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Year: 1878

1t should be borne in mind that
every farmer who will take the
trouble to keep up a tasteful ap-
pearance about his house, not only
performs good work for his own
family, but stimulates his neighbors
to initiate him. Nothing is more
contagious than the desire for gar
dening when once it gets footing.
Year: 1878

A son of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe has been licensed to preach.
He is not likely to steal the livery
of the court of heaven to serve the
devil in-unless, indeed, there is
more than one such livery to steal,
as he surely wouldn't have the
cheek to rob his Uncle HenryWard.
i Courier Journal.
Year: 1878

John Sherman stands before the
country in this attitude: He made
corrupt bargain, hired men to
commit crime against the ballot
and since his installation in a high
and responsible government office
he has paid the willing tools which
he used by giving them fat places
under him. His impeachment and
removal from office should follow
the eXposuIe of his crimes.
Year: 1878

Tom Meals Gazette says; There
is an idea growing up in our coun
try "that everything is fair in poll
tics" This is q heresy which will
lead to mischief. 1t is the mere
trick of a scoundrel to gain place
or money. 1t is calculated to un-
dermine and corrupt the public
morals. Falsehood is never fair
anywhere. If a politician gains
success by a trick, his victory Is
tarnished, his manhood degraded
and his name dishonored.
Year: 1878

Since the Democratic party in the
West and South is virtually com
mitted to the greenback doctrine,
we do not reall, see any necessity
at all for a greenback party. Ger
tainly there is no room for one here
in Tennessee.-T Banner.
Year: 1878

AS Grant is to be the Republican
candidate for President in 1880, we
are determined that the Democrats
shall be assured of the fact as soon
as possible. The work of gettin Q
up a catalogue of the crimes and
blunders of his administration is
going to consume more time, ink
and foolscap than have ever been
used in any political campaign
since the foundation of the Govern
ment.-l Courier ournal.
Year: 1878

The marks OF progress through
out Northern Texas are everywhere
distinct and prominent, and the
same may be said OF almost every
portion of this great State. Right
here, and all about in every direc-
tion, may be found the cure for our
present ills-the true safety valve
of our republic. Extending west
from Fort Worth to the Pacific lies
a parallelogram some three hun


dred miles wide by nearly fifteen
hundred miles in length-an area
of 100000 square miles, nearly
three times as large as the ten
Eastern and Middle States, and with
undeveloped resources Of the mine
Year: 1878

He is often very short, very lean and
very homely, but this makes no difference
he is the man that everybody likes and
looks up to. An Adonis might enter the
town, but he could not usurp his place
no indeed, for he is to firmly rooted in the
hearts Of the people.


In the first place he is not bigoted
man. He believes in every body having
their rights yes, even in women receiv-
ing equal pay when they do the same
amount of labor as a man. He also believes
In giving the minister enough salary to
live on, and dosen't sneer at all other de-
nominations excepting "mine.''


In the second place he dosen't know. it
az He has enough humanity to conceive
that there are things in this world beyond
his knowledge. Heis willing to be tanght
bnt never tries to teach others.


Ia the third place he possesses great
heart, with "charity for al, and malice
toward none.' When you enter his pres
ence it Is just like the effect of warm fire
on cold night. He always stands up for
the weakest side, lis very forgiven very ap
to overlook your shortcomings and think
you will do better next time. If any of
the boys get into trouble they 90 to him.
He has facility of smoothing it all out
and starting them in the right path again.
Older men go to him also. His clear
concise manner of stating case is sure te
brush the fog away when they are per-
picked.


HIS wife Gf he has one) is considered
the luckiest woman in town. She does
seem to enjoy heaself, and is in most cases
fat and rosy, with hearty, infectious way
that is suggestive of pleasant things at
home.


When in society, his manner is perfect.
he is very attentive, and listens to your
hobby with the utmost patience. He
knows just who is the most lonely and
needs little attention. IF there is a girl
or ancient maiden who is overlooked, Mr..
N. will be sure to find her corner and have
a pleasant chat, which brightens her up
for the whole evening. In fact, he has
a way-not by fattery, for he does not
descend to that, but by the reflex of his
own sunny disposition Of making every
body feel pleased with themselves.


Somehow, he gets to be the man of all
men in the town. IF any thing i'm portant
comes up, it is, consult Mr.. NJ; if any
one falls into trouble, it is, 'srun for Mr..
NJ; and it is eMr. N" !" all the time. be-
cause you see everybody likes and trusts
him.
Year: 1878

at Association Hail. In connection with the Loan Ex
hibition Of the Society Of Decorative Art will be de-


vered on Tuesday evening The lecturer will be the
Rev. W T. Grits. and the subject Japanese Art, ID
one with which he is well acquainted.


On the same evening the Art Students League will
mold their second monthly reception and exhibition
OF studies at their rooms Fifth avenue. The ex-
hiDtion which promises to be interesting will COM
prise students work and studies by foreign hands


r. A: Abbeys with Pride Upon Her Brow. In
Hd,pers Weekly for the 9th inst, is extremely
creaitable example Of this draughtsman's s skill


George w. Maynard is shortly expected home. The
FAMOUS Verlat recently congratulated him warmly on
his portrait of r. Millet the artist and correspond
ent during the late Eastern war,


The ladies Of the Society of Decorative Art wish
us 70 state that there but three articles In the
present loan exhibition which were in that of last
year. This statement is made the impression has
gone abroad that the present exhibition Is but du
plicate of the former one.
Year: 1878

From the Chicago Inter Ocean. October SOL


Mr.. A. Stempel. of this city. has made discovery
which BIDS fair to rival Edison. and thus Chicago will
assume its proper place and produce man who
promises to light heat and furnish water power for
the entire United States by immense and magniA-
cent scheme The plans and models in all their in
trcate detail, exhibition at Mr. stempels e.
tablshment, and some of them are illustrated for
the benefit of curious pedestrians, with daubs Of
green and black paint in his shop window.


It has always been urged that the production Of
electricity by steam could not bc made profitable, be-
1t could not be created cheap enough, but the
main reason says Mr.. Stempel s that they could only
create power light or heat at the end Of the con-
ductor That is. they could only produce one Light
or one quantity Of power-in other wSrds, 1t could
not be distributed in small quantities.


Mr.. Stempel says that Edison discovered that be
could take of any amount Of electricity from the
main conductor for heat, light and power purposes.
Edison claims that he viii get hs electricity BY
friction, and proposes to steam power TO be con-
vertcd into electricity. But Mr. Stempel goes one
higher than Edison His proposition that the tides
OF the can furnish q constant unlimited power
which can be by friction converted into any amount
of electricity for the purpose Of cresting light.
heat and power for the use Of man. He
proposes to build immense basins In the
in the shallow water Of inlet the Shore where
there high floods. He proposes to build two walls
the mouth Of tho inlet to shut of the sea- the other


certain distance apart to divide the inlet into two
tremendous basins Each wall will have foodgate
through which, when open the can flow in. AT
high tide the oodgate nearest the land is shut SIX
hours after at ebbtide the gate of the oater basin
full Of water Smaller gates in the wali OF the
first basin are then opened, and the water rushes
through. turning it runs thousand turbine
wheels. which, in their turn keep in motion the cleo
trical machines from which he proposes TO gencrate
sufficient electricity to furnish the entire country
win be- according to a careful estimate only about
000 and he proposes to bring tho matter be
fore Congress Mt its next session. and urge upon tho
democrats to In for this scheme instead Of paying
the rebel debt and claims.
Year: 1878

Detective Sullivan Of Inspector Murrsy's squad.
Saturday evening arrested couple of old offenders
who for years have been preyng upon the jewellers Of
this city. Their mode Of operation is somewhat
unique. One is TALL burly man; the ,other slim
and delicate looking youth. They travel in company
and II Is tho habit Of the elder whose name is John
Dorsey, to apply at jewelry stores to have
broken watch mended; and, while the
proprietor Is engaged in conversation with him,
his associate, John McGraw who rejoices in the So
nosscsses himself OF any valuables he can yet hold
Of They attempted this trick In Maiden lane Jew
ery store last week. and with such that they
were in possession of . two-hundred-dollar gold
watch on leaving Detective Sullivan put upon
their track and succeeded in running down the pro
cious pair and taking them into custody.
Year: 1878

jealous of its honor and hope you will do me the
favor to correct the statement which has appeared in
the New YORK HERALD have told you the absolute
facts OF the case and had the whole of the tele
appeared in the newspapers speak on that which is
within my own knowledge. Yours faithfully.


RICHARD HOBsON,


Postmaster and Surveyor OF Glasgow
Year: 1878

The Empire Flat mill was running mer-
rIly as the steamboat passed there May 20


The boat stopped but three minutes, so We
merely had time to see that there was a
good battery of 5 stamps, setter, amalga-
mator, and Mendy shaker. The plates
were lightly covered with amalgam, which
was accounted for by a cleanup made the
day before. Plenty of sheds around the
works afford good shade. While Abe Bate
man, Superintendent Of the McCracken
mine, was buZzing the party in charge, we
learned from the engineer that the various
lots of ore lying around the mill in sacks
The purpose being to make working tests
of the different ores. The best results yet
attained We're from the Bridal" mine


fourteen tons of whose ore yielded god al
the rate of 800 per ton The ore then be


ing worked was supposed to be only Civ.
ing $50 per ton. The MINES are situated
from two and half to four miles from the
mill. We saw very little copper ore lying
about, and no preparation for concentrat.
ing 1t, except a set of roll crushers. There
were some jigs at the mill, but we had not
time to examine whether they had been
tried and taken down, or never set up. The
company Is reported to have immense
ledges, yielding ores of twenty to thirty
per cent copper. This is quite likely, as
all that Williams Fork country has long
been famous for extensive copper deposits
Carrent report has always attributed con.
siderable size to its gold ledges, which
have been weH known for the past tifteen
Years. There are 80 many mines in that
Year: 1878




to strips; they are held in place by
a heavy cord or bundle of cords.


The hair of these Indians is cut
In front on a line with the broWs;
the bnck-hair is allowed to grow
on the males and is made into rolls
with clay; these are often sold and
bought and added to their own
locks. Their hair is used to Sc
cure their scanty clothing to the
top of their heads when Wading
or swimming the rivers and la
goons; it is very abundant and
coarse. Animal life in it is de-
stroyed by frequently rubbing in
moist clay, so that cake of mud
is worn like a turban for several
days. Widows cut Off their hair
as a badge of grief. The young
men adOrn their heads with a tuft
of feathers and even with bunch
of rattlesnake tails.


The Yumas are an agricultural
people, and raise wheat, corn,
beans, water and musk melons,
pumpkins and squashes-the lat
ter are dried for winter use. In
the months of June or July, or
Just previous to the annual over
flow, they make preparations for
planting; they burn the brush and
trees on the lands likely to be
overfOwed and surround them
with a brush fence. After the
subsidence of the water, they sow
the seed. The women do the
planting. These Indians gather
the seed of a species of grass call
ed sacaton," which grows in
large quantities along the river.
The pods of the "algaroba CLAN
dulosa," or long-pOd mezquite,
which is very abundant in this
region, affords a stable article of
food. The flowers of this tree, as
well as of the screw-pod variety,
contain much honey. The In
dians gather them, infuse them,
and the result is a very sweet Iiq-
our. The ripe pods contain much
saccharine matter and a nutritious
pulp. Many tons are sold to the
whites for horses and cattle. The
seeds Or beans are pounded into a
coarse meal and made into muSh
with boiling water. They keep
no stock other than horses, and
are very fond of the flesh of the
horse or mule, which they prefer
to that of cattle. A religious Gus


tom requires them to eat the
horses of deceased friends. They
are also fond of fish and during
the winter catch many to eat Or
sell to the whites. OF the "Colo-
RADIO salmon," specimens weigh
ing twenty-five pounds are caught
with hooks and lines or drag-nets
in the river and lagoons. Fish
hooks are made of twig of mez-
quite and tipped with a cactus
thorn. To cook this fish they
plaster it over with fine, soft clay;
it is then laid in a bed of Goals and
more Goals heaped on it; when
baked the mould is cut open
lengthwise and serves as plates.
They also boil fish with vegeta-
bles, but they never eat shell-fish.


The climate is so mild during
the cold season, that much pro-
lection from the cold nights is not
thought of till about November,
when each family constructs a
shelter of some sort against the
weather. This protection varies
from a low hut made of poles COW
cred and sided with sticks and
earth, to the simple lean.tO of
brush, just enough to break the
rigor of the wind. PascuaPs Win
ter quarters may be described as
type of the best of their houses.
The place chosen is a sandy, open
fiat, the deeper the sand the bet
ter, for warm sand is an excellent
substitute for clothing; four posts


I L
Year: 1878

Neal Dow writes to the New York Tribune:
IA year ago l was in North Carolina, the
guest of Northern man, who had been there
many years. manufacturer of spirits of
turpentine and resin. He told me that the
latter is largely employed by the brewers to
be put into their beer, as provocation of
thirst The effect of it is to keep beer drink
ers constantly thirsty-'dry,' as their slang
phrase is-so that they are always ready for
a drink, and are never satisfied with the
drink except for few minutes This resin
manufacturer told me that he had sold as
many as 10000 barrels of resin in year to
one brewer. All of which goes into the
stolnachs of the beer drinkers, the effect
being to keep them in constant cotton
woolyness! The drinkers themselves call it
splitting cottonwood l was in the 'seizer's'
office in this city, on the day after this deci-
sion, and there was present 'saloonist,' who
had dealt largely in 'hop-lager,' and was Ia
menting that this great and honest industry
was so ruthlessly destroyed. told him the
story about the resin. and he said he had
taken from beer barrels pieces of resin as
large as hens egg. He made no conceal
ment whatever of this doctoring of the liquor
to produce incessant and tormenting thirst in
the consumers of it,"
Year: 1878

notwithstanding the immense production
of Indian corn in the United States, there is
a fair prospect of its being largely increased,
even though the acreage planted is not en-
larged. A new variety of maize, the result
of careful hybridization, has been brought
into the market, which. if all that is said is
true, will materially increase the product OF
this grain per acre. The stalks average from
eight to ten feet in hight, producing each
from four to ten we'll filled ears, averaging
from eight to ten inches in length. 1t is
called the improved prolific. is of the white
variety, and is susceptible Of being made into
flour resembling in taste and appearance that
made from the best wheat 1t ripens earlier
than the ordinary variety, and from the ex-
traordinary number of ears produced on the
stalk. the yield per acre is put at one hundred
bushels, where the cultivation is what it
should be. -
Year: 1878

That Virginia is in bad way financially
there is but little doubt, and that her legisla-
tors are also equally bad off mentally will


soon be an established fact A year or so
ago, when the States purse began to be des-
perately pinched, the Moffet register law,


which imposed tax upon every cocktail,


whisky-straight or Bourbon.sour consumed
in the Old Dominion, (and there are good
many of them) was enacted, but although, rs
was to haye been expected in such fine old
community of such fine old fellows and gay
young men, the bell has been ringing for
whisky and taxes ever since. Virginia is still
woefully behind in her revenues and the
other day the Treasurer reported that all the
public funds in his possession did not exceed
one hundred and three dollars and some odd
cents. Virginia, however, is equal to the oc-
casion-when was she not ?-and one of her
lawmakers has introduced bill applying the
Moffet bell punch to the consumption Of ci.
gars; that is to say that every time man buys
a cigar the dealer must punch his bell and
pay the State certain tax upon the sale The
bill is said to have been received with favor,
and the arithmeticians of the Virginia press
are already estimating the income based upon
the internal revenue returns which will flow
into the treasury after the bill becomes law.
While they are about it why don't these finan-
ciers apply the Moffet register to plug tobac-
co and make the unfortunate victims of the
habit of ''chawing are good many
of them in Virginia, too-punch the bell every
time they take a chew. Or, to carry out the
idea to its natural sequence, why don't they
enact law attaching bell punches. to corn
cob pipes-more of them are smoked in Vir-
ginia than in any other State in the Union
and make the smoker register and pay tax
for every puff? If the Legislature of the
Mother of Presidents" will only do these
and two or three other things that naturally
suggest themselves there would be no trouble
at all about her raising sufficient revenue to
meet current expenses and to increase that
one hundred and three dollars and odd cents
now in her treasury to one hundred thousand
and three dollars and many more odd cents.
Year: 1878

The woman was old and ragged and gray,
And bent with the chill of the winters day;
The street was wet with recent snow,
And the wOman's feet were aged and slow.
She stood at the crossing and waited long,
Alone uncared for, amid the thrOng


OF human beings who passed her by,


Nor needed the glance of her anxious eye
Down the street, with laughter and shout,
Glad In the freedom of "schOOl let out"
Came the boys like flock of sheep,


Hailing the snow piled white and deep.
Past the woman so old and gray,


fastened the children on their way,
Nor offered helping hand to her,
so meek, so timid, afraid to stir


Lest the carriage wheels or the horses feet
should crowd her down in the slippery street.
AT last came one of the merry troop
The gayest laddie of all the group; .y
He paused beside her, and whispered low,
III help you aclOss If You wish to co.
Her aged hand on his strong young arm
She placed, and SO, without hurt or harm,
He guided her trembling feeling along,
Proud that his own were firm and strong.
Then back again to his friends he went
His young heart happy and well content.
'.She's somebody's mother. boys. you know.
For all she's aged and poor and slow;
And hope some fellow will lend a hand
To help my mother, you understand,
II ever she's poor and old and gray.
When her own dear boy is far away"
And "somebOdys mother" bowed low her head
In her home that night, and the prayer she said
Was, ''God be kind to the noble boy,
Who is somebody's son and pride and joy!"
Year: 1878

The sixth stanza of the following poem must b
familiar to almost all of our readers though it is sci
dom quoted precisely as it was written y but the poem
az whole is seldom seen IN print, ana the 1avort
sanza is almost referred to its author. 1t ma
be pleasure to some to gee the whole poem, ana L
learn the authors name:


know not what shall betall me.


God hangs mist DER my eyes,
At each step in my onward path


He makes new scenes to rise,
And every joy He sends to me


Comes a sweet surprise.
see not step before me


As tread on another year,
But the past s still in Gods keeping.
The future His mercy shall clear,
And what looks dark in the distance
May brighten as draw near;
For perhaps the dreaded future


Has less bitter than think;
The Lord may sWeeten the waters


Before stOop to drink;
Or, if Marah must be Marah


He will stand beside its brink.
1t may be He has, waiting


For the coming OF my feet,
Some gift of such rare blessedness,
Some Joy SO strangely sweet
That my lips shall only tremble
With the thanks they cannot speak.
O. restful, blissful ignorance!
'Tis blessed not to know;
1t keeps me still in those arms
Which will not let me 60,
And bushes my soul to rest


In the bosom that loved me so!
So l 60 On-nOt knowing;


would not if might,
Rather walking with God in the dark
Than going alone in the light;
Rather walking with Him by faith
Than walking alone by sight.
My heart shrnks back from trials
Which the future may disclose.
Yet never had sorrow


But what the dear Lord chose;
So l send the coming tears back
With the whispered word, "He knOws!'
Year: 1878

enlarged field of effort, with a proper return
for his labor It may require the exercise
Of some little patience to get the interests of
the District into full and harmonious work.
ing order; hut II will come, and then
the industrious will find labor aud its re-
ward, and contentment and happiness will
settle down upon the mass of our laboring
population. Then, of coarse, the vocation
of the demagogue will be gone, for but few
idle malcontents will be found among the
truly industrious to listen to Communistic
appeals on the street corners which are in
tended to incite the laboring men to rise up
against the laws and the Government and
equalize the property of the city by force.
A few months, 1t is to be hoped, will find all
the people Of Washington engaged in enter
priscs and labors which will bring content
ment, peace, prosperity, and happiness to
each and every class, save, perhaps, to the
lazy, idle, and vicious, who are never at
peace with the rest Of mankind.
Year: 1878

THE Democrats began the civil war be-
cause the continuance of their power in the
Government was threatened by the election
of Mr.. LINCOLN. They are at peace now,
not because secession was whipped, but be-
cause they hope for q return TO power in
the near future.