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Year: 1876

A lady friend sends US the follow
ing cure. Tor gossip. with a request for
it's publication: "What is the cure
for gossip? Simply. cultnN. There
is a great deal of gossip that has no
malignity 10 it. Good-natured people
talk abou, their neighbors because,
and ouly because, they have nothing
else to talk about. As we write, there
comes to us the picture Of family of
Young ladies. We have seen tEem at
home, we have met them, in the gal
leries of art, we have caught glimpses
of them going from bookstore or a
library, with fresh volume in their
hands. When we meet them they
are full of what they have read.
They are brimming with questions.
One topic of their conversation is
dropped only to give place to a. other,
in which they are interested. We
bave left them, after delightful hour,
stimulated and refreshed, and during
the whole hour not a neishbor's gar
ment was spiled by SO much as a
touch. They had something to talk
about they knew something and
wanted to know more. They could
listen as well as they could talk. To
speak freely of a neighbours doings
and belongings would have seemed
an impertinence to them, and, o.


course, an improperly. They had
no temptation to gossip, because tho
doinss of their neigbbors- formed Q
subject very much less interesting
than those which grew out of tbeiI
knowledge and culture. And this
tells the whole story. The confirmed
gossip is always either malicious OF
| ignorant. The one variety needs
change of heart, and the other
change of pasture. Gossip is always
| a personal confession either of maIlc'
or imbecility aud the young shoult
net only shun it, but by the mos


thorough culture relieve thcmselvt
from all temptation indulge in it
1t is low, frivolous. and too often
dirty business There are country
neighborhoods in which it RACES lik


pest Churches are split to piece


by it. Neighborhoods are made enc
mics by it for life. In many person


it degenerates into a chrolic disease
and is practically iucurable. Let tn
Young cure il while they NAV
Year: 1876

ing To do. no rails to make or fence j.
to reset, then your houses need repair
ing, your yard and garden need few
pickcts-"a stitch in time saves nine"
oil you need good barn in which
to house your stock sucb cold winter
nights as these: or if YOU haven't got
q shop, YOU should build one right
away. Your orchard needs your at
lection. also, if YOU have ono, if not
vou should start one this winter. No
good farmer will try to get along
without an orchard and garden


There is always plenty of winter
work; we never saw farm so corr
plete that NJ Improvement could be
maGe on il, and there is not one in
Richland that even approaches such
perfection, and winter is the time to
improve and heautify the farm. Make
your farm look like home make it
attractive TO your children, and they
will not want 10 wander off to seek
happiness elsewhere; cultivate in them
q taste for the beautiful, and they will
not be apt to stray from the path Of
virtue and morality. bnt will be not
only a help but q comfort and source
of happiness to you id your old age.
Teach them to live within their means,
and they will not be always working
for somebody else" harrassed by
creditors and hard pressed to mako
ends meet"
Year: 1876

As soon as his crop was "laid by"
last summer, the good. careful. pros
perous farmer gathered all his tools
up. cleaned the dirt OIL of them and
pnt them under q shelter, where they
could be found when needed again,
and fit for use too, instead Of being
eaten up by rust and rotten and
warped out Of shape from exposure
to the weather; and where be can re-
pair such as need it during the cold,
wet. disaCrceah!c winter days, in
which ont door labor is impractlcable
and dangerous to ones health. But
the ploddinc, careless, indifferent, im-
proyidcnt and unsuccessful farmer,
who is ALWAYS one year behind with
his merchant, did not do this. but left
bis implements lying in the field,
where they were last used, to be
covered up by weeds and grass, some
never to be found, and those that are
founG unit for use.


Having thus finished his summer
work, the next things that demand
the famer's attention are to see that
his fences are perfect, secure against
the depre,lations Of stock, and to
prepare bis gin house, cotton pens
and corn cribs for the reception Of his
crops As soon as they are ready to
gather. so that he will not have to
stop to do this work after be gets to
picking cotton.


This has been remarkably favor.
able season for gathering crops, and i,
/ is presnmable that every one who
was not terribly "over-cropped" FIN
ished picking cotton at least by the
10Th Of this monIh, and have employ
cd the beautiful weather We have had
since in clearing and cleaning oil land
and making rails and resetting fences
or other necessary winter work.


1t is customary to "take holiday
during christmas week" and we
presume little plantation work will b
done between now and New Years
but it ought to be commenced then il
earnest, and every day fit for out.doo
labor should be employed in doing al
kinds of work necessary to be don


before the plows commence running
/ If you have no logs to burn, no cleal
Year: 1876

la her affidavit that forms the basis
of suit for divorce from her hus-
band, Alphonso BrrnOn. Mrs. Christine
BrenOn of Brooklyn aiii"ms that soon
after their marriage BrenOn's true
character, that he had concealed while
courting her, became manifest In
his drunken frenzy he committed acts
of violence toward her that made her
almost insane. He threatened to
throw her out Of the window, and
once forced her half way out Of a
second story hallway window. He
often struck her with his fist. On the
9th of last November he began TO
quarrel with her in the hight, and as
she arose be chased her down stairs
and out into the street, and compelled
her to remain there in her night
clothes in the cold for long time.
Neighbors gave her shelter. On the
night of Nov. be went home intOxi
Gated, dragged ber out Of bed, and
compelled her to fly from him. She
carried kerosene lamp, and in her
haste to get away from him she fell.
The lamp was broken, and the oil
igniling burned her seriously. He
then beat her until her body bore
marks of the blows On the 9th Of
November, the affidavit adds. while
be in frantic mood was chasing her
about the house and threatening her,
she struck him on the head with
dipper. For this he had her arrested,
and in the trial before Justice Scmler
the complaint was dismissed. After
she had bit him with tic d;ppar. he
seized her hair and threatened to
scalp her. He knocked her down
and kicked her. Then the servant
girl interferred, and was pushed
aside by the husband


Brenon, it is said, is worth $4,000
in real estate, besides other property
He is a real estate broker. His wife
is said to be educated and refined -
n. Y. Sun.
Year: 1876

To keep part of a bottle Of porter
or stout quite fresh and brisk, put in
the cork and place the bottle upside
down in . tumbler or other vessel Of
water. The porter or stout will open
as fresh the next day, or any number
of days after, as when first uncorked.


Dyspepsia is cured by muscular ex-
ercise, voluntary OF involuntary, and
it cannot he cured in any other way,
because nothing but exercise can Gre
ate cr collec, gastric juice, which is
product Of the human machine that
nature alene can make.


For whitening the teeth there is
nothing superior to wood charcoal
very finely powdered. Take few
shavings of CASTLE soap and dissolve
in spirits with the aid of heat. Use
this solution to make with the char
coal very stiff paste. adding little
syrup or honey to sweeten it, and
scent to suit.


A sure cure for ivy poisoning. says
the Country Gentleman. is caladen-
commonly called ".ouch-ne-not." Its
botanical name is impatiens .fulro,
and it usually grows where tho ivy
does. Bruise the leaves and apply
the juice. 1t was never known to
fail when thoroughly applied.


To thicken the hair and keep it
from turning gray, pour boiling water
on a quantity Of sage leaves, and lst
them remain sometime in the oven or
near the stove, strain and apply to
the roots of the hair daily. II any
pomade be needed an eqeal mixturp Of
cocoa-nut and olive oils, with little
perfume is very etlicacious.


To keep apples year. use dry
sand. Dry your barrel. pu, in layer
of apples and layer Of sand until full.
cover tight and keep where they will
not freeze.


Lemons can be preserved by var
nishing them with solution of shell
lac in alcohol. The skin of shellac
formed is easily removed by rubbing
the fruit in the hands.


You can get bottle or barrel of
oil out of any carpet or woolen stuff
by applying dry buckwheat plentifully
and faithfully. Never put water to
such a grease spot or liquid of any
kind.


To cure nruralgia. CRATE horserad-
ish and mix it with vinegar, the same
as for table purposes, and apply to
the temple when the face or hand is
affected, or to the wrist when the pain
! is in the arm or shoulder.


Cold feet are precursors Of con-
sumption To escape them warn,
your feet well in the morning, and
covering the sole of each with piece
Of common papar, carefully draw OH
the sock and then the boot or shoe.
Year: 1876

Cold feet are precursors Of con-
sumption. To escape them warm
your feet well in the morning, and
covering the sole of each with piece
Of common papar, carefully draw OH
the sock and then the boot or shoe
Year: 1876

profits to the poachers and dealers
who purvey the delicacy. The
agents of police have just laid rude
hands upon one of the worthless en-
gagged in conducting this illicit
traffic in game. The criminal was
caught at one of the gates Of Paris
with a cart containing good sup
ply of different sorts Of game. He
had been engaged, apparently with
much success, for a considerable
time past in this species of snug
Cling. The method was to inclose
the slaughtered spoils in the skins
of mere innocent birds. A part
ridge might be conveniently hidden
within the feathers Of a chicken, a
portly gray capon's plumage might
efectually conceal the tailless body
Of pheasant, and the corpses of
wOodcocks, snipes and guails might
be cunningly yelled under the un-
suspected covering of some sort Of
pigeon. The smuggler, who had
grown careless by prolonged immu-
munity, had on the occasion in
question wrapped up a fine wood
cock in the skin Of a blue-rock,
The disguise was as good as usual,
except in one small particular. He
had forgotten to cut off the long
bill of his victim, which was seen
protruding in a most inexplicable
manner from the mouth of the
pigeon. The police agent, refusing
to credit nature with the freakish
trick of thus arming the emblem
of innocence, instituted an inquiry
which resulted in the unveiling o.
several other protean birds. 1t was
found that even ground game had
been constantly brought through
the gates of Paris in the woolly
disguise of lambkins.
Year: 1876

Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.l


The driving is remarkable in this
city Of wonders. In the first place,
picture to yourself the droikies,
which are mere single seats like
stools without back or arms; al
though often necessary it is next to
impossible for two persons to seat
themselves therein, so small are
they and two strangers thus seated
can always be recognized by each
having both arms clasped around
the other, there being nothing else
to hold to; the driver has a similar
seat a little higher and in front.
So seated your driver starts; he is
none of your lazy fellows, and he
has learned that st. Petersburg is
city of magnificent distances, and
his horse starts, and keeps on at a
good run and could you but hold
on to the droiky with your feet as
tightly as you hold to your COM
panion with your arms, you would
feel tolerably secure Of keeping
your seat. If you are driving on
the Nievsky Prospect it is crowded
with vehicles, the great number Of
them drojkies, all running as fast as
your own; now you put out your
hand to turnaway a running horses
head within a foot of your own face
mad directly your other shoulders
wipes the foam from the mouth Of
passing horse, and this another
is done so often that your outer
garment soon looks like a winter
landscape for observations you
have no time, your whole
attention being occupied in
wondering at the skill with which
imminent collisions are lodged, anC
when at last you become used to il
you think it the finest driving vol
ever enjoyed. Not only the driv
ing, but the drivers dress anC
horses gear are peculiar. Fastened
to the shafts Of all vehicles draw
by a single horse is a hoop ben
from one shaft to the other an,
rising to the hight of three or foul
feet above the horses neck; tn,
check-rein is fastened to the top 0
this hoop. For drays this hoop
! larger and heavier, often thre


inches wide and painted in brigh


colOrs, as wreath of red roses Of
q ground of grass green. In a.


teams where three or more horse


are used they are all harnesse,


abreast. The private teams are Q


extreme elegance. While in Franc
there is a majority of white horses


in st. Petersburg the greater nun


ber Of fine horses are black. Th


private carriages are beautiful an
4 in the finest taste. There is usual


a dainty relief of gilt Or silver o


the carriage and harness, while tn


reins correspond in color with tn
lining of the carriage, and a jaunt


tassel hangs from the throat-latcl


So rapid is the motion and so hgl
Z and airy the tread of these horse
they seem to fly as much as


touch the earth. The drojky dr
N verS are in uniform, wearing a blr
!. double breasted wadded gov
, which reaches to the feet; und,


this a sheepskin skirt, and on IL
head a hat-shaped covering wit
q broad-spreading crown, but near


as low as a cap.
Year: 1876

London Globe.l


The gourmands of Paris are not
restrained by any sentiments of
humanity or prudence from de-
vouring all game which they lay
their hands upon out of the season.
There is indignation occasionally
at their hospitable board when the
wretched victims of this unseason-
able appetite appear, and a few of
the less gluttonous guests venture
to express commisseration for the
ill-fated bird or beast which has
been snatched away from its legiti-
mate honeymoon to figure before
the kitchen fire, But, as a rule,
the morbid, appetite Of the bon
yivant, supplemented by a roguish
taste for dainties surreptitiously
procured, makes the forbidden dish
i grand success, and insures solid
Year: 1876

A very singular case il reported from
Brooklyn. A woman was badly fright.
cncd by cat some months previous
to the birth Of child, That child
proved to be a girl, and is now eigh.
teen years of age, and married. Dur
ing her glrlhood she gave no evidence
ofbcing affected by her mothcr'siright,
excepting, indeed, propensity to chase
mice and occasionally TO sit on the
backyard fence and yowl little on
moonlight nights but strange to re-
late, since the birth OF her own baby
she always lifts il out of the cradle by
the lack OF it's neck with her teeth.
Year: 1876

Among the many attractions offered by the ladies In
charge tho fair Of st Stephens Church. now being
held In the basement OF that edice, there will be
billiard match between the celebrated players Abort
Gar,ier and Maurice Daily which s 10 take place
morrow evening
Year: 1876

The announcement by Governor Hayes
OF his construction of the Civil Service
plank in the Republican platform is cheer
ful reading about these times, and its utter
ance could not have happened more oppor-
tunely. The system OF retaining capable
officers, and of encouraging them to Go
their duty by the knowledge that they
would thereby promote their retention, is a
system which commends itself to American
common sense, though it has been long
held in contempt by the ruling class of
grabbing patriots, who believe that govern
ments are established amongst men in or
der to provide pap for politicians. 1t has
been almost half century since Andrew
Jackson destroyed the integrity Of the civil
service, and if President HAYES shall now
be able to restore it, he will be doing, in
deed grand work worthy Of the Centen-
nial time.
Year: 1876

EUery EUentag did not see in these col
umns any statement of an expectation that
Hayes and Wheeler would carry Delaware.
What we spoke of was the Importance of
making for them the very strongest possi-
Bile fight. When the Republicans try, and try
all together, they can give their opponents
a sharp race in this State, and that is what
they ought to do. We do not say that they
may not even carry Delaware State, at
they did years ago.
Year: 1876

to recount the vote; their term OF Office
expired on the 9th of December. That
is the plea upon which the Hayesites
hang their hopes DOW, and the only one
left them since the Florida supreme court
has decreed the rectifcation of the wrong
done by the returning board. 1t is no
longer pretended that Hayes is lawfully
entitled to the vote of that state. but be-
cause it was given him by thief who can't t
be caught, he is entitled to keep That
is the logic of this characteristic argument
of the conspirators A pickpocket steals
your watch, passes it to his pal, gets out of
the reach of the constable and you can't
recover your property because the original
thief is not at hand to replace it 10 your
pocketl Perhaps this Interpretation of
the law may suit Hayes, the receiver OF
the stolen goods; but the old principle.
that man is entitled to his own wherever
he can find it. is better and honester
one, and the people will demand and
sustain its application in this case. The
presentation of the thieves plea by the
Hayes organs shows the depth of infamV
into which they aud their cause have
sunk,
Year: 1876

A union yacht regatta under the auspices of
the propretors Of the Hudson River Park open to all
yachts OF 35 feet and under, divided into two classes
Will taxa place the Hudson RIVER Aug z. The course
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, July Din a case ap,
pealed from Minnesota the United States
Supreme Court has decided as follows:


''Where grant of land and connect
ed franchises is made to corporation
for the construction of railroad by. q
statute, which provides for their forfeit
ure upon failure to perform the work
within prescribed time, the forfeiture
may be declared by legislative act with
out judicial proceedings to ascertain and
determine the failure of the grantee =
Any public assertion by legislative act
of the ownership Of the State after the
default of the grantee, such as an act re-
suming control Of the road and franchi-
ses, and appropriating them to particular
uses, or granting them to another cor
poration to perform the work, is equally
effective and operative"
Year: 1876

Grant is in pursuit Of such sub
ordinate officers of the Government as
give trouble to himself or his friends by
anything like faithfulness in the perform
ance of their duties. He is determined
to reform such men out of office. Bris-
tow had number of them in the service
of the Treasury Department, who assist
ed him in doing good work; but Grant
is having them rooted out as fast as pos
sible, on one pretext or another These
are campaign times, and such men are
not Of advantage to the interest of the
party. About the public interest Grant
is not in a state OF anxiety-N 7. Sun
Year: 1876

~


On Friday last Col. Clark W. Thomp.
son sold to an English colony of about
seventy families, eight thousand six
hundred and forty acres of land sur.
rounding this town, large portion of
which has been lying idle for some
time. A small portion of the colony
will arrive here in a few days having
arrived in New York city Saturday.
last. The remainder will arrive in
October and November next. They
propose engaging principally in stock
raising and the making of butter and
cheese. The cheese factory will re-
sumo business so soon as the colony
shall have one hundred and fifty COWS.
Year: 1876

LcnOOn Letter 10 New lOfk llMes


There can be no doubt that he is not
the man he was, and that the labor
and responsibilities of his position as
head OF the government are too much
for him. He has been ailing for some
time back, but as far us his specific in.
disposition is concerned, he is now
rather better. But the cause of anxiety
is not 80 much his health rs the failing
in mental power and strength of char
acter which is becoming constantly
more conspicuous. He seems to alter.
nate between moments of curious ex-
citement, when he strains himself to
the utmost, and longer intervals of
deadly lethargy, when he can hardly
be reused to pay attention to anything.
He has no grasp of Parliamentary busi.
ness, and leaves the heads of depart
ments to do pretty much as they
please. When he takes part in the
business of the House, it is impossible
not to be struck by the sort of dreamy,
dazed, bewildered air with which he
talks, almost like Il man under the in
tluence of opium of some kindred drug,
and not sure where he is or what he is
saying.
Year: 1876

Aschoolma' am who recently thought.
to subdue the rampant spirits of
small girl by keeping her two hours
after school was rewarded when the
time was up, with a motto lozenge
bearing the pathetic inquiry ''Must we
part 20
Year: 1876

It has been settled purpose with us, in all our newspaper experience, to keep within the bounds of truth, believing that all proper interests are better subserved by such a course than by exsggeration. In this con- nection We may remark that we are aware of having displeased few patrons by adhering to this rule. Parties have said, "pile it on thick, no one here will blame you even if a few are disappointed by it." Our answer has been that notwithstanding our connec- with the newspaper business, We hope We have some conscience left, and should blame ourself, quarrel we should more regret than though multitude had been offended by telling the truth. Correspondents, some- times, under excitement at mining develop ments, over estimate the facts, and in that way we are made to publish prospects that are never realized, but have always advised to keep within the truth as a matter of policy as we'll as principle. The truth is good enough, and if we can succeed in laying the facts as they exist, without exag- geration, before the people of other countries, we feel assured that quite enough people, such as bring no means to begin with, will come to Arizona. The Ter ritory needs more people with money to pay laborers for developing the mines. There are thousands of mines awaiting development that money would make valuable, and there is enough muscle waiting to be employed to do the work, and as more is wanted it will be sure to come without much urging.

 The San Diego Union remarking upon the same subject very truthfully says, "the habit of exaggeration indulged in by many of our newspapers has been only harmful; the truth is surely attractive enough, without adding to the picture, in describing our sec tion.
Year: 1876

MUsT ENLAReE.-We find our press facil- ities entirely inadequate to the demands of our patrons for a larger paper than the MINER in its present form. We are using every inch of space that the bed of our press affords, in view of which fact we are now in correspondence with parties East, and intend during the Summer to put in cylinder press of sufficient capacity to print paper twice the present size. Until we can make these arrangements we crave the indulgence of subscribers and advertisers who have right in view of the growing importance of the country, to expect us to keep pace with its demands.