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Year: 1876

We have been asked the best meth.
od to be pursued in the saving Of corn
for seed so as TO improve the variety,
and which Of two ears should BE- sc.
lected when thev are bath on The
same stalk


Corn for seed should be gathered
and housed before being exposed to
severe cold or freezing rains, as when
LETT longer in the field its vitality is
greatly weakened. If the crop is
gathered early il is an excellent plan
to have a small box, either in the
wagon or attached to the rear end Oi
the wagon box, into which the ears
selected for seed may be thrown as
they are found: but if the crop is no,
harvested until late, it is better 10
go through the Geld with a basket
and select IS much as may be need
ed.


10 selecting the ears for seed they
should be taken from strong and Wig
Orous stalks, and should be well IL
pened. Strip down the husk7 and
see that the ears are well FLED out
aud as nearly the same size as pOssi-
ble at both ends. Especial care should
be taken that the upper ends Of tbe
ears should be Of good size ana GlIed
clear opt to the tip. As far as posi-.
bic select the largest ears; when
there are two or more ears on a stalk
take the hest one, whether it be the
upper or lower one, and il both are OF
iaiF quality, take both. The seed
ears having been selected, thev should
be placed under a shed, or in sOms
sheltered llace for q fe~ DAYS, until
they are dry All TIE busks except
ing about hall s dozen should be re-
removed, and then by the use of the
remaining husks, the ears should be
made up into braids as large as can
be handled conveniently. The corn
should be stored in some dry place
where it will be free t-Os the attacks
Of mice. and wiz not be too cold In
the Mid1ss and Southern States the
sesi may be kept in the granery, but
in the Northern States it will De bet
ter to keep it in the attic or store
room Of the dwsi,ing house When
kept perfectly dry, the seed will eB-
dgTe mGch greater degree Of cold
without injury than when kept in an
atmosphere which has any appreeia-
Die amount Of moisture in it.


The selection and saving Of corn for
seed is Que Of the Most important
items in the raising Of the crop, as
from inferior seed only inferior
crops con be hoped for, while with
seed carefully selected year after
year, the crop will show e continued
improvement in both guantity and
auaIitv.
Year: 1876

A few weeks ago a well known
merchant, who has nearly worn Out
the weeds Of mourning for q departed
wife, was present at tea party a.
which were present several young
ladies' They were playfully badger
iag hin on his lOnesOmeness, when
be retorted that be was prepared to
accept any other mode One Of
our young ladies said she was
candidate, and named the 18th Of
August as the day, to which the
merchant replied all right No more
was thought Of the pleasantly until
tSe lltb, when be received a note
from the young lady, saving:


Tomorrow is the l2th OF August;
Send up the ice cream and fruit and
the remainder will be forthcoming
The merchant accepted The invitation
sent up tae et eeteras and was hiza-
self on band early Friends and
guests were there and a minister A
gnaFtette was arranged, WITH tho
minister in it for the splicing cereme-
ny. Ii all went well. The merchant
said be was willing and the girl SAID
she was willing, bat when the PaTson
told the parties 10 Join hands she
reached across aud clasped the hands
Of the groomsman. The merchant
saw ,he point, backed out, and the
Sightful man aud maid were wed.
Year: 1876

The following can be used for either friend or an enemy, according to the way you punctuate it:

 "He is an old and experienced man in vice ana wickedness he is never found in opposing the works of iniquity he takes delight in the downfall of his neighbors he never rejoices in the pros perity of any of his fellow creatures he is always ready to assist in destroying the peace of society he takes no pleas ure in serving the Lord he is uncom- monly diligent in sowing di~ cord among his friends and acquaintances he takes no pride in laboring to promote the cause of Christianity he has not been negligent in endeavoring to stigmatize all public teachers he makes no efforts to subdue, his evil passions he strives hard to build up satsn's kingdom he lends no aid to the support of the Cos pei among the heathen he contributes largely to the evil diversity he pays great heed to the devil he will never go to heaven he must go where he will re' esivo the just reeompenss of reward"
Year: 1876

Albany de Fonblanque, the British consul at New Orleans, writes as follows to the RepubicG1a, of that city: On the seventh of October, 1859, the Brit ish steamship Connaught, 4,000 tons, sprang leak which gained upon her so rapidly that by the next morning the water had extinguished her engine fires, leaving her 8 coffin for 601 human be- ings, sinking slowly but surely in a heavy sea. In this condition, and while 1S0 miles from Boston harbor, fire (which had been smoldering for some days, unknown) burst out, and doubled the chances for death. She was an iron ship, and soon her sides became so hot that they hissed and steamed as she rolled, deeper and deeper. There was race between fire and water for all those lives, and do the best they could the boats would not be able to save third of them from one death or the other. The American brig Minnie Schaefer, 198 tons, Captain John Will son, saw the blazing, sinking steamer, and bore down to her assistance. So slow and difficult was the labor of get ting the passengers into and out of the boats that only two hundred could be transferred to the brig before sundown. Then John Wilson said "It is hor. rible thing to see them going down and so many people yet on board the wreck, settling down and burning up. I will do all in my power to save them" He nobly kept his word. As good sailor as he was a man, he came down to the leeward of the wreck, made fast to her, and before midnight the last man on her deck-the captain-had passed into the brig safely. Try to picture 1t. A great ocean steamer, with water pour ing in from without to fill her up and fire roaring within to burn her down over four hundred lives in the balance. Any lurch she made might have been her last, and if she had rolled over and sunk-what hope for the little brig She did not sink just then. John Will son left her, sheet of flame, and landed his priceless cargo safe at "generous Boston," In recognition of his cour- age, humanity and good searnanship the British government gave him a gold watch and chain. The company to which the Connaught belonged pre- sented him with $1, ,500; Boston added silver service and medals; testimoni- als and subscriptions in plenty came in. Nor were his crew forgotten in the gen. oral enthusiasm. Then came the war. Some sums granted to him were with drawn property in which he had in- vested his money was destroyed. He is sixty-four years of age, is disabled by failing eyesight from following his pro fession 1; his wife is a confirmed invalid all his testimonial gifts have been sold or left in pledge for bread, and this once self-reliant and always brave and true man is utterly destitute. Shall we not paraphrase his own words and says "This is horrible affair, to see the sun going down upon the wreck with so much good yet on board. We will do all in our power to help him." Before make an appeal abroad for this Aicted hero, it is only fair that his countrymen should besgiven the opportunity may almost say the privilege-of assisting him,
Year: 1876

vegetables and pies, all well cooked and very pslatable. Farm hands, like fisher men, nowadays are epicures. This van is so constructed that it's sides form broad tables. The cooks who serve stand in the body of the wagon, and the diners range themselves around the out side. All are sheltered by screen of wood CT canvas overhead.

 By nightfall all the seventy acres are bare; that is, not head of wheat is left. A trampled stubble higher than ones knee remains to tell the tale, but all the beauty and worth have departed, and the place is desolate. Tomorrow the same scene will be enacted in another section of the same size, and similar hustle and uproar will ensue, and 8 similar pile of plethoric brown bags piled very high will reward the labor of the day.

 It must be remembered that there are six other corps. exactly like the one de- scribed, at work simultaneously upon the Glenn ranch. Seven throngs of men and two hundred and fifty machines will labor necessarily for over two months to deplete these vast fields of their splen- did yield.
Year: 1876

The young girl whose mysterious dis appear ance in New York alarmed her friends and created such sensation was retored to them by the police. Her discovery was the result ot faint clew given by merchant. She was entirely unharmed, but was prostrated by brain fever. Her grief at the recent loss of a brother, and the excitement and fatigue of a visit to the Centennial Exhibition, led to the slight alteration of mind un- der which she wandered from the home of her friends. She went to Hudson and Albany, returning to New York at night. She took lodgings in the house of a gentleman and his wife who rent furnished rooms. Here she was found by the police.
Year: 1876

Robert Meyer, the foreman of the Gould & Curry mine at Virginia City, was struck by descending cage. This accident was one of the strangest dn record. Meyer was standing in the pump shaft, and was looking through into the south compartment of the main shaft, when double decker cage and two cars descended and struck him 6n the head, and cut off his ear. Meyers head stopped the cages in their descent cable, and adjusting the safety catches to the guides. Every one present at the time, and those ,nversant with the shaft, express the greatest surprise that his neck was not broken instantaneous

 ly. It can only be accounted for by tho fact that the cages were descending very slowly at the time. Meyer was badly but not seriously hurt.
Year: 1876



 Where are they scattered now,

 The old, old friends2 One made her dwelling where the naples glow, And mighty streams through solemn forest flow, But never from the pine crowned land of

 A message.sends.

 Some meet me oft amid

 Lifes common ways; And then, perchance word or smile declares That warm hearts throb beneath their load of cares; For love grows on, like wheat among the tares,

 Till harvest days.

 But some are fall'n ssleep;"

 The words are sweetl Oh friends at rest beneath the blessed sod, My feet still tread the weary road ye trod Ere yet your loving souls went back to God!

 When Shall we meet? Oh, thou divinest Friend.

 When shall it be That I may know them in their garments white2 And see them with new and clearer sight, Mine old familiar rriends-made fair and bright,

 Like unto Thee!
Year: 1876

How They SMOKE IN GERMANY
The habit of smoking appears to he un-
usual among German men, and | was
told il would be impossible for me to
live or travel in Germany on account of
the illness which tobacco->moke always
caused me-; but | have found that, in
all the smoke, there is 30 little tobacco
that it gives me noinconvenienoe. From
the odor | Judge that their cigars and
smoking-weed are made of paper 'teePfd
in a weak solution of tobacco; and this
furious o consequences from its use. Those


who ouote the German habit of smoking
TO proye that the use of tobacco in this


way is not unhealthful reason from false


nrsmises The Germans smoke, and


smoke, and smoke by the hour; but g.
they do not smoke tobacco.
Year: 1876

A MOST extraordinary disaster occurred
in st. Paul, Minnesota, the other day,
in the shape of an eruption of wheat
from one of the bins of an elevator. The
bin is, or was, twenty by thirty feet in
width, about seventy feet deep, and was
filled with wheat from bottom to top, the
amount being estimated at about thirty
four thousand bushels Suddenly it was
discovered that the wheat was puphing
out the side of the elevator, thirty or
forty feet from the top, and that several
Of the iron stays had snapped asunder.
Efforts were promptly made to reduce
the pressure by removing the wheat but
1t was too late, and soon, with great
crash, the wooden timbers burst open
the iron sheathing was ripped off, and
out rushed the ewhcat in gigantic stream
twenty feet in diameter. 1t poured over
the bluff, crushing to fragments shanty
about fifty feet from the elevator, al
though the inmates had time to escape.
The sight of this torrent of wheat was a
most singular one. The whole amount
discharged from the ragged hole in the
elevator was variousIy estimated at from
seven to ten thousand bushels. 1t took
but few moments to deposit this golden
grain in a pile at the foot of the elevator
about seventy-fve feet square A force
of men was at once employed to shovel
the wheat in upon the floor of the cle-
vator, in the midst of which process a
shower came. But the grain was kept
comparatively dry.
Year: 1876

The following is portion of the ad-


mirable speech made by Gen. Frank
i. Nichols on accepting the rlomina-


ton for Governor of Louisiana at the


hands of the Democrats of the State !:


:" If / am elected Governor of the


State 1 will go and take my office un


trammeled by any man or set of men.


Twill do my whole duty, and after the


interval between this time and the time


I shall take my oath as Governor of


this State, shall cease to represent the
Democratic party. and be. the repre-


sentative of the people-not of one set,


but the whole. recognize, gentle


men, each and'every obligation incum-


bent upon me under the Constitution
of the United States, and all the recent
amendments thereto, and under the
Constellation Of the State of Louisiana
and the laws under them, and 1 pro-
pose, in so far as it is in my power, to
enforce them without regard to race,
color or previous condition.. Tn regard
to the vilservice, if am elected to the
office of Governor, 1 wish it distinctly
understood that NO friend of mine shall
receive any appointment ut my hands
by reason of that fact. [Applause. +
wish it distinctly understood that any
mai, if there be such, who supported me
under conviction or hope that 1 would
so far forget myself as to give him per-.
sonal consideration, they are woefully
disappointed. 1 propose to bring back
q proper tone in public affairs. pro-
pose to do right myself. aud So Car as
can control the doing right of other
parties, 1 intend others shall do right.
There is one thing about which wish
to make mention. I refer to our col
ored citizens. L believe, gentlemen.
that you have elected as your standard
bearer to-day agman who las always
felt kindly, in fact L don't know man
who has kindlier feelings toward the
colOred people than 1 have. Tap
plause.l My record oR that point does
not date from to-day, nor from the war,
but it goes back from the earlier period
of my childhood, and it is well known
among the colored people of Assump-
ton and want them to know, that
l will unfiinchingly protect them in
all their rights. I feel satisfied that
none of you are disposed to interfere
or deprive any one of their rights, and
if you are SO disposed you will find me
opposed to you. AS said before, if Il
should be elected by the people of this
State, I want, when my administra-
ton shall close, to have it said that no
man holding office under my appoint
ment shall bear and be the proof of
by the simple fact of his
being gentleman and an honest
man." ifi-E7 @ai &uiGd23 81 ato p
Year: 1876

NOTHING will undermine ones faith
in sincerity of friendship more COM
.pleiely than to have a friend ask you
to g take something" and, after the
glasses have been emptied TO hear him
exciaim, as he runs his hands deep in
to his pockets, " Eve got on my other
pants"
Year: 1876

IHE attempt or intention of the Adj
mlnlstration to carry the elections in


some of the Southern States by the


army will prove futile.A The Joint rule


for the counting of the Electoral vote.


adopted in 1865, will defeat any, en-.
deavor) of the sort. IF the Electoral


vote Of any Southern State is carried


ny force. secured by. Republicans at


the point of the bayonet, there should


De ana there will be, another set of


Electors from such States, represent


ing the unfettered voice Of the people.


1t the attempt is made to elect HAYES


with the army, as it seemingly will be.


the election can be thrown into the


House OF Representatives under the


Joint rule which Senator Morton has
been seeking to wipe out. That rule
declared that elf, upon the reading of


any such certificate (of the Electoral


votes) by the tellers, any question


shall arise in regard 10 counting the


votes therein certified, the same hav-


ing been slated by the presiding Off. q
Ger, the Senate shall ,thereupon with
draw and said question shall be sub.


mitted TO that body for its decision;
and the Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives shall in like manner SUBJ
NIT SAID question to the House of
Representatives for its decision; and
no question shall be decided affirma-
lively, and no vote objected to shall he 8
counted. except by the concurrent vofes
gf the too Houses" This is the rule
adopted by the Republicans, and, Of
course, they can not consistently OBJ
ject to it or to its operations. The OBJ
lection of a member of the Senate or
OF the House, while the two bodies
are assembled in Joint meeting for the
of the Electoral vote, backed
by the vote of either House, will be
sufficient to throw the election of
a President into the House of Repre-
1t is provided in this
joint rule that upon any such question
that may arise there shall be no de.
bate in either House. If. therefore,
the army chooses to send a set of
Electors from any of the Southern
States let the people send another set,
and let ga question arlse," and the
next Presidents name is samuel J.
Tildcn. A majority ofall the Electors !,
to elect the President and
Vice President, and if that is not OBJ
iained the election goes to the House.
If the Republicans choose to throw
out votes, OF, to carry States by. the
aid of the soldiers. by intimidation
why, let them.-EnQuirer.
Year: 1876

LONDON, April 5.-The Time, this
morning in referring to the case of Wins
low, says: After two. months from the
date Of his committal, Winslow will be
entitled to his discharge, unless the judges
hold that the events which have occurred
constitute sufficient cause to contrary,
withing the meaning Of the 18th section
OF the eItradition act. Whether Wiaslow
Is to be gwen up or not must depend
upon whether the United States govern
ment will or can arrange to restrict the
charges upon which be is tried, SO as TO
satisfy the extradition act. We can have
no wish to give shelter to an American
criminal, but of course our law must be
obeyed by our executive, and
strong grounds will have to be
shown before we should alter our
law on the point, where it has been SOL
emnly recognized by many treaties.
The truth is, our eXtradition treaty with
the United States is very insufficient.
Negotiations have long been going on for
its improvement and it is to be hoped
the present complication will hasten
them. Meanwhile it will be remember
ed all we ask is reciprocity, for already
by our own act We could not try an Eng
lish forger, surrendered by the United
States, except for an e1traditlon crime,
which might be proved by facts estab-
lished in America. 1t is q matter of
wonder that this question has not arisen
before; but now that it has been raised
our government would appear TO have
no discretion ID the matter.
Year: 1876

elevate him to a social position equal to
that Of the white man has opened door
to another evil of far worse conse-
ouences than the abeyance of the ne.
groes political rights would have been.
Not only political corruption but social
disorder has been the result ofthe policy
of the Republican party. But the evil
is upon US, and we cannot stop to enquire
into causes, but must look for means to
subdue it.


There being no means of legal redress
and the evil SO horrible IN all its features,
there can be but one way of supprcssing
it, and that is fearful to contemplate. 1t
will be blot upon our boasted civilizs-
ton. Still the muttering ofthe storm on
the Pacific coast indicates that it is near
at hand, and few days more may tell
bloody tale.
Year: 1876

Nine members OF the Grand Jury in
the crooked cotton and whisky cases
were iii charged because they could not
take the oath relative to the taking up
arms, &c, against the United St.tes.
The counsel tar the defense made mo-
tion to file an amended plea to the indlct-
ment. Judge Wood ordered the motion
fixed for hearing tomorrow.
Year: 1876

Ex-Vice President Colfax reviews the
history of precedent which is of inter-
est and Importance in its application to
the question of eligibility now so much
discussed. 1t is the well known case of
John Young Brown, nominated for
congress when still under 25 years of age,
but who was elected with the UNDER
standing that he should not he sworn
in till he had passed the age required
by the constitution. The house was so
closely balanced that the struggle over
the speakership lasted two months. 1t
was not until several months had passed,
however, that Brown became of the re-
quired age and took the oath. His seat
was not contested, although he was not
eligible when elected, and although the
control of the house was hinged upon
one vote, no objection was raised to his
acting after his disability had been re-
moved. This disability, to use Colfax's
own words, was removed by time or act
of party; to himself this precedent at
least seems to fit the case of the Yer
mont and Oregon postmasters.
Year: 1876

The Democrats of Louisiana now ad-
NIT that their opponents have strong
cases in several bulldozed parishes,
and there can be no doubt that they
have given up all hopes of breaking
down the evidence of witnesses, who
are to be called to testify for the Re-
publicans. The country has heard a
great deal during the past month of the
outrages on colored voters in the South.
But nothing SO terrible as a number of
aflidavits to be presented to the return
ing board has yet been published.
Many of the witnesses who were sum-
moned here by the United States Com
missioner, state that after they have
given their evidence they will not be
able to return to their homes, for they
know that they would be killed if they
did so. Because of these fears and of the
Democrats in the interior, it is very
difficult to get some Of the most impor-
tant witnesses to come here. Some
days ago the commissioner summoned
these men from Richland parish to tes-
tify as to intimidation in their districts.
They replied that they were not permit
ted to leave home. To-day file of
United States soldiers were sent to their
homes to give them safe conduct to
New Orleans.
Year: 1876

once hit man over the head with a
fence rail; that the rail crushed the hat,
but did not touch the head; that the
owner of the hat lay insensible for an
hour or two and had a terrible head
ache the next day.