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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-04-03
Preventing The Decay or
Shingles. ....

Take apotash kettle or large
tub and put into one barrel of
wool ashes lye, five ounces Il
alum, aud as much salt as will
dissolve in the mixture. Make
the liqaor quite warm, and put
as many shingles in it as can be
conveniently wetted at once.
Stir them up with a fork, and
when we'll soaked take them
ont and put more, renewing the
liquor as necessary. Then lay
the shingles in the usual man.
ner.
After they are laid, take the
liquor that is left, put lime en-.
ough into it to make whitewash,
and if any coloring is desirable
add ochre, Spanish brown,
lamp-black, ETC., and apply to
the roof with brush or an old
broom. This wash may be re.
newed from time to time. Salt
and lye ara excellent preserv-
alives of " wIod. 1t is we'll known
that leach tubs, troughs and
other articles used in the man.
ufacture OF potash never rot.
They become saturated with
alkali, turn yellowish inside
and remain ,mpervlous to the
weather.-Scientifc AMERICAN.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-04-03

BIDS were received on the
18th inst, for four thousand
shares of Hooking Valley rail-
road. One thousand shares, Of
fifty dollars each, were dis.
posed of for s53,SoS. One
thousand shares was the unis :
sued amount Of the authorized
capital OF a million and a half
of dollars.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-04-03

VANDERBILT has given $780, :
600 for the purpose Of erecting
a large seminary for females on
the grounds of the Moravian
church at Newdrop, Staten Is
land, to be built on the plan
of the seminary at Bethlehem
Pa, also endowed by the Com.
modore.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-04-03

year. Take the next ten years
at that rate, and you can invest
over q thousand dollars in to.
bacco smoke. That invest.
ed in q savings bank, would
give q permanent income OF
sixty dollars a year,-a very
handy thing you'll find, just
as you are beginning life. Now,
| know you think all this is
prosy. You are amazingly given
to figures Of rhetoric, but, after
all, you've got to get on in a
world where things go by the
rules Of arithmetic"
"Well, uncle" |" | said, a little
nettled,"l pledge you my word
that | won't smoke or drink. l
never have done either, and l
don't know why should"
"Good for you'll your hand on
that, my boy. You don't need
either tobacco or spirits any
more than you need water in
your shoes. There's no danger
in doing without them, and
great danger In doing with
them: so let's look on that as
settled.
SNOW, as to the rest. You
have a faculty for stringing
words together, aud a banker
ing after it, they may make or
spoil you. Many a fellow
comes to naught because he
can string pretty phrases and
turn a good line of poetry. He
gets The notion that he's to be
a poet, or orator, or genius of
some sort, and neglects study
Now Harry remember that
an empty bag can't stand up
right; and that il you are ever
to be a writer you must have
something to say, and that
you've got to dig for knowledge
rs for hidden treasure. A ge.
MUS Tor hard aoork is the best
kind of genius. Look at great
writer's, and see how many had
it. whar a student Milton was,
and Geihel Great fellows,
those!-like trees that grow
out in a pasture lot, with
branches all round. Compost
Iion is the Towering out of a
mans head. When he has
made growth, all studies and
all learning, all that makes
woody fibre, 60 into il. Now,
study books observe nature;
practice. If you make good
firm mental growth, l hope to
see some blossoms and fruits
from 1t one of these daye. So
60 your ways and God bless
youp
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-04-03

II CANT ind bread for my
family, ,"saii a lazy fellow. "Nor
l." replied an indus' rious mill
sr;;Sr am Obliged to work for it,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-04-03
IFrOm my Wife and l." By harriet Beschsr
stoWs. y
Good Advice.

Good Advice.
$50 you are going to college
boyl Well, away with you
there's no use advising you
you'll do as all the rest do. II
one year you'll know more thar
your father, your mother, or l
or all your college ofisers III
fact, more than the Lord him
self. You'll have doubts about
the Bible, and think you could
have made a better one. You'll
think that if the Lord had con,
suited you he could have laid
the foundations Of the earth
better, and arranged the course
Of nature to more purpose. In
short you'll be a god, kEowing
good and evil, and running all
over creation measuring Z every.
body and everything in your
pint cup. There'll be no living
with you. But you'll get over
it,--its only the iebrile stage oi
knowledge But if you have
a good constitution, you'll
come through with it,"
| humbly suggested to him
that | should try to keep clear
OF the iebrile stage; that fore
warned was forearmed.
"Oh, iuts tutl you must 60
through your iuoleries. These
are The regular diseases, the
chicken-pox, measels, and
mumps Of young manhood;
you'll have them all. We only
pray that you may have them
light, and not break your con.
slilution for all your lie lhro'
by them. For instance, you'll
iall in love with sUme baby.
laced young thing, with pink
cheeks and long eyelashes,
and goodness only kEOws wha,
denominations of sOnnels you'll
be guilty Of. That isn't fatal,
however. Only don't get en-.
gagged. Take il AS the chicken
pNx-keep your pores open,
aud don't get cold, and ir1l
pass. off and leave you none
The worse"
"And sh.I said | indignant.
ly. You talk as II it was no
what became OF her"
"What, The babS9 Oh, she'll
ou!grOw ii, too. The TACT is,
Soberly and seriously, Harry,
marriage is the thing that
makes or mars a man; its the
gate through which he goes up
or down, and you shouldn't
pledge yourself to /! till you
come to your senses. Look at
your mother, boy, see what a
woman may be; see what she
was to your father, what she is
to me, to you, to every one
that knows her. Such a wO-
man, to speak reverently, is u
pearl of great price; a man
might well sell all he had to
buy her; but it isn't that kind
of woman that flirts with col
lege boys. You dom, pick up
such pearls every day."
Oh course l declared that
nothing was further from my
thoughts than anything of that
nature.
"The fact is Harry, you can't
afford looleries," said my uncle.
"You have your own way to
make, and nothing TO make II
with but your own head and
hands, and you must begin
now to count the cost of every
thing. You have healthy,
sound body; see that you take
care Of it. God gives you a
body but once. He don't take
care of it for you, and what
ever of 1t you lose, you lose
tor good. Many II chap goes
into college fresh as you are,
and comes out with weak eyes
and crooked back, yellow com
plexioh and dyspeptic stomach.
He has only himself 10 thank
Tor il. When you get to COL
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Speed of tho Carr,er.p,uaon

nave shown that thirty miles
an hour is the average, al
though, in q few welrauthentl.
Gated instances, thrice that
speed has been attained. In
1903 an English gentleman
laid a large wager that his pig
cons could fly thirty-five miles
an hour. To decide the ques.
tion, three of his trained birds
were taken exactly that dis
tance from his residence, and
let loose IN the presence Of
witnesses. They arrived home
together in just fitty-three
minutes, or seven minutes
ahead OF time. In 1888, dur.
ing the great annual trial of
carrier pigeons at Ghent, TWEEN
ty four birds were let fly at
Rouen, one hundred and fifty
miles distant, at five minutes
before ten In the morning.
Their flight was carefully,lmed.
One Of them reached Che mt
IN one hour and thirty minutes,
having traversed the distance
at the marvellous rate of more
than ninety miles an hour
Sixteen made the journey IN
two hours and a halt. Several
were never heard from. In
the East wonderful stories
are told of their speed and en-.
durance. The traveller Lith-
gov tells US that one will car.
ry a IL tier from Babylon to AL
leppo IN fOrty.e'ght hours, tn e
places being thirty days. jonr-
ney apart by the slow modes
Of travel used ia the East. But
the stories OF early travellers
are TO be taken with many
grams Of allowance. Although
for short distance, or in ex-
ceptional cases, the carrier
pigeon may attain a much
greater speed, thirty miles an
hour is probably Its average
1t could not sustain a long
fight with greater velocity.
Even this speed can not be
maintained without rest, for
the. carrier-pigeon has not the
endurance which belongs TO
many birds OF passage. 1t al
ways decends at night for shell
Ter and repose, and hence 1t
can rarely fly across a wide ex.
panse OF water. To this was
partly owing the failue OF The
attempt to use them Tor con-
veying intelligence from the
arctic explorers, and partly to
another cause. Some writer's,
chiefly poets and romancers,
would have US believe that the
carrier-pigeon finds his way
home from remote places by a
kind Of instinct; but this is
not the case. Its flight is guided
by sight alone. When let loose
from confinement it rises to a
great height in the air by a Sc
ries of constantly enlarging
circles until 1t catches sight of
some familiar landmark by
which to direct its course. If
flown on a foggy day it soon
becomes bewildere1, and eth
er returns to the place of fight
or is lost. Let loose from a bal
loon on a clear day, and too
far above the ground for OBJ
jects thereon to be discorned
even by Its piercing vision, in
stead of rising, it drops per
pendicuiarly, like a plummet,
until 1t nears the earth, when
it begins to wheel round in a
descending spiral, constantly
increasing in diameter, evil
IDENTIFY for the purpose ADORE
mentioned of ascertaining its
locality, and discovering some
indications for the direction
Of its course.-Haper's for
April.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-04-03

PUGET SOUND, Washington
Territory, exported 100000
600 test of lumber last year.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-04-03

FRANCE thus far has paid
Germany S,5OO,oOO,OOO francs
Oh account of war indemnity.
The St. Cloud journal., 1873-06-19
EAST TENNESSEE.
Correspondence to the Westeru Rural.
Thousands of acres of tillable land in

Correspondence to tho Westesu Rural.
Thousands of acres of tillable land in
Tennessee, to-day, are not being
orked,-thousands of acres arc
growing up into forests again, and
thousands Of acres are giving their
owners all that they can do to pay
taxes upon them. They have had an
idea Qfom their general ignorance Of
northern men, customs and manners Of
liviug,) that they would be glad to come
to Tennessee and pay fancy prices for
their worn-out soils. This immigration
did not come, bat an emigration out Of
it, did. As the lands are being less
worked, they are partially awaking
from their delusion, aud under a just
aud stralt system Of taxation, lands
must soon come down to that point
where Northern men can afford to buy
and improve them. Good school aud
road laws must not only be enacted but
enforced.
This will require time, money and
labor. The latter article they do
not yet know how to value. To mere-
ly exist, and "nQt to live" is the motto,
generally, at present. The majority Of
men here are all land crazy aud noth-
ing short Of 500 or 600 acres will an
swer. One man cannot work that
amount, nor can six men. Then ], 500
and 1000 acres are common.
Railroads are not gong to interlace
the State till there is population and
business to warrant them, and these do
not come by "blowipgv cine OH.
mate" and "mineral lands," but only
by wise laws and actual labor. Many
mineral land tracts are worth more In
the eyes of their owners now, undevel-
oped, than they will be after they ara
fully developed. They make = won-
derful hsllelujah over their "water
power" and "climate:" These are tho
first and the last of a Tennesseean's
conversation, from the enthusiastic
land.agent, to the most isolated rustic
of its mountain passes. These words
are in their mouths like "baeksheesh"
is in the mouths of the half naked
Arabs Of Egypt ) they have sucked it
from the breast. But neither climate
nor water power will be enjoyed or
used without intelligent labor and cap.
ital. On the contrary, the most sterile
soils and rigorous climates, by live en-
terprise aud practical heartfelt well
come, (uot off at arms length ) have be.
come the great emporiums or eenters
of wealth aud commerce. We believe
that Tennessee from this time forward,
will adopt the progressive plan. It may
be slow at first, but it viii be sure.
The St. Cloud journal., 1873-06-19
MINNEAPOLIS,

The names given In this column are those Of the
largest and most reliable houses In their sev.
srallinss Of business - NinusapeAs. =,
The St. Cloud journal., 1873-06-19
REBUKE,

The world IL old ths world 10 cold,
! And never d6aie fAE Erhid;
Out ofths bel len. lls saAhgkt rolled,
The green lsasse erustlsa abss1s my head,
Aud the sea was nsld Of gold
The world II cruel. I said again,
Her voice h harsh TO my shrinking ear.
And the nights are drsary and tull Of paia;
Out Of the darkness, sweet and clear,
There ripplsd tender strain-
-Ripplsd song Of : h.ra slsep.t
That ans In drsalao Of ths building woed,
OF shining fields whore tho rsapszs reap,
Ofawse brown mate and = nesting brood,
And the grass where the berries peep.
The world be false, though tho world be fair,
And never heart ispure, I said;
And, lol the clinging Of white arms bare.
The innocent gold Of my baby's head,
Aud the lisp ofs childish prayer.
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ESTRAY.

NTRAYED from Maine Prsirie, about the
y frst Of May, RED STEER, three years
old, large, white spotted, with large horns.
A liberal reward will be paid for the return
Of the animal to F. Kimball, at Maine
Prairie, or to the undersigned st st. Cloud.
...f...,...I .sa... F.. JOHN RILEY.
St. Cloud, May 2e, 1878. nsy2e.tf.
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E6TRAY.

TAKEN up on my premises, the leth day
i Of Msy, A. D. 1878, one small BAY
HORSE PONY, age unknown, with small
whiie spot in forehead. The owner will
please call, prove property, pay charges
and take him away. --'..:
p. WHITNEY.
Maine Prairie, stearns Co., Minnesota.
May 2lst, 1878. may29-3w
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ST. PAUL.

The names given in this column are those Of the
largest and most reliable houses In their
several lines ofbusinessin st.Paul. *sss
The St. Cloud journal., 1873-06-19

st. Cloud 'Quadrille Band
The undersigned will furnish 6rst-class
music for Balls. Special attention given to
supplying private parties, with from two to
five pieces, as may be desired.
Charges reasonable.
GEO. E. FULLER.
st. Cloud, Sept. 7th, 1871.
The St. Cloud journal., 1873-06-19
MEATMARKET!

MEAT MARKET!
GOETTEN & TROSSEN
Offer to the public, at Hoepner's old stand,
ON st. Germain street, everything in the
line Of MEAT, including,
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal
& Mutton, Dried Ven-
tson, sausage, Head
Cheese &C.,
at IS reasonable rates as any stand in tbs
city.
Give them : call and sec for yourselves.
st. Cloud. Feb. 4th, 1873. v15-n
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G. BRIDGMAN,
Dealer in
LU M B E r ;
1t tho Mills. Lower St. Cloud.
NOTICE.

All persons are hereby forbid trusting
tho young man heretofore known as CLAY
TON T. H1H1s, on my account, ss shall
pay NO debts Of his contracting after this
date. OSCAR y. HINES.
st. Cloud, Mian., Nay 20, 1873. 3w
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13

State Of IleR Iirgiaia.
AZ rules held In the clerk Office Of lh,
Circuit court OF Braxion county, on the lSi
Monday In january, 1919.
Isaac Hoops, plaintiff,
vs.,
Mercy Hoops, defendant.
IN cHAScERr.
The object Of this suit 10 to procure a di.
vOrcc from the bond Of mAirimony from tho
defendant, Mercy IlOopcs, IN favor oflSAae
Hoopes, plaintiff. And happening by az.
6davii filed that the defendant Mercy
HOPES 10 not resident ufthe STATE Of
Hest Virginia, md the defendant not Ap.
IcAring, Il is ordered that she do appear
here within one month after the date Of the
frit publication this order, and do wha,
10 necessary TO protect bel interests In this
suit. TCS,e; JOHN ". JONES, Clerk.
u TFnus, Jaai3.li
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13
Time Of Holding Courts.

LHwr,-Circut Con-on The Is.
day of March and Let day u septem.
h0r.-County Conr.-0n the LIST Mon
day in February, April, June. Au.
gust, October and December.
BRAxTos-Cireuit Court On the
18th Of March and 18th Of August
County Coart-on the Alb Tuesday in
January. March, May, July, sOpsem-
Der and November.
GltMER-Circait Cowt-on The
18th day Of March aud 18th Of Sep.
TENDER. County COwt-0n the %
Monday in February, April, juno,
August, October aud December.
UrsuuR-Ciireuit COuH-0n the
22nd Of March and 22d Of September.
County Court On tho % Monday
in February, April, June. August,
October and December.
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TBlE DIENIDCRRT
Monday, 80 4aM, NS
Cheap Railroads.

Our esteemed friend and former
tOvnsman, Mr.. Il. J. McCandlish.
ever alive to the interests Of his old
home, souds US tho following sensible
article from q late issue Of the Bald-
more Gazette, It will afford food for
soIid reflection and We advise its
careful psrusal by all our readers:
WOODEN TRAllwArs.
It's surprising 10 us that more use
has net been made of wooden tram.
ways in this country for the purpose
OftranspOrting timber from tho forests
where il Is cut TO tho saw mill, or to
ths point where It is to DO aOated
down the river, or even for nVighbor-
hood uses. These wooden railways
have been found Of great service in
Sweden, aud are in usI in some parts
of Canada. For short distances they
have greatly economical manual Ia.
Dor, qnickenei and choapOncd trans
portatiOn, and have enabled the lum.
bes,nsn and miners to dispense With
many Of the teams that wore previous.
" required. An Cnterprising lumber.
man Of South Huron, Michigan, profit
ing by the experience Of others, has
built one Of these tramways through
his timber lands 10 his Saw.mills, and
not only transports his timber over It
to tho mills, where II is sawed into
lumber, bu. carries, subsequently,, his
lumber over tho same road TO It's
Junction with tho Chicago and MiShi.
gan Railroad, by which it is taken to
q market. Tho tramway, which is
two miles and a quarter long, is built
entirely Of wood. Tho ties are placed
four feet apart, and on these are laid
The rails Of beech or maple, four inch.
es by Eve in thickness. twelve feel
long, and Of four feet eight inchO,
gulgc. The ears are twelve feet long,
the wheels Of iron, Two feet in diane.
ter, four inches broad in the tread and
with aangCs Of two and a half inches
These cars, carrying fifteen hundred
feet Of green lumber each, require
but ono horse to draw them, and max,
four trips each a day between III,
mills aud tho railroad. alta cost o
transportation Of fifty cents per thou.
sand feet
The entire expense Of building thil
road. including trcstlcs and sidings
was but n thousand dollars a mile, ant
Teach car, complete, ninety dollars
Another tramway Of the same kind, it
tue same district has been in use du
ring tho past four years, and is said !,
DO still in good condition. Now Their
arO many parts Of the country wherl
the roads arc intolCrably bad at cor
lain seasons Of tho year, and wher
wood is plentiful. Why should no
tho farmers Of such neighborhood
combine to build a similar tramway
and put cars upon it, to trauspor
their products to the nearest turnpik
Or railway.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Rob.. H. W a.crs,

Robt. H. Waters,
Tho Equitable Oil and Mining Com.
pauy and others.
In Chancery in tho circui. oOur. Of
Lewis county.
Tho parties, and all o.hers interested will
taks nsiiee that have set the 9Th day o.
January, 1878, a. my Office in Weston, Lew.
10 county, Hest Virginia, TO execute / I
order Ofreierencr entered on the 9Th day OIL
November, 1879, directing Il 10 bc Asest.
tanned and reported whether tie Corporatiou
1.-THE Equitable OIL and Mining Company
has. been dissolved all debts existing against
thesaae, their priorities, what estate |,
owned by It, what lisRs exist against ii,
sane, and their priOritivI. Under said or.
dor oisald court all persons having debit
against said corporation are hereby warned
10 present and prove the same, brfu te mo
on pain OF being excluded aad barred frOm
participating h the distribution Of The as.
sets OF said corporation.
Given under my hand, As commissioner
in shanccry Of ,aid court, this 18th day u
December, 1871 ". II. BYRSE.
dec 73.4t
Henry BFanaOa, P.q.
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justices Of the Peace.
SENATE pILL No. CO.

Az Acr in relation to tho jurisdiction,
powers and duties Of Justices Of tho
Peace and COnstablcs.
BOi enacted by the Legislature Of
West Virginia:
l. The Jurisdiction Of Justices and
tho powers and duties Of constab!cs
shall extend throughout their eOun-
tiOs.
2. Tie evil Jurisdiction Of justices
of the peace shlll extend to actions oil
assn mpsit, debt, detinuo and trover,
IL the amount claimed, exclusive Of in.
terest, does not exceed Que hundred
dollars, even II tho claim 10 for or
against the town or, county in which
such justice resides. But in every
case whore tho sum in controversy ex-
eesds tho amount or value Of TWEEN ty
dollars. the Justice of tho peace shall,
upon the application Of the defendant,
either in person or by counsel, made
at any limo before trial, transmit the
papers in tho ca4n TO tho clerk Of the
county coart. to DO therein tried and
the clerk Of tho said court shall docket
tho same, aud 1t shall be proceeded in
ssifit were motion in said court un-
der the sixth section Of chapter one
hundred and seyOn,y.Onc Of tho Code
.ef1s6S.
8. When balance is found in favor
Of a party upon q hearing before tho
Justice, exceeding sum for which a
justice is authorized 10 give judgment,
such party may release tho excess, and
take judgment for the residue.
a. liza justice be party TO tho suit
or DO interested In tho result thereof,
otherwise than as resident or tax
payer in the county, or be related to
either Of the parties as father, father
sn.law, sen, sOn.in-law, brother, bro.
thur.in.law, nephew, uncle or frst-
cousin, guardian or ward, or DO a ma.
,terial witness for either party, be shall
no. take eOgniEauce thereof, unless all
the parties to tho sui. consent thereto.
s. II the justice have Jurisdiction Of
the action. any lawful process, order,
or notice therein, unless otherwise
specially provided, may DO directed to
any constable of tho county. or to any
person specially dsputod by the justice
10 serve or execute the same, aud the
oaeer or person 10 whom 1t Is direct.
cd may serve or execute the same aay.
whsrc within his county, or upon any
river or creek adjoining thereto. Il
NAV be directed to tho constable BY
name q by lis official designation
without naming him.
q. For the trial Of civil cases, be-.
fore a justice, no jury shall be al.
lowed.
I. JuIieos Of the peace shall &c!
only a. judicial officers, shall collect
no moneys, aud shall 10 liable for none
% such officers.
s. Appeals shall lie from the ludg' |
rnsnts sfjusiicOs Of tho county courts
In such actions, upon tho Same terms,
within the same time as they now lie
10 lie circuit court, and subject to the
same regulations and be proceeded in
and tried as they now arc 10 tho said
circuit court,
,i,tenl with this act arc hereby re.
pe.lsi' 49,.
ind after the SlA day Of December,
ISi2