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Year: 1872

A fight at Virginia, Montana, between
two Chinamer. named Nun Gee and Ching
Ho, is thus described by the Montanian


"Throwing aside their outer garments,
and each armed with huge knife and
an ugly looking hatchet, they faced each
other for the fray-the women meantime
viewing the preparations with unconcern'
For moment they stared at each other
like wild beasts over disputed prey, and
then sprang forward with uplifted weap
ons. In the first onslaught Hos nimble-
ness of foot saved him, for stepping quick
" to one side, the hatchet of Nun Gee
cleft nothing but air, and 1O buried the
blade of his tomahawk in the cheek Of his
unwieldy adversary. Withdrawing it he
stepped back into position. Howllng
vengeance, and with torrent of blood
gushing from his fIightful wound, Gee
rushed upon his man, and with a dexter
Gus blow, which would have been fatal
had it reached its mark, laid a three-cor
nered piece of Hos ear on the floor, end
received in return an ugly cash in the
right shoulder from Hos knife. Gee was
now bleeding freely, and with the ebbing
of the crimson tide oozed his strength and
discretion. He fought wildly, while his
willy antagonist rained his hatchet blows
fast and sure, cutting Gee in terrible
manner about the face, hands and neck.
At last, as Gee endeavored to grapple
his opponent, he received a deadener un'
der the right ear from Hos hatchet. Ho,
fearing arrest, fed. About this time the
police arrived upon the scene. Gee was
put in his bed and physician summoned.
Although horribly mutilated Gee may
possibly recover. The wound in the neck
is not deep, and the jugular vein was
missed. The section Of. his left ear is the
only relic the authorities have Of Ho, and
even that will be relinquished to the med


cal faculty on application"
Year: 1872

COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS. Few people
appreciate the value of the village papers
which gather up the news of county and
advocate the interests of locality. And
few understand the amount of ability re-
quired to edit such a paper, where one
man must be editor, publisher, printer,
book keeper and all. Imagine how much
the intelligence of the country would Suf
fer by the blotting out of the country
newspapers, which treat the immediate
interests f the people and thus come in
to immediate contact with their minds.
The true country editor understands that
his paper thrives by being intensely local;
that it is not by learned editorials on tariff
and income tax but by articles in favor
of the new railroad, by description of the
new factory. by advocacy of the new
bridge, that he must succeed. People
look at this column not only for the latest
general news, but for mention of every
interesting fact, of every curious matter
of gossip in his own country. And thus
the paper becomes the reflector Of the
current events and the public sentiment
of his section. Nothing is too small to be
itenized if only it is of interest. Acoun-
try editor advertised the other day that
he would insert list of the names of all
the people who had joined the churches
in the county in recent revival. Which
showed that he understood his business.
He proposed to chronicle every event of
interest occurring in his jurisdiction.
Every intelligent family should give a
cordial support to the local newspaper.
1t is one of the great educational infu-
ences.
Year: 1872

You've DUNN.-The boy Dunn, about
whose trial for manslaughter there has
been so much excitement in New York, is
a fair representative of the young rough
of Gotham. He was sent to the House of
Refuge on the complaint Of his sister. He
had been previously sent there on the
complaint of his father. His own testi-
mony shows him to be, if not adesperado,
at least in the fair road to become one. He
had while attending school stabbed his
teacher in the knee because he considered
himself as being punished unju>tly. He
was sent to Sing Sing for one year for
killing his keeper in the House Of Refuge.
Year: 1872

A fellow has been arrestedin New York
for an ingenious swindle. He sent litho-
graphed circulars all over the country, in
which he said


I wish to sell you the enclosed note,
which I received in payment OF a bill OF
leather that | sold when | was in that
business. failed about three months
since, and lost everything | bad except
this note. I am to be examined by my
creditors in ten days. will have to swear
to whether | have anything left or not.
If they find l have not sold this note |
will have to turn it over to them. | can
not say whether they know anything
about this note or not; if they ask me, |
want to swear that sold it to man who
lives out West; my lawyer says that they
have no right to ask me the PERSONS name
that l sold it to, or how much received
for it, but they have right to ask me
what have done with the money. Now,
what | wish to do is this. You hold this
note until about a week before it falls
due, then put it in the bank for collection.
They will not charge you more than S.
for collecting it; then you send me $500,
and | will give you the balance for your
trouble, which is Sl60. Don't mention
ANYTHING about this note to any one. |
don't wish any one to know who holds it
until after it is paid, then don't care.
During the war, when [ was at Spring
field, a friend of mine mentioned your
Hamc to me, and from what he said know
that you will be honest in this matter. |
am afraid to let any one who lives in this
State hold 1t, for fear that some of my
creditors might find out who has it-then
they could attach the note; but when it
is held in any other State my lawyer says
they can't do anything about it. Hoping
that you will attend to this for me, / am,
with much respect,
Year: 1872

To MAKE HARD WATER SoFT.-Take an
ounce of fresh lime and stir it well III
bucket of water, and as soon as 1t settles,
the water will be soft and fit for use, as
it will drive all impurities to the bottom.
River water, when muddy, is better to
drink by this process.


TO Fry FRESH FIsH.-Have the fish
well scalded, washed and drained cut
slashes in the sides of each season them
with salt and pepper, and roll them in
corn -four have in your frying pan hot
lard or bacon drippings; dip them In egg
before rolling them in corn flour, to keep
them from breaking.


GARGLING the throat with tepld water
will often afford relief from troublesome
cough. The ordinary cough mixtur@s-
troches, lozen3es and other nostrums--
when injndiciously used, load the stomach
and seriously interfere with digestion,
thus indirectly increasing the evil which
they were desi gned to cure.


The PLASTER PRoBLEM.-f some
scientific farmer wishes to distinguish
himself, let him solve the riddle of gyp-
sum. In hundreds Of cases bushel OF
plaster on an acre of clover has doubled
the yield. Scores have applied it with
no perceptible gain. Inland it generally
works better than on the sea-coast. Ii
salt in the air is given as the reason, some
farmer 300 miles from the ocean will say
that he always mixes salt with plaster and
it's action is increased and made certain
by it. A writer in the Ohio! Farmer tells
us that it absorbs ammonia. Unless we
know when there is ammonia in the air
for it to absorb, that statement does not
help the matter. A chemist analyzing
the ash of crop would find little or no
sulphate of lime. His inference would
be that it cannot furnish plant food; but
sometimes it makes crops grow wonder
fully. Who can tell the farmers OF the
country why it fails when it fails, and
how it operates when it promotes vege-
table growth?


Cows.-In the n. E. Farmer we find
an account of an experiment made by
member of the Essex, Mass, Agrlcultu-
raj Society, which was substantially as
follows: Four COWS were selected from
his herd when his pastures were parched
with excessive drouth. Two Of them
were fed night and morning, with green
corn stalks, as much as they would eat.
The other two were fed with English hay
of medium quality, as much as they
would eat, all going in the same pasture
during the day. Their milk was care
fully measured. After about two weeks
their feed was changed those that had
been fed on corn were fed with hay, and
those that had been fed on hay were fed
with corn for about two weeks longer,
and the milk carefully measured. The
result was nearly the same. There was
no perceptible difference in the quantity
of milk produced when fed on green corn
fodder or English hay. He came to the
conclusion, therefore, that it Is much
more profitable feeding on green corn
fodder than on hay, as it costs much less.
He adds, however, that corn fodder
should not be used until it has nearly
reached it's growth, in the blossom, as 1t
then possesses more nutrlment than
when cut earlier. 1t should not be sowed
too thick, or grow in the shade.
Year: 1872

She was soldiers widow. He was killed at
Malvern Hill;
And when married her she seemed to sorrow
for him still;
But l brought her here to Kansas. l never
want to see


years to mel
.-The change of scene brought cheerfulness, and
soon a rosy glow
Ofhaopiness warmed Mary's che aks and melted
all their snow.
think she loved me some-rm bound to think
thar of her, sir,
And as forme- can't begin to tell how loved
herl
Three yeais ago the baby came, our humble
home to bless;
Aud then reckon was nigh to perfect happi-
ness:
Twas hers twas mine-but I've no language
to explain to you
How that little girls weak fingers our hearts
together drewl
Once We watched it through fever, and with
each Saspmg breath,
Dumb with an awful worldless woe, We waited
for its death
And though I'm not pous man, our souls to-
gerher there
For Heaven to spare our darling went up in
voiceless prayer.
Year: 1872

WHAT HE PROPOSES TO DO IN CUBA.
The Daily Morning Chr>nicLe contains
an account of what is proposed to be
done under the lead of General Ryan,
who left on the steamer Fanny for Cuba.
The plan of operation is stated to be :
On embarking General Ryan will
first rally the Coast Guard, and i'm
mediately dispatch feet couriers to the
interior of the island to announce to
trusted Cubans, already aware of the
approaching Army of Liberation, his
arrival and will with all expedition get
together the largest force he can for
the purpose of protecting the landing
of two expeditions which follow Kim
without delay. Three steamers put to
sea the same day, each one having the
same destination, but the Fanny will
reach the rendezvous some little time
in advance of the others. The entire
force amounts to fully 1900 men, and
all of them are completely armed and
equipped. General Ryan will remain
on the coast, and expects to have, with
in forty-eight hours of his landing, at
least five thousand true Cubans rallied
to his standard, and ready armed to
make a fight, if necessary, for the pro-
lection of the Discrimination Of men
from the two other steamers. More ex-
peditions are to follow the one air, ady
started, and strong hopes are entertain
ed that the great object will be ac-
complished between now and the Presi-
dental election.
Year: 1872

SCENE AT A TRIAL OF A COMMUNIST
An exciting scene occurred the other day
in Paris during the trial by court-martial
of a woman named Augustine Chiffon.
During the fighting in Paris this woman
was seen in the streets, her hands steep"d
in blood, and bOasting that she had killed
two soldiers. On the entry Of the troops
she was taken prisoner and placed against
the wall to be shot, but on her saying that
she had tended the wounded, the troops
spared her life. On the trial, all officer
who was charged with her defence plead
ed that her mind was deranged. g / am
not man. she exclaimed, "and protest
against the words ! have suffered too
much in prison, and demand to be put to
death but your turn will come also the
mea of Versailles were too cowardly to
kill me, but you will be shot like dogs !!
Vlve la Communew At those wor the
public rushed on her, and the guard had
to interfere for her perfection, and drag
ged her away, still crying out, "Vive la
Commune, \ bas les Versailaisse." and
without her bonnet or shawl. which had
been torn from her in the struggle. The
court eventually condemned her to twenty
years hard labor. The woman was then
brought back, and on hearing her sentence
read. she again burst out in tone of
mockery. "The towards, they do not
dare Bah. am So, and in twenty
years 1 shall be only 50, and still good for
something. But it is only matter to
laugh at; change of Government, and /
shall be out at once, and that will not be
long. Vive la Commune"
Year: 1872

A CANADIAN inventor has lately obtained
patent for an ingenious process by which
tools, after being first fashioned Of wrought
iron, may be converted into steel. This
is accomplished by immersing the articles
in a bath of molten cast-iron, free from
sulphur and phosphorus, and charged with
carbon to its utmost capacity. The size
of the implement and the degree OF hard
ness required govern the time it is to re-
main in the BATH
Year: 1872




NEW YORK, Sept. 21,-The tug Passage
of Newark exploded early this, morning in
New York Bay. A boat Immediately put
off from shore to render assistance to the
crew. Lying upon the deck near the bow
was Capt. Adams and the fireman named
John Hsines, terribly scalded; and lying
near the pilot house was the negro cook
horribly mangled. These were carefully
placed in the boat and taken ashore, where
they received medical attention Immediate
ly. The engineer escaped uniDjured and
states that only fifty pounds of steam was
on at the time Of the disaster, and he can
not account for the explosion. Haines and
the negro viii die, hut the captain will
probably survive. The tug beacbed in
shallow water and was injured about two
thousand dollars. r...
.Enoch L. Faucher Of this city has been
appointed Judge Of the Supreme Court In
the place of Judge Barnard removed,
Year: 1872

1t is useless, It is madness, for men to
talk Of getting rich AZ any business that
does not require work. That man must
work in order to succeed, or even 70 be 8
man, is a blessed law.
Year: 1872

denim prOscrlplon? 1hey mistake VINO say
that there are only two or three hundred
left now forbidden TO exercise the common
rights Of American citizens. 1t is not so.
There are thousands. There are five thOus-
and DISTINGUISHED in the State OF Arkansas
alone, and the men who hold them disfr4n-
chised expect to carry that State against us
by virtue of that disfranchisement. But dc
not numbers of other men, who are not uu-
der this ban, feel themselves pros


cribed because others are for an Of
fense which was their ofiense
as well? So lnng as You have q
prescribed class in the cOuntry, men all
around them, honorable, generous men will
feel 81 ought to be prescribed the same as
that man; the difference was only by acci-
dent; he happened to take an oath or fill an
office before the struggle that 1 did not, but
his guilt was no more than nina,
accident only makes him prescribed aud
leaves me Free" So that, so long as there
shall be prescribed class in this country,
prescription will wrankle in the


hearts OF millions of Americans who
feel that they themselves are con-
demned and banned in the Iact which
dooms their leaders. 1t is not for the sake


of the prescribed alone that i sneak. Every
community has the right to the best SER
vices of all its citizens. Men say TO me,


Why you don't want to elect Gov. Wise or
Toombs or somebody else, do you? No,
don't want to elect any of those men. Bat
suppose other people do: Who are you,
who am l, TO say whether they shall or not?
1t is not question for me, but whether the
American citizens whom you say have the
same rights to vote and hold office as you,
shall be at liberty to vote for


the men you prefer. The question
reaches not several hundreds but several
thousands OF our people. Well, they say


what do the people care about this, the
banks are making money, the people are


prospering, manufacturers are thrifty, who
cares that few hundred or thousand men
are disfranchissd? L care; say a Wal
which ended nearly eight years ago ought tc
have had nearly all its bloody traces washed
out before this time. (Great applause.
say that while we have often been
amused with promises of general amnesty
Year: 1872

Since the smallpox in its journey
Southwark may curse other localities,
ii may be well TO give the following we'll


established facts with reference to the


disease as collated by one who is a mas


ter of the Doctors art:


1t has been asserted that during the


epidemic, smallpox, vaccination is not


certainly preventive. This is not true.


Any instance of effectual vaccination is


as certainly preventive of smallpox as is


a previous attack of smallpox. The er-


ror is one of observation. 1t is not eY-
cry instance in which vaccine matter


has been inserted, and has been
followed by a visicle which passed
through its regular stages, that is an eff
instances of only local affection. Jen-
ner was emphatic, that to render per-
son unsusceptible of smallpox, the in
PRODUCTION of the cOwpOX matter must


be followed by local and a cOnstitu-
tiOnal affection. And subsequent OBJ
servers confirmed the teaching of the
immortal discoverer OF the cowpox.
There has never been but one esteemed
rule to determine that the con-
situuOnal affection had occurred.
The scar, its size, the extent of
neOla, or hardness of base, around
and of the vesicle, its suppurating the
eighth day, or the detachment of scab
on given day, not one has ever been
regarded by those most cOnyersant with
the history of cowpoX as evidence of
immunity-as evidence that the indi-
vidual had been successfully V vaccinated.
Hence the occurrence of so many cases
of varioloid, or smallpox, in persons who
had been Intellectually vaccinated. And
hence the necessity of revaceination on
the part OF every person upon whom
Bryce's test Of eftectual vaccination had
not been applied. He was practitioner
of medicine in Scotland during the ear
lier years of this century, and gave to
the subject of vaccination close obserya-
ton, extensive experimentation and
profound consideration. He demon
strated, and it has since been confirmed,
that if the local and constitutional effect
of cowpoX matter exists, a reintroduc-
ton OF lymph few days after primary
vaccination will occasion a second vesi-
Gle, and the first and second vesicles
twill maturate at the same time, and
both will die away together If the
second vesicle goes through all the
stages of the first vesicle, it is proof that
the first vesicle produced only local af-
fectiOn." Without surety that the
matter is pure cOwpoX, Us furnished by
Martin, of Boston, and without Boyce's
test, revaccination is an absolute neces-
sity, and ought to be compelled if not
practiced.
Year: 1872

An exchange says fashionable young peo-
pie are calling upon somebody to invent
new dance Suppose somebody" invents
one where the young lady dances around
the house and looks after everything.
Year: 1872

"Oh, sir" said a woman pleading for her
husband, who was before the police judge
for beating her with poker, che wasn't al
ways that way. There was happy time
when he only struck me with his fist"
Year: 1872

A few years ago, Congress voted to give one
hundred and sixty acres Of land to each soldier
who actually served in the war of 1912, the proof
of service Icing his name ON the paw roll. It
appeared that there were n very few hard cases
where persons had served, but whose names could
not be found on the rolls A bill was accordingly
passed, authorizing oral Testimony of service.
What was the consequence Twenty-seven thou
sand men came forward and proved in the most
satisfactory manner that they were in the battle
of Plattsburg, September. 1912, while :hc fact 10
there was only eight Thousand men our side in
the battle; and the battle had taken place forty
years before. 1t ought tn be remarked, to save
the government from Disgrace, that the proof in
all these cases were 80 complete and regular that
there was no setting them aside, ard though in
the aggregate they were nonsfrous Les, yet they
could not be rejected individually.
Year: 1872

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Call.


A Asigni6cant sign Of the times is tho adoption
by the Democratic Convention Of Cincinnati OF
two resolutions of the Missouri Liberal Repnb-
leans" But the Connecticut platform and the
proceedings are Of a very different character from
tnose OF the same party during fhe waf' "nen an
its energies and eloquence were devoted to par
alyzing the efforts Of the Government. There Is
no consciousness of life power in this last man
ifesto. 1t begins by declaring that the Demo
Gratis of Connecticut regard emancipation ana tne
equality Of civil rights as established iacts, al
though the Democrats of Connecticut have al
ways done their best to prevent their becoming
81. They "repudiate with scorn the idea that
the Democracy of Connecticut arc IN favor Of re-
pudiating any portion of the public debt, although
the Democracy of Connecticut, at the last Ma
tional Convention of their party, aequiesced IN
virtual repudiation. The Democracy Of Connect
icut are also anxions for the people to rise and
sweep selfish men from power.


If those people in Connecticut or elsewhere,
who during the war did what they could, with
ont taking mp arms, to destroy the Union, who
before the war lsbored to perpetuate and extend
slavery, and who since the war have striven to
retain all Of the consequences Of slavery possible
have at last seen that their course was un- Amer
lean and inhumap, it is good for them and for
the country. But their case presents two consid-
erations. 1t is just possible that they not So
much persuaded Of their error as of the necessity
of seeming to he SO persuaded, in order to recov-
power. II that be sO the fleece of the sheep is
not large enough. If. on the other hand. they
are really convinced that their policy has been
wrong, upon what grounds do they ask for pub
lie confidence or for preference over those who
have done what Democrats themselves now con-
fess to be rightf


The Democrats of Connecticut say that they
recognize emancipation and equality of civil
rights as established facts; hut at the very mo-
mcnt in which they spoke the Democratic Sena-
tors in Congress were refusing to guarantee the
protection of those rights. What security conld
the people of the United tates possibly have that
the Democrats would carefully guard rights
which they have always despised, and for defend
ing which the Republicans rose to poweri That
will be the omnipresent question in the cam
paign now opening. That is the question for all
Liberal Republicans" to consider. That is the
question, as we said last week, which those who
are invited to Cincinnati are morally bound to
weigh.


The Democrats retain their name and their Or
ganization. They assent formally to iucontesta-
ble facts. But they are the same men, with the
same convictions, with whom the loyal men of
this country have constantly dealt since 1860. If
they have truly repented, let us all rejoice. But
let us also reflect little upon human nature and
history before we insist that what are fiippantly
called "old issues" have wholly passed away,
and that therefore, victOry which the Ku-Klux
would hail as desirable for the country.-Hdpers
Weekly.
Year: 1872

A GOOD DAYs WoRK.-On the last day of the
session Of the Legislature, the Governor strangled
three bills, by which the State will be saved an
immense amount of money.


The FIRST was the bill providing, among Other
things, for the semi-annual payment of taxes
That measure, while of doubtful benefit to the
taxpayer, would have disarranged and delayed
the interest three -fourths of the bonds Of the
State, and would have had bad effect ON all
Kansas bonds.


The second was bill obligating the State to
pay the costs Of criminal cases. A few Counties
have heavy amount of criminal business, while
majority of the Counties have very little; yet
the whole State would he taxed to pay the costs,
amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars
annually. This bill was stolen through the Leg
islatnre, during rush to make up for time that
had been fooled away and wasted.


The third was called bill to encourage manu.
facturers-in plain terms, it was to permit heavy
manufacturers to reach into the Treasury and
take out the amount they had paid for municipal
and Township taxes, leaving that burden to be
borne by the small mechanics, laboring men, and
farmers.