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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-11-22

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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-01-26

Daniel Mcclure, the engineer Of the lo-
comotiye Chat got safely over the bridge at
Ashtabula, testified at the investigation
that be was running the Socrates, an engine
or the ill-fated train. He started from
Erie. There were two locomotives to the
train, his being ahead. The Columbia was
behind him. When his engine was within
two cars lengths OF being acress the
bridge he heard tho sleepers swapping, He
pulled the throttle Of the locomotive out,
and, looking back, saw the Columbia sink
ing. His dravbar broke, and hrs engine
was about t50 feet from the abnttment be-
fore he was able TO check IL. Before clear
In the bridge the tender left the track,
owing to the giving way Of the structure,
and swung with the bridge until y was
draws upon the track again. Al OF TINS
occurred within minute. AS soon as his
locomotive was stopped, McGuire ran down
10 the river. The wreck WAS then begin
ming 10 burn. No part Of the train could
have Jumped the track without bis noticing
ii instantly. The crash, when II carne,
seemed to be directly nnder the engine
Socrates, but he believed the bridge settled
il the middle. The bridge was all right
when his engine struck II. The entire
bridge and train, except the first locono-
tive. had disappeared when the Socrates gos
across. The witness had been an engineer
.ince 1863 being employed On the Erie di-
vision aimee 1850. He saW the Ashtabul'
br;8re tested with six engines Ton or eleven
vsars aeo this summer. n had never been
ta,tsd slnoe ID his knowledge.
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Masonic Discipline.

~ z
+ II lodge in Indiana was presided over by
a master who had an exaggerated notion Of
discipline. One night he met his lodge in
called meeting (aot q member absent) to
instruct them in the work Teaching them
the use Of the gayel, he had just called
them up with three knocks when he leaned
too far back, fell against the window be-
hind him, fell through TO the ground, four
stories, and broke his neck. Picked up
next morning he was buried decently. but
not Mason came to the funeral. More
strange still, not Mason appeared any
more lii the village. It was inexplicabIe.
Forty women left widows, $40 children left
orphans, 81 merchants left IN the lurch with
unpaid bills, Twenty years after that time
somebody went np into that fourth story,
broke opon the door, and beheld the lodge,
q lodge of skeletons Strange but trne !;
they had rightly obeyed the orders OF The
VI. .M., and waiting for the knock 10 seat
them had starved to death. Each was
standing ii attitude Of respectful attention.
looking to the east 3 and had not pity
ing citizens taken them down they would
have been standing there still. Such i life.
zcaanns.
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Peter Tenkirs.

Peter Tonkirs applied for admission TO
the lodge of Good Templars at Widnes,
England. While waiting in the ante-cham-
Der TO learn the result Of the ballot, he did
not abstain, as a virtuous teetotaler should
have done. from listening at the key-hole.
The consequence was be heard sister, OBJ
iecting to his election, affirm chat she had
once heard Tonkirs say be had rather have
his right hand chopped OF than join lodge
of Good Templars. On hearing this infa-
mons accusation, Tonkirs, unable TO re-
strain himself longer, cried ont through the
key-hole, SITS i lie." Thereupon the
Grand Worthy Secretary, III full regalia,
rushed ont and slapped Tonkirs' face. An
action for assault was laid against the Sec
retary, and the Justice, bribed 10 doubt by
the gold Of tho liquor dealers, fined him e.,
with the alternative of going 10 Jail for tWe
months. Any further deyeI Iopments from
this interesting fracas win ~ duly reported
III these columns, whother Russia ox Tnr
key 10 70 war ok not.
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H r. A266.

Dec. 81, 1S7e-By Mr.. O'Neill:-
A bill to amend section twenty-three hum
dred and twenty-five of the Revised
Statutes relating to the development of
the mining resources of the United
States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That sec
ton twenty-three hundred and twenty-five
of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is
hereby, amended, SO that where any person,
association, Or corporation may own ad-
joining Or adjacent claims in any one min
ing locality, said owner may include in an
application for patent all Of said claims |:
Prooidsd, That the amount for labor and
improvements that has been expended on
any one Or more of said claims shall equal
in the aggregate the full amount as is now
required to be expended on each separately;
and after said application has been filed
and pending issuance Of patent, no further
labor on said claims shall be required to
hold The same.
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De /" Sc !" Side Of 4 Bet.

de family dat ] belongs to never takes
4 dare explained . colored man at the
Central Market when q stali-keeper offered
to bet him quarter that he wouldn't take
off his boots and run TO the City Hall and
back. The money was put upin the hands
of Brother Gardner, the colored philoso-
pliers, boots and stockings came of. and
away the man trotted in the snow. 81 be-
lisvssI takes dat currency he remarked
ass lie returned in gallant styla. De
stakeholder desires 10 call de attenshun Of
dis crowd to the followin' paragraph in de
daily paper. remarked Brother Gardner,
exhibiting i paper and placing his ingcr on
i statement that John NIorrissey had de-
clared All bets Il. E Dat settles do queshnn
to once. he continued Z returns all tle
money 'cept three per cent. and tle case i
Jus de same as af0re Mr. jackson hO0fAd
ii aronna iii dc snow. Free Press.
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The Population Of the Globe.

The most trustworthy estimate of the
number of people on the earth for the ,yeal
1875, as furnished by the German statisti
eians, is 1, 42s. .917, 900. This is an increase
of over 27,Ooo,0o0 ON the estimate
of 1875, but the augmentation is not due
entirely to the excess of births over deaths,
but largely to the obtaining of more accu-
orate information regarding the population
OF regions hitherto little known, and to
more perfect census returns from other
countries.
Asia is still the home of the majority Of
the human race, after having supplied Off
shoots from which have sprung great West
ern peoples. About four-sevenths of the
earth's population is Asiatic, or s25, ,54s, $50;
Europe comes next with over fifth, or
800, ,921, 800; America with less than six
teenth, or So, SIS, 800; and finally, Australia
and Polynesia with the very small fraction
of 4,74s, 600 people. Europe is the most
densely populated, having 50 persons to
the square mile; Asia comes next with 4s
TO the square mile. Africa next with 174,
and America and Australia bring up the
rear with 81 and / ! respectively.
There are 215 cities on the earth with a
population of over 100000, 80 of half a
million or more, and nine cities containing
million or more inhabitants. Of these
last four are in China. Including Brooklyn
with New York, the greatest cities of the
world stand in this order: London, 8, 40s,-
428; Paris, 1851, 79s; New York, 1856, 622;
Vienna, 1901, ,999; Berlin, 1,044, 900; Can
ton and three other Chinese cities, 1,000,-
600 each. E A
Though there are not at hand statistics
upon which to base an accurate statement
of the fact, yet it is the opinion of all OBJ
servers Of the condition of civilized peo-
Piles that the average longevity Of the
human race has increased within q hum
dred years. Such reports of the death rate
as we have go to support that conclusion,
and it is thoroughly proved that the devas-
tation of epidemic diseases. are not 80
great now as formerly, while the medical
art steadily advances i'm its mastery of the
disorders OF the human system and in its
ability to ward off and check maladies
which threaten human life. In England
for instance the death rate has declined
considerably during quarter of century.
There and elsewhere in Europe, as also in
this country, the subject Of public hygiene
has received great attention Of recent
wears, and it's difficulties are being steadily
overcome. The probability is that men
now on the average live longer than their
ancestors and in better average health, and
that our descendants will gain on us in
those respects. f6 M
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Guns VS.. Armor Plates.

In the great conflict between guns and
armor-between the attack and defence
the recent trials Of the Italian 100-ton CUR.
which we have described, proves that the
gun has vast superiority. The smashing
of the 22-inch armor plates, the heaviest
yet made, is, it is said, by no means the
limit of it's power, for it is believed capable
of much more astonishing feats if tougher
and thicker armor can only be made for it
to fire at. In fact the gun-makers are So
conscious Of their superiority over the
armor-makers in this experimental warfare
that they say a gun of barely or1e-ttird the
weight Of this Italian monster, is powerful
enough to smash 22-inch armor, and also
plates of greater thickness. The English
38-ton gun, which has been for some time
experimental with, has proved itself capa-
BILE Of penetrating l9ss-inch armor, and it
is proposed now to try this gan against 26-
inch armor. IF it succeeds in smashing
this, and yet this is not one-half the weight
of the g Wooiwich Infant, y and but little
over one-third the weight Of the Italian
gun, the Manchester Guardian thinks
plate-makers had better at once throw up
the SPONGE These experiments have
certainly proved that shot-proof ocean
going ships are an imrossibility. The
armor may be piled on to any extent conn
patible with floating. but guns of superior
power will always be ready to sink the
ship. It is quite possible that the varlike
nations of the werld will before long con
clude that the construction OF these huge
floating batteries ii useless. As men In
armor were long ago abandoned on Land, SO
ships in arrnor may be abandoned on the
the sea. Improved tactics make the SOL
dier moro valuable without arrnor-arGi
possibly it may be expedient TO act upon
the same principle in naval warfare. For
coast defence, heavy floating batteries win
always be useful; bot for active duties Of
the man of war. il is probable hereafter nore
reliance will be placed upon capacity for
rapid movement than capacity Ia resist the
| artillerist. The guns, 50 far as experiments
go,certainIy have The advantage. Plslodsl-
pAia Ledger.
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The American Baby.

Save your pity for the unhappy little
traveller, American born and white, who is
abandoned to the tender mercies of nurses.
He will be dressed too tightly perhaps,
drugged with soothing syrup Cor worse),
slapped if he cries, and left alone in the
dark. He will ride in his carriage with the
sun in his eyes, if it is sunny, and with
arms and hands uncovered and half frozen
if il is cold. Flies will be allowed to tickle
his fat little nose, and pins to stick into
his tender little back. The strings of his
absurd lace cap will choke him till he is
black in the face; and he will nearly bleak
his neck falling over the arm of Bridget
when she wants to gossip with a crony.
His troublesome clothes will be twitched
down and jerked around, and he will be
laid down, set mp, turned over, and arrang-
ed anyway most convenient to her. Above
all, If he dares to complain of any Of these
tortares, his delicate body will be trotted
on her hard knees till it will be nothing
short of miracle if his precious little life
is not worried out Of him.
Tie calm Oriental baby in his tray or
basket; the Chinese baby in his cage; the
baby Of Burnah, naked, or wrapped in
silks, smoking at two and married at ten;
the baby of the "Cradle 2 and the Found
ling asylum of Paris; the Lima baby in its
hammock, and the stolid Indian papoose
on its boards leach and every ono is hap
pier and better offathan our poor little
mother abandoned American baby left to
ignorant and careless nures. go
rhe z mother baby 1.-The happy little
traveller who is not left to the mercies of q
nurse, whose throne is his mothers arms,
whose pillow is soft, and whose needs are
wisely met-he IS the happiest Of all. Fair,
rat and hearty, the sorrows Of babyhood
come not near him. He truly is the one
ssboln with silver spoon in his mouth. =
--iSt. Nicholas.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-01-26
LAND LAWS m CONGRESS.
Legislation EHeeting Montana.

From December %. 1876, to January G. 1877. Re
ported every other Saturday by James H. Vaudeville
Esq, Counsel in Land Cases, Washington. DC.
cHAFFEE's TIMBER BILL.
Mr.. chaffee, December is, 1876, intro
duced in the Senate the following:-e
A bill authorizing the citizens of Colorado,
Nevada, and the Territories to fell and
remove timber on the public domain for
mining and domestic purposes. s-n >s.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That all
citizens Of the United States, and other
persons bcna.fide residents Of the State OF
Colorado Or, Nevada or either of the Terri
tories cf New Mexico, Arizona, Utah.
wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, Washington,
and Montana, shall ba. and are. hereby
authorized and permitted to fell aud remove.
ier building, agricultural, mining or dones-
TIC purposes, any timber or other trees
growing OF being OH the public lands of the
! United States in either of the said States
or Territories of which such citizens or
persons may be at the time bona-fide resi-.
dents and that section twenty-four hun
afed and II the Rfteyised Il Statutes
OF fhe United States, and all other acts or
parts OF acts prohibiting the telling or re-
moving OF timber OF trees growing or being
ON the public lands of the United States,
or or providing penalties therefor, so far as
the same conflict with this act, are hereby
repealed. ..-o
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Q HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Aoe1

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. 1881.
dec. 20, 1s76.-By Mr. Lane, substitute
for the bill Fl. R, 1885,
A bill to provide for the sale Of desert
lands in certain States and Territories,
/ be it enacted by the Senate and House
Oh Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That it
shall be lawful for any citizen of the United
States, or any person of requisite age,
"wllo may be entitled to become citizen.
ana who has filed his declaration to become
such, to file declaration with the regis
ter and the receiver of the land district in
winch any desert land is situated, that he
intends to reclaim tract of land not ex-
ceedlng one section, by conducting water
upon the same, within the period of three
years thereafter. Said declaration shall
describe particularly said section of land If
surveyed, and if unsurveyed, shall describe
the same as nearly as possible without
survey. At any time within the period of
three years after filing said declaration.
upon making satisfactory proof of tho
reclamation of said tract of land in the
manner aforesaid, and upon the payment
to the receiver of the sum of one dollar
and twenty-five cents per acre for tract of
land not exceeding six hundred and forty
acres TO any one person, patent for the
same shall be issued to him. ls
SEC. 2. That all lands, exclusive of tim
not, without irrigation, produce some
agricultural crop, shall be deemed desert
lands within the meaning of this act.
Sec 8. That this act SHALL only apply to
and take effect in the States of California,
Oregon, and Nevada, and the Territories
Of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah,
Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, and
Dakota. ~
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NO GROWING OLD ron LOVERS,

looked In the telltale mirror
And saw the marks of care.
The crows feet and the wrinkles,
And the gray In the dark-brown hair.
MY wife looked o'er nv shoulder e
Most beautiful was she; ..
. "Thou wilt never grow old, my love, she said,
"Never grow old to me.
For age is the chilling of heart,
And thines as mine. can tell,
lie as young and warm as when first we heard
The sound of our bridal bell!"
turned and kissed her ripe red lips;
vs. Z Let time do its worst for nae. -5 .--.,e
II In my soul my love, my faith,
F never seem old to thee!n
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BIRTHDAY VERSES.
WRITTEN IN A CHIPS ALBuM.

0..l.-'
Twas sung OF old in hut and hall
Hc.E once ss Kss.sEs L evil ee=r.i tass;tsizr
Hung musing DER his castle wall,
And, lost In idle dreams, let fall 90
Into the sea his ring of power.
Then. let him sorrow as he might,
And pledge his daughter and his throne
10 who restored the jewel bright,
The broken spell ne'er unite;
The grim old ocean held his own.
Those awful powers on man that wait,
On man. the beggar or the King,
To hovel bare or hall OF state 's.,
A magic ring that masters fate
With each succeeding birthday bring.
Therein are set four jewels rare
Pearl Winter, Summers ruby blaze, Q. b.
Springs emerald, and, than all more fair,
Falls pensive opal, doomed to bear
A heart of fire bedreamed with haze. +s
To him the simple spell who knows
The spirits of the ring to sway,
Fresh power with every sunrise flows,
And royal pursuiyants are those s.-e
That fly his mandates to obey.
But he that with slack ened will -
Dreams of things past or things to be,
From him the charm is slipping still.
And drops. ere he expects the i'll, f-i q
Into the inexplorable sea. sj'
60 -EAtlantie Monthly.
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UPON HIGH MoUNrATNs

Upon nigh mountains lies eterna snow,
Upon high souls lies an eternal woe, =%
Ine snow the grief, no sun can melt away,
oer glaciers leads no path Of flowers gay.
The purple glow which beams around the ice
LIZ but reflex of sun that dies.
AND rays that from head like glory aow
! are Out bleeding hearts reflected glow.
From the Gsyy,ann
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TEsNs Payable !avsslahla il aavaase.
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

Six Months - d f0
Three Months... 50
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# BY Thy grace ase aCit r
AS these popular tones filled the sick
chamber, the two visitors, their eyes filled
with tears, silently stole away. That af-
ternoon, driving like the wind from road
side tavern to tavern, they told the story Of
the old Commodore sighing there between
Harlem Lane and Heaven, ready to take
the road for either. GATH.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
L.u1urIOus Legislation.

. e-'@FAN' lN'F a1Na'
VIVA. a Injurious lie the members
9. he South Carolina Legislature used
to .99l IN the COOL old days o. Moses
aud C%hamberlI.u and Soft. Il is
enough 10 make the ToVcfly-slricken
Leg ll:oFs Of o,her States and these
degenerate days die with envy and
watering OF he mouth to glance over
the accounts that are now undergoing
investigation by one of the smelling
3omm!,iCes set q. work since Gov.
Hampton came into bis own. To say
;ha, The feld-kands and cSrpet-baggers
who so: in the Legislative halls IN those
fush lines Of rEscalily lived like fight
ing cocks 10 drawing II very mild. No
Egh'!ug cock OF fable or real life ever
bad sIch generous die. at the expense
Of bis owner az these fellows had at
the expeuse OF the groaniug tsx-payers
o. South Carolina. The subllmity OF
impulenco vas never really reached
uulil they began to make The State pay
their current household aud club.room
expenses. A batch Of bills OF this de-
s2rip,,on rendered 10 the Senate aud
duly approved and paid is before US,
and We are gravely informed that these
are bu! q drop In the bucket Of the
whole anl0nnt before the committee.
Among the supplies furnished one
honorable Senator who never saw bet
le: itre than ham.fat and hoe.cake
before he came TO Columbis, were
eish, gallons OF whisky, several cases
Of champagne, three bottles Of Curacao,
thirteen boxes of imported cigars, por-
ter and Bass ale ad libltum, half q dozen
pineapple cheese, many bottles of sher-
~, several boxes OF sardines and ok
'ngs" 10 match for whole round Of
swell banqlets. The bill! in this case
amounted 10 fS6l.52, aud was paid by
the clerk q The Senate by order on the
State Treasurer. Another Senator, OF
the same color, had about the same line
Of goods, with the addition Of elk bot
ties OF brandy aud half dozen quarts Of
Worcester sauce and half dozen quarts
Of pepper sauce ; amount Of one weeks
bill, S33S,3S. A. j. Ransier, ColOred
Lleutenant.G Governor and President Of
the Senate, took . box Of cigars, q gal
Ion Of whisky and half gallon Of gin in
: single loi, at the expense Of the State.
Mr.. Ransler Afterwards became 9 mem.
Der Of Congress, and found old Blue
JeanS Williams not 90 liberal q caterer.
More heightened Was Hon. q. P. Les
Ie, who being perhaps 8 total Abslainer
look bic minor sleAlage out In marble.
top bureaus, paintings and hanging
came, aEn.ehaiFS, :eie.s-tetGs easy