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Year: 1876

The care OF farm stock is often placed
in the hands OF thoughtless boys, whose
ambition is to have 4 whip, and that
being obtained, the next move is to
find an object upon which to use it. A
COW is to bs driven to water, or from
one field to another; a boy with whip IN
hand is delighted with the task. and
whenever he can get near enough the
whip is applied; the animal becomes
wild and fretfui, and this treatment
will show at the next milking by dis
minlshed quantity. 1t may be Sail
that the boy doesn't know any better
but it is very poor excuse. =


As general rule boys should not be
employed to drive stock on a farm un
less they have been trained and edu-
Gated to the duty. They are often en-
rlpyed for this purpose because their
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costly when the abuse of stock is taken
into account. have seen men go into
their own stables and the horses would
crowd away from them as far as they
could get. They know and fear them;
they know their voice and even their
step, and they do not look upon them
as friends, but as enemies; all these
things testify that they have been cru
ely treated by their owner. If other
wise he had not been in the habit OF
treating them kindly, they would have
manifested their pleasure in his pres
ence. l have sometimes seen men
driving teams of horses or mules, whip
ping the poor dumb animals because
they do not understand his order.
Many time the leader is numerically
beaten for no other reason than this.
If the driver in such case would speak
kindly to the dumb brute, pat him on
the neck few times to re-assure him
OF his friendship, take hold of the bri>
die and lead him few steps in the di-
rection lie wished him to go, and all
this without any excitement or anger on
his part, the animal would always do
the best to please him.


Want of proper care in gearing is of
ten the cause of severe pain TO horses.
Sore shoulders are too common, and
may be avoided il the driver will use
proper care. The collar should be
kept clean; it should fit the shoulders;
neither too large or too small. A good
horse is worth the owners attention.
Year: 1876

There seems to be more natural diff
ficulty for the woman to learn than the
man. There is sweet tooth running
through her sex which affects her taste,
and renders her untrustworthy. She is
less exact, at least in the pursuit of this
vocation, and does not reason as the
man does. If he fails, he thinks and
tries to find out the cause of the failure,
which she is less apt to do. He gives
pounds and ounces as to quantity
where she gives approximate handfuls.
The man is more particular about the
food he consumes himself, which makes
him more careful about what he pre-
pares for others. Many women are
content, provided they have ice cream
and sweet cake, or something equiva-
lent thereto. Count de Nsjac, man
of some authority concerning the table
in Paris, AYERS that the interests and
traditions of the kitchen can only be
confided with safety to men, and that
if the women guests at the table were
not under the eye of the stern sex they
would begin dinner with dessert. As
may be conceived, this is q painful mis-
take for gallant Frenchman to make.
but sense OF duty doubtless rises
above all other considerations. Not
withstandirg. even if men be superior
to women in this calling. if any wide
spread movement is to come about, the
movement must come from them, for
the kitchen is virtually in their hands.
Year: 1876

Charlevoix, an old French writer, re
marked that the Indians were SO acute
that even on the hardest ground they
could discover if person had recently
passed, and could distinguish the footsteps
of men from those of women, and even of
what nation the parties were. An anec-
dote is related of an Indian hunter, who,
having discovered that some venison
which he had hung up in his hut to dry,
had been stolen. set off through the woods
in pursuit of the thief He had not pro-
ceededf far before he met with some per-
sons ef whom he inquired if they had seen
little old white man with a shotgun ac-
companied by small dog with little
tail, as a man of that description had
stolen his venison. They happensd to
have seen such person; and the Indian,
on being asked how he could describe a
man whom he had never seen, replied:


ssThe thief, know, is little man, by
his having made pile of stones to stand
upon in order to reach the venison; that
he was All old man, know, by his short
steps, which have traced over the dead
leaves in the woods; and that he is white
man, know, by his turning out his toes
when he walks, which an Indian never
does. His gun know to be short, by the
mark the muZzle made in rubbing the
bark of the tree on which it leaned; that
his dog is small, know by his tracks;and
that his tail is short, | discovered by the
mark it made in the dust where he was
sitting at the time his master was taking
down the yenison."
Year: 1876




Is NO PATENT MEDICINE HUM
BUG, got up to dupe the ignorant and
credulous, nor is it represented as be-
ing composed of rare and precious SUBJ
stances brought from the four corners
Of the earth, carried seven times across
the Great Desert of Sahara, ,on the backs
OF fourteen camels, and brought across
the Atlantic Ocean on two ships II
is a simple, mild, soothing remedy, a
perfect Specific for CATARRH and
COLD IN THE HEAD also for Offen-
sive Breath, Loss or Impairment of the
Sense of Smell, Taste or Hearing, Wa
terry or Weak Eyes, Pain or Pressure
In the Head. when caused, as they all
not unfrequently are, by the violence
OF Catarrh.
Year: 1876

SIX hundred men quietly asked for work a
week ago, a perfectly unobjectionable pro.
ceeding, which invites sincere sympathy for
them, and for the thousands like them who
ask for work in vain, and for the thousands of
anxious mothers and hungry children whose
very bread depends upon the success of the
almost hopeless appeal. But while We SYM
pathize most heartily, shall we not ask how
it happens that these unhappy men appeal to
the government of New York City for en-
ployment? In part at least they are out of
work because that government, by their own
votes, has been so directed and has been so
wasteful and extravant that business here has
been greatly depressed and manufactures by
the score have been compelled to remove to
localities where taxes are less burdensome In
part, at least, they are out of work because
this same city government has been employ
ing men, by the hundred or thousand, for po.
litical and partisan ends only, and thus the
cost of the government has been swelled, taxes
have been greatly increased, and the bread has
been taken from the mouths of hundreds of
honest laborers to feed a small army of polit-
ical paupers or mercenaries. Might it not be
as well for the six hundred, while seeking
work earnestly as they do, quietly to resolve
that their votes shall not hereafter support a
party which overtaxes labor, industry, and
commerce in order to support crowd of po-
litical strikers Pm. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1876

P. Barry furnishes to the Rochester
Rural Home o statement of some of his
experiments In fall planting. Last fall,
quite late, after the hurry Of the season
was over, he set out 800 dwarf pear
trees. After they were set, the earth
was drawn around the base about six
or more inches. to protect the roots.
and to stiffen the tree against the
wind. Toward the end Of May the
earth was leveled. Vigorous new roots
were thrown out from she ounce stock,
and the trees are all growing rapidly.
He thinks that for most years fall
planting Is best. To which we may
add, that the harm likely to result
from it generally arises from bad drain
age, and from neglect of the crust OF
the surface from winter setting. Give
the trees good, dry, rich bottom, and
keep the surface mellow through spring
and summer, and full-set trees will get
u better start than those transplanted
In spring. nd atig. b. sii...,s.a
Year: 1876

TnDEN says if elected President he will use
all the power conferred by the laws for the
protection of all American citizens. His in
depreciation of the laws will be like that of
Buchanan, who could find no power TO sup
press rebellion in the South, but could find
authority to suppress rebellion in Utah.
Year: 1876

GOVERNOR MOVES gives the latest and best
version of the ''bloody shirt" in his speech at
Rochester the other evening: swell, gentle
men, it was no disgrace to Rutherford B.
HAYES to wear the bloody shirt when the reb-
.l bullet went crushing through his blood and
bone, and broken arm hung by his side, as
he led his brave boys on"
Year: 1876

The House of Representatives adopted a
Constitutional amendment on the school ques-
tion, which was good enough if the object
was to keep the word of promise to the ear
and break it to the hope. That was no doubt
the object. The Democratic party is embar-
rassed on this question. The Roman Catholic
Chur h is opposed to our free school system,
and without the Roman Catholic vote the
Democratic party would be in a hopeless mi
nority. Therefore it finds it necessary to
move with great caution, and hence its de-
ceptive proposition. The finger of the Jesuit
is seen, particularly in the last clause, which,
instead of requiring legislation to enforce the
amendment, prohibits it.


The amendment, when it reached the Sen
ate, was referred to the Judiciary Committee,
from which substitute was reported. Against
this every Democratic Senator voted, and,
although every Republican voted fvr it, it
was lost, two-thirds being required to pass it.
The issue being thus fairly joined, we print
the amendments side by side.
Year: 1876

THE Democrats in the House illustrated the
peculiar sensitiveness of the party upon cer-
tain subjects in their action on a very simple
and harmless preamble and resolution intro
duced by one of their own party, declaring
that all citizens are legally entitled to protec-
tien under the XVth Amendment of the Con-
stitution of the United States, that in the
judgment of the house all attempts by force or
intimidation to prevent the exercise of the
right of suffrage should be condemned, and
that the guilty persons should receive prompt
and effective punishment. One would sup
pose that resolution of that sort would go
through without objection, but the Southern
Democrats on the floor got quite excited over
it, and for two hours kept up a struggle to
defeat it by dilatory motions. 1t occurs to us
that these gentlemen are triie to sensitive.
This whirling around with 'Do you mean me,
Sir?" every time reference is made to any
kind of political deviltry, is getting monot-
onous and tiresome.-[N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1876

IT was on distant seas and years ago that
the incden: occurred, but the moral is fresh
and warns all men everywhere against mixing
drinks or medicines or principles-as. for in
stance, hard and soft money in the same plat
form. A certain sea captain, as is the custom
of his craft, had taken with him on a voyage
a chest of medicines together with manual
of allopathie practice, by consulting with the
appropriate remedy for any set of symptoms
could be selected. On one occasion, sailor
complaining that he had something on his
stomach" applied to the skipper for relief.
According to handbook wineglass of No. Is
was the specific for this particular malady.
But there had been many. other stomachs
with something on them, as they sailed, and
the calls for wineglass of No. Is bad been so
numerous that the supply was exhausted. Now
the captain was man of resources, and he
rose to meet the emergency. He would mix
a half wineglass of No. 8 with an equal
quantity Of No. Z, and unless arithmetic was
altogether delusion and snare the result
would be equivalent to square dose of No.
Is. So the compound was stirred up and the
sailor took it in. The effect was sudden and
alarming, and although there remained very
little on the stomach of the patient, the cap
tain ayerred that he had lost all faith in math-
ematics and medicine and compromise.
Year: 1876

ERIE VERSUS LAKE SHORE.
t The managers OF the Erie Railway are CON-
planning that the Lake Shore d Michigan
Southern Railroad is discriminating in rates in
favor Of the New York Central and to the sert-
GUS dctrlmcnt Of the Eric. Efforts hare been
repeatedly made to, settle the difficulty, but
without avail. It has now been finally decided
bE the Erie to submit the questions ar issue to
the courts for the purpose Of compelling the
Lake Shore d Michigan Southern Railroad to
give the Erie Railway advantages equal to those
granted to other lines There Is a special stat
ute prohibiting all railroads from dlscri1ni-
mating either in favor Of or against the
interests OF any Que road. Moreover
the Eric holds an agreement with
the Buffalo & State Line Railroad that no con-
tract should be made with the New York Cen
trail at more favorable rates than those offered
the Eric, and at the time OF the consolidation of
the Buffalo & State Line with the Lake Shore.
the latter was made BY statute to assume ali
the obligations Of the former. Finally, laws
were enacted prohibiting common carriers from
making discriminating rates Of transportation.
aud it is believed that the Erie has the legal
right to insist that 1t should have the same
ratcs rs the New York Central or auy Other
connecting line, and that the right can be en-
forced BY Enandamus or other appropriate pro
ceedings-
Year: 1876

wAsnSGroS, Dec 10, 1870
| SENATOR MORTON ON HIS BILL OF LAST
SESSION REGARDING THE COUNTING or THE
ELECTORAL voTE-wHAr HE THIN coxsID-
EnED AND WHAT HE NOW CONSIDERS THE
SENATOR'S OPINION OF GENERAL BARLOW.


Senator Morton says this evening that he means to
materially amend his bill providing for the counting
the electoral voic, but has not yet determined
in what important regard he will change It's present
provisions Hc says that II stands u will not
meet the case, tho circumstances have changed
and aro not such - he contemplated when
ne framed the bill originally. He cited one
issue which may arise and which is to be pro-
vIdcd for and said that tbough he may
have previously contendcd that when two OF
tincatcs came up be passed upon the President Of
the Senate could not decide which set 10 DO
accepted, and hence. as they conflicting, both
would have be ignored, and tho Sinie must lose
It's vote, yet he now inclincs to the opinion that
tho President OF tho Senate must take tho
responsibility OF dc tciding which shall be announced
Should House take appeal from this decision It
would said, require the concurrence OF both hcnscs
to pass finally upon their appeal, and not sustained
by them the action tho Vice President he must
stand


When Senator Morton asked about what no
thought OF General Bariow's letter regard to tho
ecctOrs.
upon being Informed OF the substance of IT, ssid That
is Just what was to he expected IRON who tried
TO sci out The President should never havo sent
snch a down there"


THE MISSOURI INELIGIBLE ELECToR-oDJEcr


OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE IN EXAMINING


INTO THE CASE.


The republicans say that the intention OF the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections in summoning
hr of
democratic Presidential clector, not TO dis
turb tho electoral voto In that State much
as place he record instance from democratic
standpoint analogous to that OF Watts in oregon. It
was sought thereby show that the republicans havo
not objected to just such condition OF things tho
democrats have protested against in the Oregon cleo
toral case.


II was proven that d. NJ. Frost graduate OF West
Point; had the State Senate and subsequently
in the Confederate army onlcer but that his dis
abilities had never been removed. However, was
Year: 1876

DEATH OF MRs. CooK.-In the prone, place for such announcements, in this issue of the MINER, will be seen a record of the death of Mrs. Hattie F.. Cook, wife of our friend Hon. E. J. Cook of this place. which took place at their residence on Thursday morning, May 18th, 1876.

 We have seldom, if ever. in the line of journalistic duty, been called upon to chron- lcie the death of one whose life has been so pure, so modest, so unobtrusive and so much beloved by those who were so fortunate as to enjoy an intimate acquaintance with her. Among the foremost in every good work she was yet willing to leave the direction to others and was content to do her part without Osten- tation. kind, affectionate and loving wife and mother, her chief happiness was with her family, yc. she was ever mindful of the courtesies due to others and never failed to render them on all proper occasions.

 Her husband, now bowed down beneath a weight of sorrow almost unbearable, and the two children she leaves to the care of other hands and hearts in the superintendency of their education and direction of their conduct, have the sympathies of the people of Pres- colt in an unusual degree.

 The memory of Mrs. Cook will long re- main green in the hearts of her friends, and her example in life a sweet incense and stimulus in others to initiate her faultless life.
Year: 1876

Some of our friends, it has seemed to us,

 have been somewhat captious with reference

 to the building of the new school-house.

 The position of School Trustee is never profit

 able, and often thankless; yet it is a posi-

 ton that somebody must fill, and we regret

 to see them embarrassed by opposition in

 their laudable and honest efforts to do the

 very best that can be done for the people. . As business proposition, every man who ! thinks must know that there is no invest

 ment of a public character that can be made to yield as good returns to taxpayers and property owners of town or village as that Judiciously expended in building good,

 substantial and commodiOus school-house

 where all the children of all the people,

 whether rich or poor, can receive liberal

 common-school education. We have in our own experience known the population and

 number of houses to double in three years after S20, school house had been built in town that had been at a stand-still or on decline for the past eight years, and with no apparent cause for the improvement other than that people at once acquired con- fidence in the stability of the place from the appearance of the school building, and moved there with their families and bought property, with the assurance that it was a good place 10 educate their children: and thus property increased in price and the town from dying condition revived and is hourishing to-day. Prescott, if she choose. can become the' great educational center of Arizona and New Mexico She has the eli mate, the health, and all the natural sur roundings to make her the seat of colleges and schools that would attract the wealthy and well-to-do of other sections who would seek residence here for purposes of health and pleasure, if by so doing they could combine the education of their children. Many of the wealthier classes of Sonora would also seek to give their children an English education if such facilities were near at hand. in view of these possibilities, and by no means inproba bilities, it behooves us to encourage the natural tendencies to such results by making beginning. We have the climate, the health, the water, the timber, the society, and all other necessary elements, including the largest white popu- latlon Of any town in the two Territories, and why not build a schOol-honse by taxa ton, as the people have voted, and not an noy the Trustees by captious objections and suggestions calculated only to confuse and retard the progress of so needful work
Year: 1876

The latest dispatches received by the HERALD from
Sandy HOOK up midnight stale that steady lookout
kept ior tho Franklin all day yesterday, but moth
ing was seen OF her. II thevesse sighted OIL Barno.
gat Saturday the irsatc. she must have again
Bermuda, winch passed up during the afternoon, had
seen nothing OF her With tho exception OF couple oi
pilot boats with close sails few vessels passed
Tho Southern steamers wyanoke, Gamma and Rich.
mond, as well the Idaho from Liverpool, battlcd
into port despite the terrible gale aud heavy Tho
Hcvetia lay for time OF the Highlands waiting
Tor high the bar. The opinions OF scafar
ing men nrc divided TO tho steamer socn Oh
Barnegat being the Franklin. but the balance Of prob
abilities seems to incline 10 tho affirmative. The
Southern Railroad OF New Jersey seems havs
suffered severely from the suri


SANDY HOOK, l a. h-No signs of Frankin yess
Wind east and fresh Weather cloudy aud raining


NEWS FROM THE SKA.


Early yesterday afternoon The Bermuda mail
steamer Gamma, Captain Lddecoat, was signailcd on
Sandy Hook, but the gale severe that she did
not reach her dock IN tho North River until late In
the evening. The Health Officer could not board her
OF Quarantine owing TO the heavy sea running in ihs
Bay. When tho officers were asked u they .ad seen
anything oil tho frigate Franklin they replied IN the
negative The pilot thought that the lookout a. Barnc
gat headand must have been poor Judge when he rc
ported frgate on that point Ho did hos believe that
any war vessel would run IN shore of BarnsgaL The
Captain had not the Franklin and he dd not be-
lieve that she nywhorc near the coast He stated
that, Judging from his experience, the irigatc
must have encountered northeast and northwest
winds which must havo retarded the progress oil So
large and heavy vessel as the FranklN lie further
expressed the opinion that II the frigate was any
where IN tho oniug when the Gamma sighted sandy
hook Light she would have been disccrned, ana, os
course. reported on arrival in port
Year: 1876

ExAcGERAryp REPORTS or EXCITEMENT.


should be sad, meantime that the reports OF cx-
citomcns Washington are greatly exaggerated. Tho
arrival OF the troops on Sunday night was known to
comparatively low people in tho city and escaped the
observation altogether Of the local pagers was not
until tho New York papers got hors this afternoon
that anything like commoton was created
developed itself TO the public eye, and whatever IL
may bo is kept secret by tho military and naval
authorities The points to be covered are many, and
In case Of an extensive programme or defence would
require more than tho handful OF msn who arc now in
tho Arsenal grounds.


THE PROGRAMME or DErrxcE


Indeed. the protective movement already embraces
Year: 1876

Whether Mr. Adams Is elected
Governor of Massachusetts or not
his nomination will have an inspir-
ing effect in the Democratic national
canvass. His consent to be put in
this position is q conspicuous and
emphatic Endorsement or the leading
name on the Democratic ticket BY
the most eminent, capable and ex-
perienced Of all our public men.
Mr.. Adams Endorsement will en-
courage and strengthen the demo-
has any chance Of success, and 1t
will do more than any other event
which has yet occurred TO attract
the support Of independent voters.
IN. ". Herald.
Year: 1876

A FELLOW was accumulating y for
tune in Amador CAL, by robbing
the sluice boxes of miners. Every
nj hit for years he worked faithfully,
and had stored away nearly enough
money to go East and live upon the
result of his enterprise, when he
unfortunately ran against a cord
that was attached to a gun trap, and
was instantly killed. ...f,s
Year: 1876

The machinery for a grist and
saw mill has been taken to Snoho-
mish City. That district of country
from all accounts, is settling up rap
idly, and will soon be supplied with
all modern conveniences.
Year: 1876

A correspondent makes one good sug-
gestion /; that is, let the boys earn some
thing for themselves, and when they
get it, let them enjoy it with as little
restriction as possible. BE pleasast
with them, and they will learn to love
their home. even though they have
worked hard. If they are intelligent.
BY the time they grow up they will have
a very fair agricultural training. II
they are not proficient, let them study
something else. ...-. -...i.
Year: 1876

IT would be the making of the
Erie railway if, with the dining
room and sleeping cars they would
carry chaplain authorized to mar
ry all the 1sve sick couples where
ever the spasm struck them.