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Year: 1878

1 The question of removal of the Coun- ty Seat has at last gone before the peo- pie, and they have spoken out upon tie subject just as we thought they would. 4 clear majority of all the polls on the tax books has gone ssFor Change" and we presume there arc none who will not bow in humble submission to the will of the people.

 We hope nobody has had their feel 1 ings hurt in the contest. As for our selves we do not blame Dover and Scottville in the least for striving to keep the County Seat at it's present To- for their own towns and we really honor them for so doing. So far as Atkins is concerned the only word of censure we have to utter against her, more in sorrow than anger, is that her paper stopped so low as to use what we conceive to be very unfair and dishon- orable means to defeat this town. (And right here, while on the subject, we will say to the News that we have no answer to make to it's false insinuation, in it's supplement, against the honor, integrity and uprightness of men on the bond. Its insinuatiohs are too cow ardly, covert and false to merit reply The people of Pope county know the men on that bond and all the venomous l,nf fte i,,l 1n rf ttn News may hurl at them will fall harm less at their feet, or like the boomerang, return and wound the thrower.)

 As for the course which the DEMO- GRAF has pursued, we have done and said nothing but what we have been honest, sincere and conscientious in; and we trust no one will feel ill-will toward us for doing what we merely conceived to be our duty as a county paper, looking to the best and true interests of the whole county. The majority of the people have endorsed our views at the ballot-boX and of course we feel gratifled at the result. We can afford to forgive all who have abused us during the campaign, and assure them we have not the least particle of hard feeling for them. We forgive them for they knew not what they were doing. We can afford to view the result of the matter without | regret, or desire to recant anything, or a hard feeling toward anybody.
Year: 1878

We have 3 story from MiddletOwa,
Conn, that eclipses the narYels Of
oleomargariGe. The people Of that
place have accidentally discovered
how to utilize bull frogs by convert
ing them into churners Of butter.
TIE discovery was thus made: A
farmer 10 the neighborhood, having
placed pail Of milk in q spring Of
water over night to cool, went there
the mex morning, and found, it is
solemrly asserted, instead Of q pail
Of milk, large ball-fFog sitting in
contemplative mood upon g roll Of
fresh butter. TIE solo explanation
is that lte frog had Jumped from the
water into the pail, aud, in trying TO
extIicate himself had, by diIigent
and continuous strokes of his long
legs, churned the milk into butter.
Such a thing might happen IN rustic
Connecticut, but we will venture to
assert that no bail-frog, however en-
ergelic and trained, or however agri-
cultural in instinct, could in any Civ
en- time convert the aqueous kind Of
milk we get here into butter, or even
into tolerable buttermilk Therefore,
as we can receive no benefit from the
discovery, we shall not attempt to
put it in practice. We shall continue,
in our usual barbarous fashion, to eat
the hind legs Of the frogs, and leave
it TO Middletown to employ them as
natural spontaneous, self setting
churns-Neic York Times.
Year: 1878

To make cop Of good cciTee an
essential art is requisite Many We
men who pride themselves, and just
ly, upon their skill. fail here For
early risers and those who require an
early breakfast there Is q mode Of
making coffee so generally praciiced
as 10 be almost universal 10 this
country, and that Is simply 70 boil
the ground coffee for few minutes.
and either settle the grounds with
cold water or give them time 70 set
tie gradually This mode can be
greatly improved by corking the
spout with cork, cloth or paper,
thus preventing The escape Of the
steam, which arises from the boiling
coffee. By the escape Of the steam
We lose much Of the aromatic flavor
that renders coffee so palatable.
Let those who cook coffee after this
method try our plan, and they win
fad vast improvement An emil
nent chemis. recommends the follow
ing as the way Of making this now
universal beverage: Three-fouTths Of
the coffee should be boiled aud the
remaining fourth infused, after which
the whole should be mixed. By this
means both the strength and flavor
are increased To preserve the h1-
vor of ground coffee j! should be wet
with the syrup Of sugar and then
covered with powdered sugar in
this way the volatile parts Of the
coffee are prevented from escaping.
As heretofore said, coffee, after be
ing roasted, should be kept excluded
from the air and kept in dry place
If not used at once, as il absorba from
the atmosphere and gradually loses
its favor
Year: 1878

There has very little change In the market from that Of
one week ago The receipts however have been consider
ably Iess while demand continues increase for all
horses Buyers although showing quite
Year: 1878

THAT WHARF. Since the CONNIE nee
ment OF steam service on the Neah Bay
mail route, the people of Dungeness have
felt the need of n wharf aud warehouse
more than ever. Captain MnhrOe, of the
Dispatch. with his characteristic liberality.
offers 10 assist il the residents OF that
place viii make an effort to construct
suitable wharf and warehouse ut point
which he ,nn reach at any stage OF the
tide. As 1t is, owing to the cro0kedncss
and uncertainty of the channel, If the
steamer calls Ia the night on her way up
and the tide be well out. she anchors SO
far ont that passengers and freight have
to be carried from l-2 to 2l-2 ~ lies.
A wharf could easily be built, by volun-
tccr labor If in no other way, and The
convenience and better accommodation OF
the residents OF DungenesS be thus secured
Besides this. if such step were taken.
five or six cords OF wood could he sold to
the steamer. at that point, every week All
that remains is for the people OF that Sec
ton to take the matter IN hand and pu'h
the work through. Who of them il ell
terprising enough to take the initial steps
in this matter?
Year: 1878

Coop BEDS FOR STOCK "A good bee
for the horse, cow, and other stock KEEP
housed for the winter, goes much farther
towards saving feed and keeping stock
thriving and comfortable than large clas,
of farmers and others are willing to allow
Four tons of fodder will more thar
equal five tons. where damp. scanty bed
ding, and hard. cold, uncomfortable
Standing places only, are provided
There are very few farmers who
cannot provide with little difficulty
or expense, plenty of litter TO give
their stock good comfortable beds through
the usual season of necessary shelter aud
slabling. There is usually refuse fodder,
straw, and much other matter which may
be thus utilized and made into manure by
this process; forest leaves and muck are
at his command very frequently, where
the disposition is not wanted, but the
whole involves some labor. What j. there
which is connected with the farm that
does not involve labor? The coarse refuse
fodder needs to be cut, or in some way
made fine, before going into the manure
heap. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1878

IT may be of service to the Glasgow
detectives in their search for the ab
sconding bank director to know that
not long since celebrated criminal es-
capped from Ireland in ventilated
coffin. The coffin was driven in hearse
to the steamer. and the detectives, who
were closely examining every passenger
on board, actually helped to place the
coffin in the ship, little thinking it con-
tanned the object of their search
London Truth.
Year: 1878

INTERIOR fences of farms occupy more
space and cost more money than the
outer fences, while they are entirely
unnecessary. In the majority of cases
pasturing the cultivated land costs much
more than the little grain derived from
it. The pasturing of moving lands and
newly seeded stubbles, as rule, is very
injurious, and when under exceptional
circumstances this is desirable, a tenn
porary fence of portable hurdles might
be proitably used. 1t may be beneficial
to have permanent pasture lot upon
every farm, and where there is aroughish
piece of land it may be so used. But it
will be found more profitable to fence a
small plot in a convenient place for the
stock, and feed them there with green
fodder, grown and cut especially for
them, than to make practice of indis-
criminate pasturing with the necessary
maintenance of interior fencing at high
cost,
Year: 1878

The reason why there are SO few in
stances of heroism in modern times is the
total decay of political virtue;s we are
broken up into small parties and asso-
ciats only with our families, thus for
getting the public, in our regard for
private interest. The ancients were
taught rather to live for the benefit Of
the whole community,
Year: 1878

ever it may be, is not the only one OF her
inventions. She has made machine by
which musicians can turn the leaves OF
their own music without interruption.
She is also the hedisceverer of process for
making marble out Of common lime
stone, by means of steam pressure. She
has made new modelling material of
plaster of Paris and white wax, said to
be far superior to clay. But the mag
| netic motor she regards as the crowning
| invention of her life. She is now having
four-horse power machine made. Miss
Hosmer's high character is too we'll


known to admit the possibility of her
! claiming ca discovery which does not be-


long to her.
Year: 1878

iLOuuOu JIucS, llull


IF, as we will not anticipate, the United
States is destined to go through a social crisis
Of this kind, We shall doubtless hear again
as we used to hear fifteen years ago, good
deal about the evil effects of Democratic in
stitutions. If, however, it is weakness of
the institutions like those Of America to give
tolerant encouragement to all sorts of expert
ments in social and political organization; it
is their strength to be able to survive them,
to profit by their success, and to be little
worse for their failure. The fabric Of Amer
ican society is so strong it can sustain With
little or no injury shocks which would be
fatal to weaker and more effete institutions.


In the United States freedom of discussion
is the safety valve through which a great
deal of superfuous political steam escapes.
Americans have political sagacity enough to
distinguish sharply between Incorporate or
even revolutionary speech and rebellious ac-
ton. They have unbounded toleration for
the one, but nave never shown any great pa
tience of the other. We do not doubt if they
have to deal with any dangerous form of
Communism, they will deal with it effec
lively. The social fabric of the United
States is capable of successfully resisting
such attack as that of any state in the world.
Year: 1878

Some one has written beautifully to the
boys in the following manner. Here is u
whole sermon in a few sentences: ''Of all
the love affairs in the world, nothing can
surpass the true love of the big boy for his
mother. 1t is pure love and noble honor
able in the highest degree to BOTH do not
mean merely dutiful affection. l mean Il
love which makes boy gallant and courte-
Gus to,h his mother, saying to everybody plainly
that he is in love with her. Next TO the love
of husband, nothing so crowns woman's
life with honor rs this second love, this de-
votion of a son to her. And I never yet
knew a boy to turn out bad who began by
falling in love with his mother. Any man
may fall in love with fresh-faced girl, and
the man who is gallant with the girl may
cruelty neglect the worn and weary wife.
But the boy who is lover of his mother in
her middle age is true knight. who will
love his wife as much in the sere-leafed au-
tumn as he did in the daisied spring time
Year: 1878

In his Fast Day lecture the Rev. Edward
Everett Hale made the following practical
remarks:


MY own conviction gains strength every
year, that the public schools must return to
the old New England plan. of only six
months book study in the year, the plan on
which Daniel Webster, Fisher Ames, Rufus
Choate and others of the giants were edu-
Gated. Let your boy or girl study we'll for
three months in winter. For the next quar-
ter take them from the book-school. Let the
girl be with her mother in the household.
Let the boy be with his father if he can help
in the shop; let him be in the technical school
if he cannot help there. When this has con-
tinued for three months, let them go back to
the book. school. The old New England ex-
perience, the half-time experience of the
English factories, and the observation of all
men who work their brains, are the vouchers
that you will thus gain the maximum of ply
sical and mental health. You solve every
difficulty as to technical education. Your
schoolhouses are no longer crowded. And
when your boys and girls come to the age of
responsibility they will know something about
life"
Year: 1878

The new type of narrow-gauge locomotive
turns the engine completely around puts the
with tender, places the smokestack at the
reaf, and puts nearly the whole weight of the
boiler and engine on the driving g-wheels. In
appearance the locomotive moves backward:
practically it does not, for it is whole. and
has one stiff frame and platform, including
engine and tender The water tank and coal
boxes are placed in front; the cab comes be-
hind these, and has large windows looking
directly ahead over the water tank The
boiler and engine are of the usual ''tank-
engine" shape, and extend backward behind
the cab.
Year: 1878

CHICAGO, May 15.-The Tribunes Wash
ington special says regarding the Democratic
caucus last night: If there had been any
doubt of the real meaning of Potter's resolu.
ton, to cover up which there has been at
tempted in the House, upon its introduction,
was taken away in caucus by the prompt
tabling of the resolution introduced by
Young, declaring that the committee charged
with the investigation about to be ordered,
should not by any any act or take any step
looking to questioning the title of the Presi-
dent. The vigorous opposition which this
excited from the leaders in the movement,
and the promptness with which it was dis
posed OF were equivalent to the caucus de-
claring the Presidential title the main Ques-
tion involved. The caucus was far from
members bitterly denounced the proceedings
which had been sprung upon the House, but
in the end party discipline prevailed.


The Times Washington special says Hub
bell. of Michigan, in an interview, said what
fairly represents the statement upon the Re-
publican side The Republicans will persist
in their present plan of resistance upon the
ground that the business interests of the
country demand it. He was asked if the Re-
publican action was upon regard for the
President, he replied: ''No, if it were Hayes
alone, not ten men would be found in the
House to stand by him. 1t is higher prin-
ciple than that 1t involves the safety Of the
business interests of the country" He ex-
poets public opinion to make itself felt here
within the next few days to such an extent as
to deter the Democrats in their present
course.
Year: 1878

The art of listening is we'll worth cultivat-
ing: The bane of all society is eeotism,
which is so restless and exacting that it never
pauses to see what mind and merit may lie
oehlnd the externally uninviting. The base
oi good society is benevolence and the benev-
olence that prompts us to listen is ultimately
remunerative in many ways.
Year: 1878

The "Rod of afflicnon" is now descend
ing upon several OF the Southern cities
in terrible violence, through the vista
ton of the yellow fever. 1t is more than
usually pestllential and has attacked even
the negroes, who We're thought to be in
vulnerable to its influence,


The ways of Providence are iuscrutable.
1t takes something terrible to bring man
to aproper sense of his dependence, and
the necessity of scrupulous care, if he
means to preserve himself from the des-
truction which follows in the course of
this terrible disease.


The mourning and waiiing in the track
of the yellow fever comes now from the
South. But it has not always arisen there
and it seems mercy that it has not ragged
in the Northern cities, for some of them
are actually filthy, and their sewers and
street cutters emit malaria that is hor.
nble to the keen sense of the gentlemen
from the purer atmosphere Of the sur.
rounding rural districts.


The people of the northern cities are
Year: 1878

talking now very freely Of the neglect Of
the people of the Southern cities. But
the former had better look TO their own
condition. On Thursday We passed along
Thirteenth street. in Philadelphia, and II
bone factory had been on the curb 1t
stencil that arose from the filthy cutters.
Timely warning and active energy may
save the Northern cities from the pesti-
lence; but they do not seem to be aroused
to action and are actually waiting and
wishing for "Jack Frost" TO keep away
"Yellow jack" while the latter is pres
ent but dormant, and the former in all
probability whole month Off


1t is a little curious that the negro
should now be held accountable for the
dirty condition that surrounds his cabin.
For hundred years his master had suf-
fered for all neglect of this kind but his
master has been freed from this care and
tue lesson or cleanliness and the cultiva-
ton of healthful atmospheric subsis-
tence has been, it seems, devolved upon
himself. Will the negroes in Delaware
take heed of this? 1t behooves them to
do SO, and the white people to see that
they do. Every negro should clean up
his house and all its surroundings
Plenty of lime should be esprinkled where
the filthy dirt and water had been re-
moved. Cellars should be white W washed
ventilated aud aired daily, and all ponds
and low places drained ofstagnant water,
| and any remains of dead animals buried
deep in the earth. Another precaution
greater than all Others shoul be diligent-
ly and forcibly impressed upon the
negroes, aud the whites would do well 10
be mindful of ittoo, i. G., that all alcoholic
drinks are sure to render the body and
head more readily subject to attacks O
yellow fever; and those whose systems ar,
saturated with whisky are not only, as i


were, sought out by the infection, but it
fangs sink SO deeply into such persons


that death follows as matter of course
can ounce of prevention, is better thar
a pound of cure" The sooner those VIII,
have been drinking whiskey and bee


take to pure water, the better. Not fol
their lives only-for of many of them i


might be said society would be bette


without them-but for the sake of thos,
around them they should cease to imbb,
that which makes them so much NOR,
subject to the yellow fever. In fact it i.
said in the South that "a sot" is "A mer,
invitation to the disease to enter where
he may be found.
Year: 1878

Mr.. STREET COMMISSIONER force on
the street might do more good bY clean
ing the cutters quickly. Let the grass
alone, it don't do any harm, and turn the
water into the cutters from the fire plugs
by means of hose. Nearly all the cutters
in the city could be washed out in day
by this process. Give "the boys" about
our invaluable volunteer fire department
an invitation to try their apparatus upon
this kind of work. In one hour between
% and Il p. m, they would cheerfully
we doubt not, do more work in washing
out CUTTERS than could be done by the
street cleaners in a week. Give them a
trial. We want the work done immedi,
ately. Time may be everything. TIL,
trial will cost nothing. There is plenty
of water.
Year: 1878

WHY should not a judgeship be trad
ed off or made merchandise of when
trading politicians sell the Presidency
and take office under it in defiance of
public opinion? While men who are
called honorable associate with such as
thus steal official revenues are lauded
by the virtuous masses they deserve to
be held to be of lower class.
Year: 1878

tural, timber and mineral lands
which were embraced in the
branch over the Cascades. The
forfeiture of the lands on the
new route to company without
other resources does not offer a
very promising guarantee for the
construction Of that portion of
the road, which would cost not
less than $4,000 mile. But
nothing is more certain than that
the completion of the road from
the mouth of Snake river ito
either Bismark or Kelton will
insure a direct road to Puget
Sound Immediately thereafter;
thus making connexlon with an
ocean port over a hundred miles
nearer than by the way Of Port
land.
Year: 1878

road from this point across the
Cascades, would open market
for lumber equal to the entire
present product Of the Sound,
and this would extend in pro-
portion to railroad extensions
half across the continent and
eventually to TIC lower Missis-
sippi, rs their present source OF
supplies become exhausted.
Year: 1878

An ASSOCIATION of rich bust
ness men of Philadelphia pen
sion off literally for life any old
merchant who may fail, unless
fraud is involved. The names
of the pensioners are kept Sc
cret, and the public suppose
their wives to have small in
comes or wealthy relatives.
Year: 1878

A young woman, with prettyi face
and modest ways, took a room in q
Springfield hotel. The other guests
pitied her because she seemed tlmid
and unprotected. Before the week was
out three men had called to SEQ her.
One was the husband from whom she
had eloped. A second was tho man
with whom she had eloped. A third was
q man with whom she had promised to
elope. but had Tilted. The simultaneous
meeting of these four persons was So
unharmonious that ell were turned out
of the house.
Year: 1878

the family around that they might listen to
what Nellie said.


When they came home, they found Toms
father and myself had not been idle. We
had bought them a handsome, cosy, little
cottage, and furnished it enough so that
they could go into it at once.


| met them at the depot, and, as we had
arranged beforehand, drove them to their
own house.


ave must get out Just here" said, and
they both stepped out of the carriage at
once, though with somewhat wondering
faces.


"Will we go in ?" Tom asked.


Yes, for a moment" and we walked to
the door. Kitty, and our children, and
Toms people, were all standing in the hall
to receive them, and such shouting, and
kissing, and explaining, l never heard
before.


I took Tom and Nellie one side when
they had greeted every one; my heart was
too full for a speech before all of them.


"This is your house, children" l said,
"and it is for you to make it home.
pray God that you may find in it all the
peace and happiness you desire, and that
your children may be as great joy to you as
you have been to u.s."
! hItty pIaceu Nellle aC tHe head OF the
table alt is your table and your house, u
said Kitty, land your place is here always; y
and we sat down to the first meal in our
chidren's house.


That is the house on your left as you &C
dawn the road. There is Nellie now, play
ing with little boy in the yard. That il
young Dick he and l are capital friends
and companions. And we have not los
our daughter; no, she is our Nellie to-day
as she always was, and l think she will
be our daughter just the same when we are
gathered round the throne of God.