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Year: 1876

From the Baltimore Gazette.


The officers and soldiers of the army
stationed In the south, will be in q
most unhappy position during tine
coming fall election. Those officers
who are conscientious and render
unhesi.ating obedience to their super
iors, no matter what the order may be
will be compelled to perform acts that
will violate the laws of their country.
and render themselves liable to the
penitentisry. No order of Taft or
Sherman or Grant can repeal the writ
ten law of the United States. The
revised statutes of the United States
contain the following provisions,


Section 552s. Every officer Of the ar
military or naval service of the United
States, who orders. brings, keeps or has
under his authority or control any troops
or armed men at any place where a gen.
eral or special election is held in any
state, unless such force be Necessary TO
repel armed enemies of the United
States, or TO keep the peace at the polls,
shall be fined not more than FIVE thous-
and dollars and suffer Imprisonment at
hard labor not less than three months or
more than five years.


Section 5529. Every officer or other
person in the military or naval service,
who by force, threat, intimidation, or.
der, advice or otherwise, prevents or at.
tempts to prevent, any qualified voter Of
any state from freely exercising the
| WIGHT Of fTrorr of a. n r1nral nv n
election in such state shall be fined not
more than FIVE thousand dollars and i'm.
prisoned at hard labor not more than five
years.


This is the law of the land, Grant,
Taft to the. contrary Notwithstanding,
There is no pretence that there are any
"armed enemies of the United States
in the South. There is no more reason
70 fear disorder at the polls in the
South than in the North. The wors,
political disorder that has happened
has been the Charleston riot, where
the republican negroes assaulted and
beat the democratic negroes The
troops are not sent to the South to
prevent such disorder as that


1t must be evident to the honorable
officers and soldiers that are now as
signed to the duty of overthrowing
representative government In carrying
out the infamous Grant.Taft order,
that they are violating the written law
of the country that they are com
PEELED to execute acts which in the
better days of the republic would have
put them in the penitentiary. They
must see that no proclamation of Taft
can rescue them from the consequence
of violation of the law. every officer
Or. other person" says the law, "who
has under his control any troops, or
armad men. at any place where a
general or special election is held" is
liable to the punishment prescribed
! by law. Would it not be well for the
United States marshals, before they
finish organizing their armed posS..
c0naitatas to take into prayerful con
sideration these sections of the law of
toe land.
Year: 1876

Wheeler, the Republican candidate for
the Vice Presidency, made only one
speech, and it proved SO disastrous to his
party in the locality in which it was de-
livered, that his party has wiIhdrawn
him. He and Schurz took opposite
grounds and both are in tie same boat
that IS, Zach Chandler advises them /,
"shut up"
Year: 1876

The most prominent fact about bird
is q faculty in which it differs from
every other creature except the bat and
insects-its power of flying. For this
purpose the birds arms end in only one
long, slender finger, instead OF tall
hand. To this are attached the quills
and small feathers (coverts) on the up
per side, which make up the wing.
Observe how light all this is {: In the
first place, the bones are hollow then
the shafts of the feathers are hollow,
and, finally, the feathers themselves are
made of the most delicate flaments, in.
terlocking and clinging to one another
with little grasping hooks OF micro
scopic fneness. Well, how does bird
fy7 It seems simple enough to de-
scribe, and yet is a problem that the
wisest in such matters have not yet
worked out to everybody's eatisfaction.
This explanation, by the. Duke OF
Argyle, appears to be the best: An
open wing forms hollow on its under
side like an inverted saucer when the
wing is forced down, the upward pres
sure of the air caught under this con-
cavity lifts the bird up, much as you
Lift yourself up between the parallel
bars in a gymnasium. But he could
never in this way get ahead, and the
hardest question is still to be answered.
Now, the front edge of the wing, formed
of the bones and muscles OF the fore
arm, is rigid and unyielding, while the
hinder margin is merely the soft flexible
ends of the feathers so when the wing
is forced down, the air under it, finding
this margin yielding the easier would
rush out here, and, in so doing, would
bend up the ends of the quilts, pushing
them forward out of the way, which, of
course, would tend to shove the bird
ahead. This process, quickly repeated,
results in the phenomenon of fight.
Year: 1876

A paper by Captain J. 8. Hay, on the
horned men of Africa, was read at the
recent meeting of the British Associa-
ton. He also exhibited sketches OF two
Africans with horns. MIR. Hyde Clarke
said it was very difficult to assign any
reason for the appearance of the horns.


but there was no doubt that Captain hay
had seen them. One way might be that
thew had been inserted or inoculated
into the face; but Captain Hay informed
them that it was the object of the parents
to remove the horns, which he regarded
as natural growth. One suggestion
was that this was class of malforma-
tion, of which there was a memorable
example in the case of the "porcuplne
man." who had horny plaits on various
parts of his body. he had not heard
from anybody any sufficisnt explanation
With regard either to its being natural
phenomenon arising at birth or its being
artificially produced in the manner to
which he lad referred. It was remark
able that the horns were peculiar to the
male sex. The subject was very OBJ"
scnre and had not been sufficiently in
yestigated by anthropologists, because
there were great prejudices to taking it
Year: 1876

At the head OF Cabin creek, says
correspondent with Gen. Crooks COM
mand, furious and remarkable storm
assailed us. The heavens were suddenly
transformed from serene to an angry
and menacing aspect. The wind broke
loose, and rain was hurled from the
cl ,uds in huge drops. The sun was just
setting, and, despite the dark mood OF
nature, there was an azure disk OF the
sky in the west suffused with golden
tinge. While it was yet glowing, hail
stones as large as walnuts dropped Like
bullets, cutting leaves and twigs from
the trees in an instant, and then amid
the deafening roll of the thunder and
the 6tful glare of the lightning, two
great rents appeared in the clouds, and
the moon and dozen stars looked down
out of their upper chamber into the
gloom. The strange phenomenon lasted
q quarter OF an hour sunlight, star
light, moonlight, rain, hail, wind and
lightning, all displayed at the same mo-
ment. A faint rainbow formed before
the lingering reminiscence of the sun
was gone from the west. Then the sky
assumed q consistent blackness, and the
storm grew in wildness until it reached
q passionate climax OF giant tears, liquid
and CONCEALED, more violent than ever,
and then subsidized.
Year: 1876

A horrible tragedy occurred on the top
floor of No. 2O1 West Twenty-third
street, New York. julius Blank, aged
thirty eight years, a native of France,
by occupation professor OF music, shot
his wife Mary, aged twenty-eight years.
in the head with large revolver, intilct,
ing mortal wound. He then caught
up his little child, Amelia, aged three
and one-half years, and placing the
deadly weapon close to her head, tired,
causing almost instant death. Before
the child had expired he ended the ter
rible deed of blood by blowing out his
own brains. The noise of the pistol
shot attracted the attention of neighbors,
who rushed in only to find the child and
father lying dead in pools of blood and
the mother unconscious and dying.
Within ten minutes police surgeon was
on the scene, but nothing could be done
for the only surviving member OF the
fated family. Her wound was fatal.
She was, however, quickly removed by
an ambulance to hospital.


The causes that led to the terrible
crime and the details of the tragedy are
unknown. No person could be found
who witnessed the shooting, and only
sr,rmises of insanity afford an assignable
cause. The father and murderer was
totally blind, and supported his family
by giving music lessons.
Year: 1876

A country gentleman was in the habit
of entertaining his friends almost
weekly, and discovered that regularly
some small article of plate was missing,
caster top. q salt spoon, a napkin
ring or something of the kind. He sus-
pected his servants. and to make sure
one night, when the guests had as
sembled, he said:


"I tell you what Let's do without
servants tonight and wait on ourselvesl'


The odd suggestion was greeted with
applause and peall of laughter. The
servants were turned out the meal was
seasoned with sparkling sallies at the
expense of the olumsiness of this or
that guest, and when they had all gone
the host took stock and discovered that
two.t thirds of the spoons had gone too
Year: 1876

The Northwestern Christian Advocate
regards the custom of drinking healths
and indicating ones self by violence as
absurdities. 1t says: Why should it
be an honor to gentleman or lady to
have company around dinner table
fill their glasses with wine, when his or
her name is mentioned at particular
moment, and drain them simultaneous.
ly2 They drink cne's health professed-
,ly. The act really promotes the health
of no one. Physiologically it cannot
have that effect, but rather the contrary,
in the mass of cases, while it can hardly
be recognized as religious exercise, in
which the wine drinking is O kind Of
ibation, or sacramental accompaniment
OF prayer for the welfare of the person
named. Fashion renders it possible to
do what is simply ludicrous. Thus, at
a large dinner party, gentleman will
send word by a waiter to lady at dis
tant part OF the table that he would like
to drink wine with her. Perhaps she is
on tho same side with himself, 30
that he caInot we'll see her motions. Ac-
cordingly he relies on the waiter to tell
him when she has her glass in hand and
is prepared to exchange compliments,
and at given signal, having asked /:
els she readys" swallows his wine !
And then both feel quite complimented
and indebted to one another


But how would it seem, were q slight
change made in the customa Let it be
supposed, that the master of cere-
monies should say: 81 propose that
we should eat the health of the lovely
Miss Smith, the queen of beauty ;" and
that, thereupon, each should take bit
of roast besf, or a morsel of turkey, on
the top of his or her fork, aud, at a
given signal, all the bits should stimuli
taneously be conveyed to their mouths,
with a general interchange of smirks.
Or when the dessert and fruit comes on,
suppose gentleman to send word to
Lady that he proposes that they eat one
another's health in slice of orange. In
these cases there would he a compliment
of the personal attention, and the actual
taking of something nutritious and
heulthful but to drink ones health in
q glass of ordinary wine-in three in.
stances out OF four, compound of
whisky and poisonous drugs-is very
contradictory proceeding.
Year: 1876

The London Times says The wheat


crop this year is the conclusion of q


history full Of alarms and surprises.


Mr.. Caird tells it very pleasantly in all


it's bearings aud consequences, and re-


minds us, by the contrast, Of the


mysterious and gloomy tone with which


the staff of life was always discussed as
late as thirty years ago. In some re-
spects the present state Of things far
surpasses the direst predictions of that
day. We are dependent upon foreign
ers to an extent never then imagined.
While the average consumption is about
twenty-three million quarters, or, as the
customs returns state it, one hundred
million hundredweights, during the last
harvest year We have imported
happily, it seems, somewhat in excess of
our wants. -si1ty-three million hundred.
weights, or not far from two-thirds of
our whole consumption.


Half OF this came from the United
States, and so much Of our wheat sup
ply depends, therefore, not only on the
good will of that country, but still more
immediately on her commercial state,
which is very variable. The profit it.
self has to be nicely calculated, and in
MIR. Cards opinion the prices which
have lately prevailed yield little or no
profit. Such a fact is slowly apprecia-
ted, but when tho American f1rmers
have once acted upon it and stopped
supplies, it takes time to reverse that
movement and meet q rising demand.
Five per centum OF our wheat imports
come from British India-where We have
lately had to feed famished popula-
tion. A good deal comes from Turkey
and Egypt, which, Mr.. Caird observes,
will have to send us wheat because they
both want money and can no longer get
it by simply borrowing. he suggests,
however, that in present circumstances
Turkey cannot be depended on for any
considerable supplies. France is too
much in our own condition to be sure OF
sparing us wheat when we happen to
want it; in fact, if she has not to
compete with us in the open market,
that is about as much as can now be e1.
pected. She has had a poor harvest Of
other grain and produce, and may want
all her own produce and more. The
wheat crop of Canada is much lower
than usual.


Here, then, is the very state Of things
which generation ago was prophesied
as the last page of our national decline
and fall. When all the world, includ-
ing our jealous rivals, found Us de-
pendent on them for more than half of
our daily bread, they had only to put
their heads together and destroy the
proud nation that had 30 oppressed and
insulted them. The consummation has
come. It finds us year by year growing
less wheat, and the foreigner growing,
if not absolutely more, OF least more
than pays him.
Year: 1876

THE quiet and good order maintained on election day in this precinct has been the subject Of general remark. We have seen election days when the contest for various offices was not nearly as eager, on which there were ten times the noise and disturbance. Elections are the great dis turbing element among the American people. How happy would we be 1T we could but reach a state where every elector must be ordinarily intelligent and educat- ed, could be protected by law from all per suasion, and compelled to write his own ballot and be fully protected in It's use. The ballot Is the gravest question in our political economy and we must solve Its difficulties as we have solved all our most difficult questions. The ballot may yet need the baptism Of blood for It's purifica- ton and perfecting.
Year: 1876

JOSEPH NEUGAss, clerk of the district court, returned to Tucson last Saturday from his trip to Guaymas, materially im- proved in health and wearing perhaps little more than usual Of the serene and bland in his countenance. By reference to the figures it will be seen that Mfr. Neu- gass' prospects in the political campaign did not suffer by his absence. He has been reelected Justice Of the Peace by heavy vote. We congratulate him upon this evil dence of confidence and honor from his rellow-cltiEens and trust that he will in future conduct himself with the decorum befitting & Justice and abstain from late hours and all levity.
Year: 1876

THE adjourned session Of the August term of the district court commences next Monday morning at ten o'clock when the curtain will rise and display the Judge and the Grand Jury and the Bar In solemn conclave. This conclsve will last with intermissions for refreshments and rest, probably throughout the week; then on the 2Oth instant the trial Jury will take 8 hand and truly try offenders both great and small, and woe to him who hath com mitted any offence for 1t shall go roughly with him.
Year: 1876

THE unkindesj cut of all IS Prescott giving Bowers 3O5 votes for sheriff and Behan 277. How Behau's blood must boil when he thinks of Jhe enOrmity of the inglasituie. Turn or them Be han show them that the viper stepped upon can sting in return ana that the skunk when kicked can befoul the kickist. Rouse up man; be veritable Sampson and if you must go down take the board of supervisors by the legs and pull them down with you.
Year: 1876

AMONG late mining decisions by the Secretary of the Interior, the follow ing points are established:-

 The failure of an adverse claimant to nrosecute his claim with reasonable diligence is held to be waiver oi such adverse claim.

 Where it is shown that cause mas been continued from term to term III court at the instance Of the adverse claimant the applicant for patent TOT d mining claim will be allowed to make entry as though no adverse claim had been filed
Year: 1876

THE election Is over and things have settled back into their normal state. The caucus has been held, the convention has met, nominations have been made, ratin- cations and discussions have taken place, candidates have dined and wined and so- licited, the time of voting came and the elect have been elected. It Is all over with. No more free drinks and cakes and ale. No more allowance for the short comIngs Of bachelors, no more deceptlons on the part of married men. II the latter come home exhausted now and try to engage the bed-post or bootJack In a friendly discussion on the merits Of a can didate. they can't longer pass 1t oil under the head Of campaign practice, but must be declared incontinently drunk. The election is over and there is triumph and exuItation on the part Of victers and an guIsh Of heart and bitterness of spirit on the part of the vsnquished. IL Is all DOT ton Of the bitter and sweet Of life. Only as harsh and hot as our periodically re- curing contests must ever be, (so long as we retain the spirit of Americans,) let us yet hold our passions and wishes and de- sIres under a control befitting our great race and destiny, and never in defeat or triumph descend 10 the level Of the howl ing coyote or the snarling hyena.
Year: 1876

A FRIEND of ours, with wild, haggard look in his face, was explaining his ap-- pearsnce to us the other day, in reply to solicitous enquiries on our part. You sec" said he, ga man moved into our neighborhood two weeks ago, who is learning to play on French horn or some other disbolical instrument. He has never got beyond running over the gsmut, and at each note therein he has to make about dozen attempts before he reaches the right level. The proper note is bad enough when be sends it hurtling on the innocent air ahead of blast from his stentorian lungs, but the flat, sharp and demisemi-quayer attempts to strike the note are what is hurrying me to pre- mature grave. He toots all night and sleeps all day. Every blast he gives on the still night air is followed by @ com bined yell fl m the forty-seven babies in the houses immediately adjoiniug mine. Then all the tabby cats in the neighoor- hood join in. under the pleasant impres- sion that the sound of the French horn IS the voice of a new kind of tom cat just come out. Then neighbor Jones' bob tail rooster with clarion voice wakes up and takes hand. Then the coyotes out in the hills join in, and they start the dogs through out the whole town, and then the roYsterers who are vending their way home, after making a night of it, imagine the dogs are barking at them and commence shoot ing promiscuously. haven't slept for two weeks and the only thing that keeps me alive is the vain hope that in the pro- miscuous shooting, some stray shot will

 wing the fiend of the French horn."
Year: 1876

Every one knows that cabbages will
not grow fast or hcad out we'll unless
they are hocd very often. Most have
also learned that this crop does the best
if hoed very early in the morning, while
the dew is on the ground. Hoeing later
in the day, when the dew has evapor-
atcd, will not have the same effect. The
reasons appear TO be these: The dew
being covered with soil, is retained, and
helps keep the earth moist. In contains
large amount Of oxygen, which it took
from the air. These act to decompose
the soil and to hasten the growth of
plants. II also absorbs large quantity
Of ammonia, which is directly taken up
by the plant. Now the same cause
ought to produce the same effects ON
other plants, and it has been found by
observing farmers that they do. Market
gardeners prefer TO have potatoes hoed
either when the soil is wet with dew or
after a sight rain.


Observations made by one of the best
farmers In Wisconsin, extending through
many years, convinced him that there
was great advantage in blowing land
while il WIS wet with dew. Especially
was this the case when clover or grass
was plowed under. 1t was found that
the grass and sod rotted much sooner,
and that the succeeding crops were larger
and of better quality.
Year: 1876

Raise your own hogs this year. 1t is
not difficult to do. Construct covered
pen or house out of heavy logs or plank
have plank flosr 20 as to allow Of clean
ing; a good strong door with good lock,
and the work is halt done. Devote from
one to ten acres to a hog range; plant it
in peas, potatoes, chufas, artichokes, etc,
and pasture the hogs upon it by means
OF movable fence until the period ar
riyes for corn-feediug. They can easily
be learned to come to their pens at night
by throwing them corn, or giving them a
night feed. by this plan there is no dan
ger of loss by theft. This plan would


also enable the breeder to improve his
stock by judicious crossing with Berk-
shire or other improved breeds on the
best of the native stock. Southern Farmer.
Year: 1876

lake quart Of water and pour slowly
INTO half pint of sulphuric acid. The
mixture will become warm from chem.
lcai action; put it on the iron and let it
remain there until 1t evaporates. Then
wash II again. The object of this is to
give the acid time to dissolve the rust
Now wash with water, and you will see
where the worst spots are. Apply some
more acid, and rub on those spots with
a brick. The acid and the securing will
remove most of the rust. Then wash the
mold-board thoroughly with water to
remove the acid, and rub it dry.
Year: 1876

The sooner work is begun in the gar
den the better it viii be for those who
are compelled 70 practice economy the
present year. Agood garden is one half
the battle for the subsistence of family.
These should be looked to now, as the
weather gives good opportunity, and
the hired man, mechanic or others who
have little patch upon which to plant
potatoes, beans, cabbages, etc, can raise
enough to save a good many dollars
during the next year.--Prairie Farmer
Year: 1876

There are many householders whose
means will not enable them to buy COW,
or provide keeping for her were they in
possession of enc. But they may he equal
to the purchase of colony of bees and
provide hives for the warms result
ing thercfrom. Bees, like other stock,
require pasturagc, but, unlike horses,
cattle and sheep, they are free common
ers, ranging at will in search of stores,
nor can they be arrested and punished
for their intrusion ON premises, alias their
owners. A single colony of bees, in good
condition In the spring, may be counted
upon double or treble their numbers in a
single season, securing ample stores for
winter consumption, while supplying a
gratifying surplus each autumn for house
hold uses This accumulation will prove
most acceptable in families, especially
while the price of butter rules SO high as
TO place it beyond the reach of those not
blessed with elongated and plethoric
purses. Try colony Of bees is an ex-
perimcnt.-- Western Rural