business on an extensive
scale. He built fine ice house, provided
with the usual double walls, which, Ia
make IL extra safe and good, lie filed
with sand! He put seven tons ice in
to the house, and was very much sur
prised Il day or two after to find that his
ice had disappeared. lie now thinks OF
converting his ice house into Turkish
bath establishment, for which it seems
much better adapted. -Stochton hide
pendent.
Year: 1878

TT is rumored that in anticipation Of q
defeat in the Convention the Kearneyites
are seeking fusion with the Democrats,
though as yet without success. Some of
the disappointed Workingmel show a
disposition to attribute the success of their
opponents to fraud, and are grumbling in
conseQuence.
Year: 1878

Excavate for foundation walls all
around under entire outside walls and
under hall partitions, and for piers as
shown on plans running under center of
each class room of such depth, to insure
good and secure foundation. Excavate to
depth of G. under each each privy.
Year: 1878

Do the city papers say anything in regard to your own country? Nothing. Do tAey contain notices of your schoolr, meetings, churches, Improvements and hundreds of oth CT local matters of interest which your home paper publishes without pay? Not an item. Do they ever say word calculated to draw atten- ton to your country, and aid in its progress and enterprise2 Nota line. And there are men who take such -tracted views of this matter that, con unless they are getting as many square inches of reading matter in their own as they do in their city paper. they think they are not get ting the worth of their money. It reminds us of the man who took the largest pair efboots in the box bearse the price was the same as ae pair, much smaller, that fitted him.
Year: 1878

When mother disregards the

 laws of health in the treatment oi

 her little one, no matter from what

 cause, she suffers in the care, toll of nursing, and anxiety regarding the child in whose system she allowed

 to be laid the foundation of disease

 And it will not alter the case that she did not know the law she viola ted, or did not think of them, or was so placed that she could not pay to them deserved respect. h. exorable law is asserted and she is punished.

 When a man eats or drinks what does not conduce to the healthy nourishment of the body, he suffers for it sooner or later. Nor will it avert the penalties that he can plead his ignorance of the effects of his indulgence. The diseased brain or disordered stomach yindicates the dignity of law.

 When lady deceives her hus- bapd in the matter of expense, ob- tains goods on credit when he wish es to buy for cash, she endures the consequences when the bills come at length, in the just displeasure of her husband, in the loss of his con- fdence, and perhaps later, in the evil influence of her example on her children. That she has excuses. req sons of her own, and the like, will not avert these sore evils.

 When parents make the one son playshing. forget their' obligation, to train and restrain him, indulge his every whfm and foster every form of self in him, in self assertion self-pleasure, self-will and selfin- diligence, they reap as they sowed in the young tyrant who rules them before he is in his teens, and breaks their hearts before he has attained his majority. That they loved him, or did not think of the future, or had but the one, is no barrier to the flood of misery. Men can see this principle in operation on the narrow field of individual or family life but they are to slow to notice it and still more slow to lay itt heart, for practical uses on the broader field of social and national life,

 When we allow an ignorant and vicious population to grow up in the community, We are punished by the example, the contaminated atmos- phere, the injuries inficetd, the cost ly defenses against the evil, or the | expensive machinery for detecting and punishing the criminals. The school is cheaper and better than the jail; the Sunday school and | church are better than the police | court. Let us ignore the cheap and needful agency, and We must, in tar dy self-defense, provide the costly, and imperfect remedies for the con sequences of our neglect.
Year: 1878

Benjamin James was tried yes
terday in the Seventeenth District


Court for the killing Of Thomas
McGorry on the 9th of the present
month. The evidence of the wit
nesses both for the people and the


defense was pretty consistent, and


showed substantially the following
facts: James on the morning of
the 9th inst. came into town from


Wilmington with crawfish for sale.
He devoted the day to selling his
fish and inbibing whisky, and in
the afternoon he was in the vicin.
ity of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road depot, making drunken
speeches, while many of the by
ISLANDERS amused themselves by
hootIng at him, and holloeing
"Pull down your vest" "Wipe of
your chin" etc. James would wan.
der from one side of the street to
the other, in search of those who
were jeering at him, and finally
getting angry he took off his vest
and throwing 1t down, issued a
general challenge to fight him
then and there. About this time
Year: 1878

The facilities of the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside OF San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates,
Year: 1878

This morning little son of ]. Brooks
Foster, was very badly bitten by dog
The dog belonged to colored man by
the name of Israel Pritchett, who resides
on Orange street, above Second. The
animal flew at the little fellow and catch
ing him by the upper lip almost tore
it off. Mr.. Foster is very much incenset
over the matter, and he was given per
mission by the Chief Of Police to shoe
the worthless eur.
Year: 1878

Yesterday afternoon, two wagons were
broken at Front and Market streets, by
becoming caught in the railway tracks
while turning around,the corner. In each
case an axle was broken, and both acci-
dents happened within an hour.
Year: 1878

So the Fourth ward Of this city has
to hold an extra election this spring
because a democratic councilman
would not resign, nor would the DEM
ocratic members of the council per-
nit his scat to be declared vacant go
that the place could be filed at the
regular spring election. That coun-
Gilman had not been present at ses-
sion Of the council but twice for five
months before the. spring election
and had removed with his family,
seventy-fve- miles away, to live at
least for the spring and summer, if
not longer, three weeks before the
last regular election in this city.


Now it is . very pertinent question
to ask, who ought to pay the expense
Of this extra election? The people
of Ottumwa will be obliged to pay it
of course, but it Is very, likely they
will remember the men who willfully
and wrongfully made such expense
necessary. Let the republicans Of the
Fourth ward give usa good strong
man to fill Gray's place, and one that
will attend to his business, or If his
private duties take him away from
home so that he can't, will get out Of
the way and let his fellow citizens put
in q man that will discharge the du-
ties of the Office. Whenever q srepub-
licap councilman or his partisan
friends In the council, attempt to play
such game a. the one we have witt
messed, let ie be Understood we will
denounce it with even more vig0r
than we have In this instance. 20
Year: 1878




The Cincinnati Gazette, staunch
friend of President Hayes, takes the
liberty of offering this friendly ad-
vice:


The change in style that we would
recommend would be less reserve on
the part of the President when ad-
vising with his political fricude.
Without intending, perhaps, he freez-
es many of those upon whom he
ought to depend for advice, and upon
whom he must depend for fair
and disinterested support. In this
there is something wrong, and it is
right here that q change Of policy is
called for. The party needs to be
warmed up and enthused, and this
cannot be done in the cold atmos-
phere of the White House and some
of the departments. 1t behooyes the
President as the head Of his party, to
seriously consider the cause Of the
coldness that prevails toward him,
and to do whatever may be necessary
to change the atmosphere without vi
olating any principle. 1t is not too
late to do this. 1t is certainly not too
early to attempt it.
Year: 1878

See here, is it not little mean in
the Democracy to go back on q man
so soon? Not q month ago the or
gans of that party were loudly prais-
ing General Weaver and now the
Red Oak Democrat is unkind enough
to say.


"Gen. Weaver isone of the most bla-
tent Greenbackers in Iowa. To try
the sincerity of the gentleman and to
have him nufold his real onward
ness" the Democrats down in his dis
trict wooed him to become their cam
didate for Congress. He willingly
woOed-then they wouldn't. Aud
thus tits. Nine tenths of these Green
hackers have office at heart SO much
that they would change their party
seven times in week, If the ginger
bread bait of . candidacy for some
Office were held out before them
One almost feels sick in the contem-
plation of the condition Weaver has
left himself in" t#
Year: 1878

. W. - S'SSS .sssONssaeOs'


New YoRK, April "a special
from Washington says several Sena-
tors have Of late discussed among
themselves the propriety of preparing
joint resolution which should ex-
press deep regret on the part of the
people at the prospect of q serious
Misunderstanding and interruption
of peaceful relations between the
people of Great Britain and Russia,
and request the President to use all
means as far as he can consistently
with his constitutional duty, to aid
in restoring relations of amity and
confidence between the two govern
ments and people, to one Of whom
we are bound by common ancestry
and language, and similar institu-
tions, while with the other we have
ties Of an ancient and unbroken
friendship. 1t is proposed to discuss
with Sec'y Evarts the propriety or
usefulness Of such q joint resolution
before it is drawn up,