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Year: 1879

Alum is the best cure for lead collie and
relieves the pain and nausea more GER
tainlT than any other remedy.


The white of an egg will destroy the
bitter taste of quinine, and render it pal
atable and acceptable to delicate stom-
achs


ANTS ON APPLE TREES. When ants
infest fruit trees, there are generally
plant lice on the leaves, which attract
the ants. To rid the trees of the ants,
destroy the plant lice by applying whale
oil soap sudS OF potash soap suds. 4
teaspoonful Of coal oil to gallon Of water
is also recommended as remedy.


How TO PREVENT BoILs. 4 very
simple remedy is made known by Dr
SieYin, in st. Petersburg journal, for
preventing the development of boils. He
states that if the skin be specifically
Scraped with a small knife, so that drop
or two Of blood may be pressed through
the epidermis as soon as the peculiar
stabbing or pricking sensation and slight
lnduratiOn announce the commencement
Of the boil, it will not be further devel-
0ped.


RHODE ISLAND SUCCoTASH. Good sue
cotash wants tender young corn. Have
dozen ears, and remove with a sharp
knife the kernels. If the corn is tough, do
not cut too close to the cob. String a
quart of young beans and cut them in
three. Boil the beans with the corn in
half pint of water Boil for quite three
quarters of an hour. When cooked cover
closely, add piece Of butter, a teaspoon
ful of salt and some pepper. If cream is
obtainable, add half pint at conclusion.
Year: 1879

Union Square, says the New York cor,
respondent OF the Hartford Times, i. fast
filling up again with idle actors. When
passing there yesterday, had to edge my
way through very large crowd of them.
They congregate chiefly on the east side
and on the same block with the Union
Square Hotel. A considerable number
may also be seen on the south side, in
front Of the Union Palace Hotel. The
latter house is largely patronized by Thes-
plans of the middle class stock actors,
for instance, who earn fair wages, and the
more prominent members of travelling
companies. The larger crowd is always
seen on the East side, where the "dra-
matte bureaus are, and several saloons
in which the actors meet and chat over
their affairs. All the saloons are in the
easements of buildings which once were
private dwellings few years ago, but
which the upward march of trade caused
to be altered for business purposes.
There are two Ieasons for so many, idle
actors summing themsevesin Union square
at the present time. One is that the pro-
vincial managers are beginning TO. make
up companies for next season. The
other and chief one is that SO many travel
ing companies have come to grief in the
past couple of months, and the members
have at last managed to make their way
back to New York. One feature of the
crowd at Union square is the almost boy
ish appearance otnearly allthe men COM
posing ii. There are very few old faces,
say above 40, but a great many that would
pass for 20 to IS. Not more than one
in ten looks over go The throng is al
ways greatest about noon and it generally
thins out about o'clock. The business
OF the dramatic people seems to be all
done between II o'clock and :. Their
prospects for next season are said not to
be very good. The "job" system, il ap-
pears, is TO be the prevailing one in all
parts OF the country outside of New York
and Boston. The managers find that
regular companies don't pay, so they Just
engage few people for steady work, and
vii! pick up others as they may need them.
From present appearances the stage will
not be good profession for young men
to 60 into for some time to come.
Year: 1879

A writer, in urging the necessity for
more attention to physical culture, notes
as a favorable sign the fact that "the
pale and interesting" female beauty is
fast losing its popularity, and that men
of position and influence are declaring
for the healthy standard Of womanly


beauty, such as was ever recognized 10y


Greece and Rome. This is certainly an
important and happy change in public
taste and already the effects of it are to


be detected in an improved condition Of
feminine health; for it will hardly be
denied that on an average the women of
to-day are physically superior to what
they were few years ago, when tight
lacing and similar destroying customs
prevailed. Young women take more
exercise than they formerly did. They
ride and walk more and more in the
open air. They have not the insane
dread of the suns rays which they once
had. But there is much room for inn
provement yet. Many homes are still
presided over by invalid wives and
mothers, who furnish a constant spec,
tacle of sadness and misery to their fam
lilies and friends, and are a subject Of
unlimited expense to their husbands In
such homes the greatest of all blessings
that could be hoped for would be the
health of the mistress restored; but too
often it is the one blessing which never
comes: American homes more than
others perhaps in the world, have been
saddened by sickly women. If this
shall be SO no longer, it will be a great
blessing to the nation. And the remedy
is simple. American women are as
strong and healthy Of those of other
nations; there is no reason why Ameri-
can women should not be- All that is
needed is proper attention to dress and
exercise. Let women dress as men do,
so that their bodies shall not be squeezed
and pressed together, but have free room
for motion, and let them get out into
the air and sunshine, as men do, and eX-
crcise their bodies, and the race of
American women will not become ex-
tinct, as it once threatened to do. On
the contrary, it will be improved, built
up and beautifed, and time will come
when healthy man will not have to
hunt q whole country over to find
healthy wife. We are on the right tack
now; all that is needed is to 60 ahead,
and the result will soon be manifest


Women will die to be in the fashion;
Therefore let the fashion of female beau
ty be vigor and strength, and all the
ladies in the land will be swinging dumb


bells, practicing archery, riding on
horseback, and walking as for q wager,
but they will be in style. AG. F.. .ta
Year: 1879

b. Having ordered neatly CONSTRUCTED
single bedstead, says correspondent of
London Notes and Queries, with some
what high and ornamental sides, 1 was
surprised when it was brought home to
find that the ornamentation of one side
of the bedstead was not repeated on the
opposite side, it being, in fact, quite
plain. l expressed my surprise and dis
satisfaction to the maker, saying that
when u bedstead was placed with it's
head against the wall of a room, the
sides, then showing, will appear quite
unlike-one ornamented and the other
plain. AT this the maker expressed his
surprise that | should be ignorant Of a
German custom and prejudice; for" >"
says he, Gin Germany, single bedsteads
are only placed sidewise against wall
or partition, and only removed from this
position and placed with the head against
the wall to receive a dead body" And
the verify maker assured me that no
where in Germany could a native be in
duced to sleep on single bedStead which
had not its side placed against a wall or
petition. The same objection does not
hold against placing two single bedsteads
side by side, with their heads against
wall.
Year: 1879

These two qualities are continually
mistaken for each other, but they are
not all alike i'll reality. Fhmness is es-
sential in success, while obstinacy may
plunge It's victim headlong into the
abyss of failure and defeat. Eirmness
is persitency of action, founded upon a
clear and conscientious conviction as to
the right and wrong of a question. The
obstinate man on the contrary, will not
examine the merits of anything. He
jumps at conclusion, and sticks to his
decision with pertinency. The great
beauty of all law, human or divine, is its
inexorable frmness, but we all know
what animal is distinguished most for its
fiat, stubborn obstinacy
Year: 1879

A drummer for ST. Louis commission
house. in the course of his travels through
Kansas. stopped at Usage Blnll. where he
expected to find several letters awaiting
IN. Not finding them ho requested the
postmaster ut that place to forward any
mail matter that might arrive tor him after
he left to his St. LouS house. Arriving
here he learned that none had come. So
he wrote to the postmaster asking him to
send forward his letters il any acre there
In answer he received the following OIL IL
postal card:


OSAGE BLUFF April 2G-79
In answer your Postal Card rs on hand
don't not understand what YOU mean
Every thing whar got here be correct
will not break my Oath tor the hole Coun-
try pleesc let me know how you can
wright SO. want Il prore meat on it


Usage Bluff & oblige


Jon JACOBS.
Year: 1879

having refused the offer OF diploma, in commence
ment. which he will not now get.


wICKEs' ACTION COMMENDED


The Warden does not consider that Wickes "tat-
tied for when he the letter referred tn he did
with the full consciousness that he was doing what
right under his oath with the other students not
to indulge in intoxication ungentiemany conduct
and as his oath would not allow him to associate
with those who did his letter aud his confession 10
the Warden matter OF his own self-protection
q Christian man. The authorities say Pnrhersen
cannot come back IL he would; that he went out of
his way to originate the trouble when his name
had in way, shape manner been con-
nected with the sleighride. As regards those
who sided and left with him, the Warden feels as
sured that nearly all of them will return. and ex-
hbied letter from the father Of one. who spoke in
the highest terms of the action of the college au-
thorities. closing with the remark that his would
certainly return at the end OF the vacation.
The Warden also stated that Parkersen, generally
speaking. had been good student and always atten-
tive TO his studies.


!. A communication in local paper intimated that
the faculty set the boys bad example in allowing
beer and intoxicating drinks on the table on COM
mencenent days. Ten years ago beer was allowed
the table. but the authorities that it would
not do and prohibited it, and tor ten years the use
OF any kind of intoxicating drinks on the premises
has been strictly forbidden.
Year: 1879

The woman who, thirty years ago. WAS
the Acknowledged belle of Halifax, is
now residing in or near Boston. Halifax
ia still proud of the beauty Of which she
was the possessor. One most promising
young man blew his brains out with
pistol because h- could not induce her TO
marry him. Other young men were
about crazy over her. but the on of her
own choice treated her as haughtily as
she treated her admirers, and she left
the city and came to Boston. Here she
was married to Massach usetts man who
became Mormon and took her to Salt
Lake City. Not long since she returned
to Boston. wrinkled and haggard, look
ing more like poor Indian squaw than
the proud beauty whom her friends had
known. Fifteen years ago her husband
had taken another wife, and from that
time she has bsen the miserable drudge
of the household, suffering constantly
from abuse and fearing that she would
be killed as the readiest means OF getting
her out of the way She had managed
to make her condition known to friends
in this State, ana they had provided heI
with th,- means OF getting away from the
city of abominations, and with them she
is now living. mere wreck, the victim,
first of pride, and then OF that degrading
system which is the disgrace of oul
country Ex.
Year: 1879

The Paris Estafette relates that q young
man aged 26, who had b-en married only
three months. made an appointment to
dine with his wife recently at q restaurant
in the Palais Royal. The young wife
was punotual, but the husband came not.
Alarmed. she went home, and found the
door of the apartment looked. She re-
oeived no snswer on ringing She had
the door forced open. and discovered her
husband dead in bed. Beside him was
a beautiful girl. also dead. The young
wife. thus suddenly left widow. was
carried from the soene raving maniac.
Year: 1879

A curious instance of the partial loss
OF memory is mentioned in tho French
papers. painter, who was visiting q
friend at Scssux. was standing on bal
cony on the second floor, when he over
balanced himself and fell on the ground
below. Every one rushed down stairs,
expecting to find him dead. but he quick
ly picked himself up and seemed unhurt.
When. however, he turned to address his
friends, he could not remember their
names. he had forgotten his own, and
to his utter sstonishment, he also found
that be could not recall single substan.
tive. He can pronounce. one after an.
other, the letters of which the names Of
his wite and dAuahters are composed
but he is unable to unite them in one
word. II Boston Traveller.
Year: 1879

Until further notice, I will not
publish Wholesale prices in
this paper. The state Of the
Grocery mark t East and West
is SO uncertain that at present
I am not justified in doing SO.
However, I will post up prices
in front of my store every
day, so that all buyers may
kno " the true prices of staple


articles. All Wholesale prices


subject to change at any time
T. G. POUJADE.
Year: 1879

Washington, April 25.-The passage
of the army appropriation bill by the
senate without any amendment has so
long been foregone conclusion that
the occurrence of that event to-day,
and the bills consequent to transmits
sion to the president, called forth no
comment, except general expression
of satisfaction that one step more had
been taken towards closing the contest
of the session; for, whatever may be
the ultimate result, everyone is already
impatient for the session to terminate.
An effort will be made to conclude the
debate in the house of representatives
on the appropriation bill under the five
minute rule tomorrow, SO that the
senate may commence its discussion of
that measure early next week.


The democrats had decidedly the ad-
vantage in the house debate to-day,
the speeches Of Hooker, Goode and
Ewing being in every point of view
very strong.


Gen. Ewing's speech was only par
TALLY finished at the adjournment, and
he intends to complete it tomorrow.
Year: 1879

BAD Leedville Mining Stock.


New York, April 25.-The Post this
evening comments on thu decision in
Denver on the 23d inst, by Judge
Hallett in the United States district
court, In the controversy between the
Leadville mining company of this state,
and owners of the Little Giant" mine
on the one hand and the Etna mine on
the other, says the Importance Of this
decision can scarcely be overestimated.
1t is undoubted law, and this is not the
first time it happened, even in Colo
RADIO. 1t secures the rights of the first
discoverers of the ledge of mineral, and
even will wipe out the surface line
which the discoverer is entitled to es-
tablish, so that a mine hereafter is to
be measured by the extent of the vein,
in whatever direction 1t may take, and
not by the extent of the surface line,
which has been pre-empted or occupied.
The purchasers in New York of miniug
property cannot, therefore, be too care
full, for not only is it essential for them
to ascertain that the vendor has title
to the surface, but that the vein be-
meath is not one which owners of other
property have right to follow
Year: 1879

Indians have not already settled upon,
it being claimed that it is free to settle
ment. The secretary states, however,
that settlements there can be made only
in accordance with the intercourse
laws of 1884, and that no part of the
territory remains free. The utmost
vigilance is enjoined to secure the re-
moval of all people who have settled
without having acquired the privilege
and right, and to report each case of
attempted trespass.
Year: 1879

Youngstown, April 25.-John LOTUS,
while under the influence of liquor, was
run over by a freight train on the
Atlantic road this morning and killed.
His wife was found lying drunk near
by him.
Year: 1879

there I fell in company with young
Englishman who was full of Yelling
ton and his victory. On arriving at the
principal monument, which is mound
thrown up in the center of the plain
where the battle was fought, surmount-
ed with huge bronze lion on granite
pedestal. my young friend eagerly
bought of trader in human credulity
two or three bullets &c fred in the bat
tle," bone from the arm of soldier
vino fell in the BATTLE" and a bone
from horse, but whether it
was from the horse of French or an
English officer" the dealer was " not
quite sure," but it was all the same to
this young John Bull. We walked to-
gether over the principal points of the
field, and he returns home to England
with his trophies as well satisfied as
devotee of the Pope who has got bone
of one of the saints. r. L. S.
Year: 1879

How TO EAT AN OYsTER.-To tickle
an oyster with your teeth, says Barry
Gray, is one thing; to chew it is another
worse far than cutting it with
knife. What degradation to the
oyster What an insult to civilization!
and yet there are wretches who do it.
There be fellows, too, who salt, pepper,
vinegar and horse-radish-they ought
to be horse-whipped for SO doing-an
oyster previous to eating it, and there
by partly mummyize it as the old Egyp-
tians did their dead. No an oyster
needs no condiment; gild your refined
gold and paint your lily white, if you
please; veneer diamonds, smother your
Strawberries with cream, season your
champignons with Worcestershire sauce
and add chicory to your coffee, if you
will; but if you have the instincts of a
gentleman destroy not the favor of
your oyster with the contents of the
castor.
Year: 1879

Howllnd's insurance bill has be-
come a law. It provides that losses
in case Of a fire shall be paid on the
insurable value as fixed by the agent
at the time of taking out the policy.
In case of total loss the full amount
mentioned in the policy shall be paid,
and in case of partial loss the full
amount of the partial loss shall be
paid, but when two or more poll
cjes are issued on the same proper
ty, each policy shal. contribute to
the payment of the whole or partial
loss in proportion to the amount Of
insurance mentioned in the policy {;
but in no case shall any insurer be
required to pay more than the
amount Of insurance mentioned in
the policy.
Year: 1879

About one third of these teachers are


under 20 years of age, andnearly one
half have no higher qualifications fO1
their work than is evidenced by the
possession of a six months certif-
cate. This statement is not made
to disparage unduly the work of the
teachers of the ungraded schools.
In these schools are to be found
some of the most enthusiastic, com
petent, and progressive teachers in
the State; yet truth compels the
assertion that a very large number
of country teachers are young, mex
perienced, and in other respects
poorly fitted to discharge the duties
of their positions. If supervision
has any value anywhere, surely it
can act with wholesome effect in
schools largely given over to the in
strUctiOn and management of tyros
in the art of teaching. Many causes
cOnsPire to bring the best teaching
talent to the city schools, chief Of
which may bementiOned good wages
and the prospect for permanent en-
ployment yetwith confessedly good
corps Of teachers the city school
authorities have not deemed it wise
or economical to conduct their
schools without supervision. In fact
school boards in cities act on the
belief that the efficiency of the teach
ing corps are largely dependent
upon the efficiency of. the agency by
which it is directed.


Continued gect 90eek.
Year: 1879

"0nly a wild fewer" said a primrose
II suppose I am nothing better, and the
shade is quite good enough for me; yet,
I think I am as pretty as many of those
in the flower beds; and, if only had
the chance they have, 1 would be worth
looking at"


81 think, gardener" said little Nell, 81
should like my primrose in a better
place. It is not seen there, and it is
pretty"


at would not be fine long, miss, if it
were taken out of the shade"


do try it, please"


And so the primrose plant was care
fully removed to a more conspicuous
place in the garden. 1t was very much
pleased, and put forth as many blossom
eyes as possible, to gaze at the sun the
better; but they were very weak ones
and soon grew tired of the sight.


81 wish I were back again" said the
primrose. at is grand here; but I often
feel thirsty and faint as I never did
before. The sun does not look so kindly
as it did, with a gentle, soft light
through the bushes. Sometimes 1 think
he is quite cruel"


81 think you we're right, gardener,
said Nell. "Though you were so care
ful not to disturbe THEREOF, my primrose
has altered strangely"


So the primrose plant was taken back
The next spring found it stronger Fnd
wiser. "Whoever placed me in .hC
shade knew best," it said. Do you read
q lesson here?
Year: 1879




Gen. I. R. Sherwood, Of Toledo, a
National leader, in an interview with
an Enquirer representative one night
last week, said Il don't think
Bishop would be acceptable as a can
didate for Governor to the Nationals.
They don't like him. He isn't IN.
derstood to be in sympathy with the
financial reform our party advocates
In his inaugural address he took
the ground that the hard times came
from speculation and eztravaganee.
We hold that it was caused by con
traction Of the currency"
Year: 1879

There is on exhibition in London a
japanese Nobleman's room, given by the
governor of KiotO to DR.. Dresser, who
was a royal guest in Japan. II is about
twelve feet long by rather less in width,
and about nine feetin height The roof
consists of p nuels of cedar. All the
wood in the room has a polished sur
face. The walls are formed Of slides
opening into the adjoining room, and are
edged with black lacquered strips of
wood, the slides being of paper decorated
with figures Of birds. At the end of
the room is a recess, the upper part
composed of wood cut so as to represent
a fight Of storks. Close to this is a larger
recess, which, in accordance with the
fashion Of the country in high life, is
reserved for the accommodation of the
Mikado, should he ever visit the house
is an opening at the side for the
introduction Of refreshments.
Year: 1879

Nothing is more easy than TO grow
rich. 1t is only to trust nobody-tO be-
friend none-to get all you can and save
all you get-to stint yourself and every
body belonging to you-to be the friend
of no man, and have no man for your
friend-to heap interest upon interest
cent upon cent-to be mean, miserable
and despised for some twenty or thirty
yeaTs-and riches will come as sure as
disease, disappointment and death.


And when pretty nearly enough
wealth is collected by a disregard of
all the charities of the human heart, and
at the expense of every enjoyment
death will finish the work-the body be
buried-the heirs dance and fight over
what you have left and the spirit will &C
where?


By all means get rich-it will pay.
Year: 1879

Deacon Wilder, I want you 30 tell me
how you kept yourself and family so we'll
the past season. when all the rest of us
have been sick so much, and have had the
doctors running to us so long.


''Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy
I used Hop Bitters in time and kept my
family we'll and saved large doctor bills.
Three dollars worth Of 1t kept us all well
and able to work all the time, and viii
warrant it has cost You and most Of the
neighbors one to two hundred dollars
apiece to keep sick the same time
guess you'll take my medicine hereafter.
See other column.
Year: 1879

A bill making the eOmpOunding,
abandoning or agreeing to abandon
a prosecution Of a crime, punishable
by fine between SIS and $500, or
Imprisonment in the county jail not
less than ten nor more than ninety
days, or both, has become a law Of
this State.