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Year: 1879

Western Stock Journal.l


For the Western grain farmer there il
but one safe plan for this season, and that
is to reduce expenses, raise corn and oats,
and feed the product into pork and beef
By reduction of expenses / refer to such as
accrue from farm management Put in no
crop thst will compel you to buy responsive
machinery to cultivate or harvest it; make
no plan that will necessitate the employ
msnt Of much extra help.
Year: 1879

One quart sour milk or buttermilk, ore
tablespoonful of butter, and one of lard
Beat the yolks OF three or four eggs very
light, add one tablespoonful OF sugar, a
-canE teaspoouful OF salt, small ,eacup
two thirds full OF wheat -four, and stir in
enough OF sifted corn meal TO make 4 good
batter, not very thick. Dissolve in milk or
tepid water a teaspooniul Of sods, and
Ehile dissolving, beat the whites of tn,
eggs very stiff. Stir them into the batter,
then add the soda the last thing. Beat all
together until there is no possibility OF
any OF the soda settling and making yellow
-pots. Bake in shallow pans. II l. al l~ay-
safest to strain the soda when dissolved
through very fine strainer, and thus m axe
assurance doubly sure that there will be 10
yellow spots IN the bread.
Year: 1879

tChsutaUqua County Journal, a.


The body found on Coon Creek last week
has proven to be that Of Elias Booth, a son
of Mrs. 9th, proprietress OF the Great
Western Hotel at this place. The deceased
had on his p.rson, at the time the body
WAS discovered, revolver and knife and
some shirt studs, also a memoranda book
containing sDng which Were brought TO
this city and identified 10y Mrs. Booth as
having belonged TO her sou.


1t seems that some time in July last,
young Booth started vi h party Of hall
breed Indians on trip west, and said when
he vent away that he should no, write
unless taken sick. His friends did
not hear from him af er he took his de
parture, and were ignorant Of his where
abouts until last week, when the sad rew-
Of his untimely death became known. AT
the time Of his going away there seems to
have been difficulty between Booth and
one of the half breeds. He doubtless was
murdered by the Indians, and his body and
xespons left in position to indicate that
he hsd committed suicide He had thirty
dollars with him when he left home, nd
only one dollar was 0 md in his po ke =
book when his lifeless body was discovered
The affair should be effectually inquired
into.
Year: 1879

That boy was a true philosopher who,
when he lost his kite, thought he would cry
about it, but Immediately after concluded
not to, and went home whistling. When
asked if he wasn't sorry to lose his treasure
he replied: "Ies, but l can't fool away
much time in being sorry; I'm just going to
make me a new one, AID l guess better
ono
Year: 1879

was plodding alongi in wagon from
Toledo to Maumee, over an execrably
level road, in the hot noon sun Of a
July day. The driver was hardy fell
low who looked Is though he could out
hug 4 bear and loosen the tightest
Maumee ague with a single shake, and
vet he owned that he had been fright
ened by a wild cat so that he ran from
it, and then lie told the story, which |
give you partly in his own words 81
was driving along this road in buggy,
with as fast horse as ever scOrned the
whip. when some ten rods ahead of US,
just by that big oak, Il wild cat leading
three kittens, came out of the wood
crossed the road and went into those
bushes on our left, and | thought what
nice pets they would make, and wished
| had one. When | came up | noticed
one of the young ones in the edge of
the bushes but few feet off, and
heard, or thought heard the old one
stealing along deep in the woods. l
sprang out, snatched the kitten, threw
it into the buggy, jumped in and start
ed. When / laid hands on il, it mewed
and kept mewing, and as grasped the
reins | heard a sharp growl and n
thrashing through the bush. | knew
the old one was coming, and the next
instant she streamed over log and
alighted in the road. She ran with
her eyes flaming, her hair bristling and
her teeth grinning. She turned As on
a pivot, and gave an unearthly squall
as she saw me racing away, and
bounded after with such yells and fury
and gained on me so fast that for very
fear | threw the kitten out and lashed
the flying horse, but she scarcely
paused for that, but bounded on a
while, as though recovery of her young
would not suffice without revenge.
When ] saw her at my very back |
scarcely breathed, until her crying
child recalled her. Here at the top of
this pitch / looked back and saw her
standing, with her young one in her
mouth looking after me rs though she
had half a mind to drop the kitten
and give chase again. | gave the horse
a cut, and did not feel quite safe until
| had got some miles away. | made up
my mind from that time forward to let
young kittens alone and mind my own
: business
Year: 1879

When swarm leaves for the woods they
are off before you fairly know it. They
drift away from the hive in a widespread
and apparently aimless cOncOurse, then sud
denly gather up their skirts, draw together
their forces, and away they go, ahumming.
flying vortex of bees, the queen apparently
in the centre and the mass revolving about
her as pivot, over orchards and meadows,
across creeks and swamps, or woods and
deep valleys, straight for the appointed
tree, slow at first. so that You can keep up
with them, but presently with speed that
would tire a foN-hOund. In this flight the
individual bees do not move in right lines.
or straight forward like a flock of birds, but
round and round like chaff in a whirlwind;
unitedly they form a whirling, revolving,
nebulOus mass fifteen or twenty feet across,
that goes as straight as a projectile to its
mark. They are not partial as TO the kind
of tree,-pine, hemlOck, elm, birch, maple.
hickory,-anY tree with good cavity high
up or low down. n swarm of mine ran
away from the new patent hive gave them,
and took up their quarters in the hollow
trunk of an old apple-tree across an adjoin-
ing field. The entrance was mouse-hole
near the ground. Another swarm in the
neighborhOOd deserted their keeper and
went into the cOrnice of an clubhouse that
stood amid eyergreens in the rear of "A large
mansion. But there is no accounting for
the taste of bees, as Samson found when hc
discovered the swarm in the carcass or
more probably the skeleton of the lion he
had slain.
Year: 1879

Sitting at the foot Of a boarding house
table


Wearing tight boots with big wad
of cotton darning on the heel.


Walking through a crowded ferry
boat with a year old baby on your
arm.


Passing the club or billiard room
without dropping in to see who's
there


Having a bad cold in the head and no
handkerchief within hajling distance.


Being asked what time it is when
your uncle is keeping your watch to
suit time.


Endeavoring to persuade tailor that
the longer your bill goes over the soon
er will the sun Ofresumption rise like n
forty cent sky rocker.


Carrying a scuttle of coal up stairs
while the partner of your joys stands
in the hall and yells, ooh, Henry, what
dirt you're making on my new car
pet,'


For the first time in ones life asking
4 girl if she wouldn't like to go out
some evening next week, and have her
coldly say No, you mustn't keep late
hours


Taking OFF ones shoes in the lower
hall to walk up stairs noislessly, and
just as the top is reached to drop one
shoe, and hearing it going to the bottom
like the gong of eternity.
Year: 1879

Tie Great Pyramid was originally
four hundred and eighty feet high, and
each side of its base measured seven
hundred and sixty four feet, dimen-
sions slightly reduced by its use rs 4
quarry in later times. The successive
Muslin capitals of Egypt, of which
Cairo is the latest, have been built of
the monuments of Memphis.-The city
and is temples have disappeared, and
left scarcely a trace; yet the larger pyr-
amids have lost but a small proportion
of tleir materials, and where there are
marks of ruin, il is rather due TO the
efforts of explorers than TO the actual
removal of the stones from the site.-
Seen from afar. on what Horace well
calls their royal site. the vastness OF
the pyramids strikes us; as weapproacA
them, and begin to distinguish the
courses of stone, this impression wanes


to return with an oppressive force as
we stand beneath them. All other
works of man are dwarfcd by them,
\ but it must be remembered that no
other works of man occupied whole


nation, rs it is all but certain the
greater pyramids did, for one or evan


two generations each. No public


works save the pyramids are known of


the Memphite kingdom. When true


public works begin, pyramids become
far less costly, like that of the wise
! king who excayated the Lake M9ris.


The OBJECT of each pyramid was to en-
tomb a single mummied king; some
times two sepulchral chambers may
point to double burial; in one case an
early monument, the third pyramid,


seems to have been enlarged by later


sovereign; but in general each monu-


ment seems TO have been designed for


an entombment. The purpose of so
vast labor is no longer a mystery, If


we may assume that the Egyptians held


the preservation of the body to be es-
sential to Immortality. lt Is certain


that all Egyptian tombs were con-
structed under the influence OF be-
lief in the immortality of the soul.


The final aim of the pyramid builders
was that each head of the religion and
state should rest securely in these vast


monuments, whose form is type OF
immortality, resting on the solid rock,
themselves solid and indestructib'e


yet pointing heavenward. 1t Is


weakness of practical nature to iaug b


with Pliny at the pyramids, as mere


monuments of human vanity.
Year: 1879

They tell a story of a brakemen on
4 western train, who while dreaming
at night, imagined he was on the plat
form ofhis ear darting across the plains
AT fearful rate. The danger signal
was given, and swinging himself to
one side he saw in the distance the red
eye of 4 locomotive coming with head
long speed toward him. lie seized the
brake and twisted it ronnd with fran
tic vehemence-meanwh his ears
were assailed by the most frantic
shrieiS>, which in the confusion he mis-
took for the screams of the locomotive.
But imagine his horror when on
awakening he found he had seized his
wife by the ears and had nearly twisted
her head from her shoulders. The ex-
perience of this eccentric railroader
was on par with that of well known
gentleman of this country, who in his
dreams imagined he was in fierce dis
cussiOn with political opponent, and
to clineh the argument. pulled the nose
of his antagonist. Unfortunately it
was his wife's nose he pulled however, ,
and that indignant female realizing the
situation in an instant, went for him
something of the fashion OF cata-
mounts assault upon a rival wildcat.
: The conflict was brief, but interesting.


When the gentleman finally ended the
struggle by rolling ont on the floor, the
blood was trickling down his face from
I half dozen wounds, and there was
about enough hair on his head to make
an Indian scalp lock. Since then the
gentleman has discouraged dreams and
and eschewed politics.
Year: 1879

The canal of the ear is narrowest at
its center and widens at each extremity
and at the inner end the drum is placed
No attempt should be made to push
any instrument into the ear farther
than it can be seen, for it may lacerate
the drum or even the delicate organs
of hearing. Ii foreign bodies are push
ed beyond the narrow portion of the
canal, they will go still further on to
the drum and cause intense pain and
noise. The best means to get such ar
ticles out of the ear is TO throw with
moderate force a stream of warm water
from a syringe against the obstruction,
which VIII finally wash it out. Some
times delicate hook may be bent from
wire or hair-pin, and iEsinuated
around the object whence it can be eX-
tracted. If an insect, as often happens.
creep into the ear, it may be killed by
few drops of glycerine or sweet oil,
which will suffocate it, and then it may
be syringed out. If button is in
the nose, usually slender hook will
Withdraw tiff not, with a small stick
covered with cottonwood, push it down
if possible, upon the floor of the nose


aud thence through into the throat
whence il will be coughed out of the


mouth.
Year: 1879

General Hardee, whose manual Of lnfan-
try tactics is so well known, was at one
time in an interior town, and the command
er of ''second-claSs militia" company
sought to do himself and the general honor
10y parading his command in front of the
inn in which Hardee had rooms. The
writer upon tactics came out upon the bal
eony to review the command, and the mill
tia officer put his men through their PAGES.
In one of the manpuvres the men became
confused and got into a hopeless tangle.
Hardee, in telling the story, said that he
could think of no possible way in which
they might be eXtricated, and waited with
great curiosity to see what the militia com
mander would do That rural tactician
looked at the confused mass for n moment
with a scowl of perpleXity upon his fore
head: then his face cleared, and he shout
ed the order:


''Disentangle to the front; march


Whereupon the men rushed forward and
formed a new line without regard To the
order of the old one. Hardee said the COM
mand was not in his own or any other book
on tactics, but that it ought to be.
Year: 1879

Sport levels rank-fOr the time being.
DevOiees of the turf will talk horse with
anyone at Il race, however particular they
may be about their associates in everyday
life. But they miss it sometimes. Not
long since a well-knOwn Boston minister
and editor. famed quite as much for his
love Of horses and outdoor sports as for
''mildnesS, peace and prayer, was trying
one of his pet nays on the Brighton road,
when gentleman came along with his pet
nag, evidently ready for brush He
got all he wanted-the minister disappeared
in cloud Of dust Next day the two
Glanced 20 meet in the street. GLOW are
YOU - sail the hOrSe-lOving divine, hearti-
w. '.You have the advantage of me, sir,


answered the other ''Gou can't have for
gotten thai little race we had yesterday,


continued the minister. ''NO, Of course
but 4 brush on the road is one thing, and
subsequent acquaintance quite another.
You must excuse me horse trainers are
not in my line, socially and he bowed to
close the interview you'll at least take
my card, said the clergyman, who had to
pucber his mouth to keep from laughing.
Ills lofty highness condescended to take the
pastel board, and-came down.
Year: 1879

\ house in Mayfair belongs to a noble
lord. 1t was let some years ago to Bra
lillian Minister, whose wife died there.
This house beng recently in the market,
was purchased by friend of the owner
On this the wife of the owner wrote to a
friend, and begged her to rescind the pur-
chase, the reason alleged being that she
would have no peace in the house, as a
ghostly woman in green had the unpleasant
knack of wandering about the staircases
and rooms, and occasionally passing through
a window and airing herself on the balcony.
The popularity of this ghost is that she ap-
pears by day as well as by night. Many
attempts have been made to grapp!e with
her. but they all proved futile. Now, | dc
not believe in ghosts, but who is this mys-
terious visitant that actually prevents the
sale of a house in London
Year: 1879

"Is it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by so simple a
remedyr"


81 assure you that it is true that he is
entirely cured, and with nothing but
Hop Bitters; and only ten days ago his
doctors gave him up and said he must
dep


swell day! That is remarkable
| will go this day and get some for my
poor George. know hops are good
Year: 1879

Headache Pain in the shoulders, cough;
Dizziness Sour stomach, Eruptions Bad
Taste in the Mouth. Palpitation OF the
Heart Pain in the region OF the hldheys >
and a thousand other painful Symptoms
are the oh-prings OF Dyspepsia
Year: 1879

when there is 4 session Of the legia
lature the circulation of the Madi-
son Democrat is increased some
hundreds and Of course ii cannot
very we'll afford to 60 without the
aid which that increased circulation
would furnish, therefore the unbi-
assed and unbought manner in
which it attacked the biennial ses-
sion bill.


Last night the salary bill came
up in the house. This bill has
been making 4 great deal of excite
ment of late III various camps. 1t
was argued last night al great length
by Mills, Carter, Quarles and others.
Il had been passed in the Senate
with u provision making $4,000 the
salary for the Supreme Judges and
when this came up IN the house it
was amended So as to make it $1,000.
This morning when the amend
ment came up for concurrence III
the Senate, the Senate refused to
concur. Immediately aftcrward it
was announced that the resolution
making / / o'clock the time for cut
ting Off all business had gone into
effect and therefore the salary bin
died an easy death,


The bill to repeal the wolf bounty
law has passed This will save the
State some ten or swelve thousand
dollars annually. The people of
the State have received no pcrcepti-
bic benefit from this law, and of
course the repeal will be a clear gain
to the State In some parts of the
State it is said that there are men
who make it a regular business to
raise wolves. II is Il great wonder
that these men did not send in q
lobby to kill the bill.
Year: 1879

a boy named Edward Chatlin, about
Is yeats Of age, shot a bear up In the
mountains, near this city, says the Og-
den Dispdteh. lie vent out hunting In
company with another youth much
younger than himself, and the two ran
across bear In little canyon. Young
Chatlin crept DIP quite close to him and
taking deliberate aim with his rifle sent
a bullet right through his heart. The
bear began to walk up the canyon, the
boys following after him, and after 60.
ing a short distance he sank down aud
died. The bear was large cinnamon,
weighing nearly three hundred, and Il
would no doubt have been very bad for
those plucky lads, had his bearship only
been wounded by the first shot. He
would have, undoubtedly, made short
work Of them; and the boys and their
parents are to be congratulated on the
fact that the bullet hit vital spot In
the anatomy Of the wild boast, The
bear was brought in from the noun
tains last night, and to say the boys are
proud Of their noble game Ia but fec
BILE expression Of the delight they feel
when gazing on the skin OF unlucky
Bruin,
Year: 1879

TIE detectives engaged in searching
for Alsup who jumped from the ship
Valparaiso as she was entering tho San
Francisco harbor on Tuesday night,
have thus far found no clue indicating
that he succeeded in making the shore.
II thought now thnt there was more
method in his rash act than was at first
supposed. Alsup is known to have
been an expert swimmer, and il now
appears that after he was missing q sail
makers bench and paddle belonging
to the vessel were also found to have
disappeared. The detectives generally
express the opinion that he could not
have made the shore, and the pilot Of
the Valparaiso belives that no man
could have lived in the chopping sea
that prevailed at the time when Alsup
took TO the wnter. But as he had nn
opportunity to communicate by letter,
forwarded by the steamer, with friends
in this city after his arrest and before
he left Callao. it is thought possible
that he may have had assistance from
this city il his escape, and that boat
may have been stationed ready to pick
him up when he left the ship.


Whether or not there is any truth in
this theory, his expected arrival in San
Francisco on the Valparaiso was GER
tainly known by others beside the po-
lice authorities, and on the morning
after the Valparaiso entered this port,
and before the fact of Alsup's escape
had been published or was generally
known, several persons called at the
police Office aud inquired if ho was in
the city prison.
Year: 1879

TuEnE is. twelve. year old youngstcr
living on B street who never fails in
answering any question put to him.
The other day his father tried to
"stump" him with ;his problem: "My
son, suppose you had n kitchen in the
northwest corner OF your house and a
stable i'll the southeast corner of your
yard, no that when the wind blow from
tie northwest there was strong smell
Of corncd beef and cabbage in the
house, and when the wind came f.om
the southwest there was strong horse
odor about tho premises. how would you
net To prevent the corncd beef odor from
perm' ating the kitchen aud the horses
odor from perfuming the stable 2''


"why," replied the lad. " I'd keep
my horses in the kitchen and cook my
cnrncd beef ia the stable"
Year: 1879




AMEMPHIs special says the fever is
now confined principally to colored
people and those who have returned
to the city. Hundreds OF houses are
dangerously infected from persons hav-
ing been sick and died in them. This
year the Board of Health system OF
fumiguting and disinfecting with sui
phur has had no effect i'll stopping the
spread of the disease. Our best and
most scientific physicians look upon
disinfection, fumigatior anb quHran-
tine as nonsense. The fever breaks
out among the best and worst of the
population, regardless of cleanliness
and filth.
Year: 1879

AAblASA 4ISlDOINEs


DEAR SIR 1t has at all times, and with
right, been regarded as q good foreboding
for peoples or community's future; that
they understand, acknowledge and patron
iZe the doings of their, in reality, good
citizens, by giving them inducements to
bring their faculties and skill in use for the
common good, while that of jealousies
born delight to suppress and tread under
feet all that lifts little above moderate
ness, with just as good right has been re-
gar6ed as a sign for stand-still or o be-
ginning to fall-back. The institutions of
this country are particularly adapted to
give ability, without being encircled by linn
its, chance to come into activity and use.
By the voting privilege the people have a
remedy TO bring these principles into prac-
tTcal execution; but by disgracing or
abusing that privilege, moderateness gets
the place that belongs to ability, and real
wOrthness is thrown aside by doubtful
ability. More than once, at different plac
es, has corruption gained ground, because
the bad elements of the people have had a
chance to make their influence of value,
and that large portion of those for the
commonwealth Jealous men fail to meet
at the polls. This can be said about the
election in general, but can also apply On
the previous elections, both of the whole
State and county in particular. Coming
events in our county indicate that we now,
more than before, shall need our most
skilled and jealous men for the most i'm
portant offices. The two offices, Auditor
and Treasurer, will particularly require
men that have experience and trust. Such
men our Republican party fortunately
have; their names are on the ticket, and it
| depends only on ourselves if they shall be
kept in their offices, or be exchanged by
new and less experienced men. Let every
man, to whom our county's welfare is Of
any consequence, meet and vote for those
men. We know what we have, but it is
uncertain what we may get. Let both par
ties have fair trial this time. Let there
be no splittickets or whiskey bot
ties around the places of election this year.
Let us tolerate such unworthy customs no
longer, but let the inspecting fraternity Oh
serve that place of voting be kept as a
place where respectable folks can go to
| and return from with honor.


Your Humble SUBSCRIBER.
| Framness October 19, 1879.