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An overshadowlnu Power.

WAS travelling the other night be-
i tween Mount Mansfield and Cancels
Hump, in Northern Vermont, and sud-
denly heard the sound of the railway
train cease. We were moving twenty
miles an hour. II was four o'clock, and
great Orion was looking down upon the
great majestic ranges. l heard for an
instant the humping of the wheels of
the railway carriages upon the road tim
bers, and then felt myself reeling down
an embankment the height of which
estimated by the time when we left
the track to theinstant at the end which
came not will it never come thought
of all my life in those instants of sus-
pense. did. | give you my word of
honor that / had passing before me
very complete record of all my career,
especially of its relations to that God in
whose immediate presence l expected to
be In an instant. Just the experience of
many who are drowning came to me as /
lay wide awake in the berth of Sleep
ing-coach and waited for the striking
We struck, and the interior of the car
fell together like cob-work, and / felt
that was alive and uninjured, the es-
cape owing wholly in the strength of
the car. The common passenger car
riage just ahead was smitten to pieces
and set on fire, and in our carriage the
first question was
Are there any lights hereY Put
them out"
Now, in that instant, wanted peace
with God What do you suppose L de-
pended on My own righteousness ? 1
didn't think L could be safe with God
unless loved what He loved and hated
what he hated. 1t was u searching
question to me at that moment whether
had attained similarity of feeling with
God. Yes, sir. But you say this is the
exploded doctrine of the new birth. The
Bible says the new birth is needed for
salvation. Well, / was not in the mood
to sneer at the new birth because it is
Biblical, or because ministers teach it,
when L was reeling down the marble
bank, a little West of Montpelier, at
four O'Clock on winters morning, on q
railway accident. L wanted this Book
and the thing what seemed to me the
g rock of ages" then was the Biblical
incubation Biblical promise, Biblical ex-
hortation, and the tried and tested GER
tainties of this revelation of God. I
wanted that for dying pillow, and not
Theodore Parker's guess, if you please.
reverence Theodore Parker as an anti
slavery reformer. / reverence hundreds
and hundreds of men who don't hold
my opinion; but when / lie dying, L
don't want their speculations to rest my
head upon. 1 want that Book for pill
low, for that Book rests ON the nature of
things. That is the only honest Book
in the world. That tells me what am :;
that tells me how to get into the mood
of peace with God; that is what 1
wanted on cool winter night as rolled
forty feet down precipice, expecting
instant death and if that is what 1
wanted then, it's what 1 want any time,
isn't it? What is true in our highest
moments is true in all moments. And
what we see only by flashes is true the
whole day long, the whole year long,
life through, eternity through. If there
is any certainty, it is certainty for all
time and places.-Joseph Cook
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30

duck, and che had q way of doctoring
up shavings so that the pigs'd eat them
and grow fat on 'em. / believe that
woman could built a four story hotel II
you'd give her single pine board or q
steamboat out of wash boiler, and the
very last thing she said to me was TO
bury her in the garden SOS she'd be
useful down below there, helping to
shove up the cabbage. I'll never see
her like again"
We don't believe he will either.
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FergusOn's Secret.

IN THE month of May, 1856, one
L fine morning, 1 found myself in the
county town Of M, no matter in
what State.
1t was the first day of the Circuit
Court, and great murder case was
about being tried. The town was crowd
ed, and lodgings were at a premium.
applied at the principal, in fact, the
only hotel in the place, and was quietly
told that every room was occupied
was in despair it was twenty miles
to the next town, and was very tired
and little sick.
Couldn't you make me upa shake
down on the floor somewhere ?" asked,
piteously.
The clerk shook his head.
Can't do it," said he. I'm very
sorry, but" and so on.
Then, what am to do?" said L
helplessly. &C can't sleep in barn"
WE'LL" said the clerk, slowly,
there's one thing you can do"
WE'LL" said I.
There is man here, Mr.. Fergu-
son, an Illinois farmer-a witness in
this trial, by-the-bye- he has room all
to himself. If you could persuade him
to let you sleep with him, you might
tomorrow morning find private lodg-
ings."
Z" Exactly" said 1 )" there's a good
iIao-w1,ora 10 Earo,cOY, 90
He pointed out the man, who was
seated in one corner of the room, alone,
and very moody-looking. 1 walked up
to Ferguson, and tapped him on the
shoulder.
He jumped up as if shot, and glared
at me in worried and frightened
manner, that puzzled me to explain.
What do you want ?" he asked,
grufiy.
made known my wants, and to my
surprise he acquiesced.
"That ISL he said, quickly, " if you
sleep quietly, and don't snore."
gave my word that I slept like an
infant, and indeed 1 did, and when
e~nAhS NhO AunpSI Vi blc IOOIu, l.
strolled out through the town, and at
last dropped in the court room.
About half an hour 1 watched the
trial, and then the crier called OUT
Stephen Ferguson ~
Ferguson came to the witness-stand,
and was astonished at his melancholy
countenance. He looked frightened,
worried, remorseful and even, to my
eyes, guilty-of what could not say.
His evidence went dead against the
prisoner, and when at the end of two
hours, Ferguson stepped down, his
countenance had upon it the most fear
ful agonized expression / ever saw in a
human face.
"Good Heavens ?'' thought, APPALLED,
at the idea, can he have committed
perjury? Has he sworn an innocent
mans life awayY"
Overcome by these thoughts, / wan
dered back to the hotel, and there /
heard from the clerk that Ferguson had
retired to his own room, and said that
he was going to bed.
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"Give me my valise,n said. "I'll
take II up to my room. won't disturb
him."
went up stairs softly, and entered
his room quietly. But as swung the
door back 1t creaked little, and Fergu-
son started up in the bed.
Who's thatY he shouted, and his
face had on IL such haunted look that
pitied him.
It's only L." said I, quietly.
He sank back In the bed, and covered
his face in his hands.
put down the valise and made some
changes in my clothing.
Just as l was going out Ferguson
started up again;
Stranger ~ said he, in a husky
voice.
Well 2" said I.
BY way of an answer he groaned dis
mally, and muttered feebly. It's no
use-goW
Seated down stairs over my newspaper,
pondered deeply.
Was he about to conlide his secret
to mep Pershaps so who knows
But his heart failed him. What shall 1
do ?"
L thought long and earnestly, but
came to no conclusion when bed time
arrived.
" Perhaps he ewould divulge something
in his Sleep" l thought, "and if he
does i will inform on him."
Having come to this conclusion, /
went up to his room and retired, having
first carefully placed my revolver under
my pillow, within reach, forif he should
think that 1 knew he had secret, he
might do something desperate.
Ferguson was asleep when got into
bed and for an hour or so he slept, but
very restlessly, muttering, but so family
that could not catch the words. Sud-
denly he awoke
Good heavens ~ he exclaimed fran
tically. Will it never leave me OH
why did 1 ever come here ?"
My heart almost ceased beating, was
so agitated at the confirmation of my
suspicious.
He groaned dismally for few moments,
and then arose, and for the next half
hour paced the floor, wrin ging his hands
and moaning:
He has committed some terrible
crime" 1 thought, Mortified, "and his
remorse is killing him."
Presently he stopped.
+" Stranger" he said, softly.
answered nothing.
Stranger ?" he repeated.
Well ?" said at length.
Stranger, he repeated again, 81 want
to ask you something"
Well ?" said /, anXiously.
Do you" he stopped short and
groaned.
g Go on" said I, encouragingly.
Do you know" he said, groaning,
"any cure for neuralgyp I've had it
dreadful bad for nearly two days now,
and can't get shet of it. It's driving
me almost crazy.
1 happened to have bottle Of neural
gia remedy with me, being subject to
the complaint myself.
gave it to him and the rest of the
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30

ggr Tartini, the celebrated Italian
violinist, one night dreamed that the
devil appeared to him, challenged him
to a trial of skill on the fiddle, and
played piece wonderful for its beauty
and difficulty, When Tartini awoke he
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
TEGETINE.
SIZE RESTS WELL

SHE RESTS WELL
SOUTH POLAND, Me-. Oct. II, 1876.
Mr. ii. r. STEVENS.
Dear Sjr:--I have been sick two years with
the liver complaint, and during that time have
taken great many different medicines, but none
OF them did me any good. i was restless at
nights and had no appetite. Since taking the
VEGETINE rest we'll and relish my food. Can
recommend the Vegetine for wha II has done for
me. Yours respectfully
Mrs ALBERT KICKER
Witness of the above.
Mr.. GEORGE NJ. VAUGHMAN
Medford Mass.
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TE g E TIN E.
REV. j. P. LUDLOW WRITES .

i7s BALTIC STREET, BRooKLYN. N. ",
Nov IA, 1874.
II. II. STEVENS. ESQ.
Dear Sir From personal benefits received by
Its use, as we'll as from personal knowledge OF
those whose cures thereby have seemed almost
recommend the VEGETINE for the complaints
which 1t Is claimed TO cure. JAMES 7. LUDLOW,
Late Pastor Calvary Babtlst Church,
Sacramento, Cal
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VEGETINE.

GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN.
BOSTON HOME, Ia TYLER STREET.,
BOSTON, April, 1876
ii. II. STEVENS.
Dear SIR I'VE feel that the children in our
home have been greatly benefited by the yEGE-
TINE you have 80 kindly given us from time to
time, especially those troubled with the ScrOfula.
With respect.
MRS N. WORMELL, Matron.
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TEGETINE.
REV. o. T. WALKER SAYS

Providence, r. l., 164 Transit Street.
ii. II. Stevens, Esq
] feel bound to express with my signature the
high value place upon your VEGETINE. My
family have used 1t for the last two Years. In
nervous debility it invaluable, and / recon-
Ovating tonic.
o. 7. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor Of BowdOln square Church,
Boston.
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FTNRESPASS NOTICE.-Notice is hereby by Civ.
Il en- to all persons not to trespass on the
grounds OF the undersigned, situate in Madison
and jackson townships. by picking berries, fish
ing, hunting. or otherwise trespassing, as they
will be dealt with according to law.
SOI. V. GREY ISAAC HoILENBAUeH
j. B. COMP MRS. MARY b. SMITH
SOLOMON BOWER; MRS SARAH STAMBAUGI: :
ID: JOHNSON; JAMES A. ANDERSON
W. Is, GRAY JEREMIAH HENCR
ANDREW TRoSrLE JAMES WOODS,
s. G.. SMITH ID. SrANBAUGH.
June 10, 1877. pd
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30

DRINTING Of every description neatly ex-
Il ecuted at the Bloomfield Times Ofiee, at
reasonable rates.
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TEGETINE.

NOTHING EQUAL TO 1T
South Salem, Mass, Nov. II, 1876.
Mr. II. II. Stevens.
Dear Sir Il have been troubled with Scrofula,
Canker, and Liver Complaint for three years.
Nothing ever did me any good until commenced
using the VEGETINE. j consider there is moth
ing equal to lt for such complaints. Can heartily
recommend 1t to everybody. Yours truly,
MRS. LIZZIE M. PACKARD,
No. 16 Lagrange st., South Salem, Mass.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-18
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RIVER NEWS.

The Nellie Peck was expected to
leave Yankton for Bismarck on the IA
inst.
Tho Silver City arrived at Sioux
City on the 18th, enroute for 'up river
points.
The Tiger left Sioux City on the 18th
for points up river.
The Silver Lake is being thoroughly
overhauled. repaintsd, &c., and is on
tho docks 1t Yankton for thatpurpose.
The,Rlsck Hills was rated below the
standard in. 9emS important respects
by the st. Louis Board of Underwri-
ters, and Was forced to 60 on tho docks
in order to have some of her parts
strengthened. She left st. Louis for
Bismarck and Fort Benton on Saturday
last.
The following table of distances on
the Yellowstone has been compiled by
Abe Hutchinson, steamboat pilot. We
find it in the st. Louis Republican of
the 10th:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-18
North 6sRactac Farming.

! Thos. Garfield, one OF the large farm
ers of the North Pacific region, is in
the city experimenting the opening Of
Gen. Starks' large farm near Bismarck.
Mr.. Garfield has seeded 400 sorestHith
wheat, on his Lake Park farm, this
year, Gen. Cass and associates have put
in 1000 acres, and man. other large
tracts have been seeded. Mr.. Canfeld's
teams will break 800 acres at once On
Mr.. Starks' section near Bismarck, and
dwelling and outhouses will be con-
structed and the land fenced when Rob
ert Aacnider will take charge and oper,
ate the farm for.several years. This is
a move in the right direction. The sod
only needs to be turned and the seed
planted in this country to prove that
the land is in every respect desirable
for. agricultural purposes, and as large
capitalists, who are interested in the
North Pacific take the lead, the bone
and sinew Of the land will follow ;l and
the time is not far distant when this
portion of the country will prove to be
the best wheat region on the continent.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-18
Black Hills Stages.


Daily stages between Bismarck and
the Black Hills will be put on in abou,
ten days-in the meantime the tri
weekly stages are crowded. The stage
which left yesterday morning carried
the following: r. s. Blakely, Peter
Seims, A. Simuns, P. w. Savage, E. SAY,
age, Mrs. j. S. Rogers, Mrs. Chase and
two children, Mrs. Apt and three chill
dren, and Donald Stevenson. The fol-
lowing are booked for Saturdays stage:
g. T. Hobart, n: E. Hobart, A. B. Bar
teau, VIM. Doherty. Donald Mcleod,
two young men named Meeker, and a
celestial named Que-on; and the fol
lowing are already booked for Tuesday
TIC. Mccarthy, s. Z. Smith, J. Bartelle,
A. T.. Fischer apd three others whose
names have been published heretofore.
Mrs: Anna Leonard goes on Thursday
next. The following came in by the
last Deadwood stage, which made the
trip in 62 hours, w. b. Golfer, Guy
Salisbury, Louis Olson, VIM. Brown, w.
4. Hickert, Thos. Walton, James CALI.
CHER, w. Dingman, @. Hubbard, w.
Mccormack and F. w. Zingler.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-18
The Man Who Stops HIS Paper.

AA0 AAA&AA W ~ HSOVxS AAAS = &SSOAs
Philip Gilbert Hamerton, in his admi-
rable papers On sc Intellectual Life," thus
talks to the man who I" stopped his pa
PERI /" Newspapers are to the civilized
world what the daily house talk is to the
members Of the .family ily-they keep our
daily interest in each other, they save us
from the evils Of isolation. To live as
member-of the great white race that has
filled Europe and America and colonized
or conquered whatever territory it has
been pleased to occupy; to share froin
day to day its thoughts, its cares, its in
sprations, it is necessary that every man
should read his paper. Why are the
French. peasants SO bewildered and at
sea-? It is because they never read
newspaper. And why are the inhabi-
tants Of the United States, though scat
tered over a territory fourteen times the
area of France, SO much more capable of
concerted acton, SO much more. alive and
modern, SO much more interested in new
discoveries Of all kinds, and capable of
selecting and utilizing the, best Of them?
1t is because the newspapers penetrate
teverywhere, and even the lonely dweller
on the prairie or in the forest is not INTEL
lectually isolated from the great currents
of publcslife which flow through the tel.
tegraph and press" >s-.,-s .,s.-ss
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The Chinese Remedy . Fai1ure.

The Chinese Remedy q Failure.
A Chinese physician says that m case
of nightmare, instead of rudely awaking
the sleeper by bringing in light, you
should e.bite his toe" This is very
simple remedy-at least Mrs. Poppleton
thought SO, for she treasured the recipe
up in one of the chambers Of her memory,
and the other night when PopPletou was
seized with o-horsepower nightmare,
seventeen hands high, and in muthed
and ghostly voice muttered: sOwho-
whwoh! Ughughughuhu!" as if a circus
elephant was performing tricks ON his
stomach, she quickly slid to the foot of
the bed, and was in the act of seizing his
big toe in her teeth, when the dreamer
gave vigorous kick and Mrs. Poppleton
was shot over the tall board of the bed on
to the floor, with four teeth half way
down her throat. The noise awakened
Poppleton, and hearing his wife scream
ing at the rate of forty knots an hour, he
seized chair and wildly struck right and
left all over the room, nearly bra1ning
Mrs. Poppleton before he discovered the
true situation of affairs. It was terrible.
mistake, and Mrs. Poppleton was laid up.
two weeks and FIVE days, and the first
thing she did when she recovered suffi-
cient strength was to smash SITS worth
of Chinese curiosities she had purchased
lat the Centennial, and she says if she
were man she would go to China and
not return home until she had spit upon
that physician from fgure-head to rudder.
Or words to that effect. Poppleton en-
joys his nightmares as of yore, without
wifely interference.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-18
.Sheridan's Babies,

Monday night the household Of Gem
Phil. Sheridan was thrown into q state
OF confusion. Certain swaddliDg gar
ments were brought forth. An addition
was expected in .Ph,ls family ranks,
There was Just clothes eooughs for one.
Buta pair came, and two had to1be gar
mented. =
General, 1 trust that you willpardon
me for tampering with your family af-
fairs" said reporter thismorning,
but it is understood that you are a
father" e
"Yes,n said the little General, bright
ening up. sand happy one, too. All
that bothers me, however, is that l made
wrong calculation. / expected one,
while two came. They are girls at,
that, and bouncing ones in the bargain
The babes being both of the female
persuasion, the General can't make.
army officers out of them. and he is
seriously contemplating making them
both goddesses of liberty. Chicago Post
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-18
The Star Brewery is manufacturing
: fine article of beer. 1t has a good
color and fine favor and is justly pop

The greatest difficulty in the way Of
q public school is the lack Of suitable
building and the directors have about
determined to erect a school house If a
suitable location can be secured from
the city. This is as it should be. Our
school interests have been neglected
long enough. The hitch in the school
funds mentioned does not seem to be Of
very serious nature. The law pro.
|vides that they shall. be paid over in
July BY the County Treasurer on the
order of the Superintendent, but in the
meantime, as matter of courtesey, the
county treasurer, though not author.
Fized by law to do so, is.willing to cash
the outstanding orders of the district.
There are now sufficient funds in the
treasury to maintain good school for
several months. ~
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-18
BLACK HILLS NEWS.

Charley Collins will commence the
publications Of che Bllck Hills Champ
ION at GaytiHe, ID = few days. Arthur
Douglas, Of Duluth, has purchased an
interest in the Crook City Tribune,
which has already reappeared, enlarged
and improved. The Custer City Herald
'fourisfes; the sDeadwood Pioneer is
one Of the liveIiest papers in the w est,
and the Times is said to be running
successful career as daily.
Dealers in bogus dust are crowding
the Deadrood iails.a
Judging the situation~b by the cry Of
lumber which we see in the Pioneer,
several additional saw mills would find
suitable openings for business ISL in the
Black Hills. 80 s..
Deadwood and other mining camps in
the Hills, are over crowded with an idle
and destitute class of people, who have
been lured thither by the cry of gold.
Most of these land in the country With
out means and without mining or other
frontier experience, and could not make
even living, much less a stake, if
every rock was studded with gold.
Men without means or without pur-
pose had best remain away from the
Hills.
The Pioneer says work has commen-
ced on almost every claim on Dead
wood and surrounding gulches.
Mesgrs. Gilmer, Salisbury d Co.,
have commenced mining operations in
the Hills and are employing large
force of men day and night.
One firm is mentioned which cleaned
up one hundred dollars one day last
week, from drain dirt.
The Black Tail lode, above Gayville,
owned by Messrs. Gray & Co., is spo-
ken Of By the Pioneer as mountain
Of gold. Three hundred tons Of high
grade ore Is on the dump.
Numerous lodes on which work has
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-18
The President has appointed the fol
lowing Cadet Midshipmen: Joseph j

The President has appointed the fol
lowing Cadet Midshipmen: Joseph ].
Woodward, Ir., son of Surgeon ]. ].
Woodward, U. S. A.; Marcus Duvall,
son of Medical Director Duvall, U. 8. A.;
John w. Payer, of the Soldiers Orphans
Home, Of Normal, ILL.,; James H. Col
well, of Carlisle, Pa, whose father was
l Captain in a Pennsylvania regiment, and
/ was killed at Antietam; Robert B. Dash
iell, of Annapolis, Nd, son of Rev. d.
Dashiell, of st. Johns College, that city;
Alex c. Oliphant, Trenton, N. J., son Of
S. A. Oliphant, formerly brigadier gen
eral Of volunteers; Nathaniel w. Hub
bard, r., Cedar Rapids, Ia; Henry R.
Cohen, Savannah, Ga; Eugene Carroll,
Cincinnati; and D. E. Harrison, Indian
apolis. He has also appointed Rev. r
r. Gurley, grandson Of the late Rev.P.
r. Gurley, cadet midshipman from the
District of Columbia
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-18
3Gardsn Seeds. 4.
"A fnll line Of garden seeds at Hollem.
The Fort Pierre Route.

The TRlBDHE does not desire to speak
disparagingly of q rival .interest, but
the fact remains that those who 60 to
the Hills via Of the Fort Fierre route
almost invariably meet with dlsappoint-
ments Of one nature or another. Every
boat from Fort Pierre brings returned
Black Killers, who take the Northern
Pacific railroad At Bismarck, having
become tired Of and dlsgusted with
Fort Pierre accommodations while
visiting for boat from below. And
Whatever may be said in favor of the
Fort Pierre route for freight, and we
admit it has advantages of no mean inn
portance, the fact remains that it takes
longer to reach Fort Pierre from Yank-
ton or Sioux City, under the most fa-
vorable circumstances, than it does
Deadwood from Bismarck, and general
" five days longer. Arriving at Pierre
the pilgrim finds no accommodations,
and this spring all have experienced
great discomfort. We extract the fol.
lowing from the St. Paul Dispatch, and
assure our readers that it is mild in
comparison with the general express.
sion Of those who have tried thatroute
Apostal card, dated Fort Pierre
May 9Th, addressed, to a gentleman in
this city, from f. Strassburg, who lef,
st. Paul about the 9Th of April fer the
Black Hills, says: 4 arrived here OF
the first of May-was eight days coming
from Yankton by steamboat. The
river is very low and boats have hard
time getting here. Pierre is not much
of "a place. There is three eating houses
one meat market and one. genera
country store.'