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Year: 1877

BLidHTED BY RAILROAD JoBs-CoLFAx, jim
BLAINE, AND HONEST JoHN.-Ilow unfortunate
these railroad jobs are to Republican statesmen
How recent is the sad fate Of that model of
goodness and grace, Schuyler Colfax-how his
lies and tricks found him out and how he is now
out in the cold with mono to do him reverence
except Young Mems Christian Associations, and
few Of the kind that believe in Henry Ward
Beeoher. He came near being President, too
would have got the next nomination of tho Re-
publican party but for the premature exposure
that blightsd his blooming prospects. There
was Fremont, another Republican favorite son.
He came nearer being President. lie got the
nomination but the party could not poll votes
enough to seat him, and at that early day had
not learned the counting in trick. He got a
sentence Of condemnation from French court
for putting forged and fraudulent abroad bonds
upon the market, and if he ever sets foot in
France he will have to serve out his time within
prisons walls.


And there is the favorite son of Maine He,
too, got into trouble about railroad bonds, and
had to steal the papers which convicted him of
malfeasance in Office from Mulligsn, after beg
ging Mulligan on his bended knees to spare him
and his innocent family.


Now h6Asst John, the last hold of South Car.
olina Republicans, the "last button on Gabe' 8
oeat."s and the last thorn in Hsppton's side, and
about the last Of the Republican majority, in the
United States Senate, is in danger Of losing his
liberty.
Year: 1877

If the farmer persists in selling off his
crops, or anything that is made from his
crops, as beef, pork, butter, cheese, the soil


must be constantly growing poorer in inor-


ganic elements, unless fertilizers outside the
farm are procured and substituted for the
elements removed, for when we sell any pro.
duct Of the farm we sell part of the soil,
not enough, perhaps, in a single pound or
ton of anything to sensibly diminish the
quantity lett, but enough that the aggregate
in few years may render the field aud farm
barren. 1t is like an individual picking his
own pocket for the sake of getting money
to spend.
Year: 1877

SURPLUS STocK.-We again urge the
reduction of the COWS on the farm, in all
strictly farming regions, whore stock raising
is not the Lending business It is usual to
keep hoire as many animals is can be prop
erly fed, and the result is 40 more milk,
butter or manure, than half jhe number on
the same feed would have produced. Now,
while cattle are in good order, sell or Kill
of the least Misunderstanding only such
as can be bountifully fed and also we'll she
tered from the cold and rains of winter
In reducing the number of .heifers,. .fetain
snose whose mothers arc good mixers, and
which chow good milk marks al pointed out
by Guenon. There may be good mixers
without these marks, but We never saw a
COW with good escutcheon which was not a
good mixer. After the fourth calf, COWS
generally begin to Iecline--it is not profta-
BILE to keep old cows, unless they are excep.
t'onaliy good, and it is desired to obtain
more hcifers from them.-S Southern Cult
Uator.
Year: 1877

South CARoLINA's QUoTA OF ARMS FOR FonTY
YEARS, FURNISHED TO THE NEGRoEs.--Wa Washing
ton, September a-Governor Hampton went
away from this city without being able to secure
any government arms for his State militia. The
critics who cried out at Hampton's coming here
to secure arms for what they pleased to call the
White League, will have to change their tone.
When Hampton made application it was thought
that his State was entitled to large num-
Der Of arms. The militia companies in his
State are not able to arm themselves hence the
application. On examining at the War Depart
ment the astounding discovery was made that
South Carolina has already received an advance
OF all arms to which II is entitled for forty years
to come. II was also discovered that this extra
ordinary issue Of arms came through Don Cam
erons who, satfhs instance of Honest John Pat.
9ceeo6ErAn( 9<1oaof arms into South Carolina
fer the m6S ING negroes only. This was done
last fall when the Camerons and Chanllers were
crying out 50 loudly at the dangers arising from
the presence Of the White Leaguers In South
Carolina. This when tho negroes had twenty
stands Of arms to one of the whites. Besides
this great issue Of arms, it will be remembered
that large body Of troops was ordered into
South Carolina. Everything was done that
could be done here to precipitate o color-line
night, but the patience and ooolness Of Governor
Hampton and his people frustrated this we'll
laid plan. Governor Hampton goes back with
out any arms for his State, but he is satisfied
with the reason as IL will help explain to the
public the extreme means adopted by the ad-
ministration people towsrde the South.--New
York San.
Year: 1877

The man who does nothing don't amount
to much. 1t makes little difference wbe.h-
er he is millionaire or pauper. He is
only stagnant pool without energy enough
to start ripple. He diffuses moral masma
over everything around him. Do some.
thing; don't stand on the corner gaping,
with your hands in your pockets like on
idiot. The world was made to work in, and
if you fill your hearts with good angels the
bad spirits will keep out because there is
no room for them.
Year: 1877

The Suburban News tells of young man
in Jamaica Plains who woke up the other
night and saw ghost in his room Seiz-
ing his six.shooter, he approached it and
found IL was his collar which vas standing
on the floor, He called it case of collar
in phantom.
Year: 1877

Why is pig looking out of second
story window like the moon Because he
looks round. If anybody triumphantly re-
torts that the moon does not always look
round, you can reply that the pig doesn't,
either.
Year: 1877

How TO KILL LICE ON Horses, Cows
AND HoGs.-A practical farmer of Robe
son county sends us the following receipt
taken from the Southern Gardener and Re-
ccipt Book:


Take the water in which Irish potatoes
have been boiled and rub it all over the
skin. The lice will be dead in two hours
and will never multiply again | have
used ten kinds of the strongest poison to
kill lice, all with effect, but none so perfect
as this"
Year: 1877

WHEAT Notwithstanding to lati-
tudc and elevation, wheat should be sown
from the middle of October to first of Do.
comber-the last period being suited to the
Gulf borders. Wheat succeeds best in
rather cold climates. but much can be done
to offset adverse influences, and command
success even in warm climates. We men
ton few of the steps to be taken in such
localities. Sow an early variety, and pro-
cure seed from region several hundred
miles north of your farm, and select varieties
that have the reputation Of being rust proof
Sow on high, dry soils, which never become
water sogged, and which are rather destitute
of vegetable matter-pulverizc the surface
soil thoroughly-manure moderately, but
not excessively, the latter induces too much
sappiness, and favors the occurrence of rust
-top-dress with moderate application of
lime 6 to 5 bushels per acre.) Seed rath-
er heavily, to prevent tillering and to en-
courage early maturing and even ripening.
Sow in drills Is inches to feet apart, run
ming north and south, go as to admit sun
shine and air freely.


In cooler climates manuring may be
pushed farther and thinner seeding be prac-
tlccd, but in other respects the above sug-
gestions apply to the whole cotton belt
To guard against "smut" sdiked the seed
overnight in solution of blue stoqe-onc
pound to five bushels Of seed, dissolved in
sufficient water to cover the. seed. Drain
off the water and roll the seed in lime be-.
fore sowing. Care should be taken to skim
off all the light, imperfect seed which float,
and it would be we'll in addition to slit out
before soaking, all grains below certain
size. Nothing is lost if haJf the seed are
thus taken out, because the small ones can
be ground into -four, and much will be
gained by sowing selected seed No farmer
Is willing to plant corn shclled from all
parts Of the ear-that from the tips is al
ways rejected. Why should sot the same
be done with wheat p Southern Cultipa.
tor.
Year: 1877

In answer to the question: Why arc
farmers so liable to rheumatism The
Science Of Health says: Because they
wear wet clothing, heat, and suddenly chill
the body, over>eat after very hard work,
and because they do not keep the skin in a
clean and healthy condition. IF farmers
would avoid suddenly cooling the body after
great cxertion, if they would be careful not
to go with wet clothing and wet feet, and if
they wonld not ovar-aat whom in ON exbaus-
ted condition, and bathe daily, using much
friction, they would have less rheumatism"
Year: 1877




The latter part of this month or during
the first half Of next, sow rye for winter and
spring pasturage. The Rural World says
OF 1t, the farmer that does not raise crop
Of rye for his stock makes great mistake
To this we would add thatsit is cheap, and
all kinds Of stock like it. As pastutagc for
milch COWS there is nothing better Green
food mixed with the dry provenderof win
ter serves to keep stock in healthy condition,
and their bowels open and fof weakly
calves and colts no pastqrage is quite SO
good as rye in the early spring


In many ways rye is superior stock crop,
sse.d .fa.s.s,a ausht "a npni. In the
process OF rctdtion.: Tie practice of rest
ing land with briers and weeds is not prof.
table one. Land does not require rest, as
was once supposed, but only NEEDS change
OF crops joined with rccupcrative tilage
and manuring to increase constantly in fer
tiiity. AS rotative crop for this purpose,
rye serves an excellent use. 1t draws but
lightly on the soil, and leaves more of tho
elements Of fertility in the field than il ex-
tracts from it. Land is always benefited by
plowing, and as rye requires first plowing
OF the soil and afterwards leaves a porous
sod full of roots to make manure for a sue
ceeding crop, it is easy to see how this crop
is beneficial.


But this is not all, or perhaps not the
best, of its uses. AS bread crop it is con-
sidered almost if not quite equal to wheat.
During the past spring VIC par,ook Of rye
bread almost exclusively for several days,
and although We prefer wheat -four for gen
eral family purposes, we found the rye to
make good aud, we believe, very nutritious
bread AS substitute for buckwheat -four
in the manufacture of that Incompatible
breakfast dish, it can hardly be detected
So that, if not tho equal of -four, it sup
plies an excellent bread material which
every farmer would do well to raise some of.
We like change in our food frequently,
and in view of the capabilities of our soil
and climate, what excuse have we for not
catering to this want? If it were but an
acre planted in rye for this purpose, it would
serve good purpose by increasing the lux
ures of the farmers table. BY all means
plant little rye during the next twenty or
thirty days.-Rural Na.) Messenger.
Year: 1877

IT were far better that we should be de-
ceived in our estimate of the honor and
truth that is in human nature, than to
surrender to the dishonorable demands
of expediency. 1t were far better to be
sold out than to sell out The Electoral
Bill is sell out, it is surrender, in
which the rights of the people are barter
ed off, not so much to spare them THEN
lives, but spare the bonds and money
bags of capitalists. Canton Mail.
Year: 1877

The weight of Republican authority
was in favor of the arbitration plan. In
the Senate twenty Republicans voted for
it and sixteen against it. Edmunds, of
Vermont, than whom there has been no
more intollerant proscriptionist of the
South-who has voted for every meas
ure to humiliate and oppress her people
was the author and champion of the
bill and Boutwell, voted with him, Nor
ton, whose name implies all that can be
said against Edmunds and Boutwell, was
its foremost assailant Edmunds and
Boutwell, advocated it because they knew
that majority of the commission would
be Republican and they preferred chica
merry to buster. Morton opposed it be-
cause he preferred brow-beating and
bulldozng to arbitration. Why Demo
Gratis, knowing that the candidate of the
Democracy has fairly carried the election
and that it was the business of the House,
in which they had majority, to count
him in if the two houses failed by reason
of disagreement to decide the issue
why they gave up certainty for an un-
certainty, with the chances against them.
in view of the political predictions of
the arbitrators-is beyond our ken.
Year: 1877

We have the pleasure to announce
that the Apportionment Bill securing to
the disfranchsed counties representation
in the Legislature, which passed the
Senate unanimously, was adopted by the
House yesterday. Having been amend
ed, it will 60 back to the Senate,
but will no doubt receive the sanction of
that body without delay.
Year: 1877

The voice of the country ID for the confer
ence bill because it is deemed to be GER
tain and quiet way of carrying into effect
vor of Tilden.-Washington Union.


But suppose it don't result that way?
The "people" will be apt to think that
they were sold out
Year: 1877

songs md boisterous laughter or saw
age cries. The size of this motley
gathering varies with the time aud
the seasons. It hardly ever numbers
less than twenty, and has reached to
eighty. There are men and women,
old and young. Nearly all day long,
~ have said, they liDger around the
fires In the wood, and when the wealth
er Is not unpleasaI tly cold they also
sleep out under the trees, but In the
winter, and when storms Of great vio-
lence occur, they take refuge In barns
In the neighbOrlrood. Upon o beauti-
fui wooded knoll they have set up
little cabin made Of logs and the bark
OF trees. In the stony hollow In the
side OF q hill, where they lass much
Of their time, they have kettles and
pans and other household utensils,
and q wooden tripod upon which To
hang kettle over fire, and strung
from tree to tree, lines upon which to
hang their clothes to dry. They fare
we'll. They beg from the farmers In
the neighbOrhoOd, who dare not refuse
them, and fear even to murmur ut
their demands. Any offense to them
might result In the burning Of the
barn or home Of the helpless offender.
1t Ia no wonder that man should live
In dread with a gang OF lawless vaga
bonds about his door, and no protec
tiOn near him for himself or his wife
or daughters. This community seems
to be governed by a master" and
mistress latter an old, white
haired wretch who has been known In
the vicinity for years. They receive
the allegiance of all the others, and
refuse admittance into the circle to
such applicants aslO not for any rea-
son please their fancy. or course their
authority IL not always submitted to,
but to great extent they are the rul-
ers Of the colony. The society gener-
ally Is not inviting. and individually
1t ls repulsive. So many low-browed,
scowling, savage human beings one
seldom meets with In the same
day. II al honest laborer looks
contemptuously at them, they scowl
In return or nutter threateningIy; If
u curious stranger go too near their
residence" they warn him off, or If
he laughs at their patched garments
tapping in the breeze they curse him
Ii he alludes to them as "bumnlers"
they rise in their majesty and pour
forth their Indignation. How, to
break up this settlement is a question
which has agitated the minds of the
farmers round about for long time.


Winter does not destroy 1t. All last
winter the tramps could be tracked by
the footprints on the snow from the
barn where they slept to the hollow i'm
tile woods, where they had gathered
together an immense mound of leaves
aud withered brush. No one Is will
ing to order them Off 1t il not safe.
They have been tolerated until pa
tience has given way, and how to get
rid of them is problem yet to be
solved.
Year: 1877

Did you ever pause and contemplate
that particular and peculiar phase Of
human nature developed by the exist
ent school boy when released from
study and discipline-when "school 10
out" and he IL on his way home.


Ordinary humanity, when released
from the tolls of the day, is prone to
seek rest and relaxation. The. boy
scorns all such effeminate ideas. He
is composed of but three parts-legs,
arms and yell, and the yell is the
biggest part of him. His legs and
arms hay been kept in irksome COM
pulsory quietude all day, and must
now be exercised. His voice las been
seething ndswelling in him for hours,
and now must have vent.


AS soon as he Is clear of the school
house steps he stops and deliberately
yells yell that is ear-splitting, but
which has no more object, meaning or
direction than the midnight vocifera-
ton of mule, and yet 1t appears at a
fullru with his arms flying about like
scintillations of q pin-wheeh He is no
respecter of persons and Is utterly in
different as to whether he runs down
q smaller hoy, spins an aged citizen
three times around, or mashes q girls
hat over her eyes in his headlong
career.


mercy on us! If that boy was only
mine I'd" but Just then her own
boy flies past, falls over a dry goods
box, bounces up, kicks at another boy,
and is chased across the street and
around the corner before she can get
the You Robert" with which she
intends to annihilate him, out Of her
astonished throat.


There Is but one thing that has the
slightest soothing effect on the boy
when he Is on the way home from
school. He can see his old man further
than Prof. Hall can see haystack
with telescope, and the moment that
parent dawns upon his vision he be-
comes as proper as model letter
writer, and the neatly modulated voice
with which he wheedles the author of
his being out of five cents on the spot,
is a lesson for future ambitious savings
bank and passenger railway presi-
dents.


The amount Of racing, jumping.
pulling, and hauling and bowling that
a school boy can concentrate into a
transit Of two squares is positively as
t0nishing, and the preternatural cool
ness and the quietude with which he
takes his red face and painting breath
into the kitchen and asks Ii supper
amt most ready is a human cOnuu-
drum that calls for unqualified admir-
atiOn.-EdstOt Free Press.
Year: 1877

A Fair Haven ". )drug clerk. sent n
man to the happy hunting grounds ths
other day by giving him hellebore i4-
stead of valerian. The drug clerk was
much chagrined when they iOld him ox
his mistake, and he said the first day
there wasn't much doing he believed
he'd have to paste labels on some OF tho
bottles; the old man was getting TO
carry such a stock OF stuff on thr
shelves now that no fellow could Es-
member half Of 1t.
Year: 1877

Benefits surgeon in the duel, was dis


to-day by Judge Gildersleeve,
on the ground that the Grand Jury
could not compel him TO answer ques-
lions regarding the duel tending to crIm-


mate himself.
Year: 1877

About two weeks ago, the-Rnterprise had an article on this subject from which we extract the following:

 A very serious question is open to the masses of Virginia City. With many it is no longer a question of how to get a fortune, but rather how to get the cCmmonest necessities of life, If the financial tourniquet is given anoth- CT turn or two we shall all be ready for amputatiOn-the circulation will be entirely stopped. It looks now as though in few days more, it will be a question for landlords to decide wheth- CT to accept less rents or to have tenant less houses; question for railroad corporations, whether 10 charge less freights or to cease running trains; a question tor laborers, whether 10 take less wages or cease laboring at all; a question for everybody, whether a half dollar can be made to go so far as a dollar could a year ago, or whether to go without the hAG The mines are daily discharging wOrkmen. The num- Der of destitute and desperate men and families are increasing daily.

 There can hardly be more sad spec tscle in community than large num- Der of men able and anxious to work to suppors themselves and families, end yet cannot get work to do. Thus f3- there hes been no suffering among indIst-iou2 ard healthy people in Ari- zona, and until there are many thous- anGs wholly dependent upon one in- teres: and employment, there need be oOpn
Year: 1877

TIE Kern county, California, press defends the lands holders against the charges which have been made against them in connection with the Desert Land law, asserting that they have only acquired possession under it's provisions of tracts which were utter ly useless without irrigation, and which could not be cultivated Tn small hold ings because of the cost of putting water upon them, and winch could never be utilized unless capitalists combined to irrigate them on an ex- tensive scale. The local press, which certainly ought to know what it is say ing, declares that no wrong has been done 10 any one, under the Desert Land law, so far Kern county is con- cerued, but that, on the contrary, the county has been benefited by the addi- ton of a million dollars to is taxable property, and by the increase Of its productive area. These journals assert emphaucally that the land taken under the new law would have remained indefinitely if not utilized in this way, and that the public have gained instead of losing by the transaction. This eyi- dcnce k important, and it is needless 10 say that It carries far greater weight than the nasty conclusions of out siders, who are not acquainted wiib the character of the lands Tn question, and whose reasoning Is based upon theoretical views quite as likely to be wrong as right.
Year: 1877

THE CITIZEN OFFICE Is now Letter than ever supplied with job papers, and is pre- pared tO do better and cheaper work than IS done elsewhere in Arizona. The bill head and letter papers are the very best and they will be printed to order at a very small profit; also have a great variety of cards which will be printed and sold from $500 per thousand upwards. tf
Year: 1877

and many affectionate friends. Her
comparatively early death, at the age
OF forty-three, is in part explained by
the fact that from the day of her first
appearance on the English stage she
led very intense life. Her seemingly
inexhaustible energy was the marvel
of London society. She would GO
through an exhausting part at theater
and then appear at ball, and leaving
last, would seem the least fatigued.
She was fond of every description of
gaiety, and it is probable that she laid
the seeds of her fatal illness in the
rounds of fashionable enjoyment. She
was impulsive and passionately fond of
life, and too ready to make inexpedient
sacrifices for the sake of pleasure.
Her career, brilliant and successful
though it was, on the stage and in So
ciety, teaches, by its sacrifice of a fine
physique and splendid constitution to
an early death, how great is the cost at
which enjoyment and success are Of
ten gained.