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Year: 1875

We regret very much TO learn that
the Office Of the Jackson Wing aHd
Tribune was destroyed by fire Tuesday
morning. No particulars are given,
but we can hardly imagine that the
loss will cause even a temporary sus-
pension Of publication. The Wing
a,ad Tribune has long ranked as one Of
the ablest weeklies in this or any other
State, and now that Col Wisdom has
resumed charge we look 70 see 1t enter
upon a new career Of prosperity,
despite Tuesdays disaster.
Year: 1875

On personal appearance much Of our sue
cess in life depends There have been many
instances whcrc.the soul shining through
manned or detomed body, has conquered
the adverse circumstances. This is far easier
to do than to overcome an offensive or disa-
greeable trick of behavior, for society will
accord its pity and symp thy to natural de-
fccts, but for acquired faults it only reserves
its disgust.


Every reader will call to mind some per-
son toward whom he or she has felt ropug-
nance almost Uncomfortable, merely from an
offensive habit such one has iormcd-some-
times a mere turn of the lip, cast of the
eye, or u peculiar infection of the voice.
Often practice ha; been formed of clearing
the throat, or splitting profusely about, or
picking the ears or some other vulgar habit.
These things will create dstaste for such
persons in iastidious mind, aud deny it as
we may, or call it "Squeamish," or SILLY"
we are all of us more or less fastidious.


1t is the duty Of every person to make
himself agreeable to others. Most of those
peculiarities of manner which create aver
sion are spontaneous in their origin, but be-
come so habitual that we are Unconscious OF
them. Masy of them were formed in child
hood when habits are easily removed in after
years. While We cannot like everybody, OF
be loved by everybody in return, still We
pan tul - a4Naa,al thut l.. L
ourselves personally offensive by habits ant
ways that shock the delicate fistidiousnc-s o
those around Us.
Year: 1875

There Is pretty girl in sunbury Who Is
quite an adept at reading the thoughts of
ctaers She said to "A bashful beau Ut the
gate, the other night, LA! believe YOU
are going to kiss me-" She wss right.
Year: 1875

JOHN PALMER, is making an excellent job of renovating his large house corner of Main and Second streets, which he is fitting up for a restaurant. The main room is now the best room in this town, and we would invite per- sons who would like to see what can be done on adobe, to go and look at the inside of those walls.
Year: 1875

WE devote a large portion of our editorial space to-day to the speech of the Hon. A. E. Davis of Mohave county. Let all liberal minded men read and ponder this speech, and those not liberal minded too, it will do them good. We know MT. Davis as a sound man, and we have known him as a rising young lawyer. But we confess that this speech has taken us by surprise. It would do hon. or to a member of the United States Senate, and in it we see the rising statesman.
Year: 1875

From JUG SdD [ TdDClscO C1rOulCI6.

 And so the Sacramento Union is dead. After life's fitful fever it sleeps we'll" It has gone, not to the bosom of Abraham, but to the arms of STANFORD; the same ''forms" that embraced type all bristling with denunciation of the Central Pacific Railroad will now hold in their fond embrace columns of eulogistic praise. The mourners go about the streets of Sacramento, leaning upon each other and drawing spiritual con- sOlation from various sources. The Union has reached a ripe old age; so kind and genial in it's la- ter days that it was beloved by all who did not read it, and es- teemed by all who did not know it. Sacramento was the city of its birth, and we have heard of DO other city cOntending for the honor. It was journal of many virtues, and it became more Virtu- ous as it increased in years. It was a charitable journal; it had that kind of charity that covered multitude of sins-it wrapped itself in it's own mantle. The Union was a great friend to Sacra- mento; it kept down the value of property to a degree that made if easy tO pay the taxes. IL was the friend of the mechanic. and iu- duced the railroad company not to build engines that the labOrer might have leisure IL dlscOur- aged the arrogant display of wealth. by driving rich people out of the city, so that they would i.o. puilu handsome houses within it. It opposed rolling mills and machine shops within the din of whose hammering no one could sleep. It became so feeble in its old age that it could keep nothing on its stomach, it threw up all it's old Republican principles and threw up all it's old friends. The process of throwing up finally be- came chronic and it threw up its circulation and business. A few months since the Union got a very severe blow; it was knocked down on the curbstone by the blow of an auctiOneer's hammer, and al- though it has been blowing ever since, it never fully recovered it's wlnd-except a little fiatulence arising from dyspepsia. It has had softening of the brain and justification of the heart for some time, but the disease never af. fected a vital part till it reach ed the pocket.

 The above excellent obituary we fully indorse, and on this solemn occasion, brethren of the true and independent press, lei us join in singing the following hymn:

 With one accord we praise the Lord,

 To see the curse removed.

 ED. SENTINEL.
Year: 1875

. PETITION 10 the Secretary OI War i> ju circulation here, asking for the construction of a military telegraph line from Yuma, via Castle Dome, Ehrenberg, La Paz and the Colorado reservation, to Fort Mohave. Such a line would be of great service to Govern ment and to citizens, and as the lines now working in the Terri tory have given such complete satisfaction to the Government we hope the Hon. Secretary of War will give this petition favorable consideration and order the line built at an early day.
Year: 1875

He will sell as cheap as anybody, and we bespeak for him share of the trade. MT. Levy is young man of good habits and good character and is deserving of pub lie patronage. We wish him suc- cess,
Year: 1875

EAR MARKS OF BUTTER Cows.-At recent
meetings of Dairymen's Associations in the
Eastern States experienced dairymen said
they attached much importance to the
color OF the inside Of the car of q cow as n
test OF her butter producing ability. A rich
yellow color on the inside of the ear, one
speaker said he had never known to fail as
sign OF . good butter COW, one that would
give him rich milk. DIR. Sturtevant regards
the color OF the ear a good guide, but calls
attention to the necessity, when observing.
of clearing away the secretions that NAV
have accumulated on the skin and which
may be darker than the skin itself.
Year: 1875

The New Haven Palladium is not charmed
with Mr.. Longfellow's Bowdoin poem. If
it had been written by some callow graduate
it would not have been considered as in
any way remarkable. Some of it's lines are
shockingly prosaic, and one of its episodes
had already been treated in much better
fashion by Morris.
Year: 1875

It IS perfectly astonishing that 50 little
care is taken with the products Of the
dairy among the farmers generally
throughout the country. Time and again
have writer's and agricultural experiments
demonstrated that milk, Ind butter par.
ticularly, are susceptible to foreign taints
and odors to . remarkable degree, yet the
whole matter of care in preventing the
access Of Objectionable odors is regarded
With indifference. We have had occasion
lately, in visiting farm.houses in different
localities, to inspect the accommodations
for the dairy. and in = very few instances
indeed, were proper means taken tosecure
= proper ventilation and security for the
production Of = sweet and marketable
butter. In several cases the milk was
set on shelves in cellars in which heaps of
decaying roots and vegetables were ".
ing, and the odor which arose from
them was anything but agree
able. In ono case, tub half filled
with dirty clothes was standing in the
cellar in close proximity to tho milk
shelves, and in another cellar was . De.
troleum or kerosene barrel which sent
forth its peculiar odor very perceptibly.
or course the milk absorbed the various
taints with which the air was burdened,
and the consequence was q poor, almost
unmarketable quality of butter was
churned, when good, sweet product
might with proper care have been Sc.
cured. Farmers often speak, sometimes
sneeringly Of '.gilt.edge butter" mean.
ing that which brings the highest market
price. but complain when perhaps third,
or half Of the gilt.edged price is offered
for theirs. The high price is simply the
return for the exercise of proper care
and attention which they in preparing
their butter failed to give. There are
many more customers in town and city
who will pay almost any price for the
best quality Of butter that can be sup
plieda and there is no excuse for the pro-
duction Of an inferior quality.-Massa.
chusetts Ploughn.a7,.
Year: 1875

It is now finally decided, SAYS Lon.
don correspondent, that the Prince of
Wales is TO 60 to India. It is understood
that this conclusion has not been arrived
at without much doubt and hesitation,


and that, ,.even after the announcement of
the intended journey had got into the
papers, the whole question was reconsid


cred in consequence of the warnings and
remonstrances which were received by
the government from competent advisers.


Those who know India best condemn the
project as rash and foolhardy. It will


be impossible for the Prince to travel in.
cogn!to. There will be endless embar-
rassments as to presents, precedence, and


all the other complications Of oriental
etiquette. Then there are all the per-
sonal risks which the Prince will have to
encounter, not only from the climate but


from native fanaticism. The expenses of
the journey will also be extremely heavy,
and can hardly fail to give rise to some
very untoward discussions in Parliament.
The Prince has already allowed it to be
proclaimed that his income is insufficient
to cover his regular expenses, and that
he would be every year in debt to large
amount were it not that he draws upon
his accumulated capital, a process which
must, Of course, before long, come to an
end. Under these circumstances, it is ob-
viously out Of the question that he
should bear himself tho large additional
outlay which will be incurred by this
trip; and it will therefore hav. to be de-
syed out of the public funds. It ia
said that the difficulty is to be solved by
making the Indian Government pay the
bill; but this could not prevent discus.
eion In the House Of Commons, Is the
item would be included in the Indian
budget, and, in any case, nothing would
Be more shabby than fof the heir to the
throne Of : great and wealthy country
e sponge u this Wy for the expenses 81
holiday. An attempt il being made by
Year: 1875

Prof. Riley, the State Entomologist OF
Missouri, is of opinion there will be no
eastern advance of the locusts and that
those already in the Missouri Valley Will
gradually disappear. Specimens sent to
him by alarmed people in other sections
who thought the locusts were upon them,
prove to be nothing more dangerous than
the common grasshoppers.
Year: 1875




"Never have 1 spoken in favor of
that initiation of the currency which L
think see full well, means that there
,shall never be any resumption at ALL"


"Inf1ation means precisely demoni-
tizing gold and silver in perpetuity, and
substituting currency of irredeeInable
paper, based wholly and entirely upon
government credit and depending up
on the opinion and interests Of MEM
Der of Congress, and their hopes OF
popularity, whether the volume of it
shall be large or small"


Upon this measure have a word to
say. 1t simply means that no man OF
my age shall ever again see in this
country that kind of currency which
the trainers of the Constitution intend
ed should be the currency of the Union,
which every sound writer on political
economy the world over says is the
only currency that defrauds no man."


"That is what this imitation means.
Sir, have never said anything in fav
or of that. 1 am too old-fashioned a
Democrat for that. / can not give up
the convictions of lifetime, whether
they be popular or unpopular"


"It means so long as I live, and pos
sibly long after / shall be laid in the
grave, this people shall have nothing
but an irredeemable currency with
which to transact their business; that
currency which mas been well describ-
ed as the most effective invention that
ever the wit of man devised to fertilize
the rich mans field at the expense of
the poor mans brow. I will have
nothing to do with it."
Year: 1875

The plant known as the paper null
berry is extensively used by the Japan
ese for the manufacture of handker-
chiefs, napkins, garments and numer-
Gus other articles. When the plant is
about thirteen feet high, the winter
season is chosen for the operation Of
removing the branches and chopping
them into bits about two inches in
length, and these are boiled in water
until the bark comes off readily in the
hand. Drying of the bark in the air
for two or three days follows, and, after
immersion in running water for twen-
ty-four hours, the material is scraped
on cutting blade, so as to separate the
two kinds of fibre of which it is conn
posed. The exterior fibres are of dark
color, and serve to make paper Of in
ferior quality. The interior flaments
are used for fine paper, after passing
through various processes of prerara-
ton. Clothing is made from q paper
called shefa, which is cut into threads
more or less fine, according to the fabric
to be produced. These are twisted by
the fingers, previously moistened with
milk of lime, and are woven into cloth
either alone or with silk; the stuff can
be washed, and is said to be of great
strength and durability.
Year: 1875

The New England Journal of -ECl,t.
cation thinks that it is time the line OF
demarcation between common school
and high school education should be
readjusted and sharply drawn. Every
one,' it adds, knows that, however ad-
verse it may be to our democratic the
ories of society, and however repugnant
to our feelings as patriots, there is
among us growing sharpness Of dis
tinction between the higher and lower
classes. Every one knows, too, that
either from a greater love accumula-
ton, or the increased pressure of the
necessities of living, education among
the masses is becoming altogether sub
ordinate to work or trade. Children
are withdrawn from school just so soon
as their labor can be made profitable ;
young men abandon study at any mo-
ment tor O paying position. The prin-
cipal now Is not the school and educa-
ton because they are necessary to the
something better, but the school and
education, il you cannot do anything
better, if, in fact, you cannot find any
thing else to do. As the result of all
this, 1t Is notorious, that OF the masses
who nre enrolled in the common
school, the vast majority never get be-
yend it, never in fact get properly
through it. But mere fraction ever
push on to the high school, and among
those who get there, there Is much the
same proportional falling off before
graduation is reached
Year: 1875

1t would seem, judging from the he
roine of the following sketch, that
cleanliness is not necessary to perfect
health. A wealthy English widow of
the first Georges time never allowed
her room to be cleaned, and the win
dows were so encrusted with dirt as to
admit scarcely any light. She reasoned
thus when asked for an explanation:


If the room was wetted she might
catch cold; if the windows were cleaned
glass might be broken and somebody
hurt. She never washed herself for
fear of cold. AS substitute she snoin-
ted her face and neck with a little
milk and hogs lard, finished off with
a touch of rose pink on her cheeks.


She was methodical in all her habits,
eating with one particular knife, fork
and plate, and drinking out of one cup.
She had excellent health, ahhorred
physic and doctors, and cut two teeth
at the age of eighty-seven. She had
no near relations, and refused to see
those more distantly related. One
pleasant characteristic is recorded. She
had large well-kept garden, in which
she passed most of her time reading.
Although she lived entirely through
the reign of the First and Second
George, and far into that of the Third,
she continued to wear fashions of the
time of George III, as being those of her
married life. Notwithstanding this,
she was everywhere treated with re-
spect. Perhaps her gold had some-
thing to do with that, however.
Year: 1875

Accounts continuing and cumulative
still swell the events Of horror in the
recent and yet intermitting earth
quakes of the provinces bounding from
Venezuela. The region is heavily in
convulsion and devouring i'll fissure
and chasm. Entire towns and detach
ed villages are the prey of this gigantic
swallowing of warehouse, dwelling
and human life.


To such as have seen the frightfu
wreck of these subterranean cOnvul
sions and felt the mysterious and sub
tie effect of their atmospheric influence
these reports renew the remembrance
of the most shocking disasters. Scarce
ly moment preceding the warning
rumble of an approaching earthquake
the whole nervous system is affected
by a most utter prOstration, which eX.
hibits itself in abject fear or stunned
resignation. Smitten with panic sud
den and spontaneous, the whole popu.
lation rush from their houses to the
public square or tumble indiscriminate
ly into the streets, supplicating in wild
ness of fear and in the most passionate
of cries the interposition of the AL
anu lIC plOlCCOlOfl vi Tile SdlutS


In the undulation and rocking
though no edifices fall, there is nc
pause of dismay. Nor is it confined tC
the people alone. The brute creation
partake of the dread and awe which
seem to possess all animal life. Those
not yielding to mortal terror, and who
have nerves to bear the passing vibra
ton, are overcome q quarter to half ar
hour after the shock by prostration o.
strength, with faintness, nausea, anG
sinking. One convulsion is only the
fCreboding of another. For twenty-foul
hours frequently there will be thai
number of paroxyisms.


The entire belt of the Andes has un
doubtedly line of connections through
which the hidden elements belch oui
in volcanic eruption, or 'heaving anG
opening enormous crevices, engulf eli.
les and their populations. Yet with,al
of this surrounding atmosphere of dan
ger, the elastic minds of the people set
tie into tranquility, and resume theil
usual tenor of careless life. - Nature in
spontaneous bounty feeds them with
its affluence Of tropical productions
and they wait in their sensuous Lives
for the renewed alarm or the inevita.
BILE death, alike Indifferent to the scoris
and lava of the crater, or the reeline
and opening of the solid earth.-[N. Y
Sun.
Year: 1875

Recent statistics show that the South
during the last year consumed $685.
5l9 pounds of cotton in her own factor.
les, Georgia consuming nearly one-third
of this amount. Pretty soon Southern
Congressman will be joining those OF
New England on the question
of protection, and it may not be
long before New England will become
Jealous of the South as rival in manu-
featuring. The revolution wrought by
the rebellion In Southern affairs Is des-
tined to prove very thorough.
Year: 1875




The season of croquet is now at its
height, and nearly every fine afternoon
the lawns Of Druid Hill and Patterson
Parks are thronged with players. A
late innovation is running white cord
around the ground on pegs to mark the
boundary line. If, when taking cro-
quet, ball is sent outside the lines it
is dead and the player loses the re-
mainder of his turn. The object Of
this is to prevent the hard stroke which
enables players to go any place after
balls lying safe at the extremity of the
ground. With this new rule tie play
er going after balls at distance, is
compelled tojudge the strength of his
stroke. If he plays too hard and goes
off he loses his turn, and if does not
play hard enough he will make an un-
certain shot. It's the same playing
for hoop after croquet. The dead
boundary line gives the player who is
out better chance to get in than in
the game as usually played.


The latest mode of setting the hoops
is to place them so that no hoop shall
be less than eight yards from the boun-
Diary, and each player is compelled to
run the middle hoop four times. A
late variation of the game is to have
two four-ball games, one set starting
from each end of the lawn. If ball
belonging to the other set is in the
way, it may be taken up and replaced.
By rule just adopted, at starting, the
players ball is to be placed one foot
from the first hoop and opposite the
center, instead of a mallet's length, as
formerly. The object is to make the
first hoop certainty, and so to bring
all the balls into play at once. If the
first hoop is missed the ball is not ta-
ken up, but remains where it lies, and
is liable to be made use of by the other
balls, whether they have run the first
hoop or not. This puts player at the
first stroke of his first turn in precise
ly the same relation to all the balls as
he is at the commencement Of all SUBJ
sequent turns. Thus, player may at
his first turn play either for hoop or
a croGuet. Formerly he bad to run the
first hoop before playing for croquet;
now he may play for crOquet before
taking any hoop. Striking balls tight
is abolished, but pegging out is retain
ed. 1t is sore point, especially with
ladies, when about to go out, to have
ones plans spoiled by an adversary
who knocks.you outside the boundary,
but this is in the chances Of war, and
makes the game more interesting.
Year: 1875

A youthful clergyman, who recently
went forth to enlighten the ignorant,
while dealing with the parable Of the
prodigal son, was anxious to show how
dearly the parent loved his child.
Drawing himself together and putting
on his most sober look, he dilated at
length on the killing of the fatted calf.
The climax was as follows: 1shouldn't
wonder IL the father had kept that cali
for years waiting the return of his son.
Year: 1875

THINK Thought engenders thought. Place
one idea upon paper, another will follow it,
and still another, until you have written page.
You cannot fathom your mind. There is a well
of thought there which has no bottom. The
more you draw from it more clear and fruitful
it will be. If You neglect to think for yourself,
and use other peoples shoughts-giving them
utterance only-you will never know what you
are capable of. At first your ideas may come
out in Jumps, homeiy and shapeless; but no
matter, time and perseverance will arrange
and polish them. Learn to think, and you will
learn to write. The more you think the better
you will express your ideas.
Year: 1875

The following is recommended by
German journal: Make liquid paste
with good fine wheat starch and cold wa
ter, and then stir in boiling water until q
stiff paste is formed, and Immediately
add white wax, or stearnine, say about
one ounce OF wax to pound of starch
(the exact proportions, however, in any
case can only be determined by expert
ence). Ii tits desirable that the linen
should be very stiff, powdered gum arabic
may be added to the cold water with
which the starch is mixed. The strain
ed starch should be thoroughly rubbed
into the articles after they have well
wrung out, after which they should then
be placed between dry cloths and placed
through the maugle, and then rubbed oil
an ironing-board in one direction with Il
soft rag, TO distribute any humps of
starch. Collars. ETC., should be ironed
dry with hot iron and considerable
pressure. The sticking of the iron may
be prevented by drawing it.while hot
over wax, and wiping it Withh rag dip
ped in salt.