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them go into his hands, so Harry ac-
cidentally dropped the whole thing,
and made the biggest 'pi' Mr.. Smith
ever had to sort.
The office left town next day, and
the villagers felt themselves much de-
frauded. Every one who had paid his
subscription, and some who had not,
grumbled exceedingly, for small dull
town, every mole-hill becomes noun
tain.
When the week came around, to
their utter amazement, they received
their papers as usual.
This was another subject for talk,
and the unanimous decision arrived at
was, that the paper was printed in
st. Paul.
Harry and Nell never told of those
four days and nights work. Nell re-
turned to her books and crochet,
though that had rather lost its charm
for her, and Harry went to St. Paul to
make arrangements for business.
And every week the Empress came
out as usual.
When at last the final issue was
mailed, Nell packed her trunks and
took the stage one morning for st.
Paul.
Harry was in successful business
with Mr.. Harte, and when after a
week OF SO sightseeing and idling
around, Nell began to long for work,
she laughingly proposed to take a po-
sitionSin their Office.
They told her they had other bust
ness for her.
''I'llgive you plenty to do as sister,
said Harry, rising, as he spoke, to
give an order to a waiter at the door.
''And las wife, whispered Mr..
Harte.
Nell turned away, but he seized her
hand
"May will you! don't say No,
Nellie, he hurriedly whispered.
Nell didn't say NO and moreover
she sat very still, and said nothing
while he kissed her hand and whis
pered:
''Silence gives consent
Harry returned, but a sudden silence
seemed to have fallen on those two
whose whole lives had changed in that
one moment of his absence.
''What has come to you two?" he
said. looking at them; ''did whirl
wind pass by while / was at the door,
mo, Harry" said Mr.. Harte,s' but
| offered your sister situation, and
she accepts it.
"What situation9" laughed Harry.
'sThat of wife,
(Which she hasn't accepted !'bega1
Nell, starting up.
s.But she will - exclaimed Mr. Harte
OBTAINING her. Il know she hasn'
the heart to refuse brother printer
Nell laughed-and that settled it.
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SctENcE+
TELOPHONIC MUSIC.

At a recent telephone concert in
Washington, it was stated by the
lecturer that the electric waves of
sound sent through single wire are
frequently conveyed, Indirectly, by
other wires running parallel with it
on the same poles. although entirely
disconnected from it. This statement
was verified in the Washington office
of the Associated Press. where a
number Of the tunes played in Phila-
delphia, and conveyed electrically to
Lincoln Hall in Washington. were
distinctly heard on the relay used in
the Press office, which had no connec.
ton with the wire that was attached
to the telephone. The tones thus con
veyed, although not loud, were stated
to be audible at distance af several
yards from the instrument.
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POETRY
THE WlND.HARP.

set my wind harp in the wind,
And a wind came out OF the south,
Soft, soft, it blew with a gentle COO,
Like words from q maiden's mouth
Then like the stir of angels wings.
1t gently touched its trembling strings;
And oh my harp gave back to me
a wondrous heavenly melody.
set my wind harp in the wind,
And a storm from the north blew loud,
From the icy north it hurried forth,
And dark grew sea and cloud.
It whisted down the mountains height,
1t smote the quivoring chords with might,
But still my harp gave back to me
It's tender, heavenly melody.
All me- that such a heart were mine;
Responsive toned and true,
When all was glad, when all was shine,
Or w hen storms of sorrow blew,
That so, mid all the fret and strife,
The Earring undertones Of life,
My life might rise to God, and be
One long harmonious symphony.
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MOLES.

4 correspondent of the Ohio Guilt
vator says: ''There are two kinds of
moles in this country-Engllsh and
American. The English mole is rath-
er small. with short, thick. blue fur;
its feet are large, broad. and powerful,
used in burrOwing; its nose is also very
strong, for the same purpose. 1t runs
in burrows. underground generally.
/ have seen it. when plowed up in
! corn fields. burrow under the loose soil
rapidly, simply by the use of its nose,
going, even in hard ground, faster
than a dog can follow by digging. /
suppose this mole hibernates in ex-
IRENE cold weather, as / have not no.
ticed it during the colder part Of this
| last winter. / think for this reason
that its food must be chiefly worms
| and insects. as these are all gone in
cold weather.
1.-The other mole is about as large as
half-grown rat. Its fur is grayish
brown on the outside. but blue close
| to the skin. It's feet are not so large
or powerful as those of the English
mole. and its runs are mostly on the
surface of the ground, under grass.
weeds. or rubbish. It's nostrils are
extended beyond all other parts Of the
nose. Its smell is very acute. also its
hearing. but its vision is poor. making
it depend upon its smelling and hearing
for its principal guides in the rapid
pursuit of insects. The mole mouth
has, in the fore part, four long sharp
incisors-two in upper, two in lower
jaws, like the squirrel and other TO-
dents. In the back part of the jaw, at
this season of the year. the teeth are
fat and square. like the grain-eatlng
animals-not rounded and sharp as III
the animals entirely insect-eating.
SO their teeth must have come In con-
tact with some hard substance which
ground off the sharp points. Again.
they have double stomach, large and
small intestines, ETC., while the AMI
mails Of entirely insect-eating habit
have a small and simple stomach, and
scarcely any intestines save the eso-
phagus and pylorus. =
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HOW TO LIVE LONG.

The desire for length of days seems
to have been far greater in times past
than it is now. With view of be-
slowing some timely hints on our
active business men, who are rushing
on in pursuit of riches regardless of
the exhaustion of their physical and
mental faculties, our contemporary
the New Y ork Sun publishes lengthy
article, from which we condense the
following:
Nearly all the principal writer's on
longevity are agreed that human
beings may, under the most favorable
CT iitions, live to hundred. and
several have recorded instances of
per sons reaching much greater age;
but the instances given do not in any
case satisfactorily bear rigid examina.
ton. Hufeland, public lecturer at
Jena, who published work on lon.
geyity in the last century, thus des.
cribes the sort Of man who has the
best prospect Of long life: He has a
well prOportioned stature. without.
however. being too tall. He is rather
Of the middle size, and somewhat
thick-set. His complexion is not toe
horid-at any rate, too much rudiness
in youth is seldom sign of longevity
Hair approaches rather to the fail
than to the black; his skin is strong
but not rough. His head is not too
big. He has large veins at the ex.
tremities. and his shoulders are rather
round than fiat; his neck is not toe
long; his belly does not project, and
his hands are large but not too deeply
| cleft. His foot is rather thick than
long, and his legs are firm and round
lie has also broad chest and strong
voice, and the faculty of retaining his
breath for long time without diff
Guilty. In general there is complete
harmony in all his parts. His senses
are good, but not too delicate; his
pulse is slow and regular. His appe.
tlte is good, and his digestion easy.
lie has not too much thirst, which il
always sign of rapid self-consump
ton. His passions never becomes toe
violent or destructive. If he gives
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way to anger, he experiences GLOW
OF warmth without an overfiowing O,
the gall. He likes emnlOynaat..nar

way TO anger, he experiences GLOW
OF warmth without an Overfowing O.
the gall. He likes emplOYmeEatvsnar
ticular calm medita SlIa <Ill 4 III,
speculations-is al & MI i1nf
to Nature and dodIi6 zt. /
no thirst after eith6r 3ac
and banishes all thou |it& u
This power of banf~ I'LL -
an immense deal to- Dsvft1 6t
1t is, in fact, that s3rsan1 r
the mind which I'M,
justly told Boswell VAS afsssy - I'll
adding that man when misera
should not go to his chamber and
to think his trouble down, but she /.
seek every possible means to di
it. Dwelling Onmisery at once affe
and most seriously, the digestive O.
gans.
There are not few people the ver.
fineness Of whose constitnf11n PRO kes
their ruin. They draW F0f SEnea ikt.
ly upon their poM3 hey. ar
dust and ashes for&f &c
creaky wheels who if - race
with them have In
this country we d}scaIll ~ fSlture
A1OiO hO"V1ls, CAAacs& 49, 81 ~ N StII J
other; not by disSfpati bl1, III over.
taxing our energies A very large
proportion of men who die rich here
die twenty years before they ought
if they had properly husbanded thei1
vital resources. Mr.. Macy, the well
known fancy dealer, was, we believe.
only Sc or So, and had heen Shaving
his whole life; in fact, his complete
breakup was explained by his intense
toll. Such career seems like getting
very little out Of Life. A still more
striking instance Of the kind was that
of Mr.. Augustus Hemingway, OF
Boston, who worked himself into a
lunatic asylum, whence he came worth
some $l5, 100000, only to get into his
grave few months later. We doubt
whether the history of the world coulC
show a more reckless disregard of life
than is shown by commercial men in
this country. The science of com
bining intense application with those
habits which cOnduce to longevity i
one that they have not acquired. That
it may be acquired cannot be doubted
Newton lived to a great age; anC
great lawyers have been famous fol
long life. There seems to be lack O.
wisdom in commercial men as to the
real value of life. They put a who'll,
inordinate estimate upon the power
Of getting and spending.
Rest assured that there is, in brief
only one golden rule to be followed by
all who seek neutrality-suspicious.
in all things, and management Of the
mind.
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"My son" said a doting father, who
was about taking his son into bust
ness, "what shall be the style of the
new firm Z, "Well, governor said
the one-and-twenty youth, looking up
into the heavens for an answer, Il
don't know; but suppose we have it
John IL. Samphlin q Father The
old gentleman was struck by the orig
inality of the idea, but he could not
adopt it.
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A boy who had stolen some apples
was forgiven for the rather ingenious
manner in which he excused himself.
The schoOlmaster asking him what he
had to say for himself, the urchin
replied: 1.-The apples were Toms. l
don't know how he got them. And
now they're mine, and he don't know
how l got Them
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WITT AND HuM0R+

A Detroit boy stood an umbrella,
with a cord tied to it, in public
doorway. Eleven persons thought
that umbrella was theirs, and carried
it with them the whole length of the
string. They then suddenly dropped
it, and went off without once looking
back or stopping to pick it up again.
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A large, ferocious dog, finding his
way into a diapers shop filled with
lady customers, created great alarm,
when a raw-looking shop man remark
ed that if they'd give him what he
wanted, likely the dog would leave.
What could a dog want in draper's
shop Why, he wanted ntuzzLi1', Of
course
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At a juvenile party, a young gen.
tleman, about seven years old, kept
himself from the rest Of the company.
The lady Of the house called to him:
Come and play and dance, my dear.
Choose one Of those pretty girls for
your wife, s'Not likely - cried the
young cynic. 'sNo wife for me! Do
you think / want to be worried out of
my life like poor papa p
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An old man. at the end Of lawsuit
OF many years duration, which had
reduced him to poverty, on hearing
that the case had been decided in his
favor, expressed his feelings as fol-
lows, in an impromptu written in the
hall of the court:
BY costs impoverished, and grown old in
woes.
I've gained my suit and strut in tattered
clothes
I've gained my suit let gladness rend the
The man who lost it has no clothes at all p
Alexander, pacing up and down be,
fore his tent-ssPshaw! Let him
wave his Sand-bag Sheriff, if he wants
to. Would, however that Alexis,
with his bold white terrier, were
here
Enter Cossack- Dibtubric-
hktiveohmagdebig is TAKEN
Alexander--ssUpon me word |! Well
speed the news to Ivan Bull. Ho,
villain Say to Nekopoitchitsky that
ere nightfall our flag must be in Wban-
diskopomensividsky." Retires to con.
suit the map.
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THE CHRISTOPHER.

Professor Packard has been for some
time past engaged in the Western terri
tories, where the lively little insect most
does congregate, in collecting mass
Of information concerning its migratory
and dietary habits. and thinks he has
sufficient data to begin the construction
of a map-a grasshopper map OF the
United States-indicating In colors its
distribution and migration.
He has consulted Professor Able, OF
the Weather Signal Bureau. They have
Jointly come to these conclusions: /.
That there is an intimate connection be-
tween the prevailing winds and their
migration-that their rigging is not
adapted to sailing against the wind, OF
even close-hauled; and, 2, That their
periodical visits '.coincide with unusual
seasons, and that there are cycles Of
years recurring, favorable or unfavorable
to insect lite"
Therefore it will be possible to pre-
dict their arrival and prepare TO. them
in fact it is thought that the country may
be provided at small expense with 9
Grasshopper Bureau and Grasshoppel
probabilities" as well as a Weather
Bureau and Weather Probabilities and
that they may be Of mutual assistance
thus utilizing the grassoopper as well a.
some Of our supernumerarY professors
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31k EAST 3D. ST, ST. PAUL,
are constantly receiving the choicest
new crops Of Teas from the best Tea
Districts in China and Japan, per Pa
cife Mail Steamships and Railway,
which they will distribute to their Gus
toners in all parts of the country, in
quantities to suit, at cargo prices, and
all warranted to give perfect satisfac-
ton or the money and all expenses re-
funded. A club can be easily organ
lied i'll almost any locality, and thereby
save large per centage in the cost of
Tea, and besides we give the organizer
OF the club generous complimentary
package of Tea, or allow an equiva
lent compensation in money, on all
clubs amounting to twenty dollars and
upwards. THE person who first starts a
club is sure to succeed easily, because
there will be no competition, and if
continued, profitable business can
be made. Address all letters to the
GREAT A. d p. TEA co.
81 East 3rd St., st. Paul, Mi mn.
l44-3m.
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Mortgage Sale.

WHEREAS, Default has been made in the
conditions OF q certain mortgage, made by De
Nyguard, mortgagor, to Samuel Mayall, and
Mary a Mayall, MORTGAGES, dated the fourth
day Of June, A. D. 1872 and recorded in the
Office ofthe Register OF Deeds Of Ramsey county
in Book Y. Of mortgage deeds page $50, on the
tenth day of June, A d. 1872 to secure the
payment of five hundred and fifty dollars, with
interest at ten per cent per annum, accord
ing to the conditions Of six promissory notes,
each for ninety one dollars and sixty-six cents
payable in one, two, three, four. five and six
per annumn, and one hundred dollars attor-
neys fees in case Of foreclosure, of certain
tract or parcel Of land lying and being in the
County Of Ramsey, and State Of Minnesota. de-
scribsd as follows to-wit:
The south half of lot eleven TN, Of block
nineteen (l9), of Ashtons 4 Shuburnes Addi-
ton to the city of st. Paul, according to the
plot on file in the Office OF the Register Of Deeds
for said county.
And whereas the MORTGAGE Samuel Mayall
did on the eleventh day of June, A. D. 1872,
duly assign said mortgage to James II. and
Ada Il. Mayall, by an instrument in writing
duly executed, acknowledged and delivered,
which assignment was afterwards on the 2lst
day OF March, A. D. 1877, recorded in the
Office Of the Register of Deeds Of Ramsey coun-
ty, in Book F. of assignments on pages l45
and 146.
And whereas, there is now claimed to be due
on said mortgage at the date Of this notice
three hundred and fifty seven dollars and eigh-
ty-three cents principal and interest and one
hundred dollars attorneys fees making in the
aggregate four hundred and fifty seven $500
dollars, and no suit or proceedings at law have
been had to recover the same nor any part
thereof.
Now therefore notice is hereby given that
pursuant to power of sale in said mortgage
contained and Of the statutes in such case made
| and provided the mortgaged premises above
described will be sold at public vendue on
Saturday the nineteenth day of May, A. d.
1877, at ten o'clock iu the forenoon at the front
door Of the old court house in Saint Paul in the
County Of Ramsey ,and State of Minnesota,t to the
highest bidder therefor, for cash, to satisfy and
pay said mortgage debt and the costs and dis
bursements allowed by law for such sale.
Saint Paul, March oath. 1877.
JAMES H. MAYALL,
ADA i. MAYALL,
Assignee of Mortgage.
JOHN B. & w H. SANBORN.
Attorneys for Asigneeg,
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The -Antl-AIonOpollst

Herewith, thus directly robbing the gov.
eminent to the extent OF their value.
This erroneous, unjustiiable, hel@-de-
serving iniquity has been too often ex-
posed, at length in these columns to
u eed reiteration. The pine-land ring is
the centre around which this fraud has
revolved, and the vortex in which the
scrip has been swallowed up. The ill-got
gains gathered from this source foot up
among the millions-every dollar of
which ought to be burning curse to its
owner.
Still another method has been 1.-THE
fraudulent use of the pre- emption laws,
to obtain choice pine-lands before being
opened 10 market. The proprietor of =
lumber camp, employing fifty men,
would cause each Of his employees TO
pre-empt . quarter section of land, on
coming out of the woods in the spring,
make all the necessary perjuries, and
transfer the title to the said proprietor,
as part fulfllment of his contract OF
employment combination OF crimes
sufficient to damn its originator in half q
dozen ordinary hereatters.
| In addition to this there have been COM
binations at the land sales ;briberies and
divisions with land officers; manipula-
tions of plats frauds and crimes too te-
dious to mention. All these have been
studied and practiced with an energy
and an openness that has been feartIlly,
almost fatally ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has
made this rich heritage OF pine forests,
so hopeful to our material prosperity
> hideous moral leprousy to our people
a moral scourge and curse.
This is the rich bonanza of iniquity on
the threshold, the very surface level Of
which investigation has been suspended
In the name of common 'honesty-fol
the sake of private and official virtue, the
people of Minnesota, regardless of party
demand OF our new Secretary that it shall
be resumed Let it be thoroughly probed,
both here and in the other numbering
States, and the result will justify oul
confident assertion that in magnitude, in
ingenuity and in infamy its operation;
eclipse those of the vaunied whisky ring
as the sun eclipses the rush-light in the
squatter's cabin home.
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Mortgage Sale.

WHEREAS, Default has been9made in the
conditions of a certain mortgage made by Mary
McCarty, mortgagor, to Samuel Mayall, mort
gage, dated the fifteenth day Of January, A.
d. 1874 and recorded IN the Office Of the reg
lister Of deeds OF Ramsey county, OH the ninth
day of February, A. d. 1874, at ten O'Clock
A. M. in Book 81. Of mortgages, on page 81, to
secure the payment of eleven hundred dollars
with interest thereon at ten per cent. per an
mum, acc riding to the conditions of twenty
four promissory notes executed by said Mary
McCarty; and described in said mortgage,
which was given by her with said mortgage to
secure the purchase money of said mortgage
premises situated in the county of Ramsey and
State of Minnesota, and described as follows
viz: Lot twenty-five (25) in Block seventeen
O7) In Ashton Il Sherburne's Addition to the
city of Saint Paul.
And whereas said mortgage. Samuel Mayall,
did on the twenty fifth day of January, A. D.
1874 by an instrument in writing, duly execu-
ted and acknowledged, sell, assign, transfer and
set over to Mary s. Mayall, of Gray in the State
of Maine, said mortgage deed and the notes and
debt thereby secured, which assingment was
thereafterwards recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Ramsey county. on the
| twenty first day of March, A. d 1877, in Book
F. of Assignments on pages l40-141-l42 and
| l43, and there is now claimed to be due and
unpaid on said notes and mortgage, four hum
| dred and eighteen dollars and eighteen cents Of
said principal sum and interest due thereon
and seventy-five dollars attorneys fees secured
to be paid in and by said mortgage in the event
| OF foreclosure OF the same and no suit or pro-
ceeding at law has been had to collect the same
nor any part thereof.
Now THEREFORE,, Notice is hereby given that
pursuant to power OF sale in said mortgage
contained and Of the statute in such case made
and provided; said mortgage premises will be
sold at public vendue to this highest bidder
i fh1rnf0r for zach Eaf,v1ov hn v,ir,
day Of May, a. d 1877, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at the front door Of the old court
house in Saint Paul in the County Of Ramsey
and state Of Minnesota to satisfy and pay said
mortgage debt, attorneys fees and the costs and
disbursements allowed by law.
| Saint Paul, March oath, 1877.
MARY b. MAYALL.
| Assignee OF Mortgagec
| JOHN B. & w. II. SANBORN,
Attorneys for Assignee
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JUsr How LoNG-The Western Citizens of
Indianapolis joins in the general wall about
the hard times and says: soar best mechanics
and most trustworthy men are lettering around
the streets with d. spair written on their coun-
tenanoes. 'How long Of Lord, how long ? -
Just so long as our best mechanics, most
trustwo rthy men, and workipgmen in gen.
eral, place the interests of party before their
own and elect men to Office simply because
they are the regular candidates, and who in
turn will place their own and the party's in
terests before those of the people-just so long
will we have inadequate or pernicious legisla-
ton and consequent hard timeS.-FarmerS' &
Mechanics Advocate.
Just SO long as our mechanics and
most trustworthy men"-our farmers
and toilers-our real producers of real
wealth are willing to grace the triumphs
of the money kings by voting as the
money kings command. Gold is down
to 104-the presidential rsuddle .is set
tled-the youth is quiet-every contrac-
ton that the contractionists have said
was necessary to restore confidence. has
come to pass-and yet what do we find
Every branch of industry prostrate-oul
commerce driven from the ocean by for
eign tonnage-our factories and founder
les silent-our laboring men on the verge
of starvation-the real estate of the
country fast passing into the possession
of the money changers, and the vast
producing population being reduced tc
the position of helots to the favored
classes.