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Year: 1878




/ hay cum to the conclusion that
lager beer, as beverage, is not intoxi
eating.


l have been told SO By a German who
said be had drunk il all mite long, just
to try the experiment, and was obliged
to go home entirely sober in the morn
ing. have seen the same man drink
eighteen glasses, and if he was drunk
it was in German, an nobody could un-
derstand it.


It is proper enuff to state that this
man kept lager-beer saloon, could
have no object in stating what was not
strictly thus.


l believe him to the full extent Of nv
ability. / never drank but three glass
es Of lager in my life, and that made my
head ontwist as tho it was hung on the
end of string, but I was told that it
was owing to my bile being cut of
place and | guess that it was so, for
never billed over wus then l did when
| got hom that mite. Ny wife thot
was going to die, and l was afraid that
l shouldn't for it seemed as tho every
thing / had ever eaten in my life was
coming to the surface; and 1 believe
if my wife hadn't pulled off my boots
just as she did, they would hay cum
laundering up teo.


Oh, how sick 1 wuzl fourteen year
ago, and I can taste it now.


l never had SO much experience IN SO
short time


If any man shud tell me that lager
beer was not intoxicating, / shud be-
lieve him; but, if he shud tell me that
l wasn't drunk that mite but that my
stummick was out Of order, I shud ask
him to state over few words just how
man felt and acted when he was set
up.


IF I want drunk that mite, l had
some ov the most natural sinptums
that a man ever had and kept sober.


In the first place il was about eighty
rods from where drunk the lager beer
to mi house. and I was Jest over tive
hours on the road, and hole busted IN
through each one of my pantaloon
neez, and didn't hay any hat, and tried
to open the doer by the bell-pull and
hiccuped awfully and saw everything
in the room trying TO get round on the
back side Of nae, and, sitting down eH
chair, did not wait long enough fol
it to get exactly under me when l WIZ
going round. and / set down litlle toe
soon and missed the chair about twelve
inches, and couldn't get up soon enough
to take the next one that come along
and that ant awl mi wife sed l wuz a
drunk as beest. aud, az [ sed before
begun to spin up things faeely.
If lagar beer is not intoxicating i
used me most almighty mean, that
kno.


Still hardly think that lager beer i
intoxicating. for l hay been told so
and | am probably the only man lisin;
who ever drunk eny when his liver wa
not plumb.


I don't want to say anything agains
q harmless temperaDss beverage, but
ever I drink eny more, it will be Wit
mi hands tied behind and mi meutl
pried OPEN.


l don't think lager beer is intoxicai
ing, but if remember rite, 1 think
tasted to me like a glass of soap sud
that q pickle had been put tew seal
Year: 1878

The Republicans of Oregon used very
poor Judgment when they nominated
Rev. II. X. Hines for Congress He is
too well known to get the vote of his
own party, and as the Democrats will
be solid against him, will be beaten by
a handsome majority His conduct has
always been such as to justly receive
the contempt of every laboring man.
and as to his ability, he hasn't any in
the pulpit, and we do not see how a
man of his caliber can have any in pol
itics. He will be the laughing stock of
Oregan, and will find that the people
know more of his private character
than he ever dreamt of before. We
predict that he will be elected by an
overwhelming majority to stay at home
and attend to his own and church af-
fairs.-Labor World.
Year: 1878

A young gentleman in a white hat,
tuft on his chin, large check trousers.
a green waisteoat and greasy hair,
rushed into the advertisement depart
ment of the Times newspaper, and beg
ged them to stop the press that be
might put in this advertisement: go
Amelia-Return to your brokcn-arted
Hadolphus and all viii be forgiven >
Year: 1878

THE European Congress is to be held
shortly to settle the Eastern question.
The whole treaty is to be laid before it for
dissemination. 1t is said that Russia and
England have come to an understanding as
70 the Eastern question. Austria IL NOT
isa'isiied at being left out in the cold in the
preliminary understanding between Russia
ana England, The congress will meet at


Berlin. isf w
Year: 1878

The Liver is the imperial organ of the whole human system, as it controls the life, health and happiness of man. When It is disturbed in its proper action, all kinds of ailments are the natural result. The digest- ion of food, the movements of the heart and blood, the action of the brain ano perv- ous system, are all immediately connected with the workings of the Liver. It has been successfully proved that Greens Au- gust Flower is unequalled in curing all per sons afflicted with Dyspepsia 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 in all towns on the Western Continent. Three doses will prove that it is just what you want.
Year: 1878

TIE HowoATE EXPEDITION. How gate and his friends are beginning to get un- easy on account of the delay of Congress in providing means to forward his protected ex- petition. They have no doubt but that when the bill making the appropriation is brought up in the House it will pass without much op- position, but they are afraid that the delay will imperil the enterprise. Reports from Lab rador and other high attitudes confirm the opinions entertained here, that no season SO favorable to northern exploration has occurred TOT thirty years, as, owing to the mild winter Just passed, comparatively little ice was form ed, and this is now supposed to be breaking up and drifting south, as the European steam CTS report having encountered icebergs much

 earlier this season than usual. In view of this, 1t is hoped that If the expedition can get away from our shores by July 25 no difficulty will be experienced in going directly north as far as Lady Franklin Bay, about S2 degrees. nearly as far as the highest point reached by any former expedition. Should these hopes be realized, and base of supplies be estab-

 ished in that vicinity during the coming sum- mer, the friends of the expedition say that it's success would be certain, in view of the we'll considered plans on which it is based. To es- tablish this base of supplies, it is necessary that action be taken as soon as possible, as all the time between this and the last day when such an expedition should start can be profit ably used in making proper preparations, with out which success is very doubtfuL-ScientJfc ArnesicGn. ,.....
Year: 1878

The Ten Eyok Exeoution.- .--There seems to be a general desire among the whole people to have the execution of Ten Eyck in Pittsfleld in August public exc cution. The large room in which it is de- signed to execute the sentence of the law upon the condemned, will admit of but a few besides the officers in charge. and it is thought that if the old custom of perform ing these duties should be adopted in this case, the effect of the example upon the murderously inclined would be salutary, and hence the moral effect of executions would be greatly enhanced. To be sure some will say that the only motive the thou- sands upon thousands who would go to Pittsf1eld on that day to witness the ex GU

 tion. if made Tn the open fieIus wneIe all could see it, would be to satisfy morbid passion to see man hung, and it is doubt less true that this would be 80 but suppose it Is: Can any harm come from gratifying this deslre on the part of the people? It would seem as if the inhabitants of this re- zion, whose feelings were so shocklnglY outraged by the inhuman butchery of two ot our most esteemed and respected cit- zens, ought to be indulged in the gratifica- ton of this passion If it would be any sat.

 isfaction to the people to see the author of this misery hung, their wishes ought to be respected. It is question whether the 'powers that be" can be prevailed upon to respond to this universal desire, and which has already become almost demand, but the effort should be made. Exactly what is the proper course to pursue to bring about this change in the prescribed rules and regulations in the management of this matter, we are not prepared to advise but that there is correct way of proceeding there can be no doubt. and way that if properly managed will undoubtedly meet with success. Where is the man or men in Sheffield or Harrington, who will take the necessary steps to have this change brought Ahontp It is now none too early to begin.
Year: 1878

This is really the West End OF our beau
tiful city, with the benefit OF FRESH
PURE BREEZES FROM THE OCEAN,
uncontaminated by gas or sewer efiluvia.
A glance at the elegant mansions and
fashionable residences now e.ected and
in course of erection must satisfy any per.
son desiring a home that this is the place
Year: 1878

A MAN put in two hours hard talking
while whiting up stOre-bOx the
other day trying to convince the crowd
that money was curse to mankind,
after which he went into free lunchery
and got kicked out with both hands full
of bread and bologna. A very little Of
the curse " about that time would
have saved him considerable cursing.
Year: 1878

A NoRRIsTowN young lady has illus
trated the eternal fitness Of things by
knitting handsome silk specie holder
for carrying silver dollars, and present
ing it to certain young man who has
not had a dollar of his own in three
months.-Norrist0,cn Herald
Year: 1878

There is no crop cultivated that
has caused a greater diversity of opin-
ion than that of the proper cultiva-
ton of the cane crop. Those who
know but little about it speak very
glibly of its simplicity, and say that
it should be cultivated like corn; 9TH
ers speak of it as possessing char
acter sui aeneris, peculiar to itself,
and consequently requiring a cultiva-
tion differing from all other crops.
The success of one planter who has
tried some new plan, inspires him
with the hope that he has at last
found out the great secret in raising
cane crop, when behold, the same
plan another season proves to be an
entire failure.


Now what does all this prove?


Sii ply thst our climate is not
adapt.d 10 the full development and
hsatnrEty .nf the plNst Tho cane be-
ing an exotic, requiring tor aus per:
feet maturity, from twelve to fifteen
months; transplanted to q climate
where under the most favorable cir
tumstances, it has scarcely half the
period from its first termination I'M
sil the time for harvesting the crop
arrives, and if during this short time
she season should prove unpropitious,
and its growth should be retarded
by drouth, OF its maturity be married
by wet weather, it has no time to re-
eover from either before stop'is put
20 its existence by freeze.


Now what is the Lesson to be
hearned from this. / think it is plain
ind unmistakablc. 1t is in the first
place to use such fertilizers as will
force an early termination and de-
vciopmens Of the buds Of the plant,
sud by early cultivation to force the
rspid growth of the stalk while young
snd at the proper season promote
she formation of sugar in the stalk,
DOR it's there that it js made aud ifit
70 not In the stalk at the time of har-
vestinr, there is no device that can
be invented which will ever succeed
in getting it out.


With this end in view the ground
4or planting cane should be prepared
><s early in the Winter after the grind
inc season is over as the control of
labor will permit, by pulling all the
pea vines, cornstalks, etc, into the
middle of the water 1urrow, that is,
provided the ridge of the preceding
crop is tho proper distance apart for
cane. which should be six and halt
OF seven feet. After pulling down
the vegetable matter as above direc-
ted. Stacked lime should be sprinkled
over it at the rate OF Il half bushel to
the row of one acre in length. This
nav be most conveniently done with
a manure distributor, The bed is
ohen formed by throwing six furrows
on the whole, and when thus prepared
il should stand until any time
Year: 1878

stools should be removed with q
cane hoe or "stubble digger" an in
vention recently introduced, and has
been used by Mr.. Henry Won Phul
for three years past, and has proved
satisfactory to him, who says that .
boy and two mules will do as much
work with it in half an hour as q first
class hand will do in one day and
is infinitely preferable.


After digging out the dirt from
around the stubble whatever fertilizer
is intended to be used, should be
now applied in the furrow next to,
the cane, and light furrow run
around it to cover the fertilizer. IL
should then stand until the Young
canes put out and attain height of
six or eight inches and then another
furrow with the plow may be thrown
to it, and the hoes should follow and
cut out the weeds and grass in the
drill and pull in little dirt around
the cane.


The harrow should now be run
around the ridge and in week or
ten days another furrow with two
horse pIow thrown upon the side of
the ridge, but the middle where tho
cane trash is covered should not be,
disturbed until the final working.
The final plowing may begin about
the first Of June, and consist in run
ming around the cane with one horse.
plow next to the cane, but not deep
enough to cut the roots, and every
ten or twelve days repeat the opera
ton by throwing another furrow


next to that, and so on until the mid


dies are all broken out: tho last four
two horse plow and coulter, and then
run the harrow around to ,pulverize
the clods and pull some loose dirt
down in the middle to have loose
middle for the roots of the cane to
run out into and obtain nutriment
until its final maturity. 1t is too
often the case that all the soil is
thrown up around the cane, constitut-
ing steep compact hill and the
middles become as hard as brick,
which will retain no moisture and i'll
dry weather the ridge becomes per-
fectly dessicated, and every shower
of rain that falls is thrown down into
the middlcs by the tops Of the cane
and is absorbed by tho earth where
the roots of tho canes cannot pene-
trate and consequently is lost to the
crop, with tho ammonia and carbonic7
acid and azone which summer show
ers always bring down from the at
mosphere.
Year: 1878

| SIDES OF tne rluBe 10 pull the clOdS
down in the water furow to make a
loose bed for the roots to penetrate
and get moisture and nutriment dur
ing the Summer months. This COM
pletes the whole process from the
planting to the laying by of the
crop.


Some planters may object to this
plan on the ground thst there has not
been dirt enough thrown up and pulled
in around the cane and consequently
that the crop is more liable to be
blown down. But in answer to this
objection, the observation of any one
who has had cane blown over will
convince him that it is the stalk of
the cane that bends over some dis
tance from the ground, and that the
root is seldom if ever affected by the
storm. But another objection which
might be urged BY some, is that the
stubble is more liable to be affected
by freeze. But my observation ex-
tending back to The years 1854, '55
and SO, and every hard freeze since,
has convinced me that cane laid by
on a narrow ridge, with the dirt
thrown up as high as Can be done
with three mule plow and then
pulled up with Che hoes, is just as
liable to be frozen, erI even more so,
than that which har been laid by with
the fat cultivation If cane is plant
ed deep enough andga moderate ridge
thrown to it, if the anes are properly
cut in harvesting taat is to sever the
first joint above instead of below, the
surface Of the soil the s:ubble will
rsmain I!s i Il intsst bS .!es well Or bet.
It is in fact not gyenAally known, or,
if known, not generally appreciated,
that every time the zane is plowed
deep and the dirt th,own up above
the first node, or knot above the sur
face, that the growth of the cane is
arrested, and that the bottom roots
all die, and new roots syringe out
from the nodes that have been cover
ed up by the deep plowing and hill
ing. One of the greatest objections
to the system of deep plowing and
high hilling is its liability to be effect
ed by drouth. In fact the drouth is
often blamed for what is the effect of
bad cultivation.


THE CULTIVATION OF THE sTUBBLE


CANE


In taking of the cane crop, if it is
intended to cultivate the stubble, say
first years stubble, asabove intimated
the cane should be cut above the sur
face of the ridge, and not: below, az is
generally practiced, i this is attended
to, the juice of the out joint will all
ran ont or evaporats and leave a dry
stalk above the ground, down to the
first mode, and all below the surface
retains its sap and vitality, and with
the protection afforded by the blades
and tops of the cane, which by lit
tie attention to the hands in cutting
the cane, may be made to fall on the
ridge, will enable the stubble to
stand a freeze unipjured. On the
contrary when the cane is cut below
surface the node at the surface and
the next below are inevitably spoiled,
which leaves none but the bottom eyes
and they are more liable to rot than
when the cut surface is above the
ground. Some planters suppose that
the cane top and blades left on the
ridge injure the stubble by retaining
the moisture but it is less liable to
retain the moisture if left on the
ridge than when thrown in the water
furrow where it obstructs the drain
Year: 1878

from the middle of February until


the middle of March. The ridge


may be opened and planted. 1t


should be opened with light one


horse plow, by running two burrows


and throwing out the dirt each way,


and then running fuke plow or a


solid sweep in the furrow to remove


the clods and level the bottom of the
furrow. A double row of canes


should be dropped in each furrow in
such manner that the tops and butts


of the cane in one row r1sy come to-
gether at the middles of the canes in
the other row. 1t should be cut in
two with cane knife, and covered


lightly with the hoes about an inch


and a half or two inches deep. All
due attention should be paid to the
details from taking the canes from


bed, examining the eyes, rejecting all


defective canes and planting none but
the best. The dropping the canes
should also be attended to, to see
that they are laid level, and at prop
er distance apart, and not allowed to
be crowded too close together, and
if you want the crop all to come up
at one time, lay the canes SO that the
eyes will be on each side, and not
one up and the other under the cane,
which is the main cause of the stand
coming up SO irregularly. In cutting
the canes in two care must be- taken
that they are not displaced; care
should also be taken that the cane is
covered as near as possible at the
same depth. If these things were
more generally attended to than they
are, there would not be so much com.
s-1.,-..s-. - j. 80
of the cultivation would yield bet
ter return for the labor expended.
Thus planted it will not require any
more work until the crop is up and
ready for the first working.


The first working should be given
in about the first week in April. by
barring off with a one-horse turn
pIow and scraping the young grass
and weeds out Of the drill, and pull
a little dirt off the ridges in places
where the cane has not come up well.
before moulding, the ftlrrow made in
barring off should be filled with the
manure from the compost heap which
every planter should have ready for
this purpose; if not, and depend
ence is placed on commercial fertiliz-
cr, let it be cotton seed meal and su-
per-phosphate, or ground bone meal.
A very light dressing of these fcrtil-
izers will have Il wonderful effect in
developing the growth and maturity
Of the plant. After applying the
fertilizers, light turrow should be
thrown to tho cane, and harrow
run around it to pulverize the soil,

and throw the clods off the ridge,
and for this purpose there is nothing
better than good side harrow.
The next work should be done with
a good double-horse turn pillow, by
throwing two furrows we'll upon the
ridge, and this should be repeated
every ten or twelve days until the
middles are all broken out, and then
the harrow should be run around
again. By the first of June the pro-
cess called "laying by" should COM
mence by running a light furrow TO
tho cane on the side of the ridge not
more than an inch and a half deep,
and let the hoes follow and clear the
drill of weeds and grass, and pull in
a little dirt around the canes. About
every week or ten days run around
it again until the middles are broken
out, and then run the harrow on the
Year: 1878

THE ADJOURNMENT PROBLEM.-The delay
in passing the sundry civil appropriation bill
through the House makes it exceedingly
doubtful if Congress can adjourn sine die on
the 18th instant. 1t is thought that the date
of final adjournment will be extended to Sat
IIrdaV lime Odd
Year: 1878




The manipulation Of the vote OF South Carolina
bv the agents of the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency in s76, after that vote had been duly
cast. differed in no essential particular from the
transactions which we have already explained In
Florida, except that the process passed through
greater variety of phases. There were three DIS
tinct acts in this drama OF Democratic Reform, and
the story of each act is told in different cipher by
a different confidential negotiatOr. From the time
when il became apparent that the decision OF the
contest depended upon the votes of the three doubt
full States until the 18th of November, the conmn-
nications between Gramercy Park and the capital OF
South Carolina were in the double transposition
and substitution cipher which we have so fully eX-
planned this difficult code being the one TO which
the most important secrets of the Democratic cam
paign appear TO have been intrusted On the 18th
of November the agent who held the keys to this
system left Columbia, and tho cipher was abau-
doned. For one week after that, new system oil
cryptography, of which we have thus far exhibited
no speclmens. was brought into use, for the ar
rangeIncnt Of new scheme. And finally plot,
which the special dispatches Of TuE TRIBUNE de
scribed at the time, in December, 1876, was dis
cussed during the three or four days preceding the
casting of the electoral votes the first Wednes-
day of December aud for this business the same
dictionary cipher" which Paris used III Iallahas-
see was brought into play.
Year: 1878

The first act was by far the most important Of the
three, and that the public may the moro conyen-
iently trace the Of the negot ations we shall
reprint our table of cipher keys, ana give yocabu-
larry Of the arbitrary substitution ciphers, so far as
we know them. All the dispatches in this act are
written in the transportation code, and can be inter
preted by means of one of the following keys:


TAgLE or KEYS.
Year: 1878

u
A private dispatch received In this city yes-
terday from Yazoo City says that there Is d
great panic at that place and all who can are
leaving on account OF yellow fever. We ur-
derstand that there was one case there yes
terday, the origin of which can be traced to
New Orleans
Year: 1878

Dean Richmond, of the New York Central
Railroad, wrote most illegible hand, and an
owner of a small building situated on land be
longing to the road having received a scrawl
from him which he could not decipher sup
posed it to be free pass over the road, aud
when, after waiting three montts, Mr. Rich
mond asked the man why be didn't remove the
building, be found he had been using the dec-
ument to which his signature was attached es
paes, and had been riding on the strength of
it all summer
Year: 1878

The first grand ball Of this Club will come
of tonight, at Webster's Dancing Academy,
Masonic Temple, and tie young men who
have the management of It have used their
best efforts to insure their friends q good
time. ~