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New-York tribune., 1876-08-23

The Blackfeet IN Canada give Sitting Bull
the cold shoulder when he cntrcats them TO
icin him in his wallikc enterprises. With
characteristic insoleEce he thrcatens them with
severe punishment so soon as he has finished
with the Americans. The Indian subjects of
the Dominion have always been treated as
subjects and not as enemies or independent
tribes. 1t Is hard to drag them into'a war.
Our Government has issued elaborate instiuc-
tonS to the Sioux Commission. 1t might nave
added one clause: Study the consistent Indian
policy OF the Canadians.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-23

The Mexican Government ought speedily to
overthrow Canales, the self-appointed Governor
of Tamaulipas if it would retain the respect
of neighboring nations. This dangerous inlla-
ZIONIST insists upon levying forced loans and
issuing worthless paper money Were he sub
dued order would in a measure be restored Id
Mexico.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-23

We suspect that the fine Roman hand OF
Mr.. George Bliss, jr., is to be seen in the pro-
posed suit against Gov. Tildcn for deiraudlnS
the Government out of his income tax. Un-
less the statements of fact however, can De
fatty met it is a much more serious business
for the Governor than the whole record OF
q railway WreckingD put together.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14
A By-Way to Health.

Nobody ever repented Of eating too
little" was the sage remark of an old
gentleman on the verge of ninety, next
to whom the writer had the pleasure Of
sitting at dinner the other night. The
host was pressing him to take more, and
urging him in the usual phrase, I" Why,
you have scarcely eaten anything .
Now it is to be assumed that the old
gentleman's words indicated one of the
by-ways to good health, along which he
had travelled through his long life, and
to which he owed his present remarkably
hearty condition; so it was suggested to
him interrogatively, that he had always
been small eater. Yes," he answered,
ever since | was two or three and
twenty up to that time, | was a weakly
fellow enough, and / used to make the
great mistake of trying to eat and drink
as much as | could, in the hope of be-
coming strong; All my friends and the
doctor backed me up in my error; but
fortunately, found it out in time, and
knocked off'-as our modern slang has
it-more than half my usual amount of
food and stimulants. / gave up the idea
of making myself strong and merely
strove to make myself well, and so !
was contented with eating just as much
as | could digest, and no more. Of
course it took little time and expert
ence to discover the precise limits.
could not adopt the golden rule of
always leaving off with an appetite, be-
cause | never began with one, but by
persistently erring on the right side |
got hold of one of the great secrets of
life the secret of knowing when one
has had enough, and after year or two
| became so much better that used to
find myself keenly ready to eat at meal
time, and by degrees actually acquired
an appetite Then, once found, / never
destroyed it but always determinately
rose with feeling that / should like to
eat more. Naturally the temptation for
a while grew greater as my digestion
grew stronger but I was firm / did
not behave ungratefully to my stomach,
and Immediately presume upon its in
creased powers by overlooking it. / did
not live to eat, but only ate to live and
behold me | have no need to be very
particular as to what | eat, even at my
time of life have only to be careful
not to eat too much" Here, indeed, is
the secret of great deal that is amiss
with many of us. We are in the habit
of eating too much, more than our d.
gestive powers can tackle, and whatever
is not assimilated is more or less poison
Gus. The system becomes overcharged,
and gives any latent tendency to disease
within US every facility for developing
itself. The question is, not SO much
what to eat as what quantity to eat and
nothing but a sharp lookout kept by
ourselves upon ourselves can give us the
answer = 1instey's Magazine.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

| FRENCH MODE OF SELECTING HoRsEs
The purchasers of horses for the
French army always endeavor to obtain
first look at the animal when he is
tranquil and in the stable; noting if the
animal supports itself equally well on
all its legs, and, if one seems to yield,
specially examining it attention is then
directed to the largeness of the pupil of
the eye, which ought to be more dilated
when in the stable, than when exposed
to full light. After the animal has been
led out of the stable, the eye ought to be
again examined to observe if the pupil
has contracted; if not, the sight is fee
BILE; Others, to test the power of vision,
feign to strike the forehead with the
hand. If the hollow over the eyes be
profound and the temple gray, old age
is to be concluded wounds about the
temple suggest. attacks of staggers, and,
when the end of the nose presents cir
cular scars, it may be concluded the
horse has been twitched with a cord to
insure his guietness while being shod or
having had to submit to some painful
operation.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14
Carlyle's Advice to Teachers.

can give no advice or precept about
the matter you write of except this one
remark The grand secret (worth all
the others together, and without which
all the Others are worth nothing and less)
for inculcating and teaching virtues and
graces is that man honestly and with
more and more silent sincerity have them
himself lodged there in the silent deeps
of his being. They will not fail to shine
through, and be not only visible, but un-
deniable, in whatever he is led to say or
to do; and every hour of the day he will,
consciously and unconsciously, find good
means of teaching them. This is the
grand, indispensable requisite. This
present, the rest is very certain to follow.
The rest is the mere matter of detail, de-
pending on speciality of circumstances,
which mans own common sense, if he
is in earnest toward his aim, will better
and better instruct him in. The bust
ness, am sorrowfully aware, is often
enough undertaken without this indis
pensable prerequisite-na in general
there is dim notion abroad that man
can teach such things by merely wishing
to do it and without having them him.
self; but the fatal result inevitably is,
he teaches, can teach nothing but hypoc-
risy and unblessed apery and mendacity.
1t is kind of salvation to his poor pu.
pills if they, in dim way, see through
him and refuse to imbibethe slow poison
of such teaching. | fancy you to be an
ingenious young man, aiming manfully
to do your best in the vocation which
has fallen to you, and | hang up far
ahead, q hope) this ugly but true warn
ing upon a certain path which all NOR
tails of us ought to avoid and abhor
much more than we do at present.-Let-
ter Written IN 1853
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14
5Aiscellamu.
The Young Lawyer.

The Young Lawyer.
The tie which bound certain De
troit youth to lawyers office was sew
cred recently, and his parents were hap
py. They wanted the boy to make a
great lawyer, but he was getting along
too fast. He pursued his studies with
an ardor which cast a judicial shadow
DER the household and created consider
able neighborhood talk. He got trusted
for candy and repudiated the bill on the
ground that he was minor. He bought
dog and went into bankruptcy. He
borrowed pair of skates and defed the
owner to get out writ Of replevip, He
borrowed fifty cents and then made the
lender his assignee.
But the worst of it was in the family
He had legal name for almost every.
thing, and his desire was to prove to his
parents that he was just absorbing dead
loads of law. If he wanted potato at
dinner table, he would remark
Father, file my claim against that
baked potato, and III prove the indebt-
edness this afternoon.
IF he wanted bread, he said Moth.
er get me out writ of attachment for a
piece of bread"
1t was expected of him that he would
build the morning fires, but no sooner
had he gained an insight into law than
he said to his father:
I'm going to move for change OF
venue unless some other arrangement is
made"
He moved for stay of proceedings
when asked to 60 to the grocery, and il
chided for being out nights, he replied
File your declaration and give me a
chance for jury trial
When he was in good humor he would
sit and regale his mother with stories
about how Old Chancery was going up
town one night and met Old Equity and
asked him how Decree was getting along.
Old Pleadings and Exceptions came
along just then and there was a big
fight, and the young lawyer would slap
his legs and add
If Indictment had only been there
he'd have whaled the whole crowd /"
The other day the long suffering father
severed the tie. He was trying to bear
up, hoping for reform, but as he sat
down to the tea-table his son frightened
up and remarked:
The defendant will now take the
stand and be sworn. Now, sir, did you
or did you not come out of a Griswold
street saloon at II O'Clock this morning
wiping your mouth on the back of youl
hand? Tell the jury all about it, sir
1t was little too much, and the boy
doesn't study law any more He plays
with .wood-pile in the back yard. De
troit Free Press.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14
Food for Poultry.

Cook your poultry food in part, and
feed it at least once day in cold wealth.
er Gin the morning is the better time)
while it is hot. Mix with this soft feed
which should be composed of meal and
vegetables, a little salt and occasionally
small quantity of powered charcoal
and pepper This renders it warming,
cleansing, and palatable to the birds.
The value of potatoes, turnips, ETC.,
thus cooked with bran and corn-meal, lis
not generally appreciated. 1t keeps the
fowls in good heart, and is altogether
economical as well. The scraps from
the table can be used up with this feed.
and all the dry bits of the family may thus
be utilized. If you keep but few fowls
one-half their cost of feeding may thus
be saved. If you have large numbers
to provide for, the expense of food il
greatly lessened in the long run by thi.
process, and your birds will be quite bet
ter for this treatment, instead of limit.
ing them to dry grain and cold vic.
tuals continually. Fresh Vegetables
are valuable for their nutritive material
and for the assistance they afford in di.
gestion.-P Poultry World.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14
George Washington.

George Washington was conspicuous
and beautiful instance of a man who
minded his own business Suppose that
an intelligent person living in one of the
European centers Of civilization had
been asked, about the year ITO, what
man then over thirty-seven years of age
was most likely to be the typical great
and-good man Of the modern world !?
Would he have singled out the Virginia
militia officer, at that time busying
himself with the cares of his plantation
ON the Potomac, and whenever social
duties and delights, or whenever polite
politics were convenient and appropri-
atey The strong point about Washing
ton was, that the duty or the pleasure,
the ceremony :or the selfsacriice that
lay in his way, he enjoyed or performed
without shirking, and to the best of his
ability. He did not, as a youth, lie
awake o nights wondering "what he
would be when he grew up to be man."
When he became man, he showed
neither imagination nor genius, but he
had one of the traits of genius, namely,
concentration. He put his mind upon
his present occupation without looking
back or looking ahead. He engineered,
fought the Indians, rode horseback,
wrote letters, went fox hunting, attended
church, proposed to young women, con-
Quoted campaigns, and governed the
United States, each at the proper time,
and each with sincerity of purpose and
assiduity. We do not hear of his swear
ing often when he did, it was thorough
ly done. If he seems not to have been
as successful in the matter of matrimon-
ial PROPOSALS as in other occupations, we
must remember that the centennially re-
vived old wives tales of early and in
discreet refusals of Washington, by the
said old wives themselves, must be taken
with few grains of deferential allow
ance- The Old Cabinet; Scribner for
April
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

REVOLUTIONARY FURNITURE.--To
the eye of one whose liking for our Rev.
olutionary furniture is not new thing
the charm of it consists, apart from its
usefulness, which is evident to everybody
in the color given to it by age, and in
the simplicity with which all its orna.
ment is obtained. Its mouldings are
always good and quiet; just what is
needed, and no more, to round an angle
with elegance, and to catch the light
agreeably, and whenever any craving is
attempted, or paneling, there is a GER
tain moderation in it that is very re-
freshing in these foul times. Yet they
are not too tame either, but their spirit
is the spirit of high-bred people, and
not of folks who like to be conspicuous.
Even the architectural details in bu-
reaus and clothes-presses that these old
people was so fond of, little too fond,
perhaps,-were often very delicately
and adroitly managed, and we find our
selves easily forgiving them, seeing how
well in keeping they are with the effect
of any piece as whole Clarence Cook
IN Scribner for April
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

In old times people called pearl a
" margaret" In an old bible l once
read about the pearl of great price" /"
but it was called precious margaret.
/ read this to little girl named Mar
garet, and she vas very happy to find
her name in the bible. All the Marys
and Marthas, and Ruths, and Abigails,
and Graces, and Charitys, can find their
names in the bible, you know. My
name is not in the bible 1 wish it were.
But there is better place than the
bible in which to have your name writ
ten it is in the Lambs Book of Life.
You may read about it in the Revela-
tion.-Apples Of God.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14
Be Economical.

Take care of the pennies" Look
well to your spending. No matter what
comes in, if more goes out you will al
ways be poor. The art is not in making
money, but in keeping it. Little expen-
ses, like mice in barn, when they are
many, make great waste. Hair by hair
heads get bald; straw by straw the
thatch goes off the cottage, and drop by
drop the rain comes into the chamber.
A barrel is soon empty, if the tap leaks
but a drop minute. When you mean
to save, begin with your mouth many
thieves pass down the red lane The
ale jug is great waste. In all other
things keep within compass. Never
stretch your legs further than your blank
cts will reach, or you will soon be cold.
In clothes choose suitable and lasting
stuff and not tawdry fneries. To be
warm is the main thing, never mind the
looks. A fool may make money, but it
needs wise man to spend it. Remem-
Der, it is easier to build two chimneys
than to keep one going. If you give all
to back and board, there is nothing left
for the savings bank. Fare hard and
work hard when you are young, and you
will have chance to rest when you are
old,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14
The Education of the Presidents.

Inc EuuCatlOn Oh tne 1feSluentS.
The Syracuse University Herald has
madeup the following table of Presi
dents and their places of education
which is of interest
Washington-Good English education,
but never studied the Ancient Lam
guages.
Adams Harvard
Jefferson-William and Mary
Madison Princeton.
Munroe William and Mary.
Adams, j. G. Harvard.
Jackson-Limited education.
Van Buren-Academic education.
Harrison-Hampden Sidney College.
William and Mary.
Polk-University of North Carolina.
Taylor Slightest rudiments
Fillmore Not literally educated
Pierce Bowdoin.
Buchanan Dickinson.
Lincoln Education very limited.
Johnson-Self educated.
Grant-West Point.
Munroe and Harrison did not gradu-
ate. Munroe left college to join the
Revolutionary army. Financial rever-
ses deprived Harrison of full course
Polk was the oldest when graduating,
being twenty-three. Tyler, the young
est, seventeen. The majority graduated
at twenty, this being also the average
age. Jefferson probably had the most
liberal education and broadest culture.
1t is said that his range of knowledge
would compare favorably with that of
Burke The drill at West Point may
be considered equal to college course,
and in many respects superior. In dis
cipline and mathematical training it is
not equaled by any American college.
Counting General Grant, two-thirds of
our Presidents have been college men.
To be sure the two whose names have be-
come household words, Washington, the
Father, and Lincoln, the Martyr, were
not literally educated /; but theirs were
special missions They live in the af-
fections of the nation, rather than in the
intellect as embodied in the Constitution
and laws, Theirs was to execute, not to
mould.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

ELIZA" said clergyman to one of
his parishioners, whom he saw with her
hair in curling papers, " if God had de
signed your hair to curl He would have
curled it for you" He did, sir, when /
was a child" was the reply; but He
thinks now am old enough to do it for
myself"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

A Hartford girl, treating a too fire.
quent gentleman caller rather coolly.
drew from him the remark fear
you are not dealing squarely with me-"
&C. That's because you are round so often"
was the quiet reply.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

Many are judged harshly by the world
because they allow no eye but Gods to
see into the inner sanctuaries of their
hearts.-Ahce A. Craagford.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14


Southey used to say that his means
lay in an inkstand and Byron some
where says that drop of ink may make
million think. Ink has been very
aptly designated as the black slave that
waits upon thought. "Take away the
sword" said the famous Cardinal of
France. estate can be saved without it.
Bring the pen." 1t is the enchanter's
wand, in itself nothing, yet taking sor-
Gerry from the masters hand wherewith
to move the world. But we had fable
in our mind which we would depict for
our readers. The sword of the warrior
was taken down to be frightened, though
it had not been long ont of use. The
rust was rubbed off, but there were spots
that would not disappear-dark, signi-
ficant spots; they were blood. The
sword was on the table near the pen of
the secretary. The pen took advantage
of the first breath of air to move little
farther off. "Thou art right" said the
sword, l am bad neighbor." Il fear
thee not" replied the pen 81 am more
powerful than thou art, but l love not
thy society" :" / can fash like light
ming" said the sword. "Ah but nv
rays are eternal, said the pen. Il ex-
terminate" added the sword. "And l
perpetuate," answered the pen. "Where
were the victories if | recorded them
not? Even where thou thyself shalt
one day be-in the Lake of Oblivion I"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

A .PIGMY GRAVEYARD IN TENNEs-
SEE. An ancient graveyard of vast pro-
portions has been found in Coffee Coun-
ty. 1t is similar to those found in White
County and other places in Middle Ten
nessee, but is vastly more extensive and
shows that the race of pigmies who once
inhabited the country, were very numer-
Gus. The same peculiarities of position
observed in the White County graves
are found in these. The writer of the
letter, describing the burying-plaee.
says: "Some considerable excitement
and curiosity took place a few days since
near Hillsboro, Coffee county, on James
Browns farm. A man was ploughing
in field which had been cultivated
many years, and ploughed up mans
skull and other bones. After making
further examination, they found that
there were about six acres in the grave
yard. They were buried in a sitting or
standing position. The bones show that
they were dwarf tribe of people, about
three feet high. 1t is estimated that
there were about $4,000 to 100, 900 thou
sand buried there - NashuiNe american.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

A sign of spring-a woman with her
dress turned up, brush in her hand,
mischief in her eye, and splotches of
whitewash on her face.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

federation is that grace which is in
culcated by every one, but which seems
be to be practised by no one
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

We fit ourselves quickly to things and
make them fit. The inevitable is a great
incentive to adaptation.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

Let the young remember that the road
to eminence in every calling is always
through hardship and toll.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

Cream colored chip hats, trimmed
with Strawberries are in the fashionable
future
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14

Hitch up beauty and virtue together
and you have the best team in the world.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-14
Business Cards.

s. WALKER, Attorney at Law,
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-18

OF THE seasons work On the Opp r
Willamette has beou the Construction of
twelve wing dams at various points be-
tween Corvallis and salem. The CON-
bined length OF these wing dams i.
about 400 feet The dams have. al
ready been of great benefit to the chan
me- Col Wilson very much desires to
build dams at other places, bu. the ap-
preparations for that purpose have been
exhans,sd and i, is impossible TO do so.
A, Humphreys Rock. aud Rocky Rap
Ids, ~ cubic yards of solid rock have
been removed. which have been OF great
beDefft.-Be<
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-18
r Ell E G r A p HIC


PORTLAND, Ne, Oct. i5.-F j. A.
smith. formerly member If Congress.
aud Tor long time closely connected
with telegraph interests. died to-day.
PORT RICHMOND. Pa. Oct. ia
ssnguinary conflict between number
Of tsamps and drunken miners &C.
CURED this morning hear Shamok,n. in
the Northumberland coal region. The
fight lasted several hours. aud resulted
in the death OF three participants one
miner who MAS, until recently. en-
ployed in the collieries Of Mineral Run
Mining Railroad Company Sahsc
aueutiy some strikers from one II the
mines in the district. also engaged in
the riot. One of these, known as Big
Bully" WAS thrown over All embsnk-
ment along the Shamokin branch Of
the Northern Central railru~d. and in
s,ansly killed by . passing train. 20
heavily loaded coAl-osrs passing over
him After the fsh, some Of the party
wen, TO another part Of the roSion near
the Sohaylkill county border, and com
mittei numerous acts of violence.
NEW YORK, oct i6-The German
indcpenden, Cisisen'. County Conven-
,ioa this evening uosnins,ea Andrew II.
Green Tor Mayor. AMI appointed COM
mite. 10 tender him the nomination.
The =, Paul pioa~r Pres special
from Bismarck says the Indians a.
Standing Rock s,gnesi the treaty rclin-
gushing the Black Hills on Wcdnes-
day. The treaty MAS - far modified
rs nos Ia insist upon their removal t.
Indian Territory. The troops intended
for the expedition 10 into camp to-
morrow. and will probably leave seoat
Wednesday. Gen s;arsls. ga rssfs 20
Join his regiment. will probably com
,nand the expedition. unless Terry goes
in person.
LOUISVILLE. Oct. l6.~-AFrAngsmeuts
are icing made for a grand fra;ernal
Methodist meeting IN this city On the
ssth. by the u. Z. Church sSash os