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Year: 1876

The statement is now made that the prop
osition for peace between Turkey ard Ser
via. to be submitted by the Great Powers that
were parties to the Treaty Of Paris, will be
that Prince MILAN shall remain on the throne,
that Sersia shall pay war indemnify, and
that Turkey shall have the right to place d
garrison in Servian fortress on the Turkish
frontier. # this is all there is to it, the
Turkish provinces in Europe will have suf-
fared much aud gained little or nothing from
the insu17sction and the fierce and bloody
contest that has been waged Montenegro
will have been left out altogether, to be
dealt with as severely IS Turkey, in her re-
veuge, may choose, and Servia will be as
badly of as before, if not, indeed, in worse
condition. So long as Turkey has foot
hold for her army on servian territory, the
Prince MILAN will only be Ring in name and
q servile dependent in fact.
Year: 1876

New YORK has partially recovered from
the terrible blow her pride received, when il
was decided that the Centennial Exposition
should be held at Philadelphia. She has
determined to get up big fourth OF July
celebration all to herself, and show the
Quaker city that they are as much equal
to big things over there As the people on the
Delaware ana Schuylkill. But now another
rival has sprung into existence, which is
Boston, and the Globe of that city takes it
off in the following manner: "They say al
average Philadelphia man has so much
quiet and dsep-seated conceit about him
nowadays, that travellers frequently mis-
take him for a Chicagoan."
Year: 1876

CoSKLINaand Blaine both lay claim to
the party vote by reason of their strong par
tizan principles. Both have adhered close
ly to party, and struck out wildly in the deld
of partizan orstory, not as much for the veal
Of tho party, as with an ulterior object,
which has manifested itself since they have
announced themselves as candidates for fa-
vors at Cincinnati. Conkling defended the
administration at every opportunity, espec-
tally Grant, and those grouped around him
in high official position. Blaine took a
broader road to the sympathies of the
Northern radical heart, and found the tar
gets for detraction in Ben Hill, Jeff Davis
and the Southern cause. They have both
worked diligently and ostensbly for the
party, but the mask is lifted, and they are
revealed as they really are, more devoted to
self than to party. If the Repub licans are
going to obey the scriptural injunction, "of
the two evils choose ye the least we are
of opinion that Conkling will prove the
least as he has not put his light under the
bushel of deception near as mu ch as Mr.
Blaine
Year: 1876

mlnistration of President Munroe, sold him
bottle of peppermint that cured the Chief
Executive of the Nation and caused him to
give the peddler grand reception.-N.


How unlike Grants magnaminity. A
pedder in politics sold him the Republican
vote of Pennsylvania, and he rewarded him
with Cabinet position. But then Grants
case was more desperate one than that OF
stomach ache
Year: 1876

A RECENT number of the Vicksburg,
Miss, Hsrdld contained the following:
"The war has been over twelve years, and
If any of the Northern people hate the
Southern people because they were go hard
to lick, we cant help it, but We feel that
discussing IL can answer no good purpose
noW'
Year: 1876

We have lately had some very re-
markable revelations of the condition
of the African tribes in the populous
and fertile valley Of the Congo,
through the explorations Of Lieut..
Cameron, the first European who has
ever crossed and reconnoitred that
portion Of the African continent, and
travelled among its people. It vas
magnificent region that he found
few hundred miles back from the


western coast. 1t is surprising to
read his accounts Of the appearance
Of that country, Of its agricultural
development, and Of the numerous
products Of its soil, as we'll as Of the
natives and their ways and customs.
There ought to be an extensive COM
merce with that part Of the world,
which is able to furnish many pro-
ducts that can always find market.
1t is strange that so little has been
done to open it up by the residents in
the European settlements Of the we
stern coast. The thing most needed
in the valley of the Congo is ar en-


terprisins and intellectual press,
which would bring its Importance
and its interests before the world at
Year: 1876

The French idea of well.brought
up young lady is, that she should
not know anything whatever about
love and marriage; that she should
be both Innocent and ignorant, and
both in the supreme degree,-both to
a degree which no English person
can imagine.
Year: 1876

Oily fallen horse, stretched there the road,


Stretched in the broken shafts and crushed by heavy


load;


Only fallen horse and circle Of wondering eyes
Watching the fighted goadng the beast
Hold for his toll Is over--no labor for him
See the poor neck ousreched and the patient eyes grow dim
Sec the friendly how peacefully his head
Thinking, II dumb beasts think how good is be dead
Aiter The burdened journey how resful it Is TO lie
With the broken shafts and the cruel oadTaiing only de
Watchers he died in harness-died in the shafts and
Fell great load killed him the days ishaps
One Of the passing wonders marking the city road
A toiler dying harness. needless Of cali or goad
erowdng the pathway staying your steps awhile
What the symbol Only death why should to


smile


Al death ~ through the busy
That and echoing the tread Of the hurying feet
What the sign! symbol to touch The reless viii.
Does He who taught parabes speak in parallels sti
The seed the rock wasedon needless hearts Of
That gather aud and and IOse-labor and sleep


and then
Then prize crowd the street Of eyer-echoing


tread
The toer crushed his heavy load there his


dead
Year: 1876

warranted not to cut in the eye--not mead
ache in a hhds. of tit is no sooner in you
belly than ils on your back in a pound Of bcel
and it carries a bead like necklace; fo,
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1876

A story of 8 dumb courtship and it's consequences comes from Manchester, O. About year ago a Major Ziegler appeared there as deaf mute, but his eloquence, aided by his handsome per son and expressive eyes, had tremen- dous effect upon the rustic belles, and soon he was the acknowledged lady

 killer of the town. He looked and lis tened without hearing word of their sentimental meanings, and they de- clared him perfectly lovely" Among his fair victims was beautiful girl possessed of round fortune in her own right, and her he welded. Thereon he lost his eloquence unutterable, and talked in every day, natter fact fash ion, and the happy bride found that she forms of bliss in store for her, that of never having words with her husband and he explained his imposture by tell ing romantic story about some reli- gious VOW not to utter word until after he was married. Then he sickened, and on his deathbed confessed his true name he had married her as plain MT. Avery-and had his other wife" and children, who lived within one hundred miles or so, sent for to receive his last words. The lawful Mrs. Zeigler came, betraying no concern, except to collect carefully, after his death, the evidence to establish his identity, in order to col

 lect & policy of insurance on his life

 and now the belles of Manchester are invulnerable to all mute eloquence.
Year: 1876

An absconding clerk in the Sault Ste. Marie canal office adopted clever though perilous plan to escape arrest. He took passage on a propeller and, rightly judging that the law officers would be i'll readiness to receive him with open arms the moment the steamer made her first landing, he dopned life preserver and quietly jumped overheard when about a mile from shore. He left behind him afew words written on pa per collar, politely apologizing to the captain for having made free with the life preserver, and promising to remit it's value if 1t proved to be worth any thing. No proposition could be fairer, but as nothing has been heard of the desperate navigator it is feared that he will never remit.
Year: 1876

The writer of recent work on hay fever adduces several instances to es- tablish the fact that tho disease has no tendency to shorten the duration of life. Daniel Webster suffered from it to the last year of his life, and he died at the age of seventy Chief Justice Shaw of the Massachusetts supreme court, who had been subject for many years, died at eighty another gentleman at eighty. four MT. Samuel Batchelder IS still living at ninety two, and another gentle man is still living at the age of eighty who has been a sufferer for thirty years. The great English humorist, Sydney Smith, whose piquant account of his suferings from the symptoms of his dis ease will be remembered by the readers of his correspondence, lived to the age of seventy -four. Thus far no medicine has had much effect in the treatment o1 the disease. The only remedy which has been found uniformly successful i1 variety of cases is change of climate and removal of residence to mountain. ous region.
Year: 1876

A Welsh correspondent sends to Nature an interesting instance of a joint stock concern in the poultry yard

 Two hens sat on, or by, one nest, and thus between them matched one chick. They have since, for some weeks, been parading the yard, each clucking and manifesting all the anxiety and care of [ true mother over this one. The hens never quarrel, or show the least appear ance ot jealousy or rivalry.
Year: 1876

Why are farmers so liable to rheuma- tism2 Because they wear wet clothing, heat and suddenly chill the body, over eat after very hard work, and because they do not keep the skin in clean, vigorous and healthy condition. Ii farmers would avoid suddenly cooling the body after hard exercise, if they would be careful not to go with wei clothing and wet feet, and if they would not over-eat, when in an exhausted con dition, and bathe daily, using much fric tion, they would have less rheumatism The same rule applies to others thar farmers
Year: 1876

The hopes of our enemies and the fear
of our friends have now alike been brought
to nothing. The delegates of the East and
Of the West, of the North and of the South,
have met, looked each other in the face like
men. discussed all their doubts and disa-
greements openly and plainly, and come to
a cordial final understanding which assures
us of the united support of all Democrats
worthy of the name, from Maine to Texas
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Year: 1876

CONDITIONS PLACED UPON THE SIOUX.
WHAT THEY MUST Do To OBTAIN FUTURE MPHo-


PRIATIONS FOR SUBSISTENCE.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-The clause IN the
Indian Appropriation bill for the appointment OF aeon
mission to treat with the Sioux provides that none OF
the sums appropriated for the Sioux Indians shah DE
pa 10 any band thereof while said band is engaged IN
hosttcs against the white people. 1t is also provided
that hereafter there shall appropriation for the
subsistence Of said indiana unless they shall first agree
Ia rcuGus all right and claim to any country Outslde
of The boundaries os the permanent reservation csaD


shed by the treaty Of 1865 for said indiana ana So
80 much OF their said permanent reservation as
lies west Of tie 1884 meridian OF Longitude
and unless they shall also grant tho right OF
way over said reservation to the country thus cedeu
for wagon roads from convenient and accessible
points on the Missouri River, in all not more than three
I'm NUMBER and unless they will receive all such slppes
herein provided for and provided fer by said treaty o.
1868 ut such points and places on their SAID reefvaioh
a. I'm the vicinity OF the Missouri River the President
may designate. The Of $4,000 is appropriated to
be expended under direction Of the President f0r the
puYposc OF carrying into effect the foregoing provision
II j. provided also that further appropriation for the
Sioux Indians for subsistence shall hereafter be made
until stipulation, agreement or arrangement sha
have been entered into by said Indians with the ffes
dent which is calculated and designed 10 enable said
Indians TO become sefsupporting.
Year: 1876

KINGS COUNTY REPUBLICAN DELEGATES.
LARGE MAJORITY TO VOTE FOR wOoDFoRD-How


THEIR VOTES WILL BE DIVIDED AFTER WOOD


FORD Is GIVEN Up


The Kings County delegation to the Saratoga
Convention numbers 32 few Of them left Brooklyn
for Saratoga on Saturday evening" few more will take
the O'Clock tram this morning and the remainder viii
start by the Albany boat this evening TRIBUNE re-
porter called yesterday upon prominent Brooklyn
Republican politician, said that the delegation were
entirely uninstructed but that at an Informal conference
held last Friday evening it was ascertaned that the
preferences OF a large majority were for Woodord, with
five or six for Evarts, and several for Morgan The
delegation would probably cast a solid vote FOR
Woodfvyd on tine first ot and effort would be made
10 keep the vote for Woodord solid as long there
should he any hope OF his nomination. The vote would
not be intended az complimentary vote. but as gen.
uine attempt TO the nomination for Woodford
IT, however it should become necessary to drop Wood
fords name the delegation would he broken up Large
portions would for Morgan and Cornell and Evars
and Robertson might each receive few votes This
gentleman thought that Morgan and Cornell would di-
vide the strength of the Convention nearly equally
and that they might neutralze each other and Wood
ford be adopted as compromise candidate Gen Wood
ford he declared very popular III Kings County ara
would pol very large vote. He had made no effort 10
control the delegation, even declining to use his ihh
ence to have delegates favorable to himself elected
lie was prepared earnestly 10 support the nominee OF
the convention and recognized tine fact that this was
time when the strongest candidate should be put for
ward and that the vote the state of NewYork for the
Republican candidate for the Presidency depended in
large measure on the nomination for Governor.


It was very difficult he added TO predict the result Of
the convention when delegates from the different
parts OF The state got and exchanged their views
their opnons as the strongest candidate might and
probably would undergo "a very material change lhe
convention would probably be very similar to that AZ
Cincinnati in its result and the probability very
strong that neither of the prominent candidates would
be selected but that compromise candidate VINO w0ud
bring all factions into harmony. would he chosen This
candidate he believed, would probably be Gov Woodor
The Indepeudeut Republicans Of NewIOrk City formed
n very strong combination against Cornell. aud Gov.
Wo0dford ne thought, would he the most acceptable
candidate to tacln, II Morgan, ENafs, or KoDtftsoh
could not carry tle convention.
Year: 1876

The people of this country have not
yet fully realized the fact that the votes
Of the negroes of the South have been
made use of by the Republicans to
govern the entire nation. By the use Of
government troops and the appointment
Of U. S. Marshals and secret detectives,
the Southern States have been carried
by Grant and his eo-laborers in corrup-
ton and fraud for the last seven or eight
years. During all this time a greater
amount of fraud has been committed,
and the States and the government rob-
bed and plundered than was ever heard
or dreamed of in the Republic. The
same process is to be tried for carrying
the Southern States again, and we do
hope that the people will rise in their
might and resist any troops that Grant
may send, if they should attempt to in.
terfere with the elections. 1t is time
that this oppression was stopped. By il
the people Of the north are made to pay
burdensome tax to keep in power over
100000 oficeholders, whose salaries are
fully 100 per cent. higher than the wages
of the working men and mechanics
while they do not perform half duty, OF
work more than five or six hours day
while the working people labor ter
hours. The latter have also the risk oi
losing their pay, from the various con
tingencies inseparable from trade.


The thieves and robbers at Washing
ton are turning the Republic into an in
strument for their personal aggrandize
nent. Cabinet officers and many of the
Senators are believed to have beer
guilty of practices which are little lesi
than robbery.
Year: 1876

How Bristow has succeeded in his re.
form policy is best shown by the fact
that the Internal Revenue has fallen off
more than five million dollars since il
was begun. His system of reform is as
signal failure as his attempt to destroy
Grant and make himself Presiient.-Do-
eer Sentinel.


The above may be true. But il ap
pears that old DR.. Prettyman has man
aged to gather up more from the farmers
and mechanics in Delaware this yeai
than last year.
Year: 1876

EDITOR DISPATCH Blackstone.
when he said that statute laws
were to be construed by their


reason and spirit, grammatical
rules to the contrary notwith-


standing, aud thus assumed that


persons required to act under
them We're capable ofunderstand-
ing their reason and spirit, said
what all great lawyers have
since recognized to be a true
rule Of law. Even a person with
| SO little sense and knowledge OF
etiquette as the editor Of the Sc
attic Daily Tribune gives an ex-
ample OF the verify Of the rule
at the same time that he exhib-
IT'S his utter lack OF good breed
ing In his Issue Of March 18th,
in trying to ridicuIc the compo-
sition OF a clause which he claims
frequently to occur ia certain
city ordinances which be has
contracted to publish, (instead


OF privately pointing out what
he ciaims to be an error, as a


gentlemen would do) he says the
clause complained>of is "shall


be constructed OF planks two
inches thick and six feet wide
when he (the drafter) means that


the sidewalk (not the planllsl


shall be six inches wide. The
most remarkable thing in this is


that Mr. p understands the


meaning of it, but thinks that


others, not SO smart as himself.
might attribute it to the ease
with which such remarkable


lumber may be obtained in this


favored timber region. The


next remarkable thing thing is


that he did not revis e this clause


to suit his fastidious taste. deem
ing hat Of more Importance than


the law itself, as he did in the


same issue Of his paper, where a
section Of the Ordinance given


him republication reads "This
Ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after five
days after its publication, and


after undergoing revision and
grammatical finishing by this


wise young man, reads as fol
lows; Ibis Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force i've
days after its pabIication," thus
rendering the ordinance ofno ter
.ror 10 tie wicked persons who
violate the city ordinances after
the expiration OF five days from
the appearance OF this ordinance
in the iliusuious Tribune (ifsuch
publication has any effect. The
next remarkable thing is that
he city fathers should pass up
on this uogramnatical law, and
the mayor should sign it without
deeming the error of sufficient
Importance to suggest its correc-
ton Oh, Mr.. Prosch Give Us
a little more sense and u little


less grammar! Oh, City Faith
ers publish your Ordinances in
= paper whose publisher will not


revise them before publication
else YOU may by thus deceiving
our citizens acquire the reputa-


ton OF CaiiguIa, who, according


to Dio Cassius, wrote his laws
in very small character and


hung them upon high pillars. the
more etieetuaily to ensnare The
people.


rahs
Year: 1876

.g Danbury man rut q pair Of
nine dollar shoes in the stove oven to
dry, the other night. There was rot


much fire in the stove and so he closed


the oven door. The next morning he
built a FIRE without thought Of the


shoes, and it was not until an hour


later that they occurred 10 hin.. They


we've ruined then. The soles were


turned up il playful manner, and tie
nppers resenbled somewhat the eoast
Year: 1876

In every apiary where artificial


swarming is practiced Queens are in
great demand and every swarm thus
made should be provided with queen
which would much facilitate their
progress. s.How shall l meet the de-
mand of my new swarms for queens?"
asks the-novice. We will give you our
method and trust that il any one has
a better one they will make it known.
Seven or eight days befor you wish to
make your swarms, select queen or
queens from which you wish to breed.
Then make as many new swarms as
you have selected queens to breed
from and remove your queens to them
by introducing them in wire cages in
the manne. we have mentioned in q
former article. Now divide the par
ent colonies in two or three nucleus
swarms giving each one or two combs
filled with eggs and larrae In eight or


nine days examine them and you will
find a number of queen cells capped
over. Now make artificial swarms in
proportion to the number offs good cells
that you have found in your
nuclei. Examine the cells frequently
and when you find a cell uncapped
with a round smooth hole in the end
you may rest assured that there is a
queen out which you must at once
hunt up and give to one of your new
swarms. Many old bee-keepers have
told me that they could never intro
duce unfertile queens; that they inva-
riably found item dead in the cages
when they went to liberate them.
The reason of this is plain: Bees do
not regard an unfertile queen little if
any more than they do worker, and
do not cluster around them to keep
them warm or feed them hence they
die of cold and hunger. The introduce
ton of unfertile queens is an impor-
tant matter to the aparicer and should
be thoroughly understood. We have
| introduced scores of them and but sell
dom if ever failed, and are now daily
| introducing them at the Los Angeles
apiary after the following method:
| Take comb with the bees adhering
out of the hive into which you wish to
put your young queen and place
her upon it among the bees who will


show her but little attention. Re-
| turn the comb to the hive in about
one week. Examine the hive and


you will find fertile queen caressed


and cared for by the bees in the most
affectionate manner. After the ap-
pearance of the first queen you should


carefully examine the nucleus fre-
quently and as queen emerges from
her cell, remove her; otherwise the
bees might neglect the other cells and
allow the queens to chill to death in
their royal homes. When it is full
time for them TO make their appear
ance we often assist them in coming
to light by pairing off the end of the
cell with sharp knife. This requires
great care as the queen might thrust
her head forward against the edge Of
the knife and lose her scalp. In this


manner we have taken as many as
six aud seven queens from single


nucleus in a day.
Year: 1876

XII


In good working season bees often
store honey so rapidly that they will
fill empty combs in the brood chamber
and thus deprive the queen of suffi-
clent room for the requisite amount
or eggs TO keep the stock of workers,
which VIII gradually dwindle and be-
come IN snort dme quite weak. To
remedy this you s@ould empty the
full combs with an exs-actor. or re-
move them and give empty .ambs. If
you have them, i'll the centre on lha
hive. Never make the entrance OF
your hives SO large that a mouse can
enter. These little pests are fond of
honey and not unfrequently enter q
hive, eat the honey destroy the comb,
eventually drive out the bees and take
entire possession of the hive.


Construct your hives so that the
bees can pass all around their work.
Let there be space of an inch at
least between the wall of the hive and
the frames above, below and at the
sides. The bees can then keep
the moth out, otherwise the
moth would have lurking place,
and the bees could not remove them.
Do not rely on patent moth traps to
keep the moth out of your hives, as
they are worthless. They often breed
more moths than they kill. The bee
miller will enter the hive wherever
the bees do. The only effectual moth
trap is a strong colony of bees. Keep
your bees strong aud moth will not
trouble them. When bee hive ven-
der comes to you with patent moth
trap, after he has dilated copiously on
its valuable qualities, approach him
as if you had an important secret to
communicate, and shout in his ear,
humbug!