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Year: 1876

to accept any terms.no matter how unjust.
rather than see their homes slip from their
grasp. It is idle for the Union to endeav-
or to Justify the course of capital as against
labor. Nor will it ever prove but what
the recent unfair and unjust reduction of
wages was step to compel the poor. hard
working mechanic to yield snbservience
to those whose only motive was personal


and pecuuiary aggrandizement.
Year: 1876

For Book BINDING or Ruling, go to
The ARGUS Bindery. No better work
can be done in this vicinity. Prices reason
able. Work done quick, Leave orders at
THE ARGUS Counting Room. opposite the
the Post Office.
Year: 1876

of the places Of amusement, any of
the public houses, and you hear no
cursing' or swearing, no obscene
language so common in other coun-
tries. The only person ever heard
utter the most sacred name in Ire
land, in an awful manner, was a
young swell who had just arrived
from the States. He was looked
upon by those who heard him as be-
ing somewhat insane. In Ireland
you see but very little drunkenness.
The law in reference to selling
liquor on Sundays is very strict,
aud even if there were no law to
prohibit the sale of liquor, | think
the people would use but very little
of it. One thing is certain, Mr..
Editor, the Irishman at home is
good. If in a foreign country he
proves to be anything else, his fall
may be traced to the bad company
with whom on all sides he is likely
to become acquainted. In America
they, as a general thing, are looked
upon as not being worthy Of much
notice, but if the American would
take the pains to travel through Ire
land and study the manners and
customs of the people, he would
find them, in respect Of morality
and religion, defying comparison
with any other country in exist
ence; whilst in appearance they are


far superior to the sickly Yankee


and in intelligence and education


nothing inferior, although they


have not the public school system


to give them the high-toned knowl


edge that of late has made th'


American and his nation the laugh
ING stock of the world.
Year: 1876

am. a large portion of their duties
for the day are performed. The
letters are read and answered. So
much responsibility is removed from
their minds that they are now in Il
fit condition to digest a substantial
meal. They now return to their
homes for breakfast, when the par
take of fish and chops, accompanied
with the inevitable rice, and follow
ed by fruit, the whole washed down
with olaret or bitter ale, and a cup
Of coffee or tea after the meal. The
next and last meal for the day is
dinner. This is usually taken be-
tween five and seven. Aud if pos
sible this meal should be taken after
the days work is over. You will
eventually become a nation Of dys-
peptics if your men of business will
persist in dining in the midst Of
their hours of business, and refuse
themselves sufficient time to masti.
cate and digest what they eat.
Year: 1876

A traveller in Ireland, in a letter
to the Lake Shore Visitor, says:


On Sundays, from early morn till
noon, at which time the last mass IS
generally said, the churches are
crowded, and not crowded by peo-
pie who go to mass simply to COM
ply with the law; but by pious
people who go to their duty, | sup
pose, at least twice a month. The
number of COMMITMENTS that may
be seen approaching the holy table
is really edifying. And this may
not only be witnessed ON the first OF
second Sunday Of the month, but
on every Sunday Of the year. But
it is not alone in the churches thai
THE people of Ireland are remarka.
Ible for their goodness. Enter any
Year: 1876

Though, to beGuro, when he was
permitted to take q bird's-eye view
of heaven and hell, he saw that
most of the inhabitants of the lat
ter place were women. The absence
Of women from mosques has prob
ably led hasty observers to the
above conclusion. But this is only
due to the desire that. they should
not distract the attention of the
male worshipers.
Year: 1876




A GooD WHITEwAsH.-For white
washing, pound of glue dissolved in
hot water and diluted with 4 gallons of
water, to which is added pounds OF
whiting, will be found to answer a better
purpose than common lime. Woodwork
can be washed with this glue size. and
one coat of paint on it would last for
years. A little chrome yellow will give
a light lemon-co;ored tint to the wash.
A cheap paint for the floor can be made,
which strong, smart woman could apply
to any floor. pounds of French ochre,
+ of a pound of glue, and gallon of hot
water. Dissolve the glue in a small
quantity Of hot water when wholly
melted add the rest of it, stirring it
slowly until well mixed. Then stir in
the ochre, and apply while hot, with a
good sized paint brush. When well
dried apply or 2 coats of boiled linseed
oil. This paint dries very quickly, har-
dening in Is to "a hours.
Year: 1876

1t is found that corn pays in general
about thirty three percent. of its value
for transportation from the west to the
seaboard, while the freight on first class
batter is less than five per cent. In fact
If a bushel of corn will produce, as some
estimate, from six to eight pounds OF
butter, then it is clear the difference of
freight in favor of butter is much greater
than the above figures Indicate. Again,
it is found that bushel of corn will pro-
duce from ten to fifteen pounds of pork,
nearly the same proportion of mutton,
and OF beef about seven to ten pounds.


This certainly goes to show that corn
is limited by its bulk to near by markets.
1t is folly for farmers to attempt impos-
sibilities. The only way to make sure of
a profit on corn is to convert it into
some product that will bear transporta-
tion. The man who does this makes two
profits on his grain, in addition to a third
profit on the manure it produces. 1t is
easy to show that corn culture rightly
pursuefl crn be made source of profit
But, the man who deliberately ships h;s
corn in bulk, to be sold at distant
point, is simply con'ending against nat.
nral laws. and should not complain if he
finds that such farming docs not pay
Christian Union.
Year: 1876

Overwork often produces nervousness,
and the cure is rest. Many people think
they must go on killing themselves in
this way by slow degrees, and when they
have succeeded. lockers on are no wiser
than they were before, but keep on tax
ing themselves beyond their strength
and paying the penalty. Of all the
causes of nervousness the most prolific is
worry. If having done our best, We
could only leave the consequences to the
Higher Powers; if we could but be con-
tent tn take life as it is and make the
most Of it +; to do the duty Of the hour
promptly and with fidelity and think no
more about it; to open our hearts to all
the gentle influences of nature that WOO
Us, and enjoy without murmur or gues-
tic'I the good and the evil that fall to
our lot. confident that they are alike
beneficial, to live Alright in the presesent
and leave the future to God, what a world
of trouble and anxiety we would be saved!
Plenty ofsleep, plenty of air, plenty of
food, and an abounding trust in the
goodness of God will keep those who
enjoy these blessings from the torture of
nervousness.-M Y. Tribune.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Alfred Newton writes striking
protest to the 7mes against the whole
sale slaughter of birds for the sake of
ornamental feathers. He quotes the
proceedings of . single sale of feathers to
show that to supply that sale alone 8, 700
herons (or egrots) must have been de-
stroye.d All these feathers are said to
have come from India last autumn. Mr..
New observes that no country could sup
ply 10000 herons in a single breeding
season without nearly roofing out the
stock. Moreover 15.0O0'humming birds
and upward were included in the sale,
of which 74O were of a single kind. As
far as we know, none of these birds
really diminish the stock of food available
for man, so that in destroying them we
empty the world absolutely of a certain
portion Of its beauty and happiness
while the beauty is certainly by no means
made up in the Ornamentation of FEM
inine toilets which is thus procured. In
this age of fine moralities, does no one
really bestow thought on the morality
of such reckless spoilation of life as this?
London Spectator
Year: 1876

A CLEANSING AND REEoVATING Pol
IsH.-TAKE of olive oil pound, of rec.
titled oil of amber l pound, spirits OF
turpentine pound. oil of lavender one
ounce, tincture of alkanet root J ounce.
Saturate piece of eotton-batting with
this polish, apply it to the wood, then,
with soft and dry cotton rags, rub well
and wipe off dry. This will make old
furniture in private dwellings, or that
which has been shopworn in warerooms
look as we'll as when first finished. The
article should be put into a jar or jug,
well mixed and afterward kept tightly
corked. This is valuable recipe.
Year: 1876

A writer in the Rural Home says:
have just made gates to replace some
old-fashioned pairs Of bars which am
heartily tired of opening and shutting.
They are cheap durable ard very easily
made. Each gate is twelve feet in length
by four feet in height. Five boards four
inches wide are used. besides battens and
braces. Battens should be placed on both
sides making three thicknesses to nail
through. 1t does not take more than
thirty-three feet of boards. worth perhaps
sixty-six cents, to make each gate. Add
to that ten cents for nails and the value
of one hour of your time, and you have
the whole enpense.


A gate of this kind will outlast a
framed one costing "a, and as no hinges
are used. that expense is saved also. 1t
is held in positions by means of stake
driven in the ground four or five inches
from the post not in straight line,
but little more than the thickness of
the gate towards the driveway SO that
when opened the gate can be turned half
way around and be parallel with the
driveway. 1t is kept few inches from
the ground by q strip, nailed to both
stake and post, on which one end rests
when shut, and on which it slides half
its 1enyth and then SWINGS ronpd On a |
pivot when opened.


The strip is usually placed under the
second board, in a space arranged for it,
by cutting away two of the battens.
This strip takes the place of hinges
A gate of this kind can be made in much
less time and at as little expense as pair
Of bars, and is certainly much more con-
yenient.
Year: 1876

A Coon YEAsT.-Boil ounces of the
best hops in four quarts of water for half
an hour; strain it, and let the liquor
cool down to new milk warmth. Then
put in a small handful of salt, and !!
pound of sugar (brown); beat up pound
of the best -four with some of the liquor,
and mix all we'll together The third
day add three pounds Of potatoes, boiled
and mashed, and let it stand until the
next day. Then strain and it is ready
for use. Stir frequently while making,
and keep near fire. Before using, stir
well. 1t will keep two or three months
in cool place. This yeast is very
strong; half the usual quantity necessary
in baking is sufficient.
Year: 1876

The leg of mutton is the most profita-


BILE joint, containing most solid meat.


The neck Is an extravagant joint, halt


the weight consisting of bone and fat.
The shoulder has also much waste in


bone. The breast does well for kitchen
dinner, nicely stuffed it is much cheap
er than the other joints. Sirloins and
ribs of meat are very extravagant joints,
from the weight of the bone. The roast
ing side of the round part of the buttock
and the part called the "topside," are
the most profitable family eating. The
mouse buttock is used for stewing; shin
is used for soup or stewing. The guam
tity of butchers meat consumed in a
family is, on an average, three-quarters
of a pound for each person; but when
the family consists of q woman and
children, half a pound day is about the
quantity consumed one with another,
independent of hams, bacon, poultry,
fish and game. Meat should be wiped
with a dry, clean cloth as soon as it
comes from the butchers; fy-blows, if
found in it, cut out, and in loins the
long pipe that runs by the bone should
be taken out, as it soon taints; the kern
els, also, should be removed from beef.
Never receive bruised joints. Meat will
keep good for long time in cold wealth
er, and, if frozen through, may keep for
months. Frozen meat must be thawed
before it is cooked by plunging into cold
water, or placing it before the fire before
setting it down to roast. 1t never will
be dressed through if this precaution is
not taken, not even when twice cooked.
Pepper is preventive of decay. in a de-
gree it is we'll, therefore, to pepper hung
joints. Powdered charcoal is still more
remarkable in its effect. 1t will not only
keep the meat over which it is sprinkled
good, but will remove the taint from
already decayed flesh. A piece of char
coal boiled in the water with "high"
meat or fowls, will render it or them
quite sweet. A piece of charcoal, or
powdered charcoal. should be kept in
every larder. Hams, after being smoked
may be kept for any length of time
packed in powdered charcoal.-The
Housekeeper.
Year: 1876

The mildness of the weather is unfa.
vorable to the demand for warm, thick
wooden clothes. For this reason there
will be large stock left unsold, which
next season will be out of date and
style. and, of course, to be sold at loss
All these losses will depress the prices of
our woods, and prevent that confidence
in the wooden market that will warrant
manufacturers freely placing their goods
on the market. 1t is demand that gives
life to all markets.
Year: 1876

Oysters are cheap enough and abund-
ant enough in all conscience; and there
is little need of us who live in great
oyster centers of trade talking about a
substitute. Still there are some who do
not like oysters, and vegetarians who
won't eat oysters, and once in a while
some one who cannot get oysters, and to
all these the satisfy or oyster plant is a
great blessing. There are, however,
very few who can grow it we'll, and it is
by no means uncommon to hear people
say that their attempts to grow it have
been time and money thrown away.


So far as our experience goes it is no
use to try to grow satisfy on high, dry
ground. What are called early gardens
are not spots to try to grow this vegeta-
BILE. 1t must have cool ground; aud
then we think it likes a heavy rich
ground rather than light one. The
Jerseymen bring it to market sometimes
in tolerably good condition, and we are
apt to associate every Jersey crop with
rich, damp sand. However this may be
We have no doubt that in the ordinary
garden soils heavy one is much better
for satisfy than light one.


And then it must be sown very early.
It takes time to grow to good size, and
needs the whole season to do it in. 1t is
not at all tender plant. A little frost
is laughed at: and so no one need fear to
SOW it as early as it can be got in for fear
cold weather may follow the sowing
Germantown Telegraph.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON PIE.-One-half cup of
butter, two of sugar, three eggs well
beaten (butter with the yelks and whites
beaten separately one cup of sour milk,
one teaspoonful OF soda, four cups of
-four. If prepared flour is used then
soda need not be added. Bake in jelly
cake pans. When done, pile two or
three layers of the cake one above the
other, spreading jelly or jam between
each cake.
Year: 1876

The following advice from the New
Gork. evening Post is very important.
Let every mother remember it Life
long discomfort and sudden death
often come to children through. the
inattention or carelessness of the par
ents. A child should never be allow
ed to go TO bed with cold feet the last
thing to be attended 10 is to see that
the feet are dry and warm. Neglect
Of this has often led.to q dangerous
attack of Group. diptheria or a fatal
sore throat. Always on coming from
school, on entering the house from a
visit or errand in rainy, muddy or
thawy weather, the child should re.
move its shoes, and the mother should
herself ascertain whether the stock
ings are the leas, damp. If they are
they should be taken off. the feet he'd
before the fire aud rubbed with the
hands until perfectly dry, and anoth
er pair of stockings, and another pair
of shoes put on. The reserve shoes
and stockings should be kept good and
dry, So as to be ready for use on q
minutes notice"
Year: 1876

When a woman can feel mouse crawling
along her spinal column, and yet stop to think
whether she has on striped stockings, before
keeling over in fit. she is at least qualified
20 enjoy the elective lrpehise.
Year: 1876

Minnesota, like all the older Western
States, is exhausting her wheat growing
capacity, the average yield of the State run
ming below eight bushels to the acre. The
patent process of grinding spring wheat into
a fine pastry flour has, however, built up
great milling industry in the State. Instead
of exporting wheat she now exports flour,
and will probably export one million barrels
in the current twelve months.
Year: 1876

A RABBIT OUTwITs A Fox.-Mr. BENJAMIN
Fox OF East Coventry, Chester county, gave
chase to a rabbit on Monday last, which
sought refuge in stone wall He plugged
the hole in which the rabbit entered, with
one OF his gloves, and proceeded to the op-
poslte side of the wall to dig him out, but
soon found to his surprise that it had left,
and in looking over the top of the wall
discovered "bunny'' leaping off, carrying
with him the glove, and soon disappeared
from view.- West Chester Local.
Year: 1876

The people of this country stand dis
graced before the world, because of the
corruption of the republican party. When
Grant was elected the republicans laid
the corruptions of their party upon the
innocent shoulders of Andrew Johr son.
They promised that fraud should cease
and that the offenders should be driven
from office. They said there was still
fraud uncorrected, but they promised ci-
vil-seryce reform that should be based
upon honesty and integrity. The people
have trusted them twice and had been de-
ceiyed. They now wish to be trusted
again and make as great promises as ever.
Their non-fulfilled premises have lost
them the respect Of the people. Gen.
Grant had been the tool in the hands
of the most corrupt clement of his party
The people should be afraid if Hayes
shonld be elected he will not have influ.
ence enough in the government to carry
on his ideas of reform fhe has any.
The republican party claim that they
are capable of self-refornation. As an
instance of republican methods of admin
istration the Sanborn contracts stare us in
the face. When the facts regarding these
contracts were made known, public indig-
nation compelled the president to remove
| Secretary Richardson from his place in
the cabinet, but soon after the president
J gave him life office as judge of claims.
The party in power concealed the pecu-
lations Of their secretary of war for four
years.


The resignation of Belknap was prompt
ly accepted by the president. Not SEN
ator had doubt of his henious guilt, but
on miserable techn cality "A republican
senators acquitted him of the grave char
ges made against him. Perhaps Gen.
Grant would reinstate him in the cabinet


This was the way the republican party


have kept ttheirpromise ofreform. Secretary


Bristow had desire to expose and punish


corruption. But his efforts were thwarted


by the party. The president said 'Iei


no guilty man escape But his policy


changed when guilty men We're traced


into the white house, This re .orm see
retary of the treasury though supported
by a few earnest retormcrs at Cincinnati
as presidential candidate received only a


meagre support. Not only this, but Brs.
tow and his associate rcformers have a.,
tually been degraded and deposcd from


Office.
Year: 1876

The depression under which the people
have been suffering has been unparalleled
in its long continuance. One of its Chief
causes is the unnecessary burden of taxa
ton which rests upon the people. The
taxation imposed by the Federal Govern
ment, as well as State and ml,nicipal
taxes, have grown to be too great and need
to be reformed altogether. Federal taxa
tion is twice as great as it need be. Take
single illustration. The class of ex.
! penditures known as civil and miscel
Year: 1876

The London Net0s says: In the neigh
borhood of the village Of Nikolsk dis
covery has been made which is likely to
demoralize the industrious peasantry of
tho district. The eternal dream of
peasant id!ers has come true for once,
and rich treasure has been found near
the very spot where the public of Nj
kolsk had always looked for it. It ap-
pears that not far from this township
there is valley which runs into gorge
called Zaporogne, and in the gorge there
IS deep well of the same name. Now.
tradition has it that the we'll Zaporogne
was once made use of by brigands, who
not only drew water from it, but used it
as their common purse and exchequer.
Into this receptacle were cast coins, old
Russian and older Greek, the silver or
naments of the peasants, the plate of
tho village churches. It is much easier,
however, to hide treasures than to find
them, and the honor that should prevail
among brlgands usually breaks down
when the time comes for the company to
dissolve. 1t generally falls out that the
treasurer, for instance, has stored the
booty in place known only to himself,
aud then some perfidious comrade elays
the treasurer and his goods perish with
him, the secret of his bank having been
known to himself alone.


Something of this kind may have hap
pened in the Zaporogne plundering com
pany, for although the house has long
been extinct, its wealth lay cunningly
hidden. The tradition of the mysterious
store was handed down from sire to son,
and tho father of the present proprietor
begun some diggings, or rs it seems now
more fashionable to soy, commenced
some excavations in the neighborhood of
the we'll. Nothing was found, and the
research after these endowp1ents was
dropped until last year. The steward
of the property then hit on the happy
thought of trenching in lateral direc-
tlon, like the treasure seekers in Poe's
"Gold Bug" who dug not at the foot
OF the pirates tree, but at distance of
thirty yards in bee line. The Russian
investigator was as successful as Poe's
hero. He soon struck on great shining
vessel full of ancient spoils. TO fill his
pockets and those of his assistants was
his first idea, and then he sent to the
village for sacks. The steward tried to
bribe his assistants to silence, but ap-
parently he did not bribe them high
enough. They claim by Russian law, as
it is said, q right to a third of the treas
ure trove-in this case about 80, 900 rou-
bles Their suit has been dismissed by
the local courts, but they have appealed
to higher tribunal, and very likely all
tho wealth of the brigands of Zaporogne
will melt peacefully into the pockets. of
the members of the Russian bar.