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Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-10
waShin gton.

THE Secretary of the Interior has made the
following important ruling: When a home
stead is Cancelled and a homestead claimant is
found on the land at the date of such cancel
latlon, together with others, who all design
taking the land under pre-emption laws the
homesteader being legally upon the land, his
setti iement right rests instantly on such cam
cellal lOn while the claimants having gone on
the land while it was covered by said home
stead. were trespassers, and the homestead
claimant is the preferred party under the pre-
emption laws.
A LARGE amount of blank certificates of in
debtedness of the District of Columbia were
recently obtained from the printer by some
sharpers, on a forged order The Commits
sioner of the General Land Office has ruled
that person shall be allowed to make but one
entry under the provisions of the Timber Gull
ture act of March 3, 1873 Attorney General
Williams is firmly of the opinion that the pro-
ceedings of the Government against the Credit
Moblller Will be successful. =. The Mexican
Border Claims Commission have finished the
examination of the claims for damages sub
mltted to them. Their final report, which has
been sent in to Secretary Fish, covers 400
cases, involving claims to the amount of
81. 900. 900.
The internal revenue receipts for the fiscal
year just closed were over S115, ,000 600, being
$4,000, 900 above the estimates . The War
Department has sent to West Point, as
trophy of the late war the first gun fred in
the cause of the rebellion. 1t was fired at a
steamer passing Vicksburg supposed to have
Federal arms and ammunition on board .
The Secretary of War, after diligent mvestiga-
tion, has come to the conclusion that no
records have been removed from the depart
ment, as charged.
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office rules that parties making entries under
the first section of the Timber Culture act of
March 8, 1873. are entitled to only one year to
complete the planting of the prescribed area
with trees. The Secretary of War has sus-
tanned the report of the Board of Engineers
in locating the proposed La Crosse railroad
bridge at the foot of Mount Vernon, i'll that
city. The bridge is to be made a post-road
-. The public debt statement for June shows
a reduction of s., 145. 159. The following are
the official figures
Six per cent. bonds. Observation-Disclosures 2S1, ,23S $50
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-10

EUROPE alone possesses III cities con-
tanning more than so, 900 inhabitants.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

A DIALOGUE something like the fol
lowing took place in one of the Free
Assembly galleries one day last week:
Young Lady" There's old DIR. A
going to speak. Isn't he bore?"
Old Lady Qaughing)-" Well, | sup
pose he is; but do you know rather
like him."
Young Lady" can't bear him.
Old Lady (after some time)-" Who is
that nice old gentleman speaking?"
Young Lady" All, that's Mr. b
of c."
Old Lady (hesitatipgly)-" Don't you
think that he is-rather prosy?"
Young Lady Indignantly" No, in
deed, / do not. Allow me to inform yor
that that is my father"
Oh, indeed. Then / am so glad | hi
the mark SO gently, because 'Old DIR
Ais my husband. So | suppose W.
have both got lesson, my dear; dom
you think ?"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

HUMoRs OF THE TELEGRAPH.-Not
long since countryman came into tel
egraph Office in Bangor, Maine, with
message, and asked that it be sent i'm
mediately. The operator took the mes
sage as usual, put his instrument in COM
munication with its destination, licked
off the signals upon the key. and then,
according to the rule Of the Office, hung
the message-paper on the hook with
others that had been previously sent,
that at night they might all be filed for
preservation. The man lounged around
some time, evidently unsatisfed. cat
last" says the narrator of the incident,
his patience was exhausted, and he
belched out, Amt you going to send
that despatch2 The operator politely
informed him that he had sent it. mo,
yer amt replied the indignant man /;
there it is now on the hook"
So far as theuse of language was con-
cerned, the man was right. Still more
ludicrous mistakes sometimes occur
Thus the German papers reported that
at Carlsruhe, toward the close of the
late war, an aged mother came to the
telegraph Office carrying dish of sauer.
kraut, which she desired to have tele-
graphed to Rastadt. Her son must re-
ceive the kraut by Sunday. The opera
tor could not convince her that the tel
egraph was not capable of such per
formance "How could so many soldiers
have been sent to France by telegraph y
she asked, and finally departed grum.
bling.
Almost every operator meets with
equally amusing instances. One recent.
ly related the following incident " A
gentleman came to my Office to send q
message, and after writing it, waited, a;
people often do in small offices, to see il
sent. 1 called s0fice, and the operator
at the other end of the line came TO the
key and said, Busy-wait a minute.
s. / leaned back in my chair to wait
when the gentleman said, Have YOU
sent itr said No: they say they ar,
busy-to wait minute : whereupon b
said, looking surprised. Why, didn'
hear them : and then added, brighteninl
up, as if he thought of the reason, bu
I'm Title deaf IN one ear T think
managed to keep straight face till b
left. but it was hard work. "-Harpsr'
Magazine.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

ANOTHER MATCH BROKEN UP.-This was
between clerk in Danbury dry-goods
store and young lady of that place.
1t was so warm on Friday evening that
she had the parlor window up and he
stood on the lawn and he was just
reaching up for another kiss, when the
sash came down like flash, and knock.
ed off the peak of his nose and scalped
his chin, and he hoped around SO mad
ly and howled so dreadfully that the old
gentleman THOUGHT he was drunk, and
had him kicked out of the yard with s
great deal of ostentation. Monday morn
ing he went West.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
Appetite.

At certain seasons, as IN spring and
summer, the appetite of even the very
robust is apt to fail, and the relish for
meats and heavy food to wane. This is
all right enough, for animal diet in
warm weather heats the blood, tends to
headaches, and is generally unwhole-
some, unless sparingly used. On the
other hand, fresh vegetables, berries,
fruit and bread are cooling, corrective,
and what the palate most Graves. Don't
be afraid to 60 without meat for month
or so, and, if you like, live purely on a
vegetable regimen. We will lose no
more strength than is common to the
time, and that you will not suffer from
protracted heat, as when dining on the
regulation roast.
Many persons regard a hearty desire
for food as something unrelined, indeli-
cate, and to be constantly discouraged.
This is a greater and more harmful mis-
take than that of coaxiug the appetite.
1t is just as necessary for the man who
works only with his brain to eat beet
and mutton, as for the man who labors
solely with hands. The stomach and
the brain are twins the former being
the elder, and having prior right to care
Let that be we'll provided for; and il
will sustain its brother. The people whC
strive to check wholesome and natura
appetite are the people who regard din
ner merely as feed, rot the center o
an agreeable social custom and as tn,
domestic event of the day. We are sor
ry for them, as they must regard eating
at all as prosaic duty, obligatory on then
because they have bias in favor o
living. We all know that we must ca
to live; but we by no means live to ca
simply because we enjoy what we eat
We are not gourmands because we rel
ish chops, nor are we invalids becaus
we want Strawberries.
A good appetite is good thing; bu
not if it is to be worried by urging O
by neglect. ,Seribner's for August
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
MisceIlamY.
The Habit of Reading.

al have no time to read" is the com
mon complaint, and especially OF WON
en-, whose occupations are such as tt
prevent continuous book perusal. They
seem to think, because they cannot de
vote as much attention to books as they
are compelled to devote to their avoca
tions, that they cannot read anything
But this is a great mistake. 1t isn't the
books we finish at sitting which always
do us the most good. Those we devour
in the odd moments, half dozen pages
at time, often give us more satisfaction,
and are more thoroughly digested than
those we make particular effort to
read. The men who have made their
mark in the world have generally been
the men who have in boyhood formed
the habit of reading at every available
moment, whether for five minutes or five
hours.
1t is the habit of reading rather than
the time at our command that helps us
on the road to learning. Many of the
most cultivated persons, whose names
have been famous as students, have CIV
en- only two or three hours q day to
their books. If we make use of spare
minutes in the midst Of our work, and
read little, if but page or a para
graph, we shall find our brains quicken
ed and our toll lightened by just SO
much increased satisfaction as the book
gives us. Nothing helps along the mo-
notonous daily round so much as fresh
and striking thoughts, to be considered
while our hands are busy. A new idea
from a new volume is like oil which re-
duces the friction of the machinery of
life. What we remember from brief
glimpses into books often serves as a
stimulus to action. and becomes one of
the most precious deposits in the treasu-
ry of our recollection. All knowledge
is made up of small parts, which would
seem insignificant in themselves, but
which, taken together, are valuable
weapons for the mind and substantial
armor for the soul. "Read anything
continuously, says DR.. Johnson, "and
you will be learned" The odd minutes
which we are inclined to waste, if care
fully awaited of for instruction, will, in
the long run, make golden hours and
golden days that we shall be ever thank
full for.-Scribner's for august
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

John Phoenix tells the story that he
was one day leaving San Francisco by
the steamer. Everybody was taking
leave of friends-but he did not know
a soul in the crowd. Ashamed of his
loneliness, as the boat sheered off ne
called out in loud voice Goodbye,
Colonel!" and to his great delight
every man on the wharf took off his hat
and shouted Colonel, Goodbyep
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

Extract of Roots and Herbs which almost IN.
ably cure the following complaints;
DYSPEPSIA. Heart Burn, Liver Complain
Loss of Appetite cured by taking few bottles
LASSIrUDE Low Spirits. and Sinking h,
ton cured at once.
ERUPFIONS, Pimples. Blotches and all In.
ties OF Tue blood, bursting through the skin a,
erwise cured readily by following the directio,.
the bottle.
FOR KIDNEY. Bladder and Urinary ds,,.
ments 1t has no equal; one bottle will convilss
most sceptical.
WORMS. expelled from the system with@s
least difficulty; few bottles are sufficient O. 1
most obstinate case.
PILES; one bottle has cured the most IA
case when all other remedies failed.
NERVOUS DIFFICULTIES. Neuralgia
ache, &c., eased Immediately.
RHEUMATISM, Swelled Joints. and all So
Affections removed or greatly relieved by hi
valuable medicine.
BRONCHITIS Catarrh, Commissions, and
terics cured or much relieved.
DIFFICULT BREATH ING. Pain in the La,
few bottles of the Quaker Bitters.
FEMALE DIFFICULTIES, SO prevalent ana
American ladies, yield readily to this inyalus
medicine, the Quaker Bitters.
BILIOUS, Remittant and Intermittant Fever
prevalent in many parts of our country. complies
eradicated by the use OF Quaker Bitters.
The AGED find iu the Quaker Bitters just the
tcle they stand in need OF in their declining ye
1t quickens the blood and cheers the mind
payes the passage down the plane inclined.
NO ONE can remain long unwel (unless afaie
with an incurabie disease,) after taking few bot
Of the Quaker Bitters.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
Night.

Gradually the daylight is fading
shadows imperceptibly steal around the
distant mountains assume the appear
ance of vast stone quarries, while the
bright green of the lawn loses its fresh
ness and becomes sombre gray; the
delicate pink of the rose is converted
into neutral tint, and all nature sinks
into darkness and repose, but not into the
apathy of passive inaction, for nature Is
never idle.
While earth is busy preparing sor its
season of rest, other changes are taking
place in the heavens above US. One by
one the stars come forth like newly
found jewels glittering on the breast Of
night, and cleaning all the brighter as
darkness spreads her sable mantle over
the hills. Proudly Orion girds on his
diamond-studded belt, as if in anticipa-
ton of valiant deeds during the dark
ness Andromeda sadly lights the orient
lamps that reveal her captivity, and as
Jupiter IN all his grandeur magnificent
ly takes his commanding position, the
lovely Pleiades modestly appears before
him, to plead the restoration their loved
and lost. Jean Paul beautifully says
not one star goes down but that an
other rises to fill its place" so it may be
that some silvery light is beaming in
place of the lost.
How strikningly do these mighty Wig
lis remind us of our own lives! AS the
daylight of prosperity fades from our
sky. as the glowining hopes of youth
lose their bright, vivid coloring, and
evening shadows creep on apace over
the dropping heart, does not the night
time of adversely bring forth aspirations
one by one, that lift up the the spirit
and illumine it with dazzling beauty
unseen and uefeit in the light of day ?"
How much of brightness did that
darkness bring forth which obscured the
earthly sights of Homer and Milton.
Truly, their souls were tried in the fur.
mace of affiiction, but instead of being
overcome by the scathiDg flames, they
shone with more respondent lustre than
if the universe had never yelled itself
from their gaze. When the fact was re.
vealed to Milton that this wide, beautiful
world, which his genius SO brilliantly
clothed in all that was grand and glori
Gus was henceforth to be enveloped IL
darkness for him.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
MOVING MACHINES.

OUR neghbors who have good machine needn't
~ feel so bad because we have better one. its
Farmers read what those think of the MEADOW
klNG who know little something about Moving
Machines, who not learning their first lesson in
this line, but have handled mowers before this
mer.
WEsTMINsTKR. W., June %, 1878
Mr. BuTLER.-The Meadow King Mower bought
used. 1t is the lightest draught, and mows the
smoothess leaves no ridges and will work all kinds
of $50 horses each, and find no trouble.
'''' BRADFORD P. PAGE.
Mr. BurLER-D Dear .Sir.NThe Meadow Kiis Nov.
er purchased of your agent D. X. Barry, last sum
mer, fully answered my expectations and your
smooth ground and some very rough SO rough that
| had never thought of moving it with machine
before. some light and some stout grass without
had used Hubbards machine for several years
the Meadow King. do not hesitate in giving it the
preference over any machine / have ever used or
seen The draught is very light. the machine strong
does its work admirably. / would cheerfuliy rec
ommend it to all who wish to purchase a good and
CHAs. S. WHITE.
GRAFTON, VI. June 90 1873.
f. G.. BUrLER.-Dear Sirs.-The Meadow King
Mower bought of your agent last season gave en-
tire satisfaction. moved over 100 acres of grass
most of it very rough. The draught is very light.
rough ground easier and better than any other now
er ever saw, cost nothing for repairs. am ac-
quainted with other mowers have taken pains to as
certain what one was the best and am fully con-
WINGED that the Meadow King Mower is the best.
GEO. W. HALL.
WESTMINSTER. W., Feb. Is, 1873.
Mr.. BUTLER.-The Meadow King Mower bought
of your agent last July is just the thing to cut hay
with. / tried it on both smooth ground and rough,
/ never used mower that does so good work on
rough ground the drought is very high and it seems
the smoqthest Of any machine that | ever saw in
she field. / have used other machines. but the
Meadow King Mower is the machine for me. it never
clogs is easy for the team, gearing simple and turns
the easiest of any machine l ever saw:
WESTMINSTER. VT, Feb. IA, 1873,
Messrs. GREGG Il Co.-Dear SRI purchased of
your agent Mr.. D. K. Barry Meadow King Mower
last July and cut sixty acres Of grass with the same
without one cent of repairs. cheerfully recon-
mend it to all who wish first class machine and
would not exchange it for any machine ever saw.
Yours truly,
DIV. LEACH.
WESTMINSTER, VIZ.
Mr.. BUTLER.-The Meadow King Mower bought
two years ago, gives entire satisfaction. use il
with one two horses as please. The draught is
light, and can recommend it as the best machine
know of
0. L. FISHER.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

Irish Presbyterianism still stands out
against the use of instrumental music in
public worship. The General Assembly,
which has recently been sitting at Bel
fast, argued the question all over again,
ana finally, left it as it was before,
agreeing not to pass any prohibitory law
on the subject but substantially commit
ting itself against such music
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS
Il. II. Ed Y,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS

For INVENTIONS. TRADE MARKS OR DESIGNS.
No. rs State St. opposite Kilby St.. Boston
FTER an extensive practice of upwards of thirty
IA years, continues to secure patents in the United
States also in Great Britain France, and other for
egn countries. Caveats, Specifications, Assignments
and all papers for Patents, executed reasonable
terms with dispatch Researches made to determine
the validity and utility of Patents of Inventions.
and legal and other advice rendered in all matters
touching the same Copies of the claims OF any pa
tent furnished, by RENTING one dollar. Assign
ments recorded in Washington.
No Agency in the United States, possesses superior
facilities for obtaining Patents ascertaining the
patentability of inventions.
All necessity of journey to Washington to pro-
cure Patent. and the usual great delay there are
here saved inventors.
TESTIMONIALS.
"Iregard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most capable and
successful practitioners with whom have had official
CHARLES MASON. Com'r of Patents"
have no hesitation in assuring inventors that
they cannot employ man competent and trust
,oorthv and more capable of putting their applica-
lions in form to secure for them an early and fa-
yorable consideration at the Patent Office.
EDMUND BURKE late Com'r. of Patents"
"Mr. r. ii. Eddy has made for me over THIRTY
almost every case. Such unmistakable proof Of
great talent and ability his part leads to
ommend all inventors to apply to him to procure
their Patents, as they may be sure of having the
most faithful attention bestowed their cases, and
at very reasonable charges. -
Boston. Jan. l. 1878. 1-52
Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-09-13

Il. That the projection of the
commerce of the Columbia River
demands the placing of a steam revenue
cutter with all necessary appliances at
the mouth of said river.
IL. That the producing, CONNER
cial and Industrial interests of the
country, should have the best and
cheapest modes of transportation possi>
Bile; and while the capital invested in
such means of transportation have rea-
reosnable remuneration, and these inter>
ests should be fully protected, the facili
ties for transportation should
be adjusted so far as
possible to the wants of every part lof
the State with no unjust discrimination
as to any section, person or class,
that as capital and labor are
inseprably connected aud mu-
mutually dependent.th resources of the
State will be best developed and the best
interest" cf all ctassess promoted by
mutual concessions and accommodations
between labor and capital and between
the producer and carrier.
IA. That we are opposed to the
setting apart of the Wilowa Valley
for an Indian Reservation, and the
candidate OF this convention is hereby
pledged to use his influence to secure to.
white settlers the land in said valley
that the Modoc murdcrers of citizens on
Lost River and Tule Lake,iu November
last, should at once be delivered to the
civil authorities Of this State, so that
they may be dealt with according to
law; that we are in favor of humane
peace policy toward peaceable indians
But that full and complete protection
should at all times be given to settlers
% our frontiers against the depreda
ions Of hostile and refractory Indians.
Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-09-13
Ths Gibrral RrpubIiran.
DALLAS. SATURDAY sept 13

W. iiiHAM SMITH, of Harrisburg,
mas been nominated by the
Republican Convention for Congress,
and the Hon. j. w. NEsMITH
by the Democratic convention. The
two platforms we give in this issue, and
of the merits Of these gentleman we
shall have something TO say hereafter,
and shall also give our views of the
platforms next week.
Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-09-13
CORRESPONDENTS.


Gle hung o while on a spur OF
misty vapor then slowly ascended up
the base Of the dieing sunset scattering
down the golken horizon autum leaves
of glory, which shrivolcd and circled
through the dazzling space till they
finally rested in hold Of glory around
the closic brow of the conquering hero
of that gigantic enterprise" Feeding
Doues
We are creditably informed that there
is not single business house in Inee.
pendence that can command thousand
dollars or upwards that will subscribe a
single cent to the great "North Amer
lean, receiving, shipping, bridge steam
boat and wareh Que company Cox
President) But this need not impede
the progress of this great enterprise for
with tho $500 warned ont of the county
and the S25, 700 which we are informed
that "7om Chindmen' subscribed
on the spot, we anticipate the raIi
and solid completion of this famous
enterprise, one thing We do know north
of the La Creole and that il we get tc
pay our regular share Of the $500
do you like it, Farmers.
Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-09-13

From q letter written from Baker
county, we learn that times are coed
better than for several seasons past all
the mines are being wor ked and pay
good dividends. Men are wanted st
s65 and $50 month to drive teams.
But, says the letter, no, "sooners" are
wanted (that is men who would sooner
loaf around and drink whiskey than
work. - OregoniaR.