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Year: 1876

A disgusted Democrat writing from
Washington says: 81 have thought the
Republican party grossly negligent, and
even criminal in its mismanagement. !
thought our party would bring order out
of confusion, but [ have to confess that
l am disgustsd. So far as bad behavior
is concerned, the Democrats see the Re,
publicans and go them a hundred pei
cent better"
Year: 1876

VIRTUE is service man owes himself
and though there were no heaven nor
any God to rule the world, it were not the
less binding law of life 1t is mans
privilege to know the right and follow it.
The HINDU SCRIPTURES.
Year: 1876

Here is question to be answered by
every teacher of Mahaska Co. Does it
mean keeping school?' Does it mean
hearing of classes in the common branch
es, especially if they are all small schol-
ars) and making the boys mind? Is this
teaching? He who has studied the ques-
ton cannot answer it So Will not some
one answer this question in an article next
week? We wait.
Year: 1876

l"NSulbStOu lcleXtau, Sotu.


Throat.rot is what some of our learned
doctors call the disease that so afflicts
Congress just at this tine. We have had
fourteen Of them, Fernando Wood and
Sunset Cox included, down with this ma.
lignant disease within week. And it
vas not at al comforting to be told BY
the Washington press that two Of these
Congressman came very near dying. And
then there was touch of true innocence
that favored of Boss Shepherd in the
theory set forth by these lively Wash
ington newspapers that all this throat
rot among Congressman was caused by
the presence Of the unclcanly negroes
who daily irfest the galleries Of the
House Of Representatives.


We must look beyond Sambo and into
our costly sewers for the cause Of all this
dangerous wickedness. These malignant
throat diseases, with pneumonia, diphthe.
ria, and what closely resembles very
bad type Of ship fever, Washington has
been seriously afflicted with for several
weeks. They are not confined to the
Capitol and congressman, but prevail to
an alarming extent all over the city.
Many who were not in the Capitol this
winter have been victims to it; some of
them have died.


About two months ago well known en-.
gineer of this city, who has made the sub.
ject Of drainage study, told your :orres'
pondent that two Of the maiE sewers were
choked, and that unless soon relieved the
atmosphere of the city would soon be fill.
cd with sewer gas,and the people poisoned
to death. That is what is the matter
now. He also said that the mouth Of the
sewer which drains the Capitol was sub.
merged, and that he had called the atten.
ton Of the architect Of the Capitol to it,
and that the latter had promised to have
Nh examination n'ado. BY all means let
there be thorough examination, and il
it be sewer gas that is giving our Con-
gressmen the throat rot letthe blame be
fixed where it belongs. It is hard enough
for llallct Kilbourne and his gang ol
Washington sharpers to rob Sambo Of the
little money he had laid away in the
Frcedman's Bank; it is absolutely mean
to charge him with poisoning a dozen OF
more Congrcssmen.
Year: 1876

The Legislature is now engaged in
the annual task Of seeking to regu-
late the rate of interest on money and
thus to make money cheap and plen.
tltul. Some of the wiseacres of that
body imagine that by restricting the
rate of interest, money will seek in4
vestments in houses and lands and
thus give an impetus to the material
progress of the country. The most
natural effect will be to induce the
conscientious lender to hoard his
money or invest it outside of the
State, and to turn over the borrower
to the clutches of the unscrupulous
who will find ont a hundred ways of
eVading the law.


The only way of making money
plentiful and the rates of interest low
is to 90 to hard work, practice econ,
omy, avoid debt, build up the pros
""N'i'N '|o'"' NGo vi llc country, Sc
cure good government, and just and
equal laws, and moderate taxation,
and capital will then flow in. Th ose
would~be reformers commence at the
wrong end when they attempt to force
capital. 1t is the handmaid Of in
dnstry and economy, and whilst it
may be courted by wise laws, it can
not be cocrced by the power of the
Legislature. 1t is as free as the
winds and calls no man master. Let
there be an end of snch legislation
"The worth of a thing is what it will
bring" and this applies to money as
to anything else.
Year: 1876

land will buy moro corn than could
be produced upon that acre. This
may be true, and still it may be true
that all cotton and no corn is bad
motto.


a diversity of crops on tho samo
farm has many advantages. The worry
sameness which is presented constants
ly to the mind of the farmer, who
cultivates but one kind of crop pro-
duoes WEAKNESS. He becomes dispir-
tied. The human mind is so consti- :
tutod that it absolutely requires va
rlety. This variety is seen in hill
mountain and dale. A variety of
crops infuses energy into tho laborer.
A farmer can make his own supplies.
and nearly as much cotton or any
other money crop, as he can when he
makes no effort 60 produce any sup
plies at oil. This may be thought
extravagant; but if any one will tako
the trouble to look into the facts in
the case, he will conclude that the
statement is correct.


Again: a diversity of crops enables
tho farmer to save his land. 1t mat,
tors not what crop it is, ifit be plant
ed year after year on tho samo land,
the soil will become exhausted. To
keepit up will require much labor
and great expense in the way of ma.
nure. BY diversity of crops, the
farmer is able to rule the market and
not be ruled by the market. 1t is a
matter of universal observation that
those farmers who devote their whole
attention to money crop, and mako
no effort to produce their own sup.
plies, are wholly under the control cf
circumstances which they might con-
troll, if they saw fit so to do. The
theory of Southern formers with res-
pect to cotton is absolutely correct.
but their practice is absolutely wrong.
They all admit that there is too
much attention paid to the cultivation
OF cotton and not enough TO the pro-
ducing of supplies. If they know
what is right and what is wrong, why
do they not do what is right? 1t
is admitted that if the Southern pco
pie would produce their own corn,
flour and bacon, and what cotton, be.
sides, they could, we would be pros
porous people. Why is this not done?
Generally speaking, those farmers who
raise their own corn, wheat, oats and
bacon, together with q little cotton,
are in easy circumstances. This is
the proper time of tho year to tako
this mattor into consideration. Ifthe
farmers Of the South will plant the
same number Of acres in corn that
they plant in cotton, and devote the
same attention to its cultivation that
they usually do to the cultivation of
the cotton crop, next fall will find our
country in bettor condition than it
is to day. If our Southern farmers
continue to produce nothing but cot
ton and depend upon tho market for
bread and meat, the end will soon
come.-Yorkvilo Enquirer.
Year: 1876

Some months ago Colonel Bangs
engaged a young fellow named Scud.
der as sub-editor of the Morning
Argus. On the day before the anni-
versary of Bunker Hill, Bangs asked
Scudder il he was familiar with that
battle, and Scudder said he was. So
Bangs told Scudder he would like
HIM to write up little sketch of it
for the anniversary day, and Scudder
said he would try. The next morn
ing the sketch appeared in the paper
and attracted much attention. When
Bangs saw it he called Scudder in
and said: "Mr Scudder, didn't You
tell me that you were familiar with
the battle of Bunker Hill?" Eyes
sir" "Well, if that is the case. 7
will be obliged if you will tell me
what you mean when you say: "By
o'clock the Confederate troops were
ready for the attack. Gen. Washing
ton had the catapults put in line to
await their coming; and when Ma
poleon saw them he drew his trusty
sword and said, 'Soldiersl twenty
centuries look down upon YOU


No sooner were the batterine
rams leveled against the wall of the
castle than the Duke of Wellington
sent word to his mother by Gen But>
Ter, that he would either win or be
brought back on his shield. Then
ordering his men to fire at the white
OF the enemy's eyes, he waited the
onset with all that majestic calmness
which ever distinguished the great
hero of Buena Vista. This was the
very crisis of the battle. Joan of Arc,
spying Gen. Jackson behind the cot


ton bales, dashed at him upon her
snow white charger, swinging her
P0nderous battle axe over her head
her fair hair streaming behind her
III the wind. AS her s;ecd rushed
forward her hair caught in the hong ii
OF tree, and as Sue hung there Ser
Seant Bates SHOT her through tie
heart with bolt from an arquebus.
her last words were, Don't give up
the ship? The Duke could stand it
no longer. The Mamelukes had
slain all the vanguard-Gen. Sickles
had lost his leg and re ired on pen
sion, and the enemy's skirmishers


lodged in the top of the Bunker Hill
Monument, were pouring boiling oil
on those who attempted to scale it
Leaping from his horse, he shouted,
UP guards, and at theml' and the
next moment, with the glorious flag
OF truce in one hand and his sword
in the other, he hurled his legions
upon the lava beds, crushing the say


age foe to the earth, aud killing, a.
mong others, the we'll known Gener-
al Harrison, afterwards the President
Of the United States.' l think we
shall have to part, Mr. Scudder. It
seems to me that you career as a
Journalist ought to end right here. [
will accept your resignation. And
if any one asks your why you left the
Argus, point out this paragraph, and
say that it was because the proprie>
tor was afraid he'd murder you when
he read the statement that, 'at the
battle of Bunker Hill, the Contedero
ates lost $4,000, and the Carthageni-
ans only 600, and that there is no
spot in Virginia people hold more
sacred than that bloody hill where
the bones of Cromwell lie with those
OF Rodger Williams point to that
language, Mr. Scudder, and your
friends will understand the situation. ).
Year: 1876

A lawyer, about to finish q bill of
costs, was requested by his cliont, a
baker, to make it as light as possible.
'Ah,' said tho lawyer, you might
properly enough say that to tho fore
man of your establishment, but that is
not the way make my bread
Year: 1876

ually concerned, and % accusers in re-
spect to one another. Conkling is
vigorously assailed in the very State
Convention that nominates him.
Blaine is hedged about with fire of
charges which his own party refuses
to think he has fairly and fully met.
Even Bristow, who is put forward in
the party as the reformer par ercel-
lence, has not been able to escape the
allegations of party rivals which do
not strengthen him as candidate in
the common esteem. Morton is as
sailed, both covertly and openly, by
his political brethren, and dreaded by
a large part of the Republican press as
a dangerous and unprincipled public
man. These are the conspicuous as
pirants and candidates for the Presi.
dency among the Republicans. There
is clearly nothing left for them to do
but to bring forward some unknown
responsibility, about whom as little
can be said favorably as unfavorably,
and with whom they will hope to sat
isfy the expectations OF the American
people after having blasted them with
so long term of misrule. The con-
trast between the two parties could
not we'll be sharper or more signif
cant. If candidates are to mean any


thing at this crisis, it is not necessary
to enforce the lesson which such a
contrast impresses. Boston Post.
Year: 1876

earth, to show the world that nation
ality with us meant the widest hospi-
tality, breaking down the traditional
bulwarks that foster selfish isolation
not appropriate to free institutions.
If we began our work by breaking
away from restraint that had become
endurable, 1--WE signallze the second
century of it by inviting the peoples
of the world to leave their homes and
witness a life that is large enough to
include all characters, all lineage and
all conditions, The year may be a
memorable one for ourselves, as well
as our guests, by making the high use
of it whose chief points are to be
found suggested above.
Year: 1876

1t was u sitting morning in dog
days Nature seemed ust ready to
faint, and SO did Mrs. Mostly, when
from her chamber window she sped
Patience Hitchins signing on the
door stone. 1t was bad enough that
oppressive day to discover mould III
the cake,chest and a blight on the
cherry trees but to see the mould
and blight, embodied in Miss Patience
crossing ones threshold, was great
deal worse and Mrs Mosely was
heard by her kitten 10 say that she
SHOULD give up"


On second thought, however, she
did no such thing but possessing
herself of the camphor bottle and a
touching look of resignation, descend
ed to find her guest seated on the low
er stair, YEARLY tanning herself with
npr pocket handkerchief, which it was
Miss IIitchins' habit to hoist as u sig
nal of distress when suffering from an
"attack." She laid it now across her
chest, and mutely folded her hands
above it While waiting for her breath
to oyertqke her. Sitting bolt upright
against the balusters, with her veil
over her face, she looked, in her strip
ed gown, not unlike the dignltied
flower known as jack .in.the pulpit,
If a mature maiden of forty might be
lik ened to any Of the floral creation.


1t may be, with her closed eyes, she
seemed 10 Daniel Kilgore like the
Year: 1876

pillowing her camphorated head on
his shoulder, the bewildered matron
was again heard to say that she
'.should give up"


Hester Ann Rogers, ''the bonnet
girl aforesaid, said the same a week
later, when she was commissioned to
make Miss Patience's bridal hat. Out
of spite she gave it a very melancholy
effect, bat it suited the wearer all the
better for that.


On her wedding day, Miss Hitchins
cast aside her brown striped dress for
one of lighter hue, and in the fresh
glory of green veil, the "Jack-in-
he-pulpit" was transformed into the
'mournlng BRIDE Of course she had
enough regard for appearances to
weep during the ceremony but it
was not in human nature to remain
long fearful in the sunshine Of Dan.
iel's presence for if ever perfect sat-
jsfaction was seen in this world, it
beamed from his face that day. This
satisfaction was greatly increased by
the fact that Mrs. Getchell was pres
ent at the wedding, and greeted her
new niece most warmly-evcn con-
graduating her on the discovery of
the will, and declaring that she herself
was too old to have the care of farm.
Mrs. Mosely made the cake-which,
to the qualification Of the bride, was a
little heayy-but she protests that
there is not the least truth in the re
port that she made the match.
Year: 1876

To treat their mother as politely as
if she were a strange lady who did
not spend her life in their service; to
be as kind and helpful to their sisters
as to other boys sisters to take pride
in having their mothers and sisters tor
their best friends to try and find
some amusement for the evening that
all the family can join in, large and
small; to take pride in being gentle,
men at home; to cultivate cheerful
temper to sew on their own buttons;
if they do anything wrong to take
their mothers into their confidence,
and above all, never to lie about any
thing they have done; to make up
their minds not to learn to smoke,
chew or drink, remembering these
things cannot be easily unlearned, and
that they are terrible drawbacks to
good men; to remember that there
was never a vagabcnd without these
habits.
Year: 1876

The idea is, unless it has been
strangely misconceived, that the
whole coming season, dating from the


opening of the Exhibition to its close,


is to be National Holiday. Such a
conception of what belongs to the


wear, with the immortal Fourth of Ju.
ly as the pivotal point, suggests a per
petual round of travel, of visiting
among the States at Philadelphia, of
celebrations of local historic events,
of viewing the collections Of the


worlds industrial, artistic and educa-
tional productions, and of exchanging
mutual congratulations. After the
expected current of travel from the
Old World and from all parts of this
country shall have turned to the cen.
tral point of attraction, it will break
and distribute itself to various direc-
tions over the country. Some it will


take to the seacoast, lingering in the
cities that, like Boston and New York,
offer so many delightful attractions
for passing away time agreeably.
Some will eddy to Newport and Sara
toga and Long Branch, some will rill
itself down the mountain sides, and
the rest will make the continental ven
ture after the vigorous example Of
Dom Pedro, and climb the Sierra Ne
yadas and the vast elevations of the
far West, Our country will be in a
state of unusual activity, aside from
that which the approaching political
discussions will inevitably create. 1t
is going to be lively Centennial, and
the lull in business will only give ev-
erybody the more time to share in it.


The genuine way to show apprecia-
ton of it Is to give up to it as if it
were indeed the event of a lifetime as


we'll as a grand memorial mark in our
national history. This general move
ment and cordial interchange OF social
sentiment will make us one people
more truly than we ever were before.


1t will be worthy incident Of the
time that Emperors and popular SOW


eigns, with Princes and men Of high
and low degree from all quarters OF
the civilized globe, met on our native
soil and became better acquainted.
Our simple republican life will prove
the alembic in which the elements OF
!, different nationalities are thus fused.


Foreigners who will for the first time
participate in our festival of lndepen-


dence Day will catch the spirit OF the
scene, and 60 away bearing with them
impressions of democracy which they


co lid not have obtained SO well i'll any
other way. And on our own side we


shall have learned how TO Introduce q


still greater completely into our repub


licanism, and seen the increased charm
of manners that are not affected BY
any of the starch of pretentiousness
, The mingl,ng Of peoples will be &
y good thing every way, and our advan


tage will consist in the fact that We
: shall not be put to the Inconvenience
of foreign travel in order to enjoy ou'
l privilege. A wiser use Of our Centen
NAL in this age of larger sympathlef
8 could not have been made than TO con
g vert it into an international affair. l
y was for us, the great Republic OF tn
Year: 1876

1t is hardly necessary to remind the
reader that q Sunday morning visit to
Staub will we'll repay those who make il
His selection of periodicals is unsurpassed,
and his prices are such as invite and retain
fine class of custom. The New York
monthlies are now due. Harper's is already
on his counter.
Year: 1876

It is one of the duties of the City At
torney to prepare report of the amount OF
business done in his Office. During the past
two years general appearances have indi-
Gated that it Was very large, but nothing is
known officially. Would Mr.. Jonas oblige
thu public with statement
Year: 1876

Next to faith in God is faith in labor


1t is the manner which is better than all.
There is proud modesty in merit,
Laws are the silent assessors of God.


Votes should be weighed, not counted.


The flowers swim at the top of the bowl.
The morning hour has gold it its mouth.
Mystery and innocence are not akin.
Oppression is more easily borne than insult.
Soft is the music that would charm forever
Passion is the drunkenness of the mind.
breeding is surface Christianity.


No mans religion ever survives his morals.
A golden mask hides all deformities.
No sword bites so fiercely as an evil tongue.
Every man is his own great dupe.
Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.
Nothing succeeds so well as succass. ,
No man was ever scolded out Of his sins.
Good taste is the flower of good sense.
Our thoughts are heard in Heaven.
Time is an herb that cures all diseases.
There is none deceived but he that trusts.
Year: 1876

manufactures in many large establish-
ments do not exceed S per cent. So
the matter of shaving in obtaining
money frequently renders it impossi-
BILE to compete with other establish
ments. When there is fierce foreign
rivalry, for the want of the necessary
banking facilities to discount the pa
per received at the regular rate of in
terest, this compel submission to the
shylocks who are as plenty as the
middle interests in every community.
Our country is in such condition
now, and under such circumstances it,
industry must constantly languish
= until Congress applies the proper
remedy; and that will never be until
the producer and the toilera joinnto-
gether and demand the legitimate
fruits of their investment and labor.


Pardon me, Mr.. Editor, for intrud-
ing on SO much of your valuable space,
and, if you say so, you shall receive
more from the pen of the ls ~


fr % WELSH MINER.
Year: 1876

CUT one-half pound of Soap into small
~ shavings, and dissolve in five gallons
of hot water, and then put in as many pie
ces of clothes as the solution will cover, let
them soak or 10 minutes; then little
hand rubbing will make them as clean as
hours of hard machine rubbing would do
with ordinary soap '"-


When clothes are not much soiled, no
rubbing is required.


Wiring them out Of the solution, then
treat them the same as though they had
been washed in the ordinary way.


When one lot of clothes is removed from
the solution, replace with another. sr


~ This Soap is warranted perfectly free
from anything injurious, and a careful ana
lysis has proved that its ingredients cannot
njure the finest fabrics. 1t is also an ex-
cellent Shaving Soap. For cleaning Paint,
use a sponge or cloth saturated with the
solution; 1t will leave the paint bright and
uninjured; the repeated use of it on painted
wood tends to make its glossy.


For removing Paint, Grease Spots, &c,
from Clothing, dip one end of the Soap in
hot water and rub on the soiled spots; then
with linen towel and warm water, wash
the Soap of; if the spots are of long stand
ing, repeat the operation.


This Soap being very dry and pure does
not dissolve easily, but must be Thoroughly
Boiled in water to make it dissolve


Mouselin de LANES, Cashmeres, Woolens,
Flannels, &c, are rendered soft and
smooth, but should not be boiled. .s


All fast colors are made bright and clear
with this soap. Dresses can be washed
without ripping. All,


P. s.-To get the full benefit of this
Soap, it should always be dissolved in boil
ing water, and the solution used while
warm. Manufactured only by
Year: 1876

HONESTY Is THE BEST PoLICY.-One
day about three weeks ago stranger
customer, came 10 Grstiot avenue gro
Ger, lie wanted some goods and he paid
cash down. The next day he made anoth-
or purchase and paid cash, and as the
days went by his face and his cash be-
came familiar. One day he returned
with the change given him and said


81 believe am an honest man. You
paid me twenty cents too much"


The grocer received it and was pleased.
Two days after that the stranger return
ed from the cur5stone to say;


"Another mistake on your part ; you
overpaid me by forty cents"


The grocer was glad to have found an
honest man, and puzzled to know how
no should have counted so far out of the
way. Three days more, the stranger
picked up dollar bill in the store and
said This is not my dollar. found
it on the floor and you must take charge
oft"


The grocers heart melted, and he won
dsred if the world was not progressing
backwards TO old d-time honesty. A skip
OF one day, and then the honest man
brought down a wheelbarrow, ordered
eighteen dollars worth of groceries, and
would have paid cash had he not forgot
ten his wallet. He would hand it in at
noon as he went past, he said, and it was
all right with the grocer.


That was the last Of The honest man
morning fades TO noon. and noon melts
away in darkness, but he cometh not
There are no more mistakes in change
no more dollar bills on the floor, and the
grocer's eyes wear a way-otf expression
rs il yearning to see some one for about
two minutes.