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Year: 1873

its Chairman to prepare a resoi,st ion
expressive of the deep detestatIaa Of the
committee of Grants tyranuical course
il louisiana - Pittsburgh Commercial.


The negro question, as it Is called. has
been settled long ago in the North, but
it is almost as far from being settled
in the South as ever it was, and therein
lies the great weakness of the Democratic
politicians, instead of conciIiating and
winning over the blacks, have oppressed
them In every way they could they have
formed open and secret organizations
against them, and, as far as it was in their
power to do SO, have taken away from
them every opportunity to reap the full
benefits of the policy of the last ten
years. = Wash ipGfOn { D. Cl ReDyb7ic0n
Year: 1873

will be ordered to try the criminals, L
this idea is carried out, officers com, Dos
ing the court should be of high IA nix
and men who have had no immedia IL
connection with the Modoc difficulty
Such a commission would probably II.
each case separately, and require abou
six months to perform the work, to say
nothing OF the immense expenseinvolve
IN such proceeding. Besides, every
body, civil as well as military, knows
that the Indians are guilty of murder in
the first degree, and
Year: 1873

People In Vienna are very polite, according to
Mr.. Fulton, of the Baltimore American. He
says; mo one thinks of entering a store, an
office, or place of business without taking OF
his hat, and keeping It Of, as well as exchanging
polite bow on leaving. To keep the head
covered Is deemed extremely rude aud offensive
If a stranger makes inquiry on the street, either
Of nan or a boy, the greatest pains is not only
taken to give the right direction, Lut they will
even follow you to see that you make no mistake,
ana when you stop to look around IN perplexity,
you will generally find the same kindly stranger
ut your eibOw to point the way again Even
on entering cafe or restaurant, all the walters
DOW to you, and 90 on entering or leaving store,
the proprietor follows you to the door and the
clerks make their obeisance to you with all the
grace of dancing master.
Year: 1873

Somebody came to the garden gate,


While soft hand trimmed the flowers;
And blackbird pipcd to his listening mate
In a language as rich as ours.
Somebody blushed at the garden gate


A blush it was fair to see:
And the sly sun peered as he fain would wait,
And the blackbird paused on the tree.
Somebody spoke at the garden gate,


As the shadows began to fall;
And the rose looked up, though the hour was


late,


And the peach blushed pink on the wall.
A sweet head fell at the garden gate


On the arm that was strong and true:
And chirrup Of lips was heard to state
What words refused to DO.
Year: 1873

A Police JUDGE in Cincinnati
fined a professional street beggar
$25 and gave tho public a bit of
valuable information in passing
sentence, to the effect that such
characters can always pay their
fiues.
Year: 1873

Whom tho jury in the Tweed case
were discharged yesterday, because
Of their inability to agree upon vir-
dict Mr.. Heckbam, the prosecutor,
who seems to be q very unteeling
sort Of person, requested the court
to proceed to q new trial forthwith.
The Boss lawyer-Graham of the
flowing locks hoped that tho court
would pity tho SORROWS of poor old
man, and give his client time to get
his wind before trying him again.
Such an investigation is very wear
ing on u mans nerves. 1t requires
an immense consumption of phOs-
phOrus on the part Of counsel, and is
very depicting to clients purse. We
have the news, also, that the grand
jury have just returned several addi-
tiOnal Indictment against Tweed, and
for the sake of variety it might bo well
to try him on one Of these before he
has q new trial on tho old charge.
Democrat.
Year: 1873

so long has the public treasury been
but mere grab bag, that the dear
people themselves have learned to
long for the flcsh-pots of Egypt. Our
young men are taught to regard the
government as good thing, and the
scramble for Offices from the high.
est te the lOwest-would be amusing
lift were not such sad commentary
on the prated honesty of the masses.
Let education prevail and let our
youth be rid ofthat ignorance which
makes them in later years the ready
tools ofshrewdcr and designing men.
Let them be taught political honesty.
and that he who begins by exchang-
ing township A for township B in a
county election will some day be pre-
pared ~ pay Senator York s. 900
for his vote in a senatorial contest.
The disease and the remedy now lie
in the people. Have they sufficient
Strength to throw o.fthc one and ap.
ply the other? Can they, regardless
Ofparty name, apply to all who ask
their suffrage the Jettersonian test
is he honest; is he capable? No
greater danger than this wholesale
corruption now cOnirOnts US, and for
whatever Office, and for whatever
politics any candidate may be, let
the people know that he is honest be-
fore he receives their votes. In this
way only may We purge the land and
save ii.


Let the people be honest, and re-
1uiro honesty as the prerequisite in
their public servants.-Cdsh- Book.
Year: 1873




Since our article ON the subject Of
a uniform price for advertising by the
press of Southeast Missouri, q few
weeks since, great many papers
have signitied their willingness and
expressed hope that convention
for that purpose might be held.


While quite number OF papers
have said nothing for or sgainst such
a convention, Of course those favor
ing convention are at loss to de-
termine whether there is abreal M:
jority of the Southeastern papers
that are disposed to go into it or not.
We would be glad if erery paper
routh Of st. Louis would speak out,
and if they are in favor Of 3 conven-
ton, say So. and if not, say so, and
by that means the exact sentiments
of the press can be ascertainsd. If
there are papers opposite to it, We
would like to see the reasons set
forth, and ifthey remain silent on the
subject those favoring it can but con-
clulc that they are clogging the
wheels Of = legitimate movement.
Newspaper men, speak. your senti-
ments !-Ner Era.
Year: 1873

Judge Sheeley Of Jackson County
has introduced into the legislature an
amendment to tho Railroad law of
our State which will be of interest to
those who have stock killed along
the line of railroads. The bill is Just
and equitable in its provisions and
give full protection to those Of our ci-
tizens who feel too poor to engage in
litigation with large moneyed cor
poratiOns.-Er.
Year: 1873

Tho Chicago Evening Journal has
this to say of the Jubilee given in
that city last week:


The June Jubilee Of the present
week has been an event. 1t filled
Chicago with an immense crowd OF
strangers, whose chief desire was to
see how men OF energy and vim have
rebuilt III the most substantial and
imposing style, destroyed city III a
year and half, and how this won
drsus metropolis Of the Northwest
continues to grow and spread and
improve. In this ono respect the
stran gers who came to see us have
gone away more than gratified. They
saw, were astonished, and will hence
forth not cease to have faith or ad-
mlration for Chicago. But as regards
the Jubilee proper, the musical event
and its arrangements, we fear that
many have gone away with dlsap.
pointed emotions. Mr.. Gilmore ard
his great orchestra and the formiia-
Bile chorus did their best, and, under
the peculiar embarrassments OF the
occasion, did we'll; but the business
managers OF the atfair-Qt was not
the City Of Chicago, but private
making parties, who got up
and managed the bllee)-did not,
we fear, do their full duty by the
throng whom they induced to crowd
into the great new depot There
was a lamentable lack OF system and
order; little forethought and ener.
gy for the comfort and convenience
of the multitude, would have pre-
vented much Of tho indignation and
disgust which filled thousands oil
the spectators, who paid a dollar
merely to have their lives almost
crushed or annoyed out of them.


We are sorry-evcrybody III Chi.
cago is sorry-that the managers
were not more thoughtful OF the
matter of good order and reasonable
comfort. There are other minor
matters in which they are equally
censurable, among which was the
shabby manner in which they treated
the representatives Of the press from
out-of town, to whom they owed SO
much, and who certainly We're entl-
tied to decent consideration. But it
is too late to amend these matters
now We can only regret that, con.
sldering the general success OF the
Jubilee, there is any occasion for
complaint.
Year: 1873

An unfortunate culprit was recent
ly brought before an Iowa Justice
charged with assaulting and batter
ing a maiden. Investigation showed
that the defendant had merely salut'
ed the damsel against her will. She
was in court, and gave her testimony
looking so very beautifully that tho
Judge was compelled to make a
special ruling. He could not, he
said, in conscience fine the man for
doing what was done; for said His
Honor, II have been obliged to hold
on to the arms Of my chair TO keep
from kissing complainant myself"
Never did judge gave more ra-
tional decision. " Y. Tribune.
Year: 1873

Let us take the case Of house badly
infested with rats, says the Rural NeD
Yorker. How shall VIC get rid of them?
OF course, if they come from some pub
lie sewer or other colony, the supply is
probably unlimited, and the first thing
must be TO cut off the access of all out
siders. But if we are troubled by none
but natives, it will not require much
skill to capture every one of them-old,
cunning fellows and all. In the first
place, then, we must resolve to take time
to it and capture the whole lot, and to
this end no attempt must be made to
capture single animals, since this will
tend to make them suspicious and will
put the old ones on their guard. Then
provide large box or barrel; place in
it a quantity Of old carpet, brush, &c,
and also some food, such as meal, cheese,
herring, &C. Bore a two-inch hole in
the side Of the box, and leave it for some
days. The rats will soon find it out and
frequent it. First young one will go in
and have a good feed and come out all
right; the old ones, seeing that he is not
hurt, they, too, will go in, and in a short
time every rat about the premises will
frequent it. When this occurs, see that
it is well supplied with food and arrange
over the hole block having a cores
ponding aperture cut in it but having
also a series Of wires stuck around hole
and pointing inwards, just as they are
arranged in the common wire traps.
Every rat will go in as before and not
one can get out. Various methods may
be adopted for killing them. Ifyou are
a sportsman, you can let them out one
at a time and shoot them or kill them
with terriers. A few slips of sulphured
paper thrust through the hole and burn
ed, is, however, very simple plan and
will give most effectual quietus. We
have known a case in which sixty-seven
rats were caught at one time in a box
arranged as described. In this instance
the premises were effectually cleared Of
the vermiu.
Year: 1873

Next to the petrifed specimens-says
the Shelby, KY, Courant-the oldest
ham on record is one served at the we'd
ding-feast of a couple who now live in
this county, and by whom the facts can
be authenticated if necessary. The ham
was choice one selected for the purpose
from one of the regular annual stock,
was nicely cured and hung up by the
thrifty housewife to be served at the
marriage of her only daughter, then but
few months old. Time rolled on; the
child passed through the happy period
of girlhood into womanhood, and still
that ham hung among the smoked-raf-
ters of that old meat-house. But the
strong faith of the mother, though she
had put it in man, failed not. Suitors
came, and not suiting, were sent away,
and still the old ham hung mid the raf-
ters and sweetened and dried But at
last there came one whose claims were
referred to- the provident mother, then
grown old with the weight of years
With eyes downcast, he made his mission
known, and pleaded his cause as only a
lover can plead, but lookin@ up to read
his fate in the mothers tongue, even be-
fore the tongue could announce it, he
found her gone. For a moment his
heart sank within him; but voice call
ing, "Betsy, run to the smoke-house and
cut down that ham," assured him that
he had got his meat
Year: 1873

Lafayette Qnd.) Journal.


Mention was made short time since
of the fall of wonderful aerolite in the
lower part of this county. Yesterday
we met Mr.. Harter, who discovered it
upon his farm, near Romney. The frag-
ments in all, it is supposed, VIII amount
to about thousand pounds in weight,
and some features are presented which
will be of great interest to scientific men.
The aerolites heretofore found are of a
solid and metallic nature, having evi-
IDENTIFY struck the earth as compact bod
les.


This one is entirely different. From
the traces it is easily determined that
through the air in one glowing, molten
mass, and that at the moment of its i'm
pingement it was in liquid state. The
fragments are honey-combed like Gin
der and vary greatly in their weight.
1t is further evident that the globe was
hollow, from the smoothness of the con-
cave parts. The outside presents the ap-
pearance of a soft body that has stuck
upon solid particles, as the indention of
grass blades, straws and sticks are plainly
discernible.


One of the fragments had fallen on a
large stick of wood, and conforms to it
exactly. The very texture of the wood
can be seen. Futher than this, all
around the spot where the main body
fell were found numerous little balls of
the same material varying from a shot
to an ordinary sized marble.


They were perfect spheres, and can
be accounted for on no other hypothesis
than that the rapid revolution of the
liquid mass in its descent threw off these
paticles by centrifugal force. Parts of
the material have been subjected to in
tense heat without the least effect being
produced, and they show unquestionable
evidence of ingenious action. A box 81
these fragments will be shipped to the
Smithsonian Institute, and the remain
der are intended for the Purdue Agricul-
tural College.
Year: 1873

"Children's ears should never be box
ed," so writes an eminent surgeon in
the Popular Science Monthly. Though
the statement will doubtless be received
by many a juvenile reader in the light
of self evident proposition, there may
vet remain few parents and rural peda-
gogues to whom the reasons for the abol-
ition of this form Of rebuke may be of
interest. We have seen, writes Profes-
sor Hinton, that the passage of the ear
Is closed by thin membrane especially
adapted to be influenced by every i'm
pulse Of the air, and with nothing but
the air to support it internally. What,
then, can be more likely to iniure this
membrane than sudden and forcible
COMPRISING of the air in front of it?
If any one designed to break or over
stretch the membrane, he could scarcely
devise a more effective means than TO
bring the hand suddenly and forcibly
down upon the passage of the ear, thus
driving the air violently before it, with
no possibility for its escape but by the
membrane giving way. So reasonable
are these conclusions that there was not
needed even the high authority of the
writer for the subseqent statement that
many children are made deaf by boxes
on the ear. 1t is unfortunate, however,
that this and many other rebukes of the
same order precede the reason, and hence
safer general order may be issued to
the intent that no child should ever re-
ceive any form of corporal punishment
until the parent or preceptor has stop
ped to reason-frst with the child and
then with himself
Year: 1873

: No housekeeper should be without a
bottle Of spirits Of ammonia, for, besides
its medical value, Il Is invaluable for
/ household purposes. I is nearly as use
{ fHl as soap, and It's cheapness brings it
within the reach of all. Put a tea
spoonful Of ammonia TO a quart OF
warm soap-suds, dip in flannel cloth,
and wipe of the dust and fyspecs,
CRIME and smoke, and see for yourselves
how much labor it viii save No scrub
bing viii be needfuI. It Will cleanse
and brighten silver wonderfully; to a
pint of hot suds mix a teaspoonful Of
spirits, dip in your silver spoons, forks,
etc, rub with a brush, and then polish
on chamois skin. For washing mirrors
and windows it is very desirable; put a
few drops of ammonia upon piece of
newspaper and you will readily take off
every spot or finger mark on the glass.
1t will take out grease spots from every
fabric; put on the ammonia nearly clear,
lay blOtting paper over the place and





ments. A few drops of water viii clean
laces and whiten them as we'll; also mus
lins. Then it is a most refreshing agent
at the toilet table, few drops il basin
of water will make better bath than
pure water, and if the skin is oily it will
remove all glossiness and disagreeabIe
odors. Added to footbath it entirely
absorbs all noxious smells so often aris-
ing from the feet in warm weather, and
nothing is better for cleaning the hair
from dandruff and dust For cleaning
hair and nail brushes it is equally good.


Put a teaspoonful of ammonia into
one pint of warm or cold water, and
shake the brushes through the water.
When the brushes look white rinse them
in cold water, and put them in the sun
shine, or in warm place, to dry. The
dirtest brushes will come out of this
bath white and clean. For medicinal
purposes ammonia is almost unrivaled.
For the headache it is a desirable stim-
ulant, and frequent inhaling of its pun
gent odors will often entirely remove
catarrhal cold. There is no better RENE
dy for heartburn and dyspepsia, and the
aromatic spirits of ammonia is espec-
tally prepared for these troubles. Ten
drops of it in wine-glass of water are
often a great relief. The spirits of am
monia can be taken in the same way;
but it is not as palalable. In addition
to all these uses, the effects of ammonia
on vegetation are beneficial. If you de
sire roses, geraniums, fuschias, etc, to
become more dourishing, you can try it
upon them by adding five or six drops
Of it to every pint of warm water that
you give them; but don't repeat the dose
oftener than once in every five or six
days, lest you stimulate them too highly
Rain water is impregnated with ammo
MIA, and thus it refreshes and WHITES
vegetable life. So be sure and keep
large bottle of it in house, and have
glass stopper for it, as it is very evane-
cent and also injurious to corks, eating
them away
Year: 1873

Almost all of US can remember the
friends who upon various occasions has
said to US: Now you must not be of
Tended if say something to you that |
really feel it my duty to speak about.
The most proper thing to do, as rule
is to knock the man down-if he is not
too large;-for after he has finished there
can be no doubt but that you will want
to do so, and propriety, or conscience,
may then prevent There is another
form of friendship quite as common,
especially among women, that leads one
to tell the other some neat little gossip
. about herself or family, not that the re-
lator believes a word of it, but because
the victim Ought to know These Gus
toms among our friends are so common
that we accept them as matters of course,
and even when we are most exasperated
by them, we know we shall forgive them
in time. A sad experience teaches US
that much.


The friends who compliment sincere
ly, or who repeat frankly the pleasant
things they hear of US, are SO rare that
we seldom meet them. Yet if feeling
is looking upon abstractly, if it is re-
garded as feeling founded on mutual re-
gard and congenial pursuits, it is lit
tie remarkable that we are so reticent in
our expression of appreciation and re-
gard.


Friendship means help and support
as well as mere liking, and he has been
a poor friend to us, if in the hour of
need and loneliness we do not, involun-
tarily recall some words of comfort, and
some expression of confidence that
makes US strong to bear the present
trial


1t is not enough to love; we must let
the loved ones know we love them!


There are but few persons leading
earnest lives who do not feel that they
fail to realize even the most limited of
their aims, and if they are unhappy
enough to be sensitive as well as earnest,
it can not be prophesied how much
real good hearty word may do them
in times of mental trouble. Then it is
that true friends will tell them some
thing encouraging, something strength
ening and reviving, that they ought to
w."-iScTi6neT's dMonthLy.
Year: 1873

The Virginia lNcvada) Enterprise.


A few days since the daughter Of a
well-to-do ranchman, residing on the
head waters ofthe Walker River, hand
some and well educated young lady
about sixteen or seventeen years
Of age, eloped with a young man of the
Pinte persuasion, who had been working
about her fathers place. The girl and
her dusky lover got considerably the
start of her father, and, it would seem,
did some tall travelling toward the will
derness and the warriors castle of sage
brush on the Lake Of Walker, but the
father did not let the grass grow under
his feet or his horses boots. He pro-
cured the best horse in the settlement,
and rode distance Of one hundred and
eighty miles in eighteen hours. He
caught his runaway daughter somewhere
between Walker Lake and the Sink Of
the Carson, and snatched her bald-head-
ed. What became Of the gallant clover"
we have not learned. The chances are
that the irate parent made it so warm for
him thai hs will not hereafter banker
after q white father-in-law.
Year: 1873

WHAT CAUSES BALDNEss.-Dr. Dio
Lewis tells good many old truths in a
fresh and interesting manner. He has
recently pointed out the results of the
habit, so common among business men,
of keeping the head constantly covered
while about their business. He says
low where the hat touches, which is a
statement not strictly true. We have
often seen cases of Sbaldness extending
far below the line where the hat touches
the head. There is no doubt, however,
that wearing of silk hats tends to pro-
mote badness. We do not pretend to
explain the fact, but we think exper-
fence sufficiently demonstrates it.
Year: 1873

One of the most heart-rendering stories
of the year comes from Fond du Lac.
A young lady was passing through a
piece of ground adjoining farm house
with her lover when the girl was attack
cd by a savage dog. Before her escort
could protect her the dog had seized her
by the breast and torn the breast from
her body. When the young man saw
the dog shaking a portion Of the body
of his intended he tainted away. The
young lady, however, did not faint. She
was so mortified that she seized fence
rail and she went for that dog, and she
pounded him until he laid still. When
her lover recovered the young woman
was trying to hide one of the wire screens
that people put over plates to keep the
flies off. 1t seems that the dog didn't
draw blood, owing to the fashions of
Fond du Lac, which. it is needless to de-
scribe However, there is great excite
ment at Fond du Lac, and the young
man has broken his engagement and has
bought the dog-what there is left of
him and is going TO set him again.
Year: 1873

Experience has shown that the more
rapidly lumber can be seasoned in open
air the better the quality, and the less
liable it is to be affected by the varibale-
ness of the atmosphere. During the
months of June, July, and August the
air is drier than at any other period and
consequently better adapted to seasoning
lumber Planks or boards should be
piled up under sheds open on all sides,
to allow free circulation Of air; in no
case ought lumber 10 be subjected to the
rays to the sun or rain, and it should be
elevated two feet above the ground. If
the shed has a hoori ii will be much bet
ter. AS soon as the moist weather
of the fall months commences the
sheds should be enclosed on all sides,
and opened only on clear, dry days.
Lumber we'll "stuck up" under sheds of
this kind will dry out in two seasons,
and retain all natural strength and elas-
ticity of the timber The bark should
always be removed from white oak and
hickory. The growing scarcity Of lum-
Der necessitates more care in seasoning if
we would prevent price advancing too
RAPIDLY,