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Year: 1875

Although the days of irrational medica-
tion are happily passing away, and inteli-
gent physicians have ceased to measure
the efficacy of a remedy by the violence
of its effects, there still linger among the
older practitioners few of those predilec-
tions in favor of "heroic" treatment,
which it would be lucky for their patients
ifthey had abandoned. One of these is a
fondness for administering drastic purga-
tives, such as blue pill, calomel, jaap and
castor oil. A contrast of the effect of
these drenching drugs with the mild and
benefcent operation of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, is the very best argument that
can be adduced against the wisdom of
such destructive treatment. The old
fashioned cathartics convulse the stomach
and relax the bowels so abruptly and
copiously as to weaken them. Hostetter's
Bitters, on the contrary, never gripe the
intestines, but produce laxative effect,
resembling the action of nature. At the
same time, they remove the cause of
constipation, by arousing the dormant
perform the excretive function and enable
the stomach to properly digest the food.
Indigestion and biiousness having thus
been overcome, a regular habit of the
body is the necessary consequence, which
the subsequent occasional use of the
Bitters renders renders permanent
Every disagreeable symptom which, in
the absence of perfect digestion and
evacuation, harnesses the system, vanishes
under the influence of the great national
stomachic and Alternative. Health and
vigor are twin blessings that follew its
use.
Year: 1875

THE COUNTY ELEcTIoN.-At the hour
of going to press the returns from the
distant precincts are not all in and the
result on some portion of the county tick.
ets is involved in doubt. We are salts.
fed. however, that full returns will show
fsvorably for the Republican county
ticket, enough have been received to in
s,re the election of the candidates of that
nsrty for Clerk, Sheriff, Surveyor and
Sunerintendent of Schools. The remain.
der of the ticket is in doubt, with the
probabilities favoring the election of the
democratic Treasurer, Assessor and Dis
trict Attorney. The change is a very
great one from the election held two years
ago.when several of the Democratic can
didates we're elected by more than hun
dred but while it was achieved under
Republican auspices, we do not propose
to claim it as Republican victory. The
truth of the matter can be said in q few
words-the time is past in Trinity county
when convention of either party can set
the will Of the people at defiance. Party
ties set loosely upon men now, and there
is ready appeal from the decision of a
nominating convention to the ballot-box.
1t is this independence of feeling which,
carried into practice resulted in electing
some of the Republican nominees. 1t is
through this feeling of independence that
the Democratic majority of the county
has been set aside in some instances.
And it is well enough that it is SO it will
teach future conventions to consult the
will of those whose authority they repre-
sent. And it is in this very independence
of party that the hope of good local gov
ernment rests. The man who never
scratches his ticket, but votes it blind
because those upon it are the Irregular
nominees" is mere piece of animated
machinery which is wonud up and votes
at each election. 1t is this "sticking to
the ticket" which lays the foundation of
political corruption. 1t is all right enough
10 stick to the ticket when the ticket is
the best in the field and is the choice of
the party, otherwise not.
Year: 1875

in EXPLANATIoN.-In commenting on
the county tickets, last week, we inadver-
tcntly neglected to speak Of Mr.. Multi
gan, the Democratic nominee for Sheriff.
Lest the friends OF that gentleman should
think the omission intentional, we here
offer this explanation. We sat down
with the intention of making a separate
article Of each ticket and commenced it
in that way. We had spoken Of the Re-
publican nominees for Sheriff and Treas
urer, when it occurred to us to speak of
the candidates for each Office together,
and in that way the article was finished.
As we were much hurried on press day
having to get ready and go to Douglas
City in the evening, the omission was
overlooked in reading proof, nor did we
notice it ourself until next day. We trust
this explanation will be satisfactory to the
friends of Mr.. Mulligan, some of whom
seem to think that he would have obtain
ed better vote in some of the outside
precincts had his name appeared in con-
nection with the names of the other can
d:dates. 1t has been the aim of the
JOURNAL TO treat the candidates of each
larty with equal fairness, as glance at
is columns through the campaign will
prove. and we would have said then as
we say now, that Mr.. Mulligan is quail
fed for the Office, and as Democrat of
long standing, entitled to the support of
his party friends.
Year: 1875

A news item with real South
western flavor comes from Texas.
As two men were entering the
town of Marquee ST alton one morn.
ing recently, they noticed some.
thing peculiar about a tree, and
rode up to investigate the matter.
The odd appearance, they asccr-
tanned, was caused by a quiet
gentleman in the tree top. His
hands hanging carelessly behind
him, being tied together, and his
body was supported by rope a
bout his neck. He swung gen
tly in the air, turning about with
every wind as though lie were a
politician. lie was exceedingly
dead, and appeared to be in that
condition an hour or two ut least.
Near by stood a horse tied to a
tree. The deceased gentleman
was taken down from his eleva-
ton and examined with a critics
eye by several connoisseurs in
dead men, but no one could iden-
tify him. A letter was found in
his pocket addressed from one L.
w. Hardia telling him to be at a
certain place at given time with
a good horse. 1t was the general
opinion of those who inspected the
corpse that death resulted from
the too perfect compliance with
the directions in the letter in re-
gard to securing "a steed. Still
the presence Of the animal indica-
ted that its owner hadn't cared to
secure it. There was no solution
to the mystery, and SO they buried
the man, without a marble tomb
stone, because they didn't know
what name to chisel on it. The
affair was not the cause of any
great commOtion; it was merely
such an item as the Texas report
er can sometimes pick up when
he stroIls through the suburbs in
the gray dawn.
Year: 1875

Mr.. A. Castle, whose experi-


ence in that line we alluded to


last week, has told us all about


it, and We are content to


take his word for it. As the


storm came up he put his team


in the barn and sat down in the


door facing the inside. The


stroke of lightning which killed


his horses and Frustrated him


did its work too swiftly to give


him the slightest warning of it's


coming. His first remem-


brance upon returning to con-
seriousness was Of hearing his
daughter who had run down


from the house, about twenty
five yards distance, exclaim,


90, father is dead!" Upon


opening his eyes, the whole air
and sky seemed to be i'll a blaze.


He also became conscious of the
most intense suffering, and es-
pecially in his lower limbs. He
says that the pain was like that


of d burn, and that he could not
have suffered more for the hour
that followed if he had been
held in the flames. His wife
and daughter on seeing that he
was still alive, desired to re-
move him into the house, but he
begged to be left where he was
and not to be disturbed, as he
felt that he could live but a few
minutes, and that he had as we'll
die there as to be put to the
needless torture of removal.
As he seemed to gain strength,
however, he was soon taken to
the house and made as comfort
able as possible; but eight or
ten hours elapsed before he was
able to move either of his lower
limbs. The left hip and leg
seemed to be more affected
than the right, and the symp-
toms for a time indicated that
the bones were injured. But
these have passed away, and on
ly a slight Iameness now re-
mains. The right lung has been
very sore ever since the occur
renee, but this may have been
caused by an injury received in
falling. The mark of the light
ming is apparent from the shoul-
dersto the calf Of the right leg, in
the shape of a broad irregular
strip from which the skin has
peeled off as though it had been
scaIded. Whitewater Register. |
Year: 1875

There were seventeen OF them
exactly seventeen. . They
marched down Michigan Avenue
IN double file, all but one. He
marched alone at the head of the
column. They are noble young
men. They had high foreheads
and intelligent faces, and there
was a stern determined look on
each face-a look which said they
would die at their couutry's call?
Were they going forth to battle.
Were they going to the rescue of
some kind of sentiment which
the wicked world was trying to
blot from the hearts Of men?
We're they going to the succOr of
any unfortunate and distressed?
No, not "a cents worth they
were going out to base ball. 1t
was an imposing sight to see
them march, march, each form E.
rect, faces bearing that look which
warriors wear, when the roar of
the battle is loudeSt. If every
one of the seventeen had been .oD
his way to the wood pile or corn
field, the sight could not have
been more grand and thrilling
Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1875

,"The Philadelphia Times, COM
menting upon the celebrity with
which the people of the north
west betook themselves to fasting
and praying, because Of the grass
hopper visitation, rertinently
says:


1t would be better, however, if
the people would make some eff.
fort TO find out and to respect the
laws which, whether we call them
laws of God or laws Of nature, do
Iule and govern On this earth, be-
tore habitual contempt for them
has brought disaster. We cut
down all the trees in the land,
then, when we are consequently
scourged with alternate drouth
and flood, we think we are doing
a rather commendable thing if we
ask Providence to interpose in
our behalf We build tinderbox
houses and rotten reservoirs, and
when they burn down or burst, as
they must, and we find ourselves
destitute, we piously consent to
appoint day of prayer. We
have killed off all the wild fowls
from the western prairies, the
most effective enemy that nature
provided for grasShopperS and po
tato bugs, and when the insects
increase, and we find we cannot
do what the birds did, we begin
to talk of the mysterious dispensa-
ton of Providence, or of natures
inscrutable ways. Let US 60 down
on our knees by all means; we
have sins enough and follies e.
nough to repent. But let US not
suppose that the stupid careless
ness which has characterized ev-
cry step of civilization on this mag
nificent continent can fail to bring
It's punishment"
Year: 1875

Two young rOughs in Mem
phis courted the same girl: and
upon her choice between them
arose a fight. The rejected
lover attacked his rival with
a knife, cutting deep, cash
across his check and nose. The
wound was a long time healing,
and it left a disfiguring scar.
Having recovered from his
wound the sufferer asked the
girl to select a day for the we'd
ding; but she coldly informed
him that she could never marry
a man with such an ugly scar
on his face, and decided to ac-
cept the other fellow.
Year: 1875

The moon is low in the sky,


And a sweet south wind is blowing
Where the bergamot blossoms breath ant


die


In the orchards scented showing;
But the stars are few, and scattered lie


Where the sinking moon is going.
With love-sweet ache strain


OF the nights delicious futing
Stirs in the heart, with as sweet pain


As the flowers feel in fruiting,
And the soft air breathes breath of rain
Over buds and tendrils shooting.
For the sweet night faints and dies,


Like the blush when love confesses
Its pas sion dusk to the cheek and eyes
And dies in its sweet diStresSes,
And the radiant mystery fills the skies


Of possible happinesses.
Till the sun breaks out in sheaves


And mouths of pink perfume.
Where the milky bergamot slakes its leaves;
And the rainbow's S ribbon bloom,
OF the soft gray mist ofthe morning, weaYes
A rose in the roses bloom.
The fog, like great white cloth,


Drawn out of the orchard and corn,
And melts away in a film of froth


Like the milk spray on the thorn
And out of her chambers blush and 10th,
Like bride comes the girlish morn.
Year: 1875




make music around the house,
and the lips grow cold in death,
lisp out the last words, is a
faint farewell. Sometimes it
lays its icy fingers upon the
father, the prop upon which all
lean and ere he sinks into the
dreamless sleep he tells his bro
ken hearted children that even
when they lose their earthly
father, they will still have
a heavenly Father, who can
never be taken from them, and
the last words his pale lips mur-
mur is a blessing and a farewell.


Sometimes the patient moth
er IN the busy rounds of her
duties hears the fatal summons
and gathers her little band about
her, she bids them the lessons
she has taught them, the prayers
she prayed for them, and then
the stricken ones hear the sad
dest of all earthly sounds, a
mothers, last farewell.


Thus it ever is that the most
tuneful melodies of life must be
touched with a farewell and the
dearest ties be severed.


Not long ago within these
dear old walls there assembled a
gay band of students. They
came to reap the rich gems of
knowledge, and to drink from
the fountain Of wisdom. Since
then, time has flown by, with
wings decked with pearls of
hope and joy, and the days grew
into weeks, and the weeks into
months, and now it has brought
the night for parting. Yes, the
time has come for us to say fare
well, aud as we look back over
the few past happy months, it
seems as though we have moth
ing to regret, except that we
did not employ our time as we'll
as we might have done, and also
that we must part so soon. 1t
is hard, so hard to say farewell
when we have been so happy to-
gether, and perhaps will not
meet again; at least not all of
us, for when these walls resound
again with the music Of joy,
laughter, and happy voices,
some link in the golden chain
may be broken, some rose in the
garland be withered, some dear
schoolmate be lying asleep with
the white roses around her pill
low, and it is this that makes
parting so hard. Dear school
mates, if we meet no more Oh
earth let us endeavor to meet on
that shining shore, where the
Heavenly harps have never a
broken chord to murmur a fare
we'll.


And you, dear teachers what
can | say that will express my
love for you, and my sorrow at
parting from you. Some Of us
come to you as strangers, but
you received us with the kind
est smile and loving words, as
of lifelong friends, you have
supplied us the place of parents,
reproving us with gertle words
when we did wrong, and cheer
ing US with words of praise
when we did our duty. Never
until the dark night of death
closes around us will We forget
you.


| would fain say more but
though the heart is willing, still
the tongue is weak. SO all that
| can say is, may God bless you
and my sad hearts broken fare
well, farewell.
Year: 1875

Very stern parent indeed
"Comel ere, sir! What is this COM
plant the schoOlmaster has made
against your Much injured
youth-"1t's just nothing at all.
You see, Jenny Hughes bent a
pir, and l only just left it on the
teachers chair tor him to look at,
and he came in without his specs
and sat right down on the pip,
and now he wants to blame Me
for it"
Year: 1875

Shad are so named because they
were first called shadow fishes
on account of their timorous ma.
ture. They will not cross the
shadow of bridge projecting in
to the water, but will wait until
the apparent obstacle is removed
by the passage of a cloud causing
the shadow, or the setting of the
sun.
Year: 1875

The perverseness Of the grass
hoppers is illustrated in the fact
that they flew away just about
the time it was discovered that
they could be made into highly
palatable and nutritious soup.
Year: 1875

LONDON BROWN. six pounds of yarn or cloth take one and quarter pounds camwood, two ounces quercitron bark, one pound logwood, four ounces copperas. Boil the camwood, quercitron and logwood for an hour; add the cop peras; putin theyarn and stir brislly for half an hour at boiling heat Rinse in cold water.

 A PERMANENT ~BLUE..-Boil the cloth in a brass kettle an hour, in solution containing five parts of alumn and three parts of tartar for every thirty two, parts of cloth. It is then to be thrown into warm water, previously mixed with & greater or less proportion of chemic blue, according to the shade the cloth is intended to receive, in the desired color.

 APPLE JELLY.-Cut your apples in quarters (do not pare or core them), dip each quarter into clear water, and put them into jar to cook in the oven until quite tender; then strain the juice as usual, and boil with & pound of sugar to pint of the juice. The most delicious jelly will be the result, with the full, pure flavor of the apple heightened by the cores having been left in, and not spoiled by the objectionable addition of lemon peel and juice. < I

 HARD TIMES PLUM PUDDING. Quarter of 8 pound of fnely-chopped suet, the same of grated bread crumbs, entrants, raisins and flour. Add two tablespoon fuls of smolasseg and. half pint of milk 7 all of which must be we'll mixed to- gether, and boiled in mold for three and aihaf hours. Serve with sauce.

 To REMOVE M1nDEw.-Soak the parts of the cloth. that are mildewed in two parts of chloride of lime to four parts oi water, for about four hours, or till the mildew has disappeared; then thoroughly rinse 1t i'll clean water.

 CURING HAMs.-A good recipe is to rut the hams with fine salt and sugar and lay in dry place After five or. six. days rub again, putting on some new salt, as the old becomes dry and does not pene trate. At the end of eight or nine days I apply the salt again. Use sugar only al the first rubbing. Keep the salt on then until the shank looks white and the skir 2 sdraws dow1Estight; when this is the sap < pearance the hams are ready to smoke. : sS softening Hard Water. 2 $F~

 This is usually done with sal soda, but the effect is to hurt the, clothes that ars washed in the.water thus prepared, ant the hands also. Iii because there is al excess of the soda, more than unites with the acid of the water, which makes it hard. -- The remedy is easy: Ust enough of the salt to take up the acid and no more. In this way both acid ant soda disappear, leaving neutral sal which is harmless, The water will b, soft. Test @ certain amount of water beginning with very little soda, anc adding more if you find you need it With our own spring water, which i hard, lump of soda the size of larg pea to @ pint of water is about the righ a proportion. Of course the amount 0 a the salt should. be according to the de gree of hardness of the water. zS 2 &I
Year: 1875

A woman is awaiting sentence in Dams borough, Pa, for trying to kill her in and their little daughter the only wit ness She was harshly treated by her man, and one day while he was away she told the daughter that she had made up mind to kill herself. She took the baby in her arms and opened the cover of the well, but was for while hindered by the girl, who clung to her dress and begged her not to jump in. She persisted, however, and when she had sunk in the water the girl ran as fast as she could to & neighbor's shouting, " Ma an baby's drownin' to death" Some laborers heard her, and ran to the we'll in time tC rescue both mother and child alive.
Year: 1875

WORTHY OF NoTE.-An exchange says there is scarcely day passes that we do not lear, either from persons coming into our office or in some other way, of the success of .Eohnson's Anodyne Linin'ett in the cure of coughs and colds, so prevalent about town just
Year: 1875

An old resident of Vermont writes: 81
was born and brought up in log house
with stone chimney, and we'll remem-
ber the mode of keeping the fire over
night, or sgoing half mile to neigh
boris for coal in the morning. Many Is
the meal l have eaten from a wooden
bowl of bean porridge or milk and
roasted potatoes. / well remember the
mode Of dress in olden times, when men
wore homemade cloth both summer
and winter. In summer they wore what
was called tow cloth, made from fax
raised on the farm, and in the winter
what they called frocking, made of wool
blue and white striped. The women,
too, wore cloth of their Own making.
They carded and spun the wool and fax.
| have now in my possession pair of
old hand-cards, such as they used in
those days. 1 have by me two old wool
en- calico stamps that were my great
grandmother's, that she used to stamp
calico with in old times. | can we'll re-
member my old cowhide shoes and the
knit leggins, with strings to tie them
down. l remember the times when they
rode on horseback; my grandmother had
one of the old-fashioned pillions tJ ride
behind on; the stirrup was piece of
wood with leather strap attached to il.
remember the first wagon that came
in town. / have pair of the old snow
shoes and have walked many miles on
them, and think could walked on them
now, although ] have not walked on
them for several years. 1 we'll remem-
Der when man by the name of Levi
Crosby used to ride once a week from
Somerset to Brattleboro', horseback, for
the newspapers, and scatter them at ev-
cry mans door on the way, and over the
back town. But these times are all in the
past, and those who took an active part
in them are mostly in their graves,
where l musl soon be myself; yet when
l think over those times it seems to
bring new life into my thoughts for the
time being"
Year: 1875

An irate correspondent of a Western
paper vents his spite on that harmless
class of people, hotel clerks, in the fol-
lowing exaggerated paragraph:


It is not often that puff hotel, but
where pay my bill at the rate of fonr
dollars day for sleeping in the "milky
way" and feeding on bill of fare, it's
privilege and pleasure to mention
such an institution. The Kimball
House, in Atlanta, Ga, ought to travel
with Barnum's show as a curiosity. It's
the largest hotel, I presume, in the
world. Many people who go up in the
sky parlors to repose never come down,
but go right on through to heaven with
out change of elevators; and those who
have written back say they could smell
the hair oil on the hair of the clerks all
the way up. The halls are so long and
winding that many walters get lost while
going after q pitcher of water and are
never heard of until their remains are
found years after. I went in there one
morning and ordered breakfast. A
small colored boy took my order, and it
was so far out to the kitchen that he was
grown and gray headed when he got
back. 1t is very large house-hotelI Many
travellers going south and returning by
this city order their meals in advance,
and frequently when they get back they
have to lay over a week to make con-
nections. The hotel is a very large one,
and everything about it is very large,
from the feet of the clerks, the mouths
of the walters, and the bills. 1t is pro-
vided with all modern conveniences, hot
and cold water, bay windows, idiots,
dirty sheets-everything to make the
traveller happy, including an underta-
ker's establishment for the accommoda-
tion of such boarders who starve to
death while waiting for the walters. 1t
is a very large hotel, and every body
stops there just once.