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Year: 1877

In his hints on autumn work the edi-
tor the Philadelphia Gdrdner's Month.
~ says with reference to forest leaves,
that they must be gathered up as soon
as fallen. They are excellent to mix
with hot bed material, and where prac-
ticable should be saved for this pur-
pose. They do not heat so rapidly as
stable manure, and in this has an ad-
vantage as tempering its violence, max
ing it last longer, and maintaining
more regular heat They are excellent
material to put round cold frames TO
protect half hardy plants. A board is
put up the height of the frame boards,
and about foot or more from them,
and leaves filled in between. If the
plants are somewhat tender, the bottom
of the frames may be filed in few
feet with the leaves. Much heat is
thrown off during the decomposition Of
the leaves, which, though not enough
to keep out severe frost. yet modifies
somewhat the temperature. These
leaves, after they have been two or
three years deoaying, make admirable
stuff for potting and flowers in general.
Year: 1877

Do you think it ain in the cleaning


To sit meath neat fitting dress,
With the daintiest of maidens within it,


And lily-white fingers TO press.
Or softly to lift stray ringlet,


That floats Ger bosom of snow,
Or to peep into eyes that are glancing
From dark -fringed eyelids below?
Or to see just beyond where 'he's sitting


A something you ought to repair
And pass your arms around her and fx 1t,
And then to forget your arm is there;
Or, just in fit ofabstrac ion,


To tell her there's something You miss,
And while she is helping you find it,


To steal from the mouth sweet kiss?
And as she's reprevins you mildly,


You draw in your arm rather tight,
And tell her you're sorry yon did it.


If she does not think it quite right;
And then in your penitent moment,


You say that 10 you it is plain
You ought, as n matter of honor,


To give the kiss back again.
Yet how to do so is puzzle,


For in viewing the matter all DER,
If give back the kiss | have stolen,


She might say I'd taken one more,
Oh, I'm sadly perplexed and confoudcd.
| want to be just and polite;
Don't you think that 'twere better to coax


her


To giveto me kissing the right?
I'm afraid I've committed blundcr,


And acted somewhat like Ounce;
! think | must get up my courage,
And ask her to wed me at once
pve done it--and she has consented


What fortunate man have been!
And now you may keep your opinion
don't think I've committed sin. y
Year: 1877

Ar Auburn, Indiana, the other day a
Young man named Squires picked up a
loaded gun and playfully pointed at Mr..
and Mrs. Ault, play saying, "your
money or your life. The gun went off,
playfully of course, killed the lady and
badly wounded the husband. The jury
acquitted Squires MS he did the whole
thing in play. If such idiots were p ay-
fully sent to the state prison for life
the world would be better off. Until this
can be done any man who points gun
or revolver at another should be imme-
diately knocked down with chair,
club, poker or other weapon that may
be handiest. 1T is no excuse to say that
the gun is not loaded, that only aggra-
votes the case; the more unloaded the
pistol is, the surer does death follow
its index finger.
Year: 1877

Whenever you are in doubt which of
two things to do, let your decision be
for that which is right. Do not waver,
do not parlpy; but square MP to the
mark and the right thing. Boyl when
You divide that apple with your sister,
be caleful not to keep the larger half
yourself. Young man. don't sneak out
OF the basement door because you want
to escape your fathers eye. Madam!
let notthe most trifing deceits pass cur
rent in those little acts which makes up
the sum of your life. No matter who
you arc, what your lot, or were you live,
you cannot afford to do that which is
wrong.


The cnly way to obtain happiness and
pleasure yourself is to do the right
thing. You may not always hit the
mark, but you should, nevertheless.
aim at it, and with every trial your skill
will increase Whether you are to be
praised or blamed for it by others.
whether it will seemingly make you
richer or poorer, or whether no other
nersons.thap yourself knows of your ac~
ton, still always, ana in all cases, do
the right thing. Your lessons in this
will grow easier, unit! finally doing the
right thing will become a babit, and to
do wrong will seem an absolute impos-
sibility.
Year: 1877

AT the battle of Okoiona, when his
brother, the gallant Colonel Jefferson
Forrest, fell mortally wounded in the
charge, General Forrest rushed to the
spot, took him in his arms and wept
like child, while the bullets of the
enemy swept around him. This broth
er had been reared by the General and
had been given liberal education at
his expense. He died in the arms OF
the great leader, while the soldiers un-
covered their heads as the gallant soul
took its departure, accompanied by the
tears and prayers of the iron-handed
chieftain. No man who saw that scene.
and who saw moment after the tear
ful-eyed Forrest leap into his saddle
and dash upon the enemy until the lines
we're broken to fragments, and driven
in tumultuous rout, can refuse to recog-
nize the great nobility of our dead
hero,
Year: 1877

Can be pure in its purpose, ana strong ="


it's strife.


And all life not be purer and stronger
thereby"


"And if Mr.. Talfourd has finished
his say, I'll have the pleasure OF bid
ding you good morning." and quickly
withdrawing her hand from his clasp,
Sibyl swept from the room.


Herbert Talfourd stood motionless
where Sibyl left him, his heart torn by
conflicting emotions.
Sibyl Renmere was the only woman
he had ever loved, and his love was ID
vain. He could not tell her that he
loved her while she felt as she did to-
ward him, neither did he wish her to
Year: 1877

We are informed on good authority
that Mr.. McB. Timoney, Register OF
the Land Office at Boise City, has been
exonerated by several OF the best cit
izens of that place from all blame in
relation to matters that the Statesman
of recent date perverted into seri-
Gus charges against him. We believe
Mr. Timoney to he a good man
much better than those who have at
tempted to blacken his reputation by
the use of foul means.
Year: 1877

From the Boise Statesman we learn
that Harry c. Shepherd, Junior editor
Of the Bedrock Democrat, committed
suicide in Baker City last Sunday by
taking arsenic. No cause is as
signed. Harry was for many
years a resident of this city, and also
resided for some at Boise City. He
was married about six months ago to
Miss Levens, of Boise. He was an old
schoolmate of ours, a promising young
man, and we regret to hear of his
death.
Year: 1877

y A number of newspapers in this country
particularly the high-toned Bristow organs of
last Summer, are very much afraid, just now,
that Blaine contemplstes war upon Hayes, and
that he will ruin himself by the course he is pur-
suing in the Senate. 1t is said that some of the
Senators are troubled with like uneasiness. 1t
is possible they may wake up, one Of these fine
days, and discover that Blaine not ouiy is on ex-
cellent confidential terms with the President,
but that he is the Republican leader in the SEN
ate
Year: 1877

n Let Hayes enjoy his stolen Office Tilden
has the proud consciousness that he was elected
by popular majority of 800, 900 of the independ-
ent voters of the country" Such is the way
the Democratic papers talk. If tho Democracy
had possessed the same means of bulldozing all
over the Union that they did in the South, Til
den might have had the proud consciousness
that he had received majority of two or three
millions of the popular vote.
Year: 1877

Following the late wet spell the prolonged cool weather is decidedly unfavorable to the growing crops, and the seed which has been planted but is not yet up. The weather for the whole spring has, so far, been un- usually cold, and even nov when it has reached the vicinity of the mid dle of May, the weather is cool enough to make it pleasant tosit by the fire. There will be no healthy growth of the young crop of corn and cotton so long as the cool weather lasts. We do not think it possible for the cold spell to hang on much longer and think after the 12th inst. we will have more favorable and better growing weather.
Year: 1877

BURIAL OF THE CARPET-BAGGER. Not drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corpse 10 oblivion we hurried Not groan escaped d gentlcmal's throat, AS the carpet bagger was buried. We buried him deep in the dirty soil So deep they'll ne'er uncover him, Unless some Radical boring for oil

 By the dearly loved scent should discover

 him.

 His coffin was made of ballot box, With white mems votes we bound him, And he lay like a baboou taking his rest. With his linen duster around him.
Year: 1877

The Davenport Democrat gives the de-
tails Of an outrageous swindle said to be
Working It's wsy into Iowa. We give .
warning that our readers may be on the
lookout. The plan is to offer to give q
farmer fifty rods Of new fence, il he will
put it up along the road where it vii be seen
and serve as an advertisement, and the far
mer is to have the sole agency of the town,
and be paid . handsome commission upon ali
orders he may take. The farmer accepts
the proposal and the agent tells him that il
will take take two coils of wire, for which
the farmer signs an order. In q few days q
stranger come along to collect bill for wire
fencing aud wishes the immediate payment
The farmer explains thst he put no the
fence as an advertisement and was to have i,
free. He was told that he was to have fifty
rods free, but he has ordered outright one
hundred and fifty, and must pay for this a,
four cents per foot If the farmer il timid
he settles with the chap somehow, perhap.
giving his note for 500 to pay for the wir,
he did not order. When he finds that h,
has 200 rods of wire, which will only max,
fifty rods of fence tour strands high, ane
in due time learns that his note has beer
discounted at the bank. This swindle ha
struck Illinois, and will coon reach Iowa
Perhaps. The danger lies in attaching you
signature to any such order, Other swindle
are bent on this clinching method.
Year: 1877

FISH SALAD.-Picl up cold fish and
place it in frying-pan; season with
salt and pepper, the juice Of a lemon
and melted butter, Il little vinegar,
and one raw egg bea' en-; let it warm
over a slow fire, stirring SO that they
do not burn; place in dish, and
serve cold.


PINEAPPLE PIE,--A cupful of sugar,
q half cupful Of butter, one of sweet
cream, five eggs, one pineapple graf
ed beat butter and sugar to cream,
add beaten yolks of eggs, then the
pineapple and cream, and lastly the
beaten whites whippedin lightly; bake
with under crust only.


PORK CAkE.-One pound of fresh
fat pork chopped fine, one pint of boil
ing water, one pint of molasses, two
cups of brown sugar, one pound each
of raisins and currants, half a pound
of blanched almonds chopped, one
ounce Of mixed spices, heaping tea
spoonful of soda, one glass Of brandy,
and flour enough to make stiff.


FROZEN FRUIT-C -CREAM.-One pound
of fruit, one quart of good fresh cream !;
sweeten to taste, rub all through q
fine sieve, place in freezer: as it
freezes scrape down from the sides
like ice cream; if nodded in fancy
forms it must be first frozen, then
packed well in the forms, and repack-
ed in ice and salt, like thesbeginning
place the forms in warm water for a
moment, 50 as to turnout nicely.


PINEAPPLE DUNpLINGs.-Butter q
pudding dish and line the bottom and
sides with slices Of stale cake (sp6nge
cake is best) pare and SLICE. thin a
large pineapple; place in the dish a
first layer Of pineapple, then strew
with sugar; then more pineapple, and
so on until all is used, pour it over a
small teacupfdl Of water, and cover
with slices of cake which have been
dipped in cold water; cover the whole
with a buttered plate and bake slowly
for two hours.
Year: 1877

A speedy return of the good times
Of five years ago is predicted by the
Toledo Blade, which bases its belief
on the immense crop of the year, and
the well-known effects of prosperity
among farmers on general business.
1t appears that the crops being har-
vested are the largest the country ever
had. The acreage of wheat is largely
in excess of any since the settlement
of the country, and the yield per acre
is indefinitely greater. Hay is mag
niiicent, and has been secured in the
very best condition. Corn is now a
certainty. Never was the eye glad
dened with the sight of such fields.
The stalks tower gloriously, and the
color is superb. Oats, which have
been a failure since 1874, will, this year,
yield very much more than they did
then. The Blade continues: ''We
prophesy an immediate and decided
revival of business. There have been
tight times for three years. The
farmers have not had money, nor have
they had any way to make it. This
enormous crop, coming in just at the
nick of time, when the calamities OF
other nations makes good price fol
it, is the let-up we have been looking
for so anxiously, and waiting for SC
impatiently. The farmer willin few
weeks from this have money enough
to pay his debts out of his wheat alone


and he has his enormous corn, oats
and hay crop for future needs. H'
will pay the debts that have been ac


cumulating for three years, and h'


will have plenty with which to ge


those supplies he has been compelled


to do without so long"
Year: 1877

If man ,0orkS in the hay field he
will very likely be dry, and to quench
thirst, water must take the first and
chiefest place. We have used ice wa
ter for many years and have never
known an instance where it has proved
injurious where one has become
~~.-.-.4e~,, IN &c usp Rv boot nnd
exertion the body becomes much warm
er than in its ordinary condition per-
spiration, profuse and continued,
drains the system Of its moisture, and
cold water lowers the temperature and
supplies the fluid.


With ice water a less quantity is
necessary to perform this office than
with warmer water, such as springs
furnish, where the water is carried q
long distance. Hot coffee is favorite
drink in our hay field ; pail Of water
with piece of ice, and handful of
oatmeal thrown in and stirred, makes
pleasant and nourishing drink, and
pail of milk, with the ice to keep it
cool, is n favorite of q neighbor, who
has it constantly in his field. When
very greatly heated one should be
careful not to drink too much of cold
drinks, and when not so greatly heated
the desire and the danger in use of
such drinks is very much less.
Year: 1877

REMEDY For Ivy poisoN.-I am
quite an old lady, and a constant read
er of your valuable paper. desire
to send You an article for insertion if
in your judgment you think best. 1t
is remedy for Ivy Poison, which |
have tested for the past thirty-seven
years, and have never known to fail
where my directions were followed.
1t is this Take the common smart
weed, which grows around farm houses,
and make strong tea of it; drink it
freely, and also bathc theparts afflicted,
with the tea, and it will effect a cure
in very short time. II Massachusetts
Pl0ughmda,
Year: 1877

The Republican convention of Knox
county, Maine, in session at Rockland on the
31st, after considerable discussion laid on the
table resolution approving the course of
President Hayes, but adopted without dissent
the following: ReSolretl, That whilst realizing
his so-called Southern policy as an expert
mcnt that is looked upon by portion of the
Republican party as one of doubtful nature,
our confidence in the integrity, patriotism and
craftsmanship Of X. B. Hayes remains un-
shakcn and VIC heartily approve his efforts
for the promotion Of the harmony and peace
of the country, and economy and faithfulncss
in every department Of the government.
Year: 1877

believe that it was born during the war
Of 1916 and that it was, IS fact a terrific
old ram. Then he said he. should go
down and see the man who sold it to him
for lamb and bang him with a club.
Year: 1877

An accident occurred on the goth On the
Chicago and Rock Island Road at point
called Four Mile Run and nine miles from
Dcs Moincs which resulted in the death of
twenty or more persons and in the wounding
Of many others. The accident was caused by
the washing out OF the stone bridge which
threw the train into the channel 20 feet deep,
one car upon another. Some eighteen or
twenty bodies have been recovered, but it is
known that there are several bodies in the
lowest car which had not at last accounts,
been raised
Year: 1877

Another SavlnEs Bank Insolvent.


The Sandwich Savings bank of Boston,
Massachusetts, has been declared insolvcnt
The total amount of deposites in the bank is
about 81, 100000. The present difficulty is due
to the shrinkagc in the value of property in
Boston and other places on which mortgages
to the amount Of 100000 are held. The exact
condition of the bank cannot be ascertained
for several days, but it is feared it will not be
able to go on again.
Year: 1877

The government is informed by telc-
gram from Gen. Miles of the crossing Of Milk
river by sitting Bull and his cncampment be-
tween the Milk and Missouri rivers in the,
ncighborhood Of the Little Rocky Mountains
and about fifty miles southeast of Fort Bell
KNAPP. Sitting Bulls presence again in the
United States, with large force about 1,30O
warriors will cause additional action at the
war department in dealing with the Indian
problem
Year: 1877

THEY once had a man in Yorkshire
who thought he could preach. he was
given the opportunity in q certain
school house. His text was, i am the
light of the world He made dread
full fist of it, greatly to the indignation
of one old lady, who in her impatience
at last shoHted: If thou's the light of
the world, thou needs snufang.'
Year: 1877


They were sitting around upon barrels and
chairs,
Discussing their own and their neiglhbors af-
fairs,
And the look of content that is seen on each
Seems to say have found my appropriate place


Sitting around.
In bar rooms and groceries calmly they sit
And serenely chew borrowed tobacco and spit.
While the stories they tell and the jokes they
crack
Show the.r hearts have grown hard and un.
donbtedly black


While sitting around.
The sitter arOund'' is a man of no means,
And his face wouldn't pass for u quart OF white
beans.
ct he somehow other contrives to exist,
And IS frequently seen with drink in his fist.


While sitting around.
The loungers they toll not nor yet Ia they spin,
Unless it is yarns while enjoying their gin.
They are people OF leisure. yet often 'lis true.
They allude iO the work they're intending to do


While sitting around.
They've a habit of talking of other mems
wives,
As they whittle up sticks with their horn han


dtpknives.
They're scaly old set. and wherever you go,
QUIZ lind them in groups or strung out in q


sitting around,
Year: 1877

NEVER forsake friend. When
enemies gather around, when sickness
falls on the heart, when the world is
dark and cherries, is the time to try
true friendship. The heart that has
been touched will redouble it's efforts
when the friend is sad or in trouble.
Adversely tries true friendship. They
who turn from the scene of distress
betray their hypocrisy, and proye that
interest only moves them. If you have
a friend who loves yOu-whO has stud
led your interest and happiness, be
sure to sustain him in adversely. Let
him feel that his former kindness is
appreciated, and that his love was not
thrown away.
Year: 1877

RECOGNIZING the nearly absolute ne cessity for immediate action on the i'm portant subject of timber growing on the public lands, there was introduced into the Senate on the 17ih inst, a bill authorizing citizens of Colorado, Neve- da and the Territories to fell and re- move from the public domain timber for mining and domestic purposes. It is to be hoped that this bill will pass and become law without any obstruc- ton and at the earliest possible date. Without some such action every citi- zen of this Territory, with very few ex- captions, is constantly rendering him self liable to criminal and civil prose cution.
Year: 1877

Co., RICHARD J. HINTON obliges us with map prepared to accompany his Hand Book on Arizona" A hasty examination leaves the impression that it Is accurate as a map can be made up from accumulated official data-bOth civil and military; and il also has some very useful information collected from various private sources. By it, the read CT cannot well go astray in looking up any locality in person or on paper If the book corresponds in accuracy with the map, it will be one of value to the public-especially to that portion of it looking towards Arizona for home or investments.
Year: 1877

THE British Silver Commission made a report last year, in which il Is stated that statistics prove that gold IS the more uncertain metal as regards value. The annual product of gold within the century has varied tenfold, while silver has only varied twofold. If only one metal is to be used as q basis for the silver should be that metal on account of its more general use, its greater stability of production and is much sllghter variations in value as with other articles.
Year: 1877

My mas been working very hard, And also very sly, And keeps her sewing out of sight Whenever am nigh. asked her once what made her stop Her work when I came in; She said she only stopped to get

 A needle, Unread or pin. The bureau drawer next to mine

 Is locked both night aud day, And when ma wants to open it

 She sends me off to play. stole peep one afternoon,

 Although it was not right; But, oh, the little things I saw

 Were such a pretty sight! The eutest, incest little clothes Just big enough for doll; But then know they're not for her She needs them not at all. l know they're not for ma nor pa, Nor me nor brother Hor," For we can't wear such little clothes; l wonder who they're for?
Year: 1877

According to the best information at hand, not quite one hundred declarato- " statements have been made under the Desert Land Act, and but twenty six ou uusurveyed land in this district. Investigation shows that, with very few exceptions, they have been made by actual residents of the Territory. Fear ing that possible abuses of the privi- leges permitted by the law, would lead to such strict application of its pro visions as to compel the reclamation of the entire tract embraced in the appli- cation, and which in a large majority of Cases would be an impossibllily. honest settlers and residents have al- most ceased to regard the laV as valV-
Year: 1877

The common canary is know through
out the civilized world, and is so COM
mon as to be cheap in all bird stores;


but many of the varieties are rare, and
very expensive: these varieties are
mostly cultivated in England, however
where the song of canary is not SO
much valued as its elegant shape or
brilliant color. Germany is the great
centre whence the world is supplied
with singing birds, and in Germany the
business of raising the birds and get
ting them ready to send abroad is chief
ly carried on in the villages among the
Hartz Mountains of Hanover. The
people there are miners and cattle-dro-
vers, but, being poor, almost every
family devotes its spare time to rear
ing canaries and making the little
wooden cages IN which they are car
RED to the distant railway station or
seaport. The houses are small, but
one corner of the principal room is sep
arated from the rest by light parti-
ton, and given to the birds for their
own use, where, in cups, boxes, and
gOurd-shells, they build their nests and
hatch their eggs secure from all harm.
When the breeding season is over, all
the young birds are taken to Bremen
or Hamburg, to be sent across the Oce-
an to England, America, or away
around to India and China. These vOy-
ages are made only in the winter, how
ever, because it was found that in sum-
mer travelling the birds lost their voices
and plumage; but that season is so cold
and stormy that usually from quarter
to half of the cargo perishes before
reaching our shore. So many birds are
sent, nevertheless, that probably $4,000
came to New York alive last year from
Europe. These are distributed through
large number Of bird-shOps in the
city, and the deafening chorus which
is kept up from dawn till dark by a
hundred or so singing at the top of
their voices in single room, added to
the din of small menagerie of other
animals, is something surprising to one
the first time he enters.