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Year: 1872

A NEw WAY To Cook MENT.--A gOoSi
way TO cook meat IS 10 seal il in a vessel
hermitically tight. Cooked thus a long
time in its own juice it is rendered very
tender, and has peculiar apetizing havor.
Take an earthen jar that viii stand heat,
with tight-ftting cover. If beef Is TO be
the dish for dinner, cut it in conyeuielt
pieces, lay ;hem in the jar, rub each piece
with salt, pepper and a small piece Of So
gar, then put in little water and lay On
a piece Of thick buttered paper, and press
down the cover. II you think il viii a.
low any steam 70 escape, mix shorts Or
rye meal with water to a paste. then pres
strips Of this al around the edge Of the
cover. Bake In a a moderate oven four or
FIVE hours, according 70 the tenderness Of
the meat Chickens or turkeys are excel
lent cooked in this way. The toughest
meat Is rendered tender by this process.
and none Of the nutrici0us matter Is vast
ed as in many Of the forms Of cooking.-
Journal Of Chemistry
Year: 1872

Few house-keepers are aware of the many uses to which waste paper may be put. After a stove has been blackened it can be kept looking very well for long time by rubbing it with paper every morning. Rubbing with paper is much nicer way of keeping the outside of a tea kettle, coffee-pot and tea pot bright and clean than the old way of wash ing them in studs. Rubbing with paper is also the best way of polishing knives and tinware and spoons they shine like new sll' yer. For polishing mirrors, windows, lamp chimneys, etc, paper is better than dry cloth Preserves and pickles keep much better Il brown paper, instead of cloth, is tied over tho jar. Canned fruits are not so apt to mould Il a piece of writing paper, cut to lit the can, i' laid directly on the fruit. Paper is muci better to put under carpet than straw. Il is warmer, thiner, and makes less noise wher one walks oyer it. Two thicknesses of paper placed between other coverings of bed arr as warm as a quilt. If it is necessary to steI upon a chair always lay paper upon it, ant thus save the paint or woodwork from dam are.
Year: 1872

If good manners are not to die out among us. reverence must be restored. The old man must be honored, the weak must be consid- cred, the illustrious must be deferred to, and most of all, women must be respected. Wo- men have the matter in their own hands. They can compel men to be well-mannered ; and men who know how to behave with po- liteness to women will end by behaving with politeness towards each other. Hauteur all ways implies want of consideration for oth- ers and is therefor no part of politeness, save when indeed an impertinence has to be quiet

 y but effectually resented. If we were asked to name the word which embodies female politeness, we should name "graciousness.' , Women should be gracious; graciousness is their happy medium between coidness and familiarity; as self-respect is that of men between arrogance and downright rudcness. Probably there can be no true politeness where there is no humility, either real or well assumed. In this sef-making age we cannot be surprised at meeting with so much self-asser- ton and so much aggressiveness. We can but wait for the time when the process will he complete and the individual will be we'll bred enough once more to recognize hls own insignifcance.-Iem BGr.
Year: 1872

 Keep to the right, the law directs,

 Keep from the world thy friends defects. Reap all thy thoughts on purest themes, Kee? from thine eyes the notes ana beams. Keep true thy deeds, thy honor bright, Keep firm thy faith in God and right. Keep free from every sin and stain, Keep free from ways that will bring thee pain Keep free thy tongue from words of i'll, Keep right thy aim and good thy will. Keep all thy acts from passion free, Keep strong in hope, no envy keep. Keep watchful care OCT tongue and hand, Keep firm thy feet, by justice stand. Keep true thy word, a sacred thing. Keep from the snares the tempter brings; Keep faith with each you call friend Keep full in view the final end, Keep from all hate and malice free, Keep strong the love of liberty; Keep firm thy courage, bold and strong, Keep up the right; keep down the wrong. Keep well the words of wisdom's school, Keep warm by night; by day keep cool.
Year: 1872

Every column of a newspaper contains from twelve to fifteen thousand distinct pieces of metal, and the displacement of any would cause typographical error. And yet some people lay claim to remarkable smart ness if they can discover an error in news paper. When such people find word with wrong letter in it, they are so sure that they could spell that single word right that they are happy for a whole day.
Year: 1872

Seek not to please the world, but your own conscience. The man who has feeling with in him that he has done his duty upon every occasion, is far happier than he who hangs upon the smile of the great, or still more the fayors of the multitude.
Year: 1872

An interview with an officer of this
road who is conversant with the views
and policy of its management, enables
us to state few facts that may be of
interest to our citizens, and others
along the line Of the proposed route.


The road is intended to be, and will,
eventually become link in the line of
roads from St. Paul or Minneapolis to
New York City, furnishing the most
direct route to the Eastern Seaboard
for produce and passenger travel. This
enterprise, is by far the most important
one for the agricultural interests of
Northern Iowa and Minnesota, that has
ever been projected, and its early COM
pletion would save the country annual
II more than the local subscriptions
along its line.


While the Company is abundantly
able to complete the. Road and build
the machine shops and car manufactures,
the people interested along the route
must remember that they agreed to
prepare the road for the iron, and that
they have failed, as yet, to make their
promises good. 1t cannot be expected
that such men as Thos. A. Scott, the
Railroad King, or B. E. Smith, with
the multiplicity of projects that press
them for consideration, although inter-
ested as they are in the Road-would
push it faster or upon any terms than
the original agreement, that is supply
the iron and rolling stock, when the
local subscriptions have completed the
Road bed. This applies to the whole
line Of the road from this city to St.
Paul; and it remains for the people in
terested, to determine how soon they
will have the road completed to their
respective localities and for our own
citizens to say what they intend to do
to secure to themselves it's great advan-
tages.--Davenport Democrat.
Year: 1872




We hold that an average editor is no
better originally than an average judge.
A judge might decide impartially if he
had personal interest in the case, but
if such an official were to take stock in
a Railroad, for instance, before decid-
ing in his favor, he would be removed
with the hearty concurrence of all.
Newspapers occupy position before
the people similar to that Of judges.
They hear all sides and give their opin-
ions for the guidance Of those who ha We
not equal opportunities for information.
Consequently it is necessary that they
should not be the paid servants of men
whose acts are before the public fol
criticism. The truth seems to us SC
self-evident that we are at loss how to
argue it.


The newspaper is becoming, and
justly, the great power Of the country.
Editors are usually men of at least an
average commont of common
sense, and are in position which en-
ables them to judge more clearly and
correctly Of general affairs than the
public at large. who therefore trust te
just journalism for their opinions OF
many subjects. If the journalist is thu
creature Of an intriguer, or combina
tion of intriguers, he is not the man t.
be depended on by the people. Ant
if a journalist accepts an Office depend
ent on the will Of his patron for dura
tion. he places himself in such posi-
tion.
Year: 1872

Congress evidently hesitates before
consummating the great wrong involved
in the abolition of the tea and coffee
duties. Members begin to hear from
the country and discover that the peo-
pie are not deceived, as they imagined,
by the shallow ruse of the protection
lists. What the country asks is not
merely the cutting down Of revenue, but
also and chiefly reduction of the enor-
nous bounties paid to monopolists. If
taxation is to be reduccd,a rs we'll il may
be, the people demand reductions which
shall benefit them the most and dam
age the government least, rather than
the reverse of this Here is a table which
shows the crying need of such a policy
Let it he conncd attentiyely
Year: 1872

AoAA u A7t- vooC lfAliSA-


There was nice little party Wedues-


day night at the residece Of one the most


respectable families in South St


Joseph, and while the festivities were


progressing, two charming young ladies'


sisters, took a pair of young men by the
arm, remarking that as it was leap year


they proposed 10 insist on their preroga-


tives, and desired to AT once be married.


A Squire was called for and one was
shortly found in the company, IN the
person of our worthy conservatOr OF the
peace. Gus. Saltzman When this off


cial presented himself ready for the deli
cate business. one Of the couples forth
with backed out" but the other stood
their ground and the Squire proceeded
with the ceremony, asking the high con
tracing parties several times during its
progress if they were really in earnest. /.
10 which question they gave each time an
affirmative reply.A They were thereupou .
pronounced man aud wife. After the
party commenced TO break up to 20
home, the impromptu groom claimed his
bride in all earnestness, and insisted on
taking her home with him, but she de- I
INJURED and tried to treat the whole mat (
ter as joke, but as the young lady is of
full age. and the marriage Aappeared to
be bona fde to all the witnesses, they do
say that this young lady is legally and
irreVocably the young mans wife, and
the best Of it Is that the parents on both
sides are willing to the matchA The
young man belongs to not only a good,
but a wealthy family, and the young Ia
dy's people though not so well off in a
pecnniary point of view, are comfortably
SO, however, and are Of the highest re
spectability. How the affair will pan
out" remains to be seen.
Year: 1872

"Frugailty' must put his money in his
pocket, determined that not cent of it
shall so for travelling by first class con


veyances. Let him take a second-class
passage in the steamer, by which he will
get as sure support of life as if We went
first class. lie will simply be obliged
to eat at the second table. Will not be
allowed to display his sturdy form on
certain part of the deck, and will have
his room in a different, though per
fectly healthy, part Of the shik In this
way he will be able to count on about
nine hundred dollars clear to be expend-
ded in seeing the sights on shore. In
the next place, let him leave his big
trunks at home. \ common carpet,bag.
containing a better suit of clothes than
he wears every day, some clean linen and
little medicine, for one hand, and an
umbrella for ths other, will be all the
luggage he can afford to take. When
ever he needs new clothes he can buy
them cheaper in Europe than in this
country. In going about from place to
place IN the countries he visits be must
frequently walk This Is easily done on
account OF the comparative nearness Of
the places. In all particulars travelling
cheaply in Europe Is 10 be done pre-
cisely as 1t IS in this country, by walking
whenever one can. or by using only cheap
means Of onveyance-general the
third class; and by buying only what one
eats, and as rule, eating only hearty.
food.
Year: 1872

Bow TO FREsHEN SALT FIsH-Most
persons who are in the habit of freshen
ing Tnakerel or other salt fish, never dream
that there is a right way and a wrong
way to do it. Any person who has seen
the process of evaporation going on at
the salt works. knows that the salt goes
to the bottom. just so it is in the pan
where your mackerel or white fish lies
soaking; and, as it lays with the skin side
down, the salt will fall to the skin side
and there remain. when, if placed with
the flesh down, the sat falls to the bot
tom of the pan, and the flesh comes out
freshened as it should be- In the other
case it is nearly as salt as when putin.
Year: 1872

WE are sorry to learn from a Hindoo
astronomer that during the present year
blazing meteor will pass by the earth,
and, in a short space of twenty four min
utes, destroy all vegetation, and kill
millions of people.
Year: 1872

THE MORMON FIAsCO.-A beautiful
mess the administration has made of the
Mormon prosecutions. II started ont to
crush polygamy with a flourish OF trum-
pets aud an air of outraged virtue and
boastingly announced that il would Sc
cure the suppression of the twin relic
If it required the whole power of the
Government Justice Mexican. foOlishly
believing that the administration was ID
earnest. went at work with will Very
soon be had Brigham Young and most
of bis apostles under arrest on q charge
of murder, aud committed them without
bail Though his proceedings were be
lieved to be Illegal. his most arbitrary
acts were most loudly applauled, and be
had reason to believe that he was carry


ing out the will Of the powers that be


Suddenly District Attorney Bates-who
seemed to be in possession Of later in
formation from Washington than vas
Judge McKean-discovered that the
Courts treasury was 10 painfully impe


cunious condition, and the prosecution
could not 90 on. He accordingly secur


ed a continuance of the cases. aud posted
of to Washington About this time
decided Mormon agitation for the ad


mission of Utah as State Is observable


Instructions are forwarded from Wash
ington TO Judge Mexican ordering him
TO accept bail in the cases of Brigham
and his apostles. The Judge, still
strangely obtuse denies the motion, aud
will lose his official head for his temerity.
The milk in this huge Mormon cocoanut
Is just here: Grant and Brigham Y oung
are -conspirators The party of the
first part agrees to lend his aid to secure
the admission of Utah in defiance of the
apportionment law of Congress, and to
back Brigham against the United States


Courts. In consideration of which the
party of the second part agrees to carry
the electoral vote Of the new State foi
Grant-and electoral votes are Just nov
an object Of considerable interest to Mr
g.. more, in fact, than IS the suppression
of poligamy In fulfiIlment of this con


tract it is to day given out from Wash


ington that the Mormon prosecutions are
TO be discontinued The rest will follow
in due time Cincinnati Commercial
Year: 1872

and upon the most momentous political
year Of its existence year Of important
local, State and National elections.


The history of the BANNER is the history
Of the political, commercial, mate rial pro-
gress of Tennessee for over half u century
Year: 1872

In view of the demand for female
suffrage, says the Boston Commercial
Bulletin, it is proposed that the follow
sirOus of entering the arena of politics
be propOunded for answers to all can
didates:


What is the best season for ballot
box stuffing?


In opening n marking list, would
you use silk or wOrsted?


DO you consider the electiOneering
the jewelry of the campaign?


Would you measure the canvass of
a ward by the yard


Is it measures, not men," that you
desire?


Would you stand up to vote a mo-
ton down?


Would you propose musk or cologne
when the scents of the meeting is
called for?


Ought a chip hat to be worn in log
rolling for an election?


Are you familiar with the music of
political organs?


What sort of a vehicle l. a political
hack?


How old must a woman be to be
entitled to the right to sufIer-age?


Do you believe in the doctrine, ITO
the victOrs belong the spOils," and, ii
so, do you consider a man spoils in
political life?


Would you sit on a standing CON-
mittee?


Would you insist on having your
weight when the vote was declared to
be a light one2
Year: 1872

But here the question is naturally
suggested whether our moon, which
Is but 20, 900 miles from US, ought not
hrst to be examined for signs or, at
least, OF being fitted for the support of
life. When the telescope was first
invented, it is certain that astrono-
meTs were more hopeful of recOgnIs-
ing such signs in the moon than in
any other celestial body. AS tele-
scopes of greater and greater power
were constructed, our satellite was
searched with more and more eager
scrutiny. And many a long year
elapsed before astronomers would ac-
cept the conclusion that the moons
surface Is wholly untitled for the sup
port Of any Of those forms of life with
which we are familiar upon earth.
They know that If our satellite has an
atmosphere at all; that atmosphere
must be so limited ia extent that no
creatures we are acquainted with
could live in it. They know she has
no oceans, seas, rivers or lakes, neith-
er clouds nor rains, and that if she
had, there would be no winds to watt
moisture from place to place, or to
ca1se the clouds to drop fatness upon
the lunar fields. They know, also,
that the moons surface is subjected
alternately to cold far more intense
than that which binds our arctic
regions in everlasting frost, and to a
heat compared with which the fierce
noon Of tropical day is as the freshness
of spring morning. They search on
ly over the lunar disc for the signs of
volcanic action, feeling well assured
that no traces of the existence of liv-
ing creatures will ever be detected in
that desolate Orb.-The COrnhill
Magazine.
Year: 1872

4 CUTE CHAP.-American mer-
chants have a reputation for sagacity
and acuteness, but there are few Of
them that can surpass, in any respect,
the gentleman of whom a good story
is told in the English papers. He i
a merchant in London, and lately
found that a rival establishment was
using his brains for its own benefit,
and at the same time forestalling him
IN the market by obtaining copies of
his telegraph orders from an operator
by bribery. He at once wrote private
ly to his agents always to act contrary
to orders, and then went to work ex-
eFcising his brains at once for his own
benefit, and injury Of the wrong doer.
He not only got the benefit OF his own
foresight and tact, but was obtaining
a pOetical revenge upon his rival, and
III three months had him in court
Of bankruptcy, while his own con-
eeru went ON prosperOusly.
Year: 1872

x The following occurrence is said, by
the Hartford Times, to have actually
transpired in that city, and not very
long ago:


One of our prominent and wealthy
citizens had purchased a slightly piece
of land outside the city, but within
the town limits, and the purchaser
was troubled somewhat because he
had been told that he could not get
water, owing to the elevated position
of his land, without digging further
Chinaward than anyone would be
likely to undertake. AS we said, this
troubled him. He wanted a well on
his place, and although a man of great
energy-One who never allowed any
obstacle, no matter how great, to turn
him from his path-he hesitated long
before undertaking this task. The
thought of excavating half a mile
(mOre or lesS) OfsOlid rock was enough
to deter the stOutest heart. At this
juncture, before he had resolved upon
anything definite, he dreamed that
he had set gang of men to digging
for a well on a certain Ito his mind
well defined spot, and that after dig
ging few feet, before the rock was
reached, water came in abundance.
The gentleman, though not a bit su-
perstitiOus, and holding dreams light
ly as anybody, was more impressed
with his sleeping vision than he
would have cared to acknowledge.
at first he would have secuted the
idea of treating the subject seriously
enough to put a spade into the earth
at the spot indicated in his dream
but do what he would he could not
dismiss the dream from his mind, and
finally he resolved to test it, but with
out any real belief that his dream
would be verified. He sat his men
to work, and strange to relate, after
digging fifteen feet, water abundanlly
flowed, and thus the dream fully came
to pass. We have seen the we'll with
our own eyes, and the dreamer who
is gentleman of undoubted veTacity,
assures us that our story is true.
Year: 1872

The most ancient cemetery in Paris
is now being dug up and the bodies
removed by the direction and at the
cost Of the government. 1t was at
taChed to the Church of st. Peter and
st, Paul, afterward known as Gene
We've, and dates back more than
twelve hundred years, or into the
sixth century. The works are now
being carried on in the most ancient
part of the cemetery, all the collins
dating further back than the time of
ChaTlemagne. In the Church was
the tomb of the famous Peter Lom-
bard, Bishop of Paris, and in the
cemetery were buried many famous
Frenchmen among whom were
DAugesseau and Du Moulin, the
famous lawyers and iUrists De Thou
and Duchesne, the historians, and
several members of the renowned and
princely house of COnte. All these
bodies, and those of many other il
lustriOus dead, were exhHmed and re-
moved to the CatacOmbs in 1871.
Some of the collins found are made
of stone, some of composition, and
others of baked clay. The heads of
the skeletons are all turned toward
the east, according to the custom of
the early church. This custom arose
from the belief that at the final resur-
FectlOn the Saviour would come from
the east, and thus those 50 placed in
the tomb would be able to arise. and
see and hail him as he came.
Year: 1872

The Berderer, published at Las Cruces, N. M. says: The infor- nation which we received few days since from Fort Bayard, that Gen. Devin was about to start on 8 secret expedition, etc., proves to be all incorrect. We have met the General in Cruces and Mesilla, and find that there is no secrecy at all about his business or destination. He is now on his way to Fort Craig to put in force Q previous order to remove the Indians from Canada Alamosa to the new reservation at Tularosa. This order was issued some months since, but upon the representation of Gen. Granger. that the severity of the winter weather in the mountains would make it extremely hard for the Indians to be moved at that sea- son, the execution of the order was delayed. For the purpose ot comforting with the chiefs and se- cure a peaceable removal If pos sible, Gen. Granger, Gen. Devin and Superintendent Pope visited Canada some few weeks back, but it seems received no satisfactory assurances from the Indians that they would go. The time given the Indians to consider the matter has expired, and Gen. Devin now takes charge of the removal. He will endeavor to induce the chiefs to remove peaeeably, but if he fails in this and no counter order is sent after him, he will take such measures as he thinks will secure success. Our only fear is that he will not find the Indians until he has followed them in an active campaign. For the sake of the citizens on this frontier he will avoid a war If the desired re- suit can be brought about, but if necessary to deal harshly with them to secure obedience, Gen. Deyin is just the man to place in command Of the expedition. Gen. Granger knows this, and has shown his good judgment in the selection of the commanding of. Gcer. Wo shall look with great anxiety for the result.
Year: 1872

A Scotch court has affirmed the re-
sponsibility of a man for his offspring to
the fourth generation. The Inspector of
Poor for the parish of Talbot recently ad-
vanced aid to widow with five young
children, and brought suit in the Small
Debt Court to recover the amount from
her grandfather. Against the liability
vigorous but Intellectual defense was
made.
Year: 1872

~ Mr.. William Cullen Bryant has this
opinion of General Grants candidacy
General Grant is unquestionably the choice
OF the lay as well as of the official members
of the regular organization. After the viru-
lent speech of Senator Sumner against him,
indeed, it is difficult to see how any Republi-
can, who does not differ from the Admins
tration on grounds OF principle, could fail
to throw up his hat for Grant"