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Year: 1875

From the London Live Stock Journall


An ocean homing bird Of great docility, intelligence
an6spirt has been found IN Iceland which flies at
speed Of $50 miles hour and is able to and its homo
and land from any part Of the habable world
pair of these birds few days ago brought dispatches
from Paris to lonely spot in wild and rocky part Of
Kent within ten miles OF London in and half
hours Press carrier pigeons took the dispatches
70 the city, the whole distance from Paris to London
by actual parcel mode OF conveyance being done within
one and half hours II the experiments at present
being made in training and educating them continue
successful 1t Is hoped by next summer 70 establish
daily miniature ocean mail between America and Eu-
rope the whole distance TO be traversed between
rise In one hemisphere and sunset In the other
Year: 1875

From the Port Gibson Standard


About eighteen miles from Port Gibson and mile
from Brandywine Springs the place OF Mr.. o'Quln
the existence OF great number OF blocks Of
has been known for indefinite time and the people
in the neghborhood have used them for props for their
houses. Mr.. James Gage, Jr., went out there few
days ago TO explore and had specimen stone brought
into town II Is about three feet long by about twenty
inches square, resembling shape bar Of soap. II
ia probably native sandstone. Mr.. Gage took this
block himself from beneath the roots OF large pine
tree. 1t formed portion of wall about twenty feet
broad the top which Mr. Gage traced for distance
of 260 yards The inference that would naturally
draw from this superficial view is that this have
been city wall but deep exploration might show to
be portion Of fort, temple or other building Any
way Its antiquity is probably immense antedating the
history of the red men.
Year: 1875

Much has been written of the fearfully
grand scenery of the Colorado river. This
remarkable stream has terrors out of
sight more impressive than its canon
walls. and more dangerous than Its
rapids:


The Colorado river is noted for
"swirls, so-called. They occur every
where, but only at high stages OF water.
A bubble rises from the bottom, and
breaks, with a slight sound, on the sur
face. The water at the point begins a
rotary motion. so small that an inverted
tea-cup might cover it. Larger and
larger grows the circle, till surface OF
forty feet in diameter is in motion, spin
ming round f1nnel-shaped hole in the
centre. two or three feet across at the
top, and coming to point in the depths
below.


Often large tree, floating down the
stream, is ca1lght, and its foremost end
thrust in the air twenty or thirty feet,
while the other passes underneath, the
exposed end to be slowly drawn down
again, and to disappear. Three soldiers
Ndeserters from Camp Mohaye-passing
through the ravine in a skiff, immediate
ly below the fork, suffered their craft to
run into swirl.


q One of their crew, at the first intima-
ton of danger. threw himself overheard
beyond the charmed circle and as he
swan away he turned his head and saw
the boat spin round and round until,
one end being drawn into the vortex, and
the other upheaved in the air, it SLOWLY
sank, as it revolved, into the turbio
bosom of the river, its human freight t.
be seen no more; for the Colorado riyel
does not give up the dead-no corpseI
lodge on its shores.
Year: 1875

Every person should learn how to treat
a flesh wound. Every one is liable, to be
placed in circumstances away from surgi-
cal and veterinary aid, where he may
save his own life, the life of friend, or
a beast, simply by the exercise of little
common sense. In the first place, close
the lips of the wound within the hands,
and hold them firmly together to check
the flow of blood until several stitches
can be taken and bandage applied.
Then bathe the wound for long time in
cold water. "Should it be painful, a
correspondent says, take painful of
burning Goals, and sprinkle upon them
common brown sugar, and hold the
wounded part in the smoke. In minute
or two the pin will be allayed, and the
recovery proceeds rapidly. In my case
rusty nail had made bad wound in
my foot. The pain and nervous irrita-
ton were severe. This was all removed
by holding it in smoke fifteen minutes,
and was able to resume my reading in
comfort. We have often recommended
it to others with like result. Last week
one of my men had finger-nail torn out
by pair of ice-tongs. 1t became very
painful, as was to be expected. Held il
sugar smoke twenty minutes, pain ceased


and promised speedy recovery"
Year: 1875

Watching for Father.
There's little face at the window,
And two dimpled hands on the pane;
And somebody's eyes are fixed upon
The gate at the end of the lane.
The hills have caught the shadow
Which heralds the coming night,
And the lane, with its fowery fringe, grows dim
To the watchers anxious sight.


Where, half way down,


Like glittering crown,


A firehy band have clustered


Round an aster leaf


royal chief


A driven herd are mustered.


Away behind,


With busy mind,


But step that is light and free,


And sunburnt face


On which the trace


OF hard days work you see
Comes the farmer home from toll,
Driving the cows before him;
And the child-eyes, strained at the window there,
We're the first in the house that saw him.
All would, when the day is done
And leae my cares behind me,
1 could have such pair of winsome eyes
Searching the night to find me!
Year: 1875

After all, neither the bad writer, the
weary compositor, nor the vindictive
proof-readsr is always to blame for news
paper errors. There is an evil genius
who presides at every printers case and
whispers in his ear the word that re-
verses the meaning of the sentence and
makes it say precisely the opposite of
what was intended. The most intelli-
gent compositor in the world could not
hit the words necessary to make the
complete changes that are made in put
ting piece of manuscript in type. 1t
is easy enough to mistake word, but to
always light upon one that can take its
place and exactly reverse the meaning of
the writer, requires a skill that is more
than human. II there are any scientific
persons who can explain this thing in
any other way, let them speak.-Louis.
UitLe Courier Journal.
Year: 1875

Snow has often been called "the poor
mans manure" and recent researches
have shown that it absorbs from the air an
appreciable amount of ammonia, which
it imparts to the soil when it melts.
From its loose texture and the amount
of air it contains usually about ten
times its own bulk 1t is a very bad con-
ductor of heat, and thus keeps the earth
warm by checking the radiation of its
heat. In extreme cold weather, the soil
is sometimes forty degrees warmer than
the surface of the superiacent snow. In
mountainous countries the snow, by
melting and flooding the rivers, carries
fertility into districts that would other
wise be barren wastes.
Year: 1875

PERE1RE got little tired of returning
the bow of an uncomfortably polite man
in his establishment, and finally gave
the polite man this conundrum at point
blank range: "Sir, what would become
of the hours if the minute hand stopped
to bow to the second hand every time
they metz"
Year: 1875

The tendency of law to buttress the


institution of marriage and all rights ac-


cruing under it is illustrated by the de-
cision of New York case, in which a
man on the eve of his marriage gave away
nearly all of his property, amounting to
$3.50, ,OOO, to his daughters by former
marriage. The wife, to whom he had
represented the value of his estate before
betrothal. and who did not know of the
secret conveyance for months after the
marriage, brought suit to invalidate the
conveyance on the ground of her inchoate
rights of dover in the property. Judge
Van Worst has Just maintained her right
in a learned decision, showing that
neither the man nor the woman has the
right to convey property on the posses.
sion of which a promise of marriage has
been contracted and in order to defeat
the rights OF the other party. 1t is mo-
necessary, moreover, for the wife tc
await her husbands death before moving
for the assertion of her rights, dover be


ing a right which is inchoate from tn,
Year: 1875

lature will not disturb the Kellogg govern
ment nor will any attempt be made to impeach
the Governor for his past acts, but he will re-
ceiye support in enforcing the laws and main
tanning the peace of the State; the settlement
to remain unchanged until the next general
election.
Year: 1875

FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MoSU.
MENTAL CHURCH.-The subject OF further
Improvement TO The Monumental church Is
beng discussed. The vestry at recent
meeting considered the propriety of running
up.the tower in rear OF the church about
lifry feet and putting 10 the tower Episcopal
chime bells. The rear portion of the church
is also 10 be thoroughly painted
Year: 1875

anguish had very properly taken possession Of
her soul; for she had On at the moment Qf col
lapss 81, 500 worth Of jewels which that Wtstehed
man In the gallery mad given her. Still, don't en-
suppose that she ga7a up the bird in her lily
white hand. They brought her to, and made
them ope.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, August 2S.-Informa-
tion has been received from prominent
officer on the Rio Grande to the effect
that cattle stealing and murders of peace
able American citizens are still pcrpetra.
ted by maraudcrs, and in all probability
they will continue in spite Of all the
forces we can send there unless we can
break up the bands OF assaSsins on either
side of the river. and as far in the inte-
rior of Mexico AS may be found
necessary
Year: 1875

Col X. Schoonovcr, who was formerly
noted local politician, died in this
county ut nine o'clock this morning. He
was member Of the State Constitution
Al Convention OF 1850 served in the
mounted rifles during the Mexican war
as n captain under Col. Upton, and was
a prominent member of the State Lcgis-
lature for ten years. He will be buried
tomorrow By the Masonic fraternity of
which he was n distinguished member.
Year: 1875

is known concerning the deliberations.
Inquiry developes the fact that various
man ufacturing enterprises in the city
in which Ralston was interested, show no
signs of weakening. Coin was being
transferred during the day from the
United States Treasury, and though no
loans can yet be obtained, money is easier
Real estate dealers say the effect on that
branch of business will be rather bene-
fetal than otherwise Prices have been
maintained.
Year: 1875

The San Antonio Erpress referring to the
sTATEsMAN's report that the people of
Mississippi are all degraded by agencies
made necessary to be employed in elections
because suffrage is universal, says:


''Our people will learn that, aside from
the wrong of the thing, such equivocal vic
tories in the South turns the whole North
against them"


We do not see why the whole North
should be turned sgainst those Mississippi
ans who properly did not hesitate to resort
70 all arts aud acts necessary to overthrow
q system of government that was radically
and judically rotten and radically rulnous,
radically disgraceful and utterly intolera-
BILE. If the necessity had supervened Ames
should have been driven by force of arms
from the savagely ruled State.
Year: 1875

THE simple imposition of poll tax avails
nothing save to the extent that it augments
the burdens of those who already bear all
the burdens of government. He never
pays poll-tax who has nothing else to pay,
and therefore the imposition of this tax,
without forcing its payment by all who
vote, is unequal and unjust legislation, and
no poll-tax should be collected. ALI heads
should pay alike or not at all.
Year: 1875

uninhabitable. Moreover, they are born


branded with the right to vote in this


peculiarly blessed land, and if we do con-
fess on the face Of the CONSTITUTE, "A that
in money matters they are rogues. in mat
tiers of morals and decency and religion
and progress and intelligence, they must
stih control the ballot box. What will
people think Of such constitution, fulf'bf
such crude absnrdities7 and yet the consti:
tuition Of the Rutabagss is TO be preferred
TO that OF the Mamelukes as RECONSTRUCTED,
and written by a priest with the martyfe1 4
CaDby's sword. ~
Year: 1875

month. His wealth is second only to that
OF Mackey. Col Fair is the only man of
book education in the firm. He has long
been mining superintendent and is some
what noted for tricks that are vain. When
ne was poor, few years ago, he was known
by some as Lying Jim Fair, and by others
as ShPpery Jim, but everybody calls him
Col. Far now. He is worth ten millions.
Year: 1875

4
DAN in the right side, under the
IL edge Of the ribs, increase on pres
sure; sometimes sthe pain is in the
left side; the patient is rarely able
to lie on the left side; sometimes
the pain is felt under the shoulder
blade, and il frequently extends to
the top of the shoulder, and is some
times mistaken for a rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected
with loss Of appetite and sickness;
the bowels in general are costive,
sometimes alternative with lax; the
head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with a dull, heavy sensation
in the back part. There is generally
a considerable loss of memory, ac-
companied with q painil sensation
Of having left undonc something
which ought TO have been done. A
slight, dry cough is sometimes an at
tcndant. The patient complains of
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains Of a Prickly sensa-
ton Of the skin; his spirit. are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
be can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try 1t. In fact, he dis
trusts every remedy. Several of the
above symptoms attend the disease,
but cases have occurred where few
of them existed, yet examination of
the body, after dealh, has shown the
LIVER to have been extensively de-
ranged.
Year: 1875

One by One, individuals who have
become rich by preying upon the pub
lie are being made to pay the penalty
for their trausgressions. Two years
ago. when William VI. Tweed occu-
pied a suite Of rooms in the Grand
Hotel, San Francisco, he said 10 the
admiring throng who paid court to
the millionaire, that be would not
give q thousand dollars TO quash the
indictments then hanging over him.
He might then have made his escape
into a foreign land, where he would
have been safe from the laws which he
had repeatedly violated. But Tweed
thought he was above law and public
opinion. The recent instances were
very rare indeed where miiliOnlires
had been punished for the crime OF
stealing. and Tweed thought himself
too shrewd and two powerful to be
made an example. But IN the slow
grinding process by which time makes
all things even and demonstrates that
there are principles Of right which


cannot long be violated with lmpnmty,
at last tie gIcat politician was drawn


between the stones, and fortune has
turned her back Oh him ever since.


Not ONLY Is he an inmate Of a renl-


tentiary. bat late proceedings threaten


TO strip him Of every dollar Of his Ill


gotten wealth. Then he viii be pow
crle~s indeed In a qu;etcr way the


majesty Of the law has Just been vim


d;cated in this city. John J. Marks
has been convicted Of 4 conspiracy TO
defraud the State of California, and


now stands on the threshold Of the
peutenliary. When he was first ar
rested, few supposed the law would
reach him. \ long series Of public
thefts had enabled him 20 accumulate
handsome fortune, and few supposed
these golden weapons Of defence could
be overcome. His money procured
the kind of legal ability which ap-
peared at Its best when opposing 10
the plain requirements Of justice the
tangled net of technicalltleS, under
cover Of which great criminals often
escape; and for years the contest was
continued with the advantage on the
side Of the accused. At last, how
ever. the end came. The defence has
exhausted It's resources. Once when
Jury had convicted him on evidence
technically deemed insufficient, he ob
tanned 4 new lease Of liberty and new
hope by the grant OF new trial. At
this pew trial the old verdict was re
peatel, and we presume even legal
cirontcry has its limi,s, and that no
serious effort Will be made for another
trial. In these last two or three years
Justice has exhibited some staying
qualities that may be accepted As
warning 10y e~Il-doers.-S. +. CuN.
Year: 1875




\ NoWAy's HANp.-BaileY says a
man is harder than a woman, except
in lis hands. When she sees hin!
take his coat tail to hold stove liter.
she pushes him away in disgust, and
takes the hot object in her bare hand
without wineing. If he should do
that, he would drop it at once, aud
couldn't help it. When he has dish
to lift from the stove, he very proper
ly starts off TO hunt up 4 cloth, and
while he Is gone she removes it with
her naked hand, and is there ready to
say things that make him feel small
and worthless, when he gets back.
Year: 1875

\ FARMER dropped in one day to
pay his rent, putting on long face to
correspond with the times. On enter
ING the house he told the landlord
that, times being so bad, he could not
raise the money at all. End dashed a
bundle of notes on the table. There
said he, that is all | can paw The
money was taken up and counted by
Mr.. -, the landlord, who said,
why, this Is twice as much as YOU
owe Dang II. give it me again.
said the farmer; Pm dashed if |
amt took i; out of the wrong pocket
Year: 1875

They have engaged as foreman of this de-
partment one of the most experienced Book
and Job Printers In the country: and the
presses will be superintended by Skilled
FRESHMAN from one of the largest offices In
New England.
Year: 1875

was the query of W. Gates, West Salem,
Wis, of the American Farmers Club.
He said: 81 find great many horses
that have what is called the crib bite.
Buckling a strap around the neck will
not cure; ONLY prevents while it III on. 1
am anxious to find out the cause and the
cure"


One member thought this cribbing of
no particular harm to anything but the
manger, post, or whatever the horse
gnawed; While another one rose to say
there was n decided difference between
gnawing and crib-bite. In the former
the horse simply nibbled the surface of
wooden objects from rlayfulness or rest
lessnes'; but in the latter, the object was
seized with the whole breadth of the jaw
and pulled. He believed that this crib
bin8, usually looked upon as desire,
came from some irritation of the gums or
teeth OF the animal, caused from some
thing lodging in or between the teeth,
and this violent gnawing was only TN
effort for relief.
Year: 1875

The Co mmsreial evidently does not
think the election of Senator BAYARp
to the Presidency would result in an
annual saving approximating hun
dred millions of dollars. We did not
expect that paper to encourage such an
anti. Radical idea. 1t would prove too
eonclusively the criminal waste of its
party. We arc sincere, however, in
our opinion that a Democratic Presi-
dent could induce Democratic Con-
gress to so reduce the expenditures
from their present rate as to save
enough to pay the national debt In
twenty years, and thus add just that
much money to the value of the real
estate Of this country. which is all
mortgaged to pay the debt, and this
mortgage is calculated, perforce, in the
sale of every house or farm that takes
place-since all taxes are paid from the
products of labor or industries.


OF course the Commercial forgets, or
does not chose to remember, that there
was time when Congress looked to
the Chief Magistrate and his Cabinet
to inaugurate economy, and to ask OF
Congress only enough money to sustain
an economical administration" The
reverse of this has been the case at
Washington, for the last Elk years, and
the President and Cabinet have been
found on the floor of the Senate urging
the passage of laws, of no value what
ever to the country, while they added
largely 10 the expenses. In the las
session of Congress there was no re
trenchment, on the contrary, $S5, 900,
900 was added to the already extrava
CAN'T expenditures.


We can we'll afford to reduce boil
our Army and our Navy, since W,
cannot afford to 60 to war again unit
we have accumulated enough capita
to pay the expenses; and this canno
he done until We have first paid ou
Indebtedness. The debts of our States
cities, counties and towns are of them
selves burdensome, and should all b.


reduced. 1t Is useless to leave estate
TO posterity mortgaged to half thei
worth. 1t would be far better to G.


back to the principles OF the Father


and begin again to pay as you GO"
Year: 1875

The suggestion is made that every town in
the land on the coming Fourth-ofJuly, invite
one of its citizens with abilities equal to the
task to deliver instead of the usual spread
eagle oration an address embodying the his.
tory and progress of the town since its birth,
and that afterwards collection be made of
these orations for preservation. OF course
no one will ever read the collection, but it
will make series of volumes such as it is
considered the proper thing to have, like the
British Poets for example. If the project be
carried out the man who lives in the newly
settled Western town will have abundant
reason to congratulate himself, while to the
New Englander the very name "Fourth-o of.
July" will be terror forever after.
Year: 1875

than ALLOTHERS can sell
it, although OTHERS say
different; they do not
know of whom they talk.
We have seen some smart
men but could always find
another just as smart, and
we do not have to go to
Providence to find them
either. A large assOrt-
ment of
Year: 1875

We that have known. Mr.. Thompson
and associated with him; that have
frequented his house and sat at the
card table with him, should be the last
of all to pass harsh decree on his past
career. WI ses aYgfi 5fi


He was unfortunate in the uttermost
sense Of the term, not so much in life
as in death" and as such we should
Judge him with leniency Remembering
that up to that eventful night wherein
he came to q violent death BY his
own hand, he did nothing more than
many of US have done who have gam
bled in Placerville during the past
two years. The only, yet material,
difference in his case was that he. en-
barked in a nefarious speculation on
larger scale. He was unfortunate in
having friends that loaned him larger
sums Of money, perhaps, than any 9TH
er poor man in the Basin would be
entrusted with. He was an unfortu-
nate player. and became deeply in-.
Notwithstanding his own money he
lost-then borrowing his friends he
staked it with his own honor and lost
both. He kept repeating this until the
last final and dreadful losing wherein
he lost the one remaining tie that
bound him to his fate-his hope. His
friends and his own money-his honor
and his hope-all, all were gone.
He was indeed bankrupt. Then mid
the silence and gloom Of the night,
while braver hearts siumbered, alone
with the wreck of his life strewed
around him. traced there on the black
scroll Of despair, he read the word
Death" Death would cancel all and
set him free. He paid the fearful forfeit
of his life and his account on earth
was squared. But oh! it was poor,
poor. deed-God grant that we never
know another of it's kind.


Most Of us that had been his asso-
ciates were present at the funeral SER
vice and witnessed the solemn cere-
mony performed by that worthy order,
the Odd Fellows.


NobIy have they discharged their
last obligation, and paid their last sad
tribute of friendship to their departed
Brother. They have borne his ashes
hence from among the living, and laid
it to rest in the silent City of the
Dead. Whereto the recollection Of his
follies and his faults should follow, and
be forever mantled by those shadows
which hover round that Farewell Spot
where Life and Love part hands with
Death Forevermore.


Tho voice Of the night breeze in it, low mourafol
Alone sinss the dirys for his manoood % frail.
Leave him, then, 20 that slumoer no echo may wake
While the thought Of his deed forms tear for haa


sake,


Forgetting his folliss (but not what they've oostl
They al cance'd With the life he has lost,
Remembering his virtnes- his orotherly love.
And having HE sins 10 be counted aoove.


Would what is writ were worthier-
for the cause is good.


CHARLES CLIFFORD.