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Year: 1873

rest which it was formed 70 protect. It's
founders saw the dangers which the
introduction Of politics would cause, and
wisely excluded its presence from the
order. We are glad to know that the
prevailing sentiment of the oranges is
against the movement now on foot by
certain designing men to use the order
fol political purposes. It's best friends
see in this movement the defeat OF its
principal objects, and the carly dis,olu-
Jion Of the order itself. Whatever tonds
to weaken the Republican party as
national power, takes from it the ability
to bring about the reforms which tae
farmers of the West stand In need Of
To break away from thar party. and
form another on purely class grounds,
may for time insure local advauc9g1s,
but these will be purchase at tie cx
pense Of greater advantages, which must
of necessity be national in ,heir charac-
ter, Cheaper transportation 20 the sea.
board, and TO the markets Of the East Is
one of the necessities Of tie hour II
affects all sections of the country, and
to bring it about requires the united
efforts Of the representatives Of all
branches OF industry. The Republican
party is fully alive to the importance Of
opening new outlets tor western pro-
dnction, and has already taken steps to
secure them at an early day. To Grip
pie the party by Withdrawing from it
enough strength to throw the election
into the hands Of the Democracy would
be to imperil the best interests of
the west. We cannot but regard this
movement towards the formation of
third party as nothing more nor less
than a Democratic dodge having
for It's object the disruption of the Re-
publican party by division in its ranks.
Every Republican farmer in the west
should be on his guard against the sc.
ductivc influences Of those politicians
who assure them that nothing but far


mers' ticket can secure the relief they
demand. If the farmers hold the bal
ance Of power in any State, they have
it within their power TO elect men who
shall represent their enterests This can
be done through the Republican party
without in the least weakening its pow


er. We sincerely hope that the Re-
publican farmers everywhere will frown
down all attempts to nominate class
ticket. 1t will lead to organization of
other interests against them, and defeat
the project now on foot for their relief


If they want to be felt in politics let
them be more active in the ranks of
the party, and seek the nomination Of
men who will truly represent them in
the State and national councils.
Year: 1873

In certain sections of the country
where the Patrons of Husbandry hold
the balance of power there seems to be
growing tendency to convert the or
der into one of political character.
The temptation to form a new party
which shall represent leading interest
and unit powirful class against small
er and weaker ones, is both strong and
natural, and to resist it demands the
highest order of patriotism. We have
large sympathy for the farmers move
ment, and believe that by proper man
agement it can greatly benefit the inte-
Year: 1873

The San Francisco Bulletin says that an important change has taken place recently in the Geysers. Old residents say there is greater display of heat, steam, and Plutonic fury in them at present than has beenknown since 1859. I have been here twice before, and have never seen such general fiery activity as at present. Whether this is the re- suit of increased demend for fire in the region where the antipodes of happi- ness and comfort are supposed to reign, I cannot say. A rear Geyser is now shot up from the Witches Cauldron to 8 height of about forty-two feet above the surface. It would rise much higher but that the overhanging banks of de- composed rocks against which it shoots up prevent it. A portion of this bank is to be removed, and as this will be 8 work of some danger, owing to the steam emitted from and terrific heat of the black water in the cauldron (its tenn perature is 292o Fahrenheit-thati is, 800 above the boiling point), it is proposed for short time to turn the cold stream which flows down the Geyser canyon into the cauldron, with the hope that it's terrific heat may be sufficiently miti- gated to admit of the removal of the bank of rocks mentioned. The large steamboat blow-pipe (the diameter of which is about equal to that of an ordi- nary -barreD now emits more dense volume of steam than ever before, while the devil steam-whistle makes a noise equally shrill and piercing as that which splits the ear when close to a locomotive as the whistle is being sounded. Warm work is in short going on all through the Geyser canyon.
Year: 1873

MT. James Greenwood has published frightful account of the silent system, which is in operation at the Holloway Model Prison in London:

 It is an offence for prisoner to speak one word, and he is never addressed ex. cept in whispers, so that he may be in prison two years without hearing the natural sound of the human voice. The effect of this is so terrible on tho mind that prisoners will speak out in despera- tion, at the risk of any punishment, rather than endure that horrible silence.

 The prisoners never see one another, but remain in perpetual solitude. One poor wretch, driven to desperation by nine months solitude and silence, reck- lessly broke out, in MT. Greenwood's presence, "For Gods sake, Governor, put me in another cell. Put me some where else. I have counted the bricks in the cell I am in till my eyes ache" The request of the tortured wretch was refused.

 There is fine hole in each cell, and as the wardens wear shoes of India rubber soles the prisoners can never be sure of being alone.

 Those condemned to the treadmill have to ascend twelve hundred steps every alternate twenty minutes for six hours. And this in place so hot and close that prisoners often lose in per splration three stone in as many months.

 Every day the prisoners are taken to chapel so arranged that they can see no one save the chaplain, and him only throug h an iron grating. And thus is the order of devotion, observed. War dens are constantly on the watch, lest for a single instant they, through the whole of the service, depart from the rigid rule of "eyes ri ght." They must look steadfastly at the preacher must raise and lower their prayer-book with the elbows squared, and all at once, like soldiers at drill. They may not scrape their feet without having afterward to explain the movement. They scarcely wink an eye or sigh without danger of rebuke or punishment. God help them, poor wretches.
Year: 1873

DRY OR WET FUE1.-A very general misunderstanding exists in regard to the effects of burning wet fuel. It is widely supposed that certain portion of water aids combustion and intensifies the heat of fire. The fact is that while the water may be decomposed by con tact of steam with incandescent carbon aceous substances into a highly infam- mable gas, yet exactly the same amount of heat is needed to produce the decom- position as is produced in the combus- tion of it's products. The cause and the result are exact equivalents. If the water is not decomposed, but is merely converted into steam, Q large amount of heat is absorbed and wasted in the pro- cess. In this case @ loss occurs, and in that there is neither gain or loss.
Year: 1873

There is Alfred Sutton home will
his family, to live on the old folks,
said one ncighbor to another Ill
seems hard, after all his father ba'
done TO fit him for business, and capi
tai he invested to start him so fairly
1t is surprising he has turned out SC
poorly. He is steady young man
no bad habits so far as | know; he
had a good education and was always
considered smart but ho doesn't sue
ceed in anything. am told he has
tried a number of different sorts ol
business, and sunk money every timo
What can be the trouble with Alfred
| should like to know, for | don't want
my boy 10 take his turn


alfred is smart enough, said the
other, land has education enough, but
he lacks the one element of success
He never wants to give dollars worth
of work for q dollar Of money, and
there is no other way for man tC
mako his fortune. Ho mast dig, if he
would get gold. All the men tina,
have succeeded honestly, in making
money, have had to work for it, the
sharpcrs sometimes the hardest of all
Alfred wished to set his train in mo,
tion, and a smashup was the result
Teach your boy, friend Archer, to
work with will when hc does work
Give him play enough to mako him
learn oarly that work is the business
of life. Patient, selfdcnying work il
the price of success. Ease and iDdo-
lence cat away not the capital only, but
worse still, all n mans ncrvo and pow.
or. Present qualification tends 10 put
off duty until tomorrow, or next
week, and so the golden moments slip
by. 1t is getting TO DO rarc thing
for the sons of rich men to dio rich
Too often they squander in hall
score of years, what their fathers were
q lifetime in accumulating. | wish
could ring il in the ear of every aspir
ing young man that work, hard work
for head and hands, is the price o.
prospcri y. Country Gentleman
Year: 1873

The "rights of women" have had
their advocates among us for good
many years and now the "rights OF
children" have found an advocate who,
mirabile dictu, is school teacher. AT
a convention Of the schools, held re-
Gently mt Worcester, Massachusetts,,
Superintendent Marble read a paper,
in which no maintained that every
child in school, however young, "has
the same right to his opinion, his judg-
ment, his will and way, which full
grown man would have if ho sat in
the same scat. Tho fact" said ho,
that hc is weak and ignorant docs
not alter the case. Ii tho child's opin-
ion or judgment be at fault, we should
correct him in the same rational way
as wo would an adult. II his will be
obstinate, aud his way be productive
Of harm TO himself or others, we should
first point him out tho right way, and,
II hc did not dosist from his evil way,
we should enforce both adult and child
in the same manner. The qualities OF
reason and intelligence should always
be recognized both in the child and in
the adult The first right of every
child, then, as of cvery human being
is TO be treated as an equal, and not
as an inferior. IL seems TO bc the
opinion of some people that TO teach
Is TO stamp ones own image upon the
child that what / know the child
must learn that what l think he
must be taught. We have no businesi
to do any such thing. A child Is
weak, but we havo no right TO bully
him. He is undcvclopcd intellectually
no more have wc right TO impose
our opinions upon him without BIZ
choice"
Year: 1873

A lady retiring from an unproflta-
BILE trip to church declared that when
she "saw the sbawls Of those Smiths,
and then thought Of tho things her
own poor girl had to wear, Il II was
not for the consolation Of religion she
did no, know what she should do"
Year: 1873




made available; and by being open all the
wear will have to keep down the rates of
railroad transportation by competition
throughs the winter months. This is the
southern route to the Gulf, by way of the
Mississippi river. Of the many different
plans for overcoming the obstacles present
ed by the bay at it's mouth to the free navi-
CATION of this great natural channel, the
Fort St. Philip canal is the only permanent
one, and therefore the cheapest in the end.
With this canal, and the improvement of
the Illinois river and canal so that barges
could traverse its entire length, and, load
ing in Chicago, need not break bulk until
they reached the Gulf, where they could
transfer their cargoes to vessels bound to
the Eastern market. the saving would be
very great. 1t would open navigation at
least a month earlier in the spring, and q
month later in the fall, while from Cairo
down it would be open all winter It
would give US not only an Eastern market
for our corn and pork, but Southern one
also. The only reason that the bulk of the
grain export does not seek that route. es-
pecially in winter, is because of the OBJ
structions to navigation. caused by the bar
at the mouth of the Mississippi, and by
other distractions =. at different points
throughout the length, which sufficient
outlay Of money, judiciously used, would
soon remove. a6t#. ""~. .48G IL ., z .-.4


They did not ask appropriations for these
objects as gift, but demanded the money
that the government held in trust for them
so as to increase the value Of all their prop
erty. .. .....


The same gentleman offered the following
preamble and resolutions, which he hoped
Year: 1873

desiring q perfect and accurate knowledge of
human nature, taken at the bedrock. is to
obtain situation on some weekly paper in a
dull camp, and experiment only one month /; II
they are not disgusted with most men, then we
are not q competent Judge. Some men are borr
collectors; nothing abashes them. promises to
pay have no power over their hard hearts, for
they never take such useless trash; they want
coin, and many a delinquent "gives up" to
them because he can't help 1t. But such speci-
mems are few they are marked men. and live
mostly in cities, where people come to know
them so we'll that they will dodge around the
nearest corner To avoid them. when they have
not the money to pay. Few men have that
talent for collecting; we hayn't.
Year: 1873

The VIENNA EXPosITIoN.-Mr Fulton,
in his last letter from the Exposition to the
Baltimore American, says the attendance
is very slim-not more than three or four
thousand, and that it will lie difficult to
keep it going until the first of November,
as originally intended. The depositors are
getting uneasy, and would be glad to with
draw their goods if they could. The Amer
lean department is attracting the most at
tention, and the appreciation of visitors is
shown by the fact that, comparatively
small as the display is, there are more ar
ticles marked "sold' than in The depart
ments of any other country. 1t is, in fact,
the only department in the main building
where visitors closely examine everything,
for tho reason that they are mostly articles
never seen before in Europe, and have been
brought here for the reason that they are
new. In the machinery department near
ly every piece of machinery has upon il a
card with the word "sSld" printed in large
letters, and the same is true of the agricul-
tural departemnt. BY far the largest part
of the American contributions will have
been disposed of before the Exposition
closes.
Year: 1873

A HERo.-The pilot of the ill-iated Wa
wassel must he added to the list of heroes.
His name is John w. Boswell, and he
stood manfully at his post until the wheel
was nearly burned up in his hands. His
right hand and right leg were terribly
burned. He was then compelled to leave
the wheel. He jumped overheard, and,
MANNED as he was, he swan to the shore
with two ladies, landing them safely. He
then went back TO the burning wreck with
a boat, and entreated Captain Wood, who
was in great peril from the flames, to jump
on board. The captain said, "No, I'll not
leave the boat til all are off," He then
took more ladies ashore, and again return
ed Just in time to save the captain.
Year: 1873

One of the neatest andInost pleasant par
ties of the season was tht given last night
by Lies Cent Gardes" a Exposition Hall.
This association is compced of some of the
best of our young business men. and invi-
tations to their soirees have come to be
eagerly sought for. The large hall proved
to be none too ample for the assemblage of
last evening. The young men were gallant
and agreeable; and the ladies present, in
large numbers, seemed the fairest of the
fair, and, in compliment to their hosts, ap-
peared in elegant evening dress. 1t has
often been remarked thai the true Southern
girl is far ahead of her Northern sisters in
the art of making herset most bewitching
with the simplest means Give her light,
airy fabrics, a few knotsof bright ribbons,
with here and there a 1atural flower, and
sometimes an extra curl and she is straight
way creature of all loneliness. The ball
last night proved this, aid the gathering of
merry dancers was SOMETHING beautiful to
look upon
Year: 1873

MAJOR FURRY, Quartermaster at Tucson, was thirty-fo years old last Thursday. His friends determined that day so event. fuI should not pass without recognition, hence they assembled at an early hour at his residence. The Fifth Cavalry String Band was there, and music and dancing was the order of the evening, until late hour. We have seldom seen a more pleas ant gathering, and many were the wishes that the worthy host and his excellent wife may have thirtyfour years more of hap piness in store for them.
Year: 1873

THE village of Tucson owes small debt, and the creditors want it, and the citi- zens say they ought to have it. Arizo- mans have a particular pride in paying their debts, hence we never have any fail ures among our merchants. We keep a surplus in our Territorial Treasury, and our counties owe but little, and the gen. eral feeling is that the capital of the Ter ritory and the countyseat of Pima county cannot afford to set bad example of having creditors ask in vain for their money. Therefore the council have been discussing the proposition of levying a corporation tax, and to each of the tax payers give an equivalent in town lots for the taxes paid. This in effect will be to sell so much of the town property to our tax payers at a low price as will liquidate the village indebtedness. We hope some such plan will be adopted, for the amount we owe is small, and it sounds bad to have it said that Tucson can't pay it's debts.
Year: 1873

LEoPoLDO CARRILLO and lady rave a so cal party to few of their friends the fore part of the week. Music and dancing Was the order of the evening. Every one had d good time as they always do there,
Year: 1873

DEPUTY SHERIFF TURNER came in on

 Mondays stage in charge Of Robert Wal lace, who has been on the rampage in sev- eral of the towns of Arizona for num- Der of months. Some time ago he started in to take the town of Tucson, and has boasted ever since that he did get away with it, and we surmise that in this asser- tior he is, not far away from the truth.

 He then went to Yuma, but that was so easy job,i it was hardly worthy Of his ge- nius, and he made his way back toward Tucson, taking in the small towns as he passed along, intending undoubtedly. to give Tucson another little rake over, and then pass on to larger cities and more extended field ofduty. But unfortunately he fell into bad hands. The Gilaites have been raked over good deal lately by this kind of cattle, and they don't seem to like it. They kindly took this energetic bone crusher in charge. ornamented him all over with jewels, and sent him to the Tucson boarding house. In order that he should not be lonely on the way they sent Smith Turner with hlm for company.
Year: 1873

Golden Ok Tavern, one mile from
Gnesen, where she was about 10 accept
place as servantgirl. She talked with
such apparent frankness that Harder
did not for moment suspect her. He
promised TO meet her there at the ap-
pointed. time in the disguise Of ped.
dler. He kept his appointment, and was
at once arrested by the six gendarmes,
whom the girl had notified OF his COM
ing. Ten days afterward he was placed
on his trial before the Criminal Assizes
Of Gnesen, and convicted OF crimes
enough TO send dozen men to the scaf-
fold


He was sentenced to be beheaded.
His execution however was delayed uD-
ill the lst Of May. Until then Harder
manifested the greatest fortitude in jail.
When the executioner visited him on the
eve Of his death Harder joked with him,
and told him he need not fasten his
head TO the block, as he would lie still
until all was over. He added 10 the
headsman: Ny friend, grind the edge
Of your axe we'll, 80 that you kill me at
one blow" On the scatfold he turned
to the immense multitude, and exclaim-
ed in a loud tone: Now see how a
man diesl " Then he knelt down be.
hind the block and laid his head on it.
He growled aloud when the executioner
fastened him to the block with the leath-
ern straps. "You are very slow" he
said calmly, while the hsadsman took
out his terrible axe. Strike strike
The axe fell twice before the head Of the
great outlaw was severed from the body.
Not few Of the superstitious spectators
dipped their handkerchiefs in Harders
hlnnd
Year: 1873

How PARIS IS PAINTED. 1t would as
tonish some of our old house painters
of Baltimore if they could climb over
the fronts of these tall six and seven
story houses and paint them from roof
to door sill without the use of ladder,
scatfold or other wooden contrivances,
either for themselves or their paint-pots.
One man, without assistance of any
kind, can paint the entire front of those
tall houses i'll two or three days. Di-
rectly opposite our quarters, six-story
building, fronting about eighty feet, is
undergoing complete renovation, and
the painttngo of the entire wall has been
accomplished by two youths, apparent
ly nineteen years of age. They are
each provided with rope about an
inch in dinmeter, extending from the
apex of the roof to the pavement, on
which knots one foot apart are made
throughout its entire length. By
means of an apparatus with straps,
clamps, and hook, to which is appended
board on which they Sit and stirrups
to rest their feet in, which is strapped
to their legs, they move up and down
the rope with great rapidity and appar-
ent ease. They move the clamps from
knot to knot, and without changing the
position of the rope, are enabled to
paint about six feet on either side of
them. Their smallest brushes are stuck
III little loops appended to the seats,
and the paint-pot is suspended by a
smaller rope OF some kind, and is raised
and lowered with ease as they NAV de-
slreit. Long practice has given them
great agility, and they seem to move up
and down, and pirouette and oscillate
along the front with great deal more
ease than if they were on ladders. They
use brushes for most of their painting
nearly double the size of those used in
America, and make rapid progress with
the work. House painting in Paris is a
very extensive business, as periodical
renovation of the houses is rendered
imperative by law, no one being allowed
to disfguce neighborhood by present
ing stained and disfi2ured walls. The
houses being all built of soft, cream
colored sandstone, many of the floor
structures instead of being painted, are
redressed by the stone-cutter, and come
out, after undergoing the process of
scraping and scrubbing, as if fresh from
the quarry. In alludin4 to the amount
of work these men do in day, it should
be understood that they commence at
6 o'clock in the morning ana stop at :
in the evenilg-twelve hours being a
days work among the mechanics in
Paris Cor. baltimore .imeyican.
Year: 1873

RICE WAFrLEs Take teacup and
half OF rice that has been we'll boiled !,
and warm it in pint of rich milk, stir
ing it till smooth and thoroughly mixed.
Then remove it from the fire and stir in
q pint of cold milk and teaspoonful of
salt. Beat four eggs very light and
stir them into the mixture, in turn, with
sufficient rice flour to make thick
batter. Bake in waffe-iron. Send
them to the table hot; butter them,
and eat them with powdered sugar and
cinnamon, prepared in a small bowl for
the purpose.