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Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, December 12.-There
is good deal of quiet cogitation going
on here among the more far sighted men
of both parties as to the attitude and in
tensions of two personages who bid fair
to play much larger part in the political
drama now unfolding than has been
hitherto suspected. These are Senator
Sherman, of Ohio, and his brother, the
General, Cammander-in-Chi of the
Army. Senator Sherman, is now hard at
work to secure the displacement of Sena-
tor Ferry and his own selection as Pres-
dent of the Senate. 1t is well-known
that Mr.. Grant is wax in Shermans
hands. 1t was Sherman who first sug-
gcsted the candidacy of Hayes eighteen
months ago, and he holds over him the
power of a keen, cold, unscrupulous in
telligence over a weak and well-intcn-
toned nature. If Sherman is made
President of the Senate he will take
pains to prevent any official declaration
of the election either of Hayes or Tilden.
and he will do this in the interests of no.
body but himself and his brother. Nei-
ther Senator Sherman nor General Sher-
man has any respect or liking for Presi-
dent Grant. In fact il is notorious that
they both despise him. If no regular
declaration of a President is made, or If
two Presidents are declared, Senator
Sherman at noon on the 4th of March
will claim to be, as President of the Sen
ate, which is continuing body. acting
President of the United States. His bro
ther will be, by force of law and of his
position, the highest officer of the United
States army. On the last stroke of the
clock Grant will become private citi-
zen, with no more legal authority over
any officer or soldier of the army than
the hall boy at the White House. If he
presumes to exercise any authority Gen
eral Sherman will deal with him as re-
morselessly as he would with drunken
drummer or riotous cabman. Any
officer or soldier in the army who ven
lures to obey an order emanating from
anybody but acting NIce-President Sher-
man, through General Sherman, will be
dealt with in like manner. The forms
of law will all be with the Sherinans, and
the expectation (who shall say the I'M
reasonable expectation y of their friends
is that he alarmed conservative senti
ment of the country will rally to their
support instantly and ovcrwhelmingly.
- " ORTIZ.
Year: 1876

WHAT AN ENTERPRIsING Boy DID,
At this season of the year the boys out
of school are taxing their wits to the
utmost tension to find something to do
to procure pocket money, if not to as


sist their parents. One of the happiest
and most original devices for this end
that it has been my chance to hear of, is
that of lad who invaded Brooklyn,
and, noticing the unusual number of
kerosene lamps in use in that city las a
result of practical war on the gas COM
panies) he solicited the job of taking
care Of the same for several storekeep-
ers. His price was modest-ten cents
per week for each lamp-f0r which sum
he agreed to trim and keep clean the
lamp, brush ont the chimney, etc. His
success surprised him. He soon got
fifty lamps to look after, and then his
work increased so that he engaged an
assistant, paying him a stated salary,
while he as "boss" took the orders.
This young man has the care of several
hundred lamps on Fulton street alone,
and employs two other lads to help
him. His weekly income and profit
amounts to $25, which is far better than
running errands or attending stores, as
many lads do in this city for a pittance
Of SO or So per week.-NeW York Letter
Year: 1876

The problem for the agriculturist is
to get the highest yield per acre from
the smallest cash investment, and the
practical mode of solving this problem
makes the whole difference between the
thriftless and thriftful farmer. Just
here arises a very important inquiry:
Does the largest product from an acre
necessarily give the lowest net cost per
bushel for the article raised, and if not =,
is there any definite relation between
these two factors? The obvious answer
Is that, though the largest yield does
not always give the lowest cost, yet the
chances are greatly in its favor, if rea-
sOnable care and economy are used.
There is, of course, limit of outlay on
every crop, beyond which it will not be
profitable; but inside of this limit it is
safe to say that, as q general rule, the
more bushels or tons you get from an
acre, the less each bushel or ton will
cost.


The reason of this is so perfectly
plain, it seems incredible that our farm
ers do not give more attention to the
principle, and take advantage of it to
increase their profits. The usual ex-
PLANTATION with most Of them is that,
capital being limited, they cannot put
more than a certain amount of expense
in each acre of ground, even though ev-
cry additional dollar should bring back
hundred fold.


This is plausible enough at first sight,
but it does not meet the case, as may
easily be made to appear. Nor is there,
in fact, any sufficient reason why farm
ers should not raise much larger crops,
and at much lower cost, than the aver
age of the present, or of recent years.


This topic is very prolific. and full of
interest to the husbandry of this coun-
try. The prolific possibilities of the
soil, under a proper system of treat
ment, may we'll challenge the attention
of farmers, for it offers the readiest and
surest, if not the only means of render
ing their acres productive, and their
calling thrifty.
Year: 1876

ELOOR STAIN-We have just prepared by
L our new recipe large supply of the above
useful and popular article. 1t renders the floor
slightly and attractive in appearance, beng OF
or the floors of rooms it is desired to keep un-
carpeted during the summer season it is espe
cially adapted. It is prepared already for i'm
mediate use, will dry hard and firm in the course
of few hours, and can be applied by any one
with brush or sponge. We are permitted to
refer to number of our customers who have
used it with entire satisfaction. Shipped to the
country in any quantity desired Sold BY the
pint or gallon.


apT JANNEY W
Year: 1876

A physician in Oregon gives the
following as certain cure for rattle
snake bite or a spider sting: 'Tako
the yolk Of a wood egg, put in atca
cup and stir in as mech salt as will


make it thick enough not to rnn of,
and spread a plaster and apply to the
wound. Do this when bitten or stung
and will insure your life for six-
pon"~ [ have tried this remedy in
a number Of cases, and have never
known it to fail.
Year: 1876

.. One of the lieutenants who was on
duty in South Carolina during tho
election was arrested Immediately on.
bis return to Atlanta, and suspended
from duty until charges against him
for being a Democrat can be inycsti~
gated.
Year: 1876

The Spartanburg and AshoviIlo
Railroad is, making rapid progress,
and lis completion may be looked for
at an early day. When finished it
will be an important link between
Charleston and the great West.
Year: 1876

committee of twelve has been appoin-
ted in Cincinnati to go TO Washington next
month and urge upon the National Demo
cratic Committee the desirability of holding
the National Convention in Cincinnati.
1t is not stated whether they will take the
rag baby with them or not.
Year: 1876

While Dock Mangum was working in
his field, about twelve miles from Savannah,
Tenn, one day last week, two masked men,
armed with shot-guns, rode up to the place
and assassinated him. They then put the
body on horse and carried it away, pro-
baby to throw it in the river. Mangum
was a Union guerrilla during the war, and
the murder is believed to have been in re-
taliation for something done by him at
that time. His murderers have not been
arrested.
Year: 1876

caught on o few lots Of frozen glue, as
il Is In demand for ust on oil barrels ;
It Is preferred for that work, and Bar
ties 4 Co. have no trouble in disposng
ofall they have. rhe present capacity
Of the works is tw.3 tons Of glue n day,
and by running this through tho favor
able seasons, wh ch are brief, about
twelve hundred barrels year arc
made. These find ready market.


THE SOAR DEPARTMENT.
During the late glue season not so
much soap has been made, as there
has been lack OF room for operations
The works arc capable of turning out
twenty thousand lounds every twenty
four hours, and i'll run up to their
full capacity 50 ston as the additional
building IL compt ted to afford room
for packing. There are two immense
soap-boiling kettle, ono fourteen feet
deep, and ten feos in diameter at the
top, which will b eighteen thousand
pounds Of soap, fprrSrather with nine
thousand pounds capacity. The soap
is pressed into immense cakes and
then cut to the sizes required. At
present only laundry soaps are being
made, and it is gratifying to say that
they have become very popular in the
households of Williamsport. There
are several brands, and all are kept at
thccity groceries. Large quantitiesare
beside shipped to other points.


REGARDING BONE GRINDING.


Stacked up on The outside, and in
the rear of the mandatory, are large
quantities of bones, which are some
times allowed to accumulate iormonths.
These are ultimately shovclled into an
immense vat which is located out doors,
and which will hold eight tons of bones.
In there they arc boiled until they are
as smooth as q school-ma a'am's tongue,
when they are ready to grind This
work is done in section Of the engine
room building The bones are first
run through crushor, broken and
generally dcmoralized. Two men in



day are able to get twenty tons into
the crusher, but it goes as fast as they
do. After being crushed they are
shovelled into a mill, whose grinding
wheel revolves at an astounding rate,
and that is the last seen of the bones.
This mill grinds them to powder as
fine as flour, and will make seven or
eight tons day of it. This is put in
sacks and used as a fertilizer on the
farm.


This institution gives employment
to about fifty persons, the year through,
and is altogether one of the kind of in
which it is very well to en-
courage in city chat does not yet
boast of n very diversified industry,
Year: 1876

Prior to 1874 the statutes OF the state
required that if any patient in the Insane
Asylum at St. Peter was rich enough to
pay his or her own board, or had near
relatives able to pay it, that such patient
should not be a charge upon the state.
But in the year 1874 the State fell so rich
and the Legislature so liberal, that an
act was passed declaring that such pa
tient should be supported by the state as
the INDECENT insane are supported. The
result is that every body who has an idi-
otic child. or one harmlessly demented, i,
ships him off to St. Peter: and the farm
ers and mechanics OF the state are taxed
to support nim there. We are told that
one insane WON an heiress of an estate
worth 100000, is now in the St. Peter
asylum, supported by public taxation.


The result of all this is that the Insane
Asylum this year asks for $4,000 OF
public money 70 help support these
wealthy paupers and the institution is
so crowded with free boarders that an
other Insane Asylum is demanded, at a
cost of quarter OF q million Of dollars.


Verify, it seems that republican form
of government means one where one
hall the people support the other half.
Year: 1876

state being impaired. it is, in our opin-
ion, all nonsense. Every man who knows
anything knows that we have moral
defence to these bonds. Hon. Mr.. Flem-
ing Of Fillmore county made that very
plain in a letter the othsr day in Tue
ANTI


The simple question for US is whether
it would be better to compromise these
bonds, for, say IS cents on the dollar,
payable in land, if such compromise is
possible, or leave forty million claim
for our children to settle when the grave
had closed over all the witnesses who
knew anything aboat the transaction
out of which the bonds originated.


We are inclined to think that if the
bond-holders understood that they could
get land now or wait twenty years Ion
ger. they would take the land. And If
taey would not, then we say let them
wait.
Year: 1876

The farmers Of San Francisco, met ast week
in that town, and reported y representation Of
NJ, 900 bushels Of wheat After long, earnest
and able discussion Of the subject, they re-
solved to hold their wheat until the ist OF
March next, under any and all crcum-
stances.


There are some very wealthy farmers IN this
township, who are uncommon!y we'll informed
on the state of the wheat market and probably
came 10 this step after due delberation, and
their action will set many to studying this sub
ject with profit to themselves - Chaska Her
ald Feb. 4th.


Right enough to get together and dis
cuss the question and act uniteolv But
whv say March lst? The price will be
no better March lst than it was Feb ist
The Rings and Railroads will hold down
the price till May and June.


But this is a good example. Il al the
farmers OF the state could come together
by their representatives and pledge
themselves To act together they would
bring the Monopolits TO their knees.
Year: 1876

We have condemned the local appeal which
Senator sherman makes for Gov. Hayes. Ney
crthccss the Senator deserves credit. His
published letter deals the third-tcrm intrigue Il
staggering blow, insists upon the nomination
of u man who represents the better tendencies
of the Republican party and who IL sound on
tho money question: and warns tho party not
to rely upon lis past history or any new aSi-
tation of Southern affairs. With so much TO
commend, We need not find fault il the Scna-
tor expresses preference for candidate who
does not yet seem to us the strongest that
the Republicans can name.


Gov. Hayes enjoys a wcll-earncd reputation
IA Il pure, honest, and faithful man, who,
without abilities of the highest order has filed
with credit high stations. Undoubtedly his
abilities are more justly appreciated in Ohio
than in other States, and il is but the truth to
say that those who know him best speak with
most respect of his mental and executive pow
els. He is not dodgcr, and he had the man
hood to take the imitation bull by the horns in
brave and honorable way nor Will
friends of the national honor elsewhere
soon forget tho great service which he
rendered in the critical campaign in Ohio
lie IL not lacking Ill personal popularity, anu
since his election, though the open praises of
friends have subjected him To that ordeal in
which so often the abcst men act like fools,
no has borne himself az Governor with mod
est dignity not reminding the world by fuSsy
effort for nOtoriety that he is q Presidential
candidate. The Republican party might easily
90 further aud fare worse, especially if il
went TO Indiana for candidate. So much
may fairly be said to the credit of Gov. Hayes.
1t may be added, as strong point in his
favor, that he il obviously one of the men
who can carry Ohio, and victory in Ohio is
necessary to Republican success.


Victory in some other States Is equally
necessary. Something more than personal in
tegrity is needed to insure tho thorough re-
form of the public service which the country
demands. 1t is possible for the Republi-
cans to select q candidate whose independ
ence and sturdiness have been tested in
the most difficult situations. We need not
name either one OF several who would
be recognized throughout the country as
fully qualified in that very respect In which
Gov. Hayes is least known. Such = candidate,
equally sound in convictions, equally manly in
defense of them, equally spOtless In personal
character, and with a higher reputation for
ability, would command larger vote in some
States in which the Republican party will need
Year: 1876

Sunday question was illustrated in recent letter. he
was requested by the workngmens Lords Day Rest Az.
sociation OF London write the introduction prize
essay Oh sunday about to be published In English and
French and he replies: 4" L regret that am unable.
from the pressure of other duties 10 enter further into the
subject Of your letter OF yesterday than to congratulate
you on the distinction you have obtained and TO express


my hearty good wishes for the design OF your essay Be


eying in the authority Of the Lords Day as religions
Institution, l must, matter OF course deere tho
recognition Of that authority by others. But and
above tins, have myself. in the course OF abOrOus
life, signaly experienced both its mental and Its physi
cal benefits | hardly overstae ITS value IN this
view and for the interest OF the workingnen OF this
country alike in IN and in other yet higher RESPECTS
there Is nothing anxiOusy desire tnaD that they
should moro and more highly appreciate the Christian
dav of rest
Year: 1876

all the votes it can get. Hence 1t does not
seem clear that Gov. Hayes is the best and
strongest nomination the Republicans can make.
But it il good thing that Senator Sherman
has set an example to the doughfaces. Men who
have the good sense and the pluck to tell the
President that his nomination would be sui
cIdal are not so numerous as they should be.
BY the side of creatures who crawl and fawn
about the President, Senator Sherman looms
ND as large sized statesman.
Year: 1876

Of dead issues. They mean 20 have some
practical reforms accomplished, and they are
strong enough to defeat any party that does
not respect their wishes. All candidates may
ns well take notice that, in proportion as 'hey
shirk the work of genuine and thorough ro-
form, in proportion as they dodge The vital issues
of the day, they insure their defeat, If not IN
convention, then at the polls. 1t would not
only be folly for any party to nominate man
who thus forfeits the respect of independent
voters it would be cruelty to the man HIM
Year: 1876




conceded that there was no lack OF method IN
his madness when striving to conceal MS crime


A oueer story comes from Washington con-
corning certain Democrats in the House VINO
want to gain the reputation OF economy oy
passing a bill to cut down Congressman saia-
ries. but had hoped that the Senate would pre-
vent the joke from being carried too 1ar
Senators whose pulses have been recently feit
on the subject are not so sanguine that II the
hill comes from the House it will go no FUR
ther. Let us hope that the Democrats VIII
not allow themselves to be bluffed; even II
the mistake they fear should happen to be
made, the country will look on with COM
placency.


Mr.. Trenor W. Park is often i'll" lie Is
seen about the streets in that condition, out
his lawyers-thOugh often foolish In Other re-
spects-are wise enough to keep hlm OH the
stand. He has been too ill to testify In the
Pacific Mail case. On Saturday last, however
tbe LAWYERS on the other side wOuld stand 1t no
longer. and found persuasive means to entlce Mr.
Park from his sick room into the courtroom. We
have a strong suspicion that mis- testimony Will
prove, Wltnln lew udyS, w H"'N Wv"
greater interest than it now possesses. But IL
seems now to make reasonably clear the fact
that Mr.. Park considered it a proper thing to
act as the friend, supporter and counsel OF
the man who was pundering the Pacihc
Mail Company, and at the same time TO
act as the director and guardian OF the
interests of that Company. so complicated
position naturally led to curious entangle-
ments. An intelligent correspondent Ill another
column endeavors to elucldate them. we
hone to be able to cast further light upon
them within a few days, and to DC
able also to throw upon them such
cross lights as como from an iilumlna-
ton of Mr.. Parks course in various
other corporations BY the time we get through
with him, we trust the American public VIII
know better than now the sort OF adventnrcr
whom the American Minister In London went
into partnership with in tho Emma Mine
sWindle.
Year: 1876

The recent sales of American printed cotton
goods in England have created more alarm
there than the circumstances warranted. Our
Fall River correspondence shows that the chief
cause for this reversal of the currents of trade
Is the temporary depression of our home mar
ket. There is little probability that such con-
ditions here can long continue, though there
is ground for believing that the present manu-
facturc of cotton goods in England does not
afford suitable supply for all her markets.
Year: 1876

1t may perhaps be regarded as significant
fact that with the opening of the debate on
resuming specie payment, the House thins and
very few of the members seats are occupied.
The question is evidently less interesting to
Congressman than to the people whom they
represent Mr.. Schlecher's plan for resump-
ton has the merit of proposing that something
be done to that end, and speedily; but it be-
gins by repeating the act of 1875, which at
least promises specie payment. and the danger
is that that repeal will be the only part of
such plans to become law.
Year: 1876

By tho arrest and confession of the murderer
OF Simmons, another is added to this Winters
long list of candidates for the gallows The
crime itself seems at least in part to have
been instigated by jealousy, and was possibly
q tragic termination of a drunken brawl. But
the afterwOrk of the murderer in cutting the
body into fragments, the discovery Of the dis
severed head, and the slender clew which led
to the detection of the criminal, give this case
q horrible interest which is all its own. Per-
haps the nearest approach in former murder
cases TO some Of the details of this one is to
be found in the efforts which Prof. Webster
made to dispose of the body of DIR. Parkman.
The murderer Of Simmons may be expected to
Year: 1876

al pity Che poor little country boy,


Away on his loney iarin
The holidays bring him elegant toy;
He has no money, there is no shop;
Eveu Christmas morning his work doesn't stop;
ne has cows 10 milk-he has wood to chop,


Aud 20 carry in on his arm"
Did yon hear that, Fred, as you came through the
With your milk-paf fun to the brim?
no envy hid under your curly brown pate;
You were watching star In the morning sky,
Aud star seemed shining out of your eye;
Your thoughts were glad, you couldn't tell why;


But they were not of toys, or of him.
Vet the city boy said what he kindly meant


Walking on 10y his mothers side
With has eyes on the toy-shop windows bent
Wishing for all that his ewes could see;
Longing and looking and teasing went he.
Nor dreamed that single pleasure could he


hfar IN your woodlands wide.
You ate your breakfast tnat morning, Fred,


A. country boy should eat;
Then YOU jumped with your father upon the sled,
And of 10 the hills for a load of wood;
Quiet and patient the oxen stood,
And the snowy world looked cheerful and good,


While you stamped to warm youi feet.
Then your father told you to take run;


And You started away up the hill;
You were all alone, but it was such fun!
The larch and the pine tree seemed racing past
Instead Of yourself, you went so fast;
Bnt rosy and out of breath, at last


You stood in the sunshine still.
And all OF sudden there came the thought


While brown leaf toward you whirled,
And "a chickadee sang, as II they brought
Something they meant on purpose for you,
Al il the trees TO delight you grew,
As if the sky for your sake was blue


" IL iS such beautiful world
The graceful way that The spruce trees had


OF holding their soft, white load,
You saw and admired, and your heart glad,
As you laid on the trunk of beech your hand,
And beheld the wonderful mountains stand
IN a chain of crystal, clear and grand,


AZ Che end OF the widening road.
Oh, fred! without knowing, you held gift


That a mine of gold could not buy:
Something the soul of a man 10 lift
From the tiresomc earth, and to make him see
How beautiful common things can be
glimpse of heaven in waysde tree


The gift Of an artistic eye
What need had you of money my boy,


On the presents money can bring,
When every breath a breath OF JOY?
You owned the whole world with its hills and trees
The sun, and the clouds, and the bracing breeze,
And your hands to work with having these,


You were richer than any king.
When the dusk drew on, by tho warm hearth fire,
You needed nobody's pity:
4sut you said, as the soft flames mounted higher
And the eye and cheek of your mother grew bright,
While she smiled and talked in the lovely light
a picture of pictures to your sight


II am sorry for boys in the city :"


st. Nicholas for February.