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Year: 1875

The Pacific Mail Investigation is
about cIasing up, the committee aav-
ing concluded that they can not
gether any further material facts.
Schumacher, the Democratic Congress
man who pocketed $500, 900 Of the $3.50
900 corruption funds, wasn't worth


much as a witness because he had
such a lamentably weak memory. He
couldn't reeoIlect what he did with
the small pittance of over quarter
of a million; but he Is an honest
Democrat, and of course that makes
II ell right. His party will not ask
him 10 resign on account OF that
small steal. King skedaddled TO
Canada and would not answer the
summons OF the committee, and
hence his testimony could not he
obtained, and Of course 1t would
not have been worth much, as the
man who would steal Sl25,0O0 and
run away with it could not be ex-
pected to tell the truth about II. he
was elected to Congress from Mime.
sofa last fail as a Republican, but
will not be allowed to take his seat,
as the Legislature has demanded MS
resignation and he dare not return.
He now is supposed TO be hiding
i'm New Foundland.
Year: 1875

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Probably rafter all, President Grant
had better resign, If young Mr.. Ben
net, of the New York Herald, thinks
SO. We do not really see how the
President can eonscientiously refuse
to listen to advice coming from one
SO highly qualified to advise as is this
son of his father. The Presidents
limited experience in public affairs,
his timidity and impressibility, his
proneness to yield to the counsels OF
every man who obtains access to
him, his unfortunate habit of To-
quacity constantly leading him into
the error OF expressing his opinions
too freely, and exposing his plans,
aims and intentions, all mark him as
q man who stands in sore need of a
protector and adviser upon all mat
ters of national weight and import-
ance. And young Mr.. Bennett, who
is well-kuown throughout the Re-
public on account of his being rela-
ted to his father, is young man
eminently qualified to give advice
OH such matters as State questions
and grave political complications.
His great experience in ocean yacht
racing has no doubt ably fitted him
for all the nautical duties that it
might be necessary to perform on
the ship of State. For, sleeping in
the cabin, while his sailing master
attended to the details of nautical
work, has Injured Mr.. Bennett to the
hardships OF excessive rest, and he
would not therefore, be apt to be dis
turbed by any stagnation in national
affairs, or unsimmering quiet in the
political cauldron. The ease and
certainty with which young Mr..
Bennett usually managed to be beat
en- in these yacht contests has no
doubt 50 disciplined his mind to de-
feat, that no disappointment in his
plans would be apt to emhitter his
mind, or incapacitate him for the
performance of the duties Of State.
Nor Is this young man less noted in
the annals of trap shooting, and
could the pigeons he has frightened
be induced to stop flying and come
back, they might bear testimony To
the GOODNESS Of head and steadinesI OF
nerve that filled the air with more
shot and less execution than one
would think could possibly be COM
bined. But his ardnous studies nf
state and national politics and the
science Of government have gone
much farther than this. Young Mr..
Bennett is a pedestrian, and his lead :
en- soled shoes and walking costume
hang over his boxing gloves and
ioiIs, mighty witnesses Of the power
that dweIls i'm the mighty legs thnt
are SO ready, willing and anxious to
walk President Grant off his chair,
and carry the country to prosperity
and happiness at four minute gait.
Young Mr.. Bennet's whole life, spent
amid such pastimes and studies, the
delights of yachting in pleasant
weather, the elevating and refining
sport of shooting tame pigeons. the
ennobling occupation of backing the
horse whose jockey has been bribed,
the fine mental culture which comes
Of association with professional
bruiser trainers, all these point to
him as the one man in the United
States capable Of suggesting way
out Of all the troubles that enconl-
pass and the perils that threaten the
country. And that is for President
Grant to resign. And If young Mr..
Bennett says he ought to resign, we
think he should do SO without delay.
For Mr.. Bennett undoubtedly knows.
Year: 1875

Knocking worms from apple trees is a
common occupation at present. In inn
petuously removing nest from a tree
on Spring street yesterday, two of the
worms fell outside the nest and went
down the neck of the woman who was
watching the operation. She emitted
piercing scream, and went plunging un-
der the tree, uttering shrek after shrek.
The husband, knowing nothing of the
cause cf the outbreak, very discreetly
took to the cellar and crawled back of
cider-vinegar barrel to wait for the dis
appearance of what he firmly believed to
be a serious attack of insanity. The un-
fortunate woman pranced and screamed
until she brought together some sixty
five neighbors of her own sex who were
determined to afford her immediate re-
lief until they learned what was the mat
ter, when they precipitately retired out
side the fence, but showed there was no
no abatement of sympathy by asking
her Individually and unitedly why she
didn't take the dreadful things out. At
this juncture Mr.. Rouse, the baker,
drove by, and he soon restored peace
with the aid of two of the more courage
ous neighbors. The husband now un-
expectedly appeared-from the cellar, aud
explained his course by saying that he
had on his best coat, and was afraid that
she would tear it in her frenzy.-Dan-
bury NeWS.
Year: 1875

Generally the reports of the condition
of the crops are encouraging. Undoubt-
edly there are large sections of country
in which great damage has been done by
unfavorable weather or insects, but, TAX
ing the country as Q whole, the prospects
now are that the aggregate yield of farm
crops will be large. The grasshoppers
are not reported doing any damage in
any part of the country, and unless they
return later in the season the aggregate
loss will not seriously affect the yield of
the crops of the West, serious as the loss
has been in many counties. AS rule
the Colorado potato beetle is doing less
injury in the West than last year. 1t
has made its appearance in New England
where it has excited much alarm. The
'snew" potato bugs reported in different
parts of Illinois, are not new, and have
thus far never proven destructive over
large sections. With favorable weather
during the remainder of the season there
is good reason to expect harvest which
will do much to increase business


Western Rural.
Year: 1875

Itisnotimprobable that many drowned
persons might be resuscitated, who are
left to perish for want of intelligent and
timely treatment. The rules proper in
such cases, which have been tested by
long experience, have been so often pub
lished that they ought to be generally
known. By way of giving practical
illustration of them, we copy, substan-
tally, case mentioned by the writer of
that interesting little work recently pub
hshed under the title of "The French
at Home" In his walk one morning he
says he saw a man pulled out of the
water, apparently drowned. He was
laid on the right side, the face turned
toward the ground, and the jaws gently
opened to facilitate the escape of water.
Several times the head was placed a lit
tie lower than the rest of the body for
the same purpose, but only for a few
seconds at time. In the meanwhile
there was a regular manipulating process
to induce breathing, which consisted in
pressing the abdomen, stomach and
sides of the chest, but softly. The eff
forts were without effect; the man looked
as if he had seen the last of earth.
Then the PROSTATE figure was carried to
the nearest station for the rescue of the
drowned. Here the man was stripped
and wiped dry, and he was laid, turned
on the right side, between two blankets
on straw mattress. The manipulating
process was resumed, with intervals of
about a quarter of minute between
each pressure of the body, the pressure
being repeated fifteen or twenty times,
followed by suspension of ten minutes.
Twenty minutes were passed in this way,
when physician employed on this kind
of service appeared and took charge of
the case. A warming pan filled with hot
water was passed over the body outside
of the blanket, particularly over the pit
of the stomach and the sides of the
chest. This was alternated with q gen.
tie friction of hot woolen mittens, and
the naked hands and the soles of the
feet and palms of the hands were vigor-
ously rubbed. An operator breathed
into the mouth of the man by means OF
tube. These efforts also proving in
vain, the physician had recourse to the
introduction of tobacco smoke into the
lntestines. In about ten minutes the
man gave feeble sign of life, where
upon all manipulation was discontinued
lest it should interfere with the natural
movement. Soon he showed desire to
vomit, which was assisted by feather
introduced into the throat. How long
the whole process lasted is not stated,
but the reader will see that it was
lengthy. A few days after the writer at
tended ball, and among the most lively
dancers he saw the drowned man.-BoS.
| ton Journal
Year: 1875

A KNOWING DoG.-A quiet game of
draw, quarter-ante, was in progress re-
Gently at Chico, California. One of the
party managed to get heart flush, ace
at the head, out of the deck, and laid it
in his lap, waiting chance to play it.
Presently the chance came. The guile
less gentleman counted ont forty dollars
better with one hand, and quietly went
down with the other hand for that flush.
1t wasn't there. He had to play his
original hand. Two of the party called
his forty dollars better, and one of them
in the showdown produced the identical
heart flush that he had been at such
pains to secure. He knew it was the
same, for the ace was crimped just as he
had done it. The secret was that Ira
Wetherbee's dog, Patsey," had quietly
But his nose in, picked up the flush, car
Slsd it around TO his friend, wagged his
tail knowingly, and walked off.
Year: 1875

FOR THE SHOP, HOUSEHOLD, AND FARM.


In the Rhine district, grape vines are
kept low and as near the soil as possible,
so that the heat of the sun may be re-
fiected back upon them from the ground;
and the ripening is thus carried on
through the night by the heat radiated
from the earth.


A non-drying cement of great tenacity,
useful to fastening plates of glass SO as
to exclude air, but which may be easily
separated, is formed by adding freshly
slaked lime to double its weight of india
rubber, and heating to about 400 deg.
Fab, when the rubber will be converted
into glutinous mass.


To stop new boots squeaking, drive a
peg in tle middle of the sole.


To extract the silver from old watch
cases and similar articles composed of
alloys, dissolve in nitric acid and pre-
cipitate the chloride of silver with So
luton OF common salt. The silver is
reduced to pure state by mixing the
chloride VIII an equal weight of bicar-
Donate o. soda and smelling in COM
mon sand crucible.


To bleach glue, soak in moderately
strong acetic acid for two days, drain,
place on sieve, and Nash well with cold
water. Dry on a warm plate.


Diamond cement, lor glass or china,
is nothing more than isiDglass boiled in
water to the conssterce of cream, with q
small portion of rectifed spirit added.
1t must be warmed when used.


1t is said that dry rot in cellar timbers
can be prevented by coating the wood
with wh1tewash to which has been added
enough copperas to give the mixture q
pale yellow hue.


Mercurial steam gauges can be kept
clean by putting a little glycerine on the
surface Of the mercury. This serves as
lubricator of both glass and metal, and
prevents their contact.


Toguard belIug against being gnawed
by rats, ano1uG it with castor oil.


Old engrayipgs, woodcuts, or printed
matter that have turned yellow may be
rendered white by first washing carefully
in water containing little hyposulphite
of soda and then dipping for minute in
Javelle wafer. To prepare the latter,
put four pounds bicarbonate of soda in
kettle over fire: add one gallon of
boiling ater, and let it boil for fifteen
minutes. Then Stir in one pound of pull
verized chloride of lime. When cold,
the liquid can be kept in a jug ready for
use.


An excellent liquid glue is made by
dissolving hard glue in nitric ether. The
ether will take up only certain amount
of the glue, so that the, solution cannot
be made TOO thick. If a few bits of pure
india rubber, cut into scraps the size of
buckshot, be added, tine mixture will,
when dry, resist dampness to consid-
erable degree.


Some brands of albumen paper are
subject to blisters when taken from the
hypo solution. To prevent this, remove
the prints, when fixed, flon the hypo
into dish of salS water "a handful of
salt in a gallon of water) before the regu-
lar washing, and allow them to remain
therein Tor several minutes.-Scientifc
American
Year: 1875

The recent food in France is said to
have been the most remarkable visitation
of the kind recorded this century. A
district as large as the Stase of Maine
and as populous as New York was del
uged by unprecedentedly violent and
long continued rain storms, occasioning
a loss of life and destruction of property
at which the Imagination is paralyzed.
To meet calamity thus vast in its ex-
tent and unprecedented in its violence,
all the resources of French charity and
French administrative skill must indeed
be taxed to their utmost.
Year: 1875

A PETRIFIED WILD GoosR.-While
hunting in the tules. near the sink Of
Cache Greek. few days since, Abe
Green, an old hunter, discovered pet
ri6ed wild goose. standing upright, with
legs buried about one half in the adobe
soil. He thought at first it was living.
and, creeping near. fred his gun at it,
but the bird did not bulge an inch.
Walking up to it be found it dead, and,
in trying to pick it up. was astonished
at its immense weight, 1t had turned
to stone. and a mark on its wing, near
the forward joint, showed where the shot
had struck it, knocking piece off. He
managed to raise it up out of the ground.
and when he laid it down piece drop
ped from its breast. disclosing a hollow
inside. from which pure, clear water be-
gan running. Its feathers we're very
natural. and its appearance was calcula-
ted to deceive-so lifelike. He took it
to bis cabin, down the canal, a few miles
back Of Washington. where it can be
seen by those who wish to see such a
strange and unusual sight-YoLo (Cal.)
Nail
Year: 1875

we call evil is largely the result Of hu-
man imperfectiOn aud ignorance, and is
our kindly severe teacher in the way Of
knowledge and Of life.


And herein the ancient story Of Adam
when read rightly teaches US q deep les
son. 1t shows US how through expert
ments which fail we learn the conditions
OF success How even transgressiOn with
its evil may bring higher good. 1t
tells Us that out Of disobedience our re-
puted first parents acquired the knowl-
edge of good and evil. of right and
wrong. And it more than intimates
that by the unrestricted use Of that
knowledge eternal life might be gained.


And is this not precisely the method
of human advancement By transgress-
ing law we experimentally learn its
existence. Through suffering the penal
ty Of transgression We become convinced
of the necessity of obedience. And when
We know the law and obey it then we
gain virtue, purity, eternal life. Our
mistakes and our failures are our teach
ers bestoWing wisdom. Even our sins,
if We rightly interpret and use the expe-
rieHce derived therefrom, will instruct
and help us Nothing under Gods prov
idence is wholly evil. If this is true
now after all our knowledge Of life. was
it not still more strikingly true Of the
early ages? Was there any possible
way for primitive mankind to ascertain
the existence Of law save through its
| transgressi0n How could men know
that fire would burn. that water would
drown. poison harm, or violence kill. ex-
eept through experience They must
prove all things and hold fast that which
was good" And was it not inevitable
that. In this proving. there should Be
many fingers burnt and much blood
tainted ? Was it not inevitable that a
/ great deal Of what we called evil should
4 spring into existence? ? Yet such is Gods
method of education, his best possible
way Of bringing human souls and the
human race out Of nothingness into vir-
tue and intelligence, out Of aEimality
into spirituality, out of brutes into sons
Of God The fruit Of the tree of the
knowledge Of good and evil must be eat
en- before the fruit Of the tree of life
eternal life-ean be won
Year: 1875




The political significance which some
people attached to the fact that the Pres
idential party was obliged to pay the
regular fare, while travelling on the rail-
road through Connecticut to attend the
Centennial celebration at Concord, loses
Its Importance upon explanation Of the
fact By order Of the Superior Court of
Connecticut, the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad Co Is enjoined from
Transporting, without payment Of regu-
lar fare. the members of any legislative
body or the officers or servants Of any
state or Of the United States, or Of any
town, county or city Of the United States.


Those papers which recognized this
eoolness on the part Of Connecticut off,
cials. as indicating the true feeling in
that state towards the President, the
third term phantom and Casarism, viii
In the future. place less confidence IN
the old adage that "straEs tell which
way the wind blows" which they found
50 useful in explaining how this simple
incident proved that Connecticut would
give democratic majority at the next
election 1t we'll illustrates how party
newspapers in this country will seize
any circumstance, however trivial, which
BY any possibility could be distorted in
to an indication Of political feeling. and
attempt 20 manufacture from it little
political capital
Year: 1875

LrrrLE JoHNSy's CoxrosIroS--
Snakes is mOsly poison. but some don't.
My father says they used to walk on
their tails, the same as us. but now they
has to walk on their belly for foOlin'
Eav; but they seem to like il that way
best Snakes is said to be the same as
serpence. but | always thought a sur.
penny was the biggest The rattle
snakes skin is too short for him. and
don't quite cover all his bones. and wen
be wiggles they make noise. My sis
ter's young man he says it's the fault of
the rattle snakes taller. in a measure.


There is one which is got stripes and
is called garter snake. but it amt got
no buckle, and amt much worn. It
might be fastened with asp. like .
trunk. but not the elephance. The eel
would be snake if it wasn't so good
to eat, which makes them fish. If
you put eel in your brothers bed it
viii be a snake wen he gifts in, and he
will holler wild.


There is kind Of snake which takes
Its tail in its mouth and roles. Once a
little boy seen one Of EN- rolling. and
be thought it was some boys hoop got



way and he ran after it with a stick. to
role it home for himself; but as soon as
he hit it it let 60 its tail and bit him
good on the nose. Some folks tel fbs.
but seen this myself. That little boy
is now old man and 1 hope it win be
a warning to him.
Year: 1875

There may be a few scaIps lifted in
the Black Hills country this summer,
but the talk Of general Indian war Is
purely sensational There never viii
be another general Indian war On this
continent Even the Indian has sense
enough 70 see the outcome Of It.
Year: 1875

Graham, the once famous quack, was
wont to exhibit himself plunged to the
chin in mud, mud bath taken regu-
larry being his specific for insuring a
century of health, happiness, and hon
or. Every physician at the time treat
ed mud bathing with ridicUle, but in
the present day the celebrated mud
baths at a certain German watering
place are among the recognized means
of ameliorating several disorders. Ora
ham was not wrong; he only took
quackish way of announcing his theo-
ries. There is apparently a curative
power in earth. Not long ago, man
employed at some iron works near
Melksham managed to get himself
fixed in the narrow part of an iron
tube, and when he was extricaled, was
to all appearance dead. His mates dug
a hole in the ground, put the uncon-
scious patient into it, and filed in the
earth, leaving only small hole for him
to breathe through, should he draw
breath again. In a very short time
he showed signs of returning life, with
his own hands cleared away the earth,
and dram of brandy set him once
more on his legs, little the worse for
his mishap. joaquin Miller's earth
cure experience had a more ghastly
ending. Travelling with mining party
in California, six of them were sudden
ly struck down with sculvy, and there
being none of the usual remedies at
hand, an old sailor suggested the trial
of one, which had saved ships crew
in some land in the tropics. This was
simply to bury the men upright as far
as their chins. until the earth drew the
poison out of their bodies. Six pits
were quickly dug in the warm alluvial
soil, and when the sun went down, the
men were placed in them, and the earth
shOveled in around them. It was a
beautiful moonlight night and the
operation completed, the invalids chat
ted Raily together; their shaggy heads
just bursting through the earth in the
ftful moonlight, made them look like
men coming up to judgment their
voices sounding weird and ghostly, as
of another world. After a while, one
by one they fell asleep, and all was still.
Their comrades then stole away and
sought their cabins. When they rose in
the morning, and went to see how the
buried men Jared, they found that the
wolves had come down in the night, and
eaten off every head level with the
ground
Year: 1875

The clowns of journalism are now
legion, and recognized constituent of
the fourth estate. Every now and then
new one Jumps into the ring with a
here [ am cap, bells, and motley 7"
and proceeds at once to the prosecution
of his department of "funnyman of the
staff" He performs by dint of every
abuse of language, by every distortion
of phraseology, by every perversion OF
the true line of thought, by every con-
ceit of fancy that suggests itself TO an
imagination warped by malpractice i'll
his line of business. He'll catch
quaint idea roaming loosely through
his hair brain, and set it agoing for the
amusement of his readers, as If 1t were
Il cur with tin kettle at his tail. He'll
set off fire. work of an idea, swapping
and sparkling on its way, to be seen
and wondered at for a moment, but to
end in smoke and fzzle-played out
and forgotten after its transient mission.
Sometimes his cur won't perfOrm-wont
run with the kettle; and sometimes his
firework doesn't sparkle: in fact, his
fun falls fiat, and he's miserable he is
disappointed artist, and feels that he
is a failure, and everybody considers
him failure, especially his employer
or his subscribers, if he is publisher.
Our clown is become an essential to the
press as the Jester is in the plays of
Shakespeare, to relieve their darker
shades; as the lights contrasting the
shadows of a picture, that both may
stand out in clearer relief. His jokes
come into the column as the neigh
Dor paragraph to the chronicle OF a
murder most foul. He airily disports
his rattle brain fantasies on the same
sheet that sets forth the conclusions of
the grave and reverend seignors of
church and state in the journalistic
record of events. His Jest is in the
interlude, like the sardine in the sand
wich. that comes between the more
bulky and substantial; that relieved
the iabored, artistic feats of the hip
pOdrOme.