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Year: 1873

executed in the most faultless and artistic
style, and DOrtrdDtn1 accurately and Jutly all
leading eUelkS LCtIIiI tlOentl-JOtty hours after
theirOccuTeflcc. Those who have made jour
nallsm a study, and fully appreciate the great
enterprise manifested in the collection and
publication of news by the aid OF the tele-
graph, steam presses, and the development
of OfJournaltstic talent. have been fond Of adj
vanclDg the theory that the next advance in
that field would result in a newspaper fur
nishlng in its regular issue pictures of all
current prominent events. That theory is
theory no longer: the newspaper Of the fu-
ture Is the newspaper of to-day, and that pa
per is THE DAILY GRAPHIC. The processes
which render this marvellous achievement
an existing fact are the result Of the most
careful study and an endless variety Ofexper-
iments, gradually perfected during the past
twelve years They depend upon improve
mcnts in lithography and the application of
the Photographic camera Bytheir aid "A pie
ture is engraved and made ready to print in
from twenty minutes to two hours. Costly
and elaborate plates, works OF art, scenes Of
interest, are reproduced and pictured forth
with equal facility and the most scrupulOus
fidelity. illustrations OF leading events are
engraved and prepared for the press even be-
fore the accompanying written narrative or
description leaves the hands Ofthe com DOsitOr


For'the proper practical working OF so great
an enterprise. THE GRAPHIC COMPANY
was formed with
Year: 1873

Il is the worst possible policy to
Kill all the best and handsomest fowls,
aud save only the mean and scraggy
ones TO breed from This is precisely
the way TO run out your stock for
like tends TO breed like, and the result
is, that by continually taking away
the best birds, and using the eggs Of
the poorest, your flock will grow
poorer and poorer every succeeding
year.


1t would seem as though this was
too plain to be insisted upon but, in
fact, ''line upon line'' is needed. 1t is
the crying want of the poultry upon
the farms and country through this
careful and intelligent selection of the
best for breeding.


Nothing is lost by little self-denial
to start with. The extra pound or
two OF poultry flesh that you save on
its legs, instead of sending 1t to the
market, is as good seed, and viii bring
forth ten fold and twenty-fold in yonr
future broods. Save your best stock
Tor breeding The Poultry TYorld
Year: 1873

Articles of woolen clothing washed
in ordinary soap and water, not only
shrink, bat acquire peculiar tatty
odor, due to the decomposition of the
soap by the Tactic and ecetic acids
present in the perspiration, and conse-
quent precipitation of the greater part
Ct the tat of the soap in the fibre Of
the wool According to Prof. Artus,
both OF these effects can be prevented
by stepping the articles for several
hours in a warm moderately concen-
trated solution OF washing soda, then,
alter the addition of some warm water,
and a few drops of ammonia, washing
them out, and rinsing them in luke
warm water.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Quinby Used TO say that his
bees had fas"ion oedoing things so
different from the ways that other peo
pie worked that he knew net what TO
think We recall this as we receive
letter from our frisnd Novice com
planning that We do not advise using
the extractor on brood combs We
do not know how bees do in OHIO, but
we find that in Iowa strong colonies
50 arranges the brood, rs q rule, that
there is no more honey in q comb
than is needed for the support of that
brood. There are exceptions to this
as to every other rule, but usually il
the honey be emptied from brood
combs it would be necessary to teed
it back again.


At the season when most honey is
taken here with the extractor, brood
combs will be found full of brood save
avery little, honey on tie top and sides
Can any one give a good reason
for disturbing such combs? Our way
is to enter other combs, and put one
between two filed with brood.


After brood is hatched, il honey is
stored before the queen fills the cells,
e it is comb of honey, not a brood
comb. We have used four forme OF
extractors, and have again and again
marked the sealed brood and found
it afterwards being carried out by
the bees dead. We have revolved
the machine SO carefully that it did
not throw out larvae ; bat when we
marked these combs and examined
them few days after, We every time
found ;he Larvae removed. We have
used the extractor on all sorts OF
frames Lall sorts of tops to for it is
our misfortune now to have several
forms of hives, and we find them all
adapted to the extractor, but we take
the position, lst That our bees
when properly managed give US no
occasion to use the machine on brood
combs, and %: When it is used un
der ordinary circumstances the brood
is killed. We MAINTAIN, also, that in
order to secure the largest amount oI
extracted honey, We must have all the
brood possible, and that we can ge;
enough honey to satisfy any one with
q out touching the brood.


Let bee keepers examine this mat
ter for themselves, and see if they dC
rot find the condition of the brood q:
We describe it, and also "sling the
honey" out of comb with care, and
see if it be uninjured.-Mrs E. S
1aPper, i'e National Bee Journal.
Year: 1873

like the advice to all and every
one to DO something to make our pub,
lie roadside more attractive-give a
decent foot path if possible, so that
your or your neighbors' children
can 90 back and forth to school
or church without trudging like an OK
or horse in the deep mudor roadway,
If you can't do any better, then make
it all smooth, at least in front of your
own border, and SO may We hope to
to, ere long, shame your ignorant,
stupid, ugly, narrow-minded neighbor
iuto doing likewise. Set out a few
trees, if you will, on the roadside, but
don't make fool of yourself by for
getting that each maple or elm tree
wants at least fifty to seventy feet to
develop itself, and while it gives e
shade to the road, lets in the sun to
/ dry the same.
Year: 1873

Every farmer should keep book in
which to paste agricultural SCRAPS
Every one, in reading a paper, will
see a number of things he viii wish to
remember. He will perhaps see sug-
gestions, the value of which he. will
desire TO test, or hints which he will
want to be governed by in future oper.
ations- And yet, latter reading the pa
per he viii throw t down, and viii
probably never see it again. In sucf
a case all the valuable articles will be
lost. To prevent such loss, every
reader should clip such articles as h,
desires to preserve or remember and
paste them In scrap book. Such 9
book, at the end of a year or ( vo viii
be very interesting and valuable.
Year: 1873

The transmission of honey bees
through the mails has, for 4 long time,
been prohibited by the PostolEice De
partment, in consequence of the leak
age of tie food syrup, which soiled
the regular mail matter. Another
reason given was, that the bees some.
times stung the clerks who handled
them. An application, however. has
recently been made for the privilege
of transmitting small wooden boxes,
containing queen bee and fye totem
workers. The boxes are made by
boring large holes nearly through q
small strip of pine board, and cover
ing the upper portion with network
OF wire. Inside each box small pieces
of sponge, saturated with syrup, are
placed for the bees TO feed upon. 1t
is, however, believed that this device
will not obviate the leakage of the
syrup, and it is not likely that the
Postoffice Department will reverse its
former rule on the subject.
Year: 1873

To RELIEVE INGRoWING NAILS
This is painful annoyance, and Is
treated with advantage in various
ways The most successful is 20 psre
down the centre of the nail from root
to end. Let 1t be worked down quite
thin, SO rs to relieve the pressure at
the sides, which causes the soreness.
Keep the end OF the nail well pared
down in the centre, giving it the con-
cave form, just the reverse of the nat
ural edge.
Year: 1873

FINANCIAL.-Just at the present time,
general complaint is made within this
county regarding the great scarcity of
money--the utter absence of ready cash.


1t has always been customary with our
merchants and others to make a general
settlement on or about the first of Janu-
ary in each year, but this year such settle
ments may be put down as q failure not
because parties indebted are unwilling to
settle their accounts, but for the simple
reason that there is very little money in
circulation. Two reasons may be given
for this state of financial affairs In the
first place, the mining season has been
back ward-but little work has been done
and no money taken from our mines.
This, however, is not very weighty rea-
son, for even had the Winter been an
early and a wet one, we could not expect
great deal Of money to be taken out
thus early in the season. The second,
and the true reason for the scarcity of
money at this time, lies in the fact that
State and County taxes, under the new
Codes, are due and payable on or before
the first Monday in January. Trinity
County, with voting population of 500,
pays taxes to the amount Of nearly Sl9,-
900, and of this amount, over Sl7, 800 has
been paid into the county Treasury within
the past few weeks-or a pro rata of about
$22 to each voter in the county. When
we consider that no money has yet been
taken from our mines, and that the county
at no time contains a great deal of surplus
cash, we at once realize that the drawing
Of this amount from the pockets of the
people necessarily leaves them empty,
and therefore the consequent absence OF
money with which to make the usual set
Elements. OF course this condition of
things will not long exist. The proper
ton of taxes which goes into the General
Fund of the county will be Immediately
paid to parties holding scrip which is now
payable. The School Fund has been ap-
pOrtioned to the various Districts and will
pOoil OC olbNll ht Iht'lGlllD
ton Fund is well-fllcd, and this will be
distributed among scrip-holders at the
February session of the Board of Super
visors. Thus will the money now CON
fined in the Treasury of the county again
find its way into circulation, and make
money matters more easy. Yet, while
the law for the collection of taxes stands
as it now is, there is bound to be notice
able tightness in monetary affairs for two
or three weeks at the opening of each
year, and consequent difficulty in max
ing settlements. For this reason, and
from the fact that miners do not generally
cleanup until the Summer months, we
would suggest to our business men that
hereafter they make the first Of July a
Grand Settlement Day, instead of the
first of January. In July nearly every
body has money, and we believe that at
that time settlements could be made
which would be more satisfactory to all
parties. Think the matter over.
Year: 1873

OBSERVING THE SABBATH.-We no.
ticed with pleasure that several Of our
business men did not open their stores on
Sunday last. In early days in Califor-
fornia it was customary for miners to do
nearly all their trading on Sunday but
that time has passed and there is now no
necessity whatever for opening store
door from Saturday night until Monday
morning, with perhaps an occasional ex-
cepton. There is, as matter of course,
a little merchandise sold on Sunday very
little-but if it was known there would
be no stores open on that day, people
would purchase whatever they needed on
week days. Certain it is that our mer-
chants are somewhat jealous of one an
other, and if one keeps open on Sunday
all will. Let all resolve to observe the
Sabbath and at the end of the year they
will find themselves as well off as though
they had kept their places of business
open on that day.
Year: 1873

RAINFAIL.--During the past week
Weaverville was favored to the extent of
1873 inches making total for the season
of 1875 inches. Although this is good
rainfall in the aggregate up to this time
in the season, it has come in such man
ner as to be of little use to the mining
community.
Year: 1873

NOTICES OF THE PBEss-We this
week copy number of complimentary
notices given by our contemporaries on
the occasion of the JOURNALS Seven
teenth Birthday. They will serve to
show our readers in what light the press
of the State looks upon our paper. To
our brethren of the press we return
thanks for these marks Of their esteem
and shall endeavor to so conduct the
JOURNAL as to show that they are mer-
tied.
Year: 1873

FURTHER TIME.-In order to give all
who are indebted to the JOURNAL office q
fair chance to settle up old scores, we
have concluded to postpone the opening
a rev set of books until February LIST.
Do not delay, for we don't want to carry
over any old accounts.
Year: 1873

A woMAs's determination to part
her hair at the side broke up we'd
ding at Bangor. Me-, last week. The
company had all assembled. the cler-
gyman was in his place. and the groom
proceeded up stairs TO escort his chosen
one to the altar. The lady was splen-
dldly dressed. but in arranging her
hair had adopted the "new style"
10 this the young man objected In the
most decided terms, saying that it
looked too brazen and " fast :" that
the hair OF bride should be parted
modestly in the middle. A sharp war
Of words followed. which resulted In a
declaration on the part OF the angry


youth that he had taken firm stand !;
that the hair must be re-dressed. or he
would never look upon it again. To
this the girl replied that he might
leave as soon "a he pleased; and leave
he did. much to the disgust Of the pso-
pie who came to partake OF the we'd
ding supper and were turned out OF
the house without it. a.lHil / a
Year: 1873

A STORY is circulated that 4 young
gent at Baker City, after vainly trying
to induce genuine flesh and blood
female to a sleigh ride with him, de-
termined at least not to be outdone by
his other male friends, and so had him
one made to order and stuffed with
straw, and placing it in the sleigh be-
side him, went careering with it over
the plains and through the town. as
jolly to all appearances as any Of
them. The story got out on him, and


though he swssrs it is false, it Is said
he cannot prove where he got the girl
seen riding with him Oh a certain


moonlight night. T !
Year: 1873

SENATOR HOWE has Introduced a
resolution in the Senate authorizing the
President to appoint five commissioners
to investigate the liquor traffic in its
economic, criminal, moral aud scientific
aspects; and report to Congress its
effect on crime, social vice, pauperism
and the public health. The Commission
ers are to hold their Offices for one year,
and are to receive no salary except pay
ment Of incidental expenses. The idea
is an excellent one, and would, If carried
out, be productive of much valuable in
formatipn.- Wisconsin.
Year: 1873

nauon OF TRACE ana strlngency OF the money mar
ket is but transient As yet there are no failures
spoken OF In this quarter, and II thcy occurred
they would be certain to become known rapidly


AMONG THE FURNACE MEN.


The manufacture OF stoves here Is the most ex-
tensive in the United States. About $500 men,
whose weekly wages exceed $2s,000 are usually
employed by ten or more large hrms, and IN no In
stance mas any material reduction been made IN
their numbers as yet. The number OF stoves pro-
duced weekly Is considerable PROBABLY exceeding
1000, yet the demand Is fully equal TO
lowed their stocks on hand to run down 20 mini
mum scale, like most holders OF goods Just
now preierring to 60 along with as light STOCK
as may be possible to meet the orders coming IN.
Two firms have warehouses IN Chicago, ana they
(Ransom Co. and Rathbone Co.. report the
the collections in the West being punctually and
fully met. Littlefeld, and Perry Co., who have
brought out some new patterns, the sale
OF which has proved very brisk, have con-
stant demand Tor all they make, and, but
for the uncertainty existing as TO the


Towards the latter part OF December II is usual
for the stove foundrtes here to shut down 10 allow
the furnaces TO be repaired and general exam ma
tlon made OF the machinery and premises At that
period also an inventory is generally taken. All the
hands are dsempoyed during this interval, the
Unless matters prove much more satisfactory next
spring than II seems now likely they VIII, the ces-
satlon OF work is expected to continue until May.


The stove makers In Troy have shut down their
works and discharged oil hands within the past
ten days.


The demand for ale has not been checked by a
scarcity OF money, but the brewers complain OF q
great diff1culty in getting money for even half or
What they are asked to supply.
Year: 1873




Lake freights are not active, but railroads are
carrying mp TO their capacity. Although cannot
point TO any other evidences OF financial suffering
mere than those enumerated, and though jobbers
WIN declare that business is good even collec-
q general feeling in the city that the coming
winter will be one or great severity sThe poor
we have always with us;n but II Is certain that
their numbers will be largely augmented. To re-
lievc the surerings that Will surely come upon the
Ell 600 600 In its treasury while there exist nu-
merons minor benevolent associations, all In excel
lent order for charitable work, Our season or dis
tress will not be fairly upon us until the close OF
navigation, which viii doubtless be earlier this
year than usual. To sum up, there is very little
tangible suffering at present, but there In grave
rehensiOn as to the iuture.
Year: 1873

The news which comes from Spain Is The most
important that has been received from that
country for many years, and will be hailed with
pleasure by the great mass of the American peo-
pie. 1t is hoped now the Cubans may be allowed
to purchase their independence. They have
earned it already by their devotion TO their cause
and by the sacrifice of blood.
Year: 1873

RAmOAD AccrDENT.-The Importance Of con-
slant attention 20 duty Is strongly shown In the
recent accident on the Wilmington and Reading
Railroad, at Embreyille A rock had rolled upon
the track in a deep cut and the locomotive and
tender were injured and the train detained some
hours. Ii is the duty Of man TO pass over this
portion of the road ten minutes prior to the pas
sage Of each train, but on this day he neglected
his duty and the accident was the result.
Year: 1873

Better to wear calico dress without
trimming, if it is paid for, than to owe
the shop-keeper for the most elegant
silk. cut and trimmed III the most be-
witching manner.


Better to live in log cabin all your
own than a brown stone mansion belong
ing to somebody else.


Better walk forever than to run i'll
debt for horse and carriage.


Better to sit by the pine table for
which you paid three dollars ten years
ago, than send home new extension
black walnut top, and promise to pay
for 1t next week.


Better to use the old cane-seated
chairs and faded two-ply carpet than
tremble at the bills sent home from the
upholsterer's for the most elegant parlor
set ever made.


Better to cat thin soup from earthern-
ware, if you owe your butcher nothing,
than to dine of lamb and roast beet
and know that it does not belong to you.


Better to let your wives have fit oi
MYSTERIES than to run in debt for nice
new furniture, or clothes, or jewelry.
Year: 1873

Our electoral machinery is Just now
being pretty freely discussed by the
press of the country. There seems to
be an almost unanimous opinion that it
is seriously defective, and that the mode
OF choosing our President and Vice
President ought to be speedilyreformed.
As to which plan is the best and safest
there is a wide variance of opinion.
Various modes have been suggested,
and the one which seems most simple
and feasible is the following, presented
to Congress some years ago, but never
acted on:


The electors of President and yice-President
shall be chosen AZ follows:


Two electors of President and Vice-Presidcnt
shall be chosen at large from each State by the
qualified voters therein.


A number OF electors in each State, equal to
the whole numberof Representatives to whicl,
such State may be entitled i'll Congress, shall
be chosen in single districts of contiguous and
compact territory, each containing, as near a.
practicable, al equal amount of population.


Congress shall prescribe the mode of deter
mining the validity of the choice of electors
and of contesting the Fight to the Office o!
President and Vice-Prcsident.
Year: 1873

can go back to specie payments we can
go back until our money is equivalent
to gold and silver coin,, and then we
have the best currency in the world. l
will not debate this difficult question !;


but l will tell you, my countrymen,
whether you are Democrats or Republi-
cans, that the people of this country
ought never to cease to agitate this
question until their money is as good as
gold, and then they are on a sure rock,
an eternal foundation. In all ages and
in all countries it has got to be an
axiom in financial matters that gold
alone is the standard of value, and the
planetary laws that govern the universe
are not more fixed and absolute in their
sway than that law which demands that
everything shall be measured by the
gold standard, and the very moment you
make your paper money as good as gold
coin then you have got a currency that
you may live by, die by, and leave to
your children and widows without fear
or favor"
Year: 1873

DURING a balloon ascension at st.
Petersburgh the aeronaut experienced
currents of air, ut different attitudes,
moving in contrary directions, and by
rising or descending was enabled to
keep in sight of the city for four hours.
The spectators thought that he had
solved the problem of aerial navigation,
and had some contrivance for steering
There were three steady currents, two
flowing from the south, and the third
from the north.
Year: 1873

WEDNESDAY, June lip. NJ


Another field day for the bears in stocks The
speculation steady for the first hour or so
after the opening than might have reasonably been
expected from the weak manner of the close yester
day. though Western Union was disposed to weak
ness from the very start. This induced a violent
demonstration against the other stocks of the list
and by little after midday a complete and disas
trous rout n the principal specuatyes was in full
progress. st. Paul. c., c. and l. c.. Ohios, Union
Pacific aud Western Union most merci-
lessly assaulted and driven from their strong
holds to less secure retreats and SO
great was the scare at times that
almost any offer would command shares, and it
looked as though matters going to the eternal
smash. OF course there was no semblance Of panic,
nor was there the faces of operators that look Of
dismay which characterizes this kind of a market
during the times when money is hard to get Yet
in this regard the speculation worked ON the rule of
contraries, and people who were shining around
the street few weeks ago to get money to carry
stocks at half dozen points higher figures were to-
day earnest in their efforts TO sell. But this
downward movement seems to meet the general ap-
probation and il no longer needs adrOitly circulated
stories adverse to the interests of the various stocks
to keep the ball moving, for with good start the
declining movement keeps on naturally. When
prices shall have at asttouched proper level there
is no doubt but that the leading lights OF the street
will take a hand in the speculation, though there
has been a marked absence of these heavy
weights for a long time AS we have from time
to time suggested, the true way TO induce business
in stocks is for the larger holders to prevent prices
to decline to point which win make stocks desra
bic for Investment and these suggestions seem
finally to have taken root. The greatest point Of
depression in prices to-day took place between II
o'clock aud the Second Board, the afternoon market
being less fruitful of excitement, aud somewhat
steadier. The subjoined comparative table tells the
story of the varying fortunes of each stock, aud
call attention to it particularly. The general mar
lSet closed steady. The opening, highest lowest
and closing prices of stocks were as follows