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Year: 1876

1t may not be generally known, but 1t
is nevertheless fact that some of the
strongest advocates for the election of
Tilden and Hendricks are men who are
Republicans, but own real estate in the
South. These men know there will be
no real prosperity in the South until
there is change ia the Administration
When this is effected they hope to see
their lands 60 up in value and all ex.
citement or fear arising from negro
outrages and thievery will pass away.
Year: 1876

Congress odght to make silver Il legal
tender at once. An individual who owned
silver mines would do SO il he could to
increase the price of bullion-the mines
in our States belong to our people, and
the whole country would be benefited
as well as those who own the mines. Sill.
yer is the best circulating mouey basis
there is.
Year: 1876

Mr.. BAYARD's report on the political
condition of MIssissiPPI is one of the
most valuable and instructive papers
that have or are likely to be presented
to the present Congress. Its length,
of course, forbids the reproduction of
it entire in a newspaper, or we should
be glad to reproduce it. What we
can do and will do is to present to our
readersfrom time to time, and as the
occasions arise, the points with which
it bristles. There is, however, better
and more effective form for it than re-
publication 10 a newspaper. A pam


phlet containing it. issued by the
Democratic campaign committee in
such fosm as to be brought to the
notice every uncertain voter, would
be an unsurpassed cempaign docu,
ment. 1t cuts from under the feet of
the Republican party the only ground
that party pretends any longer to have
for its existence asa party World.
Year: 1876

Rock Island, April lo.-F'riday
afternoon David J Van Meter, city
editor of the Rock Island Argus, had
a fight in a saloon with Jno. Stanback,
about whom Van Meter had written
an offensive article. Stanback was
knocked down AMI cut by Van
Meter, in the temple, with IA pocket
knife. He died last night from the
effect of the stab. When he was
found the point of the knife had bro
ken off in the left temporal bone.
Van Meter was arrested and locked
up on the charge of murder.
Year: 1876

which the past years OF life have been spent; when
thoughts Of opportunities neglected up IN their
fullest might and the questions have be answered
whether the rendered during the stewardship
with which have been intrusted have been faithfully
OF honestly carried out and whether hope may be
entertained OF receiving that promised reward which
are taught ~ believe win be ours in the spiritual
world, and can we look 10 have t sad 70 when we
face the great and awful throne Of God,


'wELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHPuI SERVANT"


Great age renders most objects venerable and CON-
mandlng, and so II Is, perhaps that all people Of ad-
Vanced years generally 10 look with veneration
our religion and 20 feel that II is the only stan upon
which they lean with safety We who are younger
venerato sold age because It is uncommon thing;
IL is wonderful thing. Consider the delicate texture
OF the body its changeess tendency 70 deterioration,
ITS interesting lsOlatons from friends family faculties,
and often fortune Ii ID time Of fearful peril, and
when the cry comes from the heart and goes up 10
God "Forsake not; not off, II be
from Godf What terrible possibility Think OF it,
my incnds in your chambers, and consider whether
such fearful result arise In your from
Increasing and inveterate hostility 90 God that
you have been mauifesting; from wiliul delay
OF repentance. TIL bodily pain. decay Of the in
tolectual powers and blindness Of heart have sealed
your doom. The awful jeopardy OF old age only
be averted by flying 10 the throne OF mercy The text
rs prayer 10 the loving GOd There hope If you VIII
but be digent even In this late hour But in order TO
must be laid aside. what is done must be done
quickly and with all your might II IS great chance
whether you have another do the work OF life
time in Try the experiment by throwing yourself To-
day upon the naked Word OF God Plead tho prayer OF
the text-"FOrsake me not )" Get about the work Of


Al the conclusion of the sermon collection taken
up and the sacrament partaken OF
Year: 1876

hostery Of fashion dress refinement culture, with all


else that could make beauty beautiful, calls on
calls may have rung through The houses with melody
and graduation Happy New Year sparkled from bps
and eyes but, II the heart be not happy m vain The
blessing, In vain the show. The heart eEcased
wthn the sanctuary Of lis being that its hap
piness misery are not made by that
which IS material and external 10 lives in the
paradise or the prison Of its fabrcang suffers


aught else 70 come within It's sacred chambers. In
wishing you, then, happy year do but wish for
you a new heart Yours may not be fortunes smiles,
Illuminating and cheering your pathway; but with
heart the year must be happy for earth clouds
gloom soul on whom the rays Of the Divine smile
play With such a heart you Will have a happy year
indeed In your religious experience and Gods ap-
proya Of you in your Church fellowship with each
other in your homes in the gifts and graces which In
Unite love wll so freely oestow you. and ~ the
cherub children faces that you viii bess-the olive
plants that make sweet and beautiful the garden Of the
mothers and fathers hearts Then when The lnal
hour shall come which will beat great
and greater hope you will close your eyes ies
brief years 70 be greeted in the spirit realm with
Happy New Ycar' that shall be infinite felctous
Tapturous and eternal
Year: 1876

Commander Chcque who served in the government
expedition in search OF Sir John Franklin, lectured
the evening Of December II, at the Langham Hall,
London, on Arctic exploration He expressed his dis
belief in the theory that there was an open the
North Pole, but thought nevertheless the Pole wouN
be reached next year he hoped the government would
send steamer next year with provisions for the crews
OF the Alert and Discovery 'ie did believe the
Alert would ever return to England. but tbOUEht hsl
crew vOuldp
Year: 1876

Uncle Billy Raymond. noted through put the Coast as one of the most successful nlning men We have, came in by A. and W. M. stage, on Saturday, direct from San Francisco, to look at the mines of this sec ion. He went out with C. c. Bean to the dassayampa, took look at the Davis and Ind other locations and returned very favor loly impressed with what he saw. On Mon- lay evening he again took the same stage or Florence, intending to visit the Final and Flobe distric.s, when he will return here ma go to the Peck and Bradshaw dis res, the tunnel on the Peck having cached the shaft so that the bad air is driv- h out and an opportunity given to examine ne lead without danger from damps. After htisfying himself hereabouts, his destina- on Will be the mines of Mohave county here he has already some valuable inter ts' We are not advised as to the precise ''ect of his coming to Arizona, but hope he

 ay conclude 10 take hold of some of the ca and extensive deposits of mineral and An up Q mining operation, such as he is so

 mpesent to seeea foot and keep going.

 opinion of Arizona will have as much

 aosnce on California Street as tbat of any

 snea could have come here,
Year: 1876

The funeral of the late Mrs. Cook, which took place on Friday afternoon last, after onr paper had gone 10 press, was attended by almost the entire population of Prescott. Every business house, of whatever kind, was closed, the District Court adjourned, and the people, as if they were one sOrrowing family, left their usual avOcations tO follow to their last earthly resting place, in the Ma sonic cemetery, the remains of one who while living had commanded the love of all who knew her, and whose good influence had extended through her friends to those whom she had never met. Did an entire stranger stand in that grave yard at that hour he must have been impressed with the solemnity of the occasion, and had he not seen the expression of deep feeling manifest ed on the countenances of relatives and friends, the spectacle of school children weeping bitterly at the grave would have told him that friend of humanity was dead, and that she had been kind to these, at least, whose silent honest tears are better tesi- mony than untitled drums or monuments of stone.
Year: 1876

| MATTERS AT THE PECK MINE.-A report

 came in from the Peck last week that there

 was likely to be some trouble between the owners and the contractors in the tunnel. It

 will be remembered that Bigelow & Thomp- son were to run the tunnel for the ore that came out of it in the process of its construc- tion. The report was that Thompson, one of the parties to the contract, had concluded, in- asmuch as they had run by body of good ore, that he would back -stOpe and pick it up

 to which the mine owners objected, etc. We interviewed some of the parties, or tried to, including Col. Bigelow, but they seemed dis inclined to speak of the matter, and we let it drop until day-before yesterday when Thompson came to town and we went after him to find out whSt. if anything, was the matter. He said everything was all right, that they bad finished up the tunnel, struck the shaft some distance from the bottom, and he Company had gone to work; all the foul air has left the shaft since the tunnel tapped it. and the mineral in the bottom of the shaft lOoiIs better than ever. As to the trouble, he says il announced 10 nothing, that finding they mad run the tunnel some 2S0 feet, in barren rock most of the way, and that it was not going to pay them he concluded, after running through the pay streak, to go back and work it up closer, which he did, and in doing so secured four sacks, and no more, of good ore that they had left behind them. This he says is the extent of the trouble.
Year: 1876

Packing Eggs for Winter Use.-Strong lime
water is the best OF anything, but in the abe
sence of lime many pack their eggs small
end down in common salt. Some grease
the shells with melted lard and pack in BRAN
A very good way, too, is to fill colander
full of eggs and pour over them teakettle-
ful Of boiling water, then, when cool, pack
in salt. The hot water slightly cooks the
outside of the egg, making it air-tight. This
is favorite way with many housekeepers.


To Test Eggs-As it is desirable in pack
ING eggs for winter use to put up none but
good ones, 4 Try mine Dy roInng up q PAM
phlet or an almanac just large enough to
slip an egg in at one end. Look through
this toward the light, and if the egg is fresh
it will look perfectly clear; if stale, itlooks
dark. This is an excellent test almost un-
failing.


Matsinsony 1aat.-Pare and core about
q dozen nice-sized apples; put them in I
saucepan with little water to keep them
from burning; boil them until you can pulp
them y then add quarter of pound Of
currants, two ounces Of candied peel, and
enough sugar to sweeten it nicely; if liked
also little grated nutmeg. Pour this mix
ture into large tart-tin or dish that has
previously been lined with a thin paste.
Then roll out another piece the same size
and thickness, which place over the. top;
press the edges together all around, make
hole in the center the same as for mince-
pies, and bake.


Mountain Bread.--Two pounds of -four,
with quarter of a pound of fbutter and the
same OF lard rubbed through it, add little
salt, mix it with pint of sonr milk, and
stir through it a teaspoorful of soda; roll
out very thin; bake on tins, mark itNith i
knife, and break in squares. Serve hot.


Saratoga Bread. Warm two tablespoon
fuls OF butter in a pint OF sweet milk, stir il
gradually into quart of sifted flour, add
half a teaspoonftll of salt and four teaspoons
fuls of yeast; let it rise all night, if for
breakfast; if for tea, set it at noon. Before
baking add half small teaspoonful of
soda; pour into a shallow pan, which has
been buttered, and bake half an hour in
good oven.


| Soda Biscuit.--Three pints of -four,
| tablespoon Of butter and one Of lard, a tea
spoon Of salt, three even full of cream OF


tartar, one of soda; sift the cream of tartar


with the flour dry, rub the butter and lard


very thoroughly through it !; dissolve tbs


soda in pint Of milk, and mix all together.


Roll out, adding as little flour rs possible


cut with biscuit-cutter and bake twenty
minutes ina quick oven.
Year: 1876

fungoid growth peculiar to itself. The thing
under discussion may yet prove itself to be a
Fungus peculiar to the potato, and not to
be found anywhere else.


From what has already been said 1t may
be of the utmost Importance to plant none
but the most perfect and clear tubers, and
to avoid replanting the old potato grounds.
1t may also be prudent not to plant those
varities which have been found most obnox-
ious to the disease. If the germ inhere in,
and are liable to be planted with the potato,
and think that is the correct view, itwould
disinfection of the seed before planting. For
this purpose would recommend the trial of
solution of carbolic acid in water, of such
strength as the tubers will bear without in
jury. The proper strength can only be as
certained by careful trials. Thus Take
carbolic acid-an ounce; water-a gallon !;
mix when ready to plant; immerse the sets
in the solution for five minutes; then re-
move, and rinse the acid off before planting.
As the Fungi are mostly found in conec-
ton with diseased, or decomposing organic
substances, from which they may sometimes
pass over to healthy, living organisms; ii
may be question worthy ofyour consider
alton: How far the fertilizers used may
have aided in the production of the disease


To what extent was it known before theil
introduction? And how far has it been in
creased under theiruse?
Year: 1876

When an object is at the same time use
full and beautiful, we love it more; if we
have adorned it with our hands, we love it
as painter does his picture. He who
changes the brown of barren field to green
or paints 1t over with the gold of harvest Is
an artist, too, and his mosaic of leaves and
flowers and fruit painted by the sun and
washed by the dew is more beautiful than
any in ancient hall or grand cathedral-sur-
rounded with hedged of evergreen thorn,
the picture is framed and will remain "a
thing Of beauty" when the colors of Claud
have faded away like those of Apelles. The
banks of running streams in pasture lands,
if not naturally ornamented with trees,
should be planted with those ofrapid growth
delighting in moist soils. They will sooli
form beautiful arbor over the waters where
the cattle will love to stand in the cool and
pleasant shade in the sultry days of summer
Shelter belts OF evergreen trees should bt
planted round fields exposed to the fury q
winter storms.


They will increase the productiveness q
the soil. and adorn and beautify the farm


The chestnut tree being valuable for timbe


of rapid growth and ionrishing in the poor


est soils, is the best tree for planting ON bar


rem or rocky hills. Thus lands unprodnc


tive and apparently worthless may be mad
| in few years as profitable as fertile mead


ows. The young trees cannot be plante


too close to each other; each striving to Lii


its head above tile others into the full ligf


of the sun, will grow into a lofty tree yield
4 ing valuable lumber and excellent frui


The stones should be removed from tn
fields and built into fences, or used for pa,
ing roads to the barn and out-buidings. A


domestic animals of the superior races al


far more ornamental and valuable than thos


of inferior ones A high grade shorthorl
if properly cared for, will weigh at fol
years old 1900 pounds. He will require b'
little more food than one of inferior raj
: weighing only 1000 pounds; he is an orn
t ment to the farm and is worth twice
much money as the other. A Yorkshir
1 Chester or Berkshire pig will grow to dou
le the size of an inferior one on the san
: amount of food. Ornamental animals a
not only the most beautiful, but the mo
n profitable. Where lands are of any value
$ will not pay to keep the inferior races. Ca
O tie enrich land, horses impoverish 1t, al
# .the hoof of the sheep turns the soil
r. rold. .,,-Aneg-sca,s Stock Journal.
Year: 1876




potatoes are grown largely as a farm crop,
farmers have been troubled by a disease
which removed the outer thin skin from po-
tatoes, giving them !" scabby" appearance
and making them unstable. 1t is found
too that sometimes these scabby potatoes
are more predisposed to rot. though in dry
seasons they often keep without injury. Va
rious theories have been suggested as to the
cause, a common one among farmers, being
that the scabby appearance is due to worms
or insects. Still this theory does not hold
good in many cases. DR.. Michener in the
Scientific Farmer, suggests as much more
probable explanation that the scab is due to
a fungus growth on the potato. we are
inclined to believe this is the true theory,
and copy what the doctor has to say about
the effects of fungus and the remedy:


When potatoes are eaten by larvae, and
the injury is recent we find the flesh of the
tuber fresh, white, smooth and inclining to
heal or skin over, as we observe it to do
when cut with a knife yet who has ever
seen such an appearance in the disease be-
fore.us? have sought for it again and
again, but without success. On the contra
nv. whenever and wherever have seen the
injury Which we are considering. from the
smallest speck up to the more extensive des-
truction of the organic tissue, the appear
ance has constantly been the same.


It appears to be admitted that if we plant
diseased tubers we may expect to grow dis
eased potatoes, even where there are no
G,oh
such shall they also reap. 1t has been pretty
fully ascertained that there..is something left
remaining in the soil where diseased roots
have been grown that is capable OF affect
ing healthy potatoes planted therein the FOL
lowing year, in similar manner.


once planted selected potatoes In the
same ground for four successive years. The
number of diseased tubers rapidly increased
from year to year, until the last year hal
the crop was destroyed. An intelligent anc
observant friend of mine planted few rows
of potatoes across his lot. They proved u
be good deal injured. The next year NJ
planted the same ground, with correspond
ing strip alongside, which had been cult
waited in some other sort of crop the pre-
ceeding year. The result was, the crop Il
the old potato ground was almost worthless
while that in the contiguous portion was on
ly slightly affected. All the conditions
soil, culture, manure and seed, were slmllal


We know that insect depredators do ofte
manifest wonderful discriminating power
in the selection of their food. But the Fu1
gi. which constitute still more predaceou
class. are in much greater ratio selectiye
the choice of their food, as well as the place
for their notification. They are, indeed,
nAmekpus and so discriminating that almo o
every plant appears to have some speclt
Year: 1876

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR


The RocKY MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN is designed
to be, the name indicates, husbandman in every
sense of the term, embracing in its columns every
department of Agriculture Stock raising, Horti-
culture, Social and Domestic Economy
Year: 1876

When once a conccalmcnt or a deceit has been praeticed in matter where all should be fair and open as day, confidence can never be restored, any more than you can restore the white bloom to the grape or plum that you once pressed in your hand.

 Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful. Beauty is Gods handwriting-a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair bower, and thank Him earnestly with your eyes. It is a charming draught-a cup of blessing.

 That which especially distin . guishes a high order of man from a low order of man-that which constitutes human goodness, human greatness, human noble ness is surely not the degree of enlightenment with which men pursue their own advantage. But it is self forgetfulness, it is self sacrifice; it is disregard of personal pleasure, personal indul- gence, personal advantage, remote or presert. because some other line of conduct is more right.
Year: 1876



 There is said to be some obicc- tions to the dog law, so-called, which was enacted by the late General Assembly.

 Some seem to think that it is too small matter for the consid- cration of the legislature. Others, that it will work an injustice to q portion of our citizens. To the first objection we reply that statistics prove that it is really q subject of vast importance. Esti- mates have been made showing that the food Gevoured by dogs would feed large number of hogs or other useful animals, or even human beings. Actual census returns show that an immense number of dogs, worthless and useless, are kept in cry State of the union at an enormous expense, and that at the same time these prowling CUTS and hounds arc yearly destroying millions of dol lars in sheep and other stock.

 Certainly it is the right ant the duty of the State to protect the property of it's citizens, and a small privilege tax on dogs it is thought will lessen the number of vicious useless dogs and induce our people to raise dogs of more valuable breeds.

 If all the vile CUTS and "dogs of low degree" were turned over to the dog killer to be summarily dealt with, and better ones substi- tutcd, in their places it would ad- vance the interest of both the sheep owner and the dog owner. As to the tax of one dollar in county scrip, or 25cts. ill curren- cv, 1t is small matter when it is considered that the scrip is al ready afloat, and must be taken mp or rcpudiated. We can all see the loss and inconvenience occa stoned by depreciated scrip, when tie fees of witness or juryman will not half pay his ex pcnses in attending court. The dog tax will absorb a part of the outstanding scrip and to that eX- tent, improve the credit of every county in the state.

 It may be q hardship on a few, but it is not a hardship to pay taxes at all? We are compelled to surrender something to the general veal, if we did not we should have no government, no laws.

 There arc entirely too many dogs all over the world. It IS a very common thing to hear q poor farmer complain that his neigh bors' dogs have killed three, five, or ter of his sheep in a night. Abont our little towns their dis cordant howls often make night hideous and disturb the quiet of the invalid who requires balmy sleep above all things. Is there no remedy for these evils, must we suffer on because some people care more for their mangy CUTS, which they sometimes say are not property, than for the valuable ilocks of their neighbors, or theil peace and quiet?

 It is not expected that the evil will be entirely removed, but it is q step towards it's mitigation.

 The law prohibits no one from keeping as many dogs as he choos' cs, the tax is not a burdensome one, and we trust every one will look at both sides of the question and give it fair trial. Kill the bad and worthles dogs, keep only few good ones and we shall al feel better. I.