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New-York tribune., 1878-07-08
AN ANGLO-TURKISH TREATY.
ENGLISH PROTECTION ASSURED.

CYPRUS TO BE SURRENDERED TO GREAT BRITAIN.
The Commission which is celebrating on
the minor matters connected with the sur
render of Batum, was in session yesterday.
It is expected that it will be able to report the
terms of an agreement to the Congress TO-DAY.
The Powers will insist that Greece shall receive
the territory awarded her. Western Roumelia
and Crete are to be accorded home rule. The
Porte has agreed Internationally to the
Austrian occupation of Bosnia. 1t is an
nounced in London that Great Britain has
concluded treaty with the Porte, by which
Asiatic Turkey is placed under her protection.
Cyprus is to be ceded to her.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-08
AN IRON FACTORY BURNED.

ELMuRA, N. Y, July 7.-Reed & Cooper's
foundry and architectural iron works burned last
night The fire was OF ncendary origin. Loss SloOo0
New-York tribune., 1878-07-08
4 nFLuGE on TEAcHERa.

FABYAx HOUSE, N. H., July 7--An sns nc.
-. ,sh, tan uiles are already full in altcip:ne g g
tk1 ssfi6e Of the TeachcrS Institute on zusAo-s =
& expso>e6 that 1000 teAenszs vna - T
New-York tribune., 1878-07-08

OUT OF WITNESSES TEMPORARILY.
> NEw-OKLEANs July 7.-There was no ses-
of the Potter here yesterday owing
to the absence OF Witnesses.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-08
FOUR COUNTIES SPEAK FOR MR. STEPHENS.
AUGUSTA, Ca, July 7.-Mr. Stephens's course

In Congress been approved by Democratic meetnl
In Augusta. Delegates were appointed to support hin
for denomination. Four counties have passed resolu
tions ndorsng Mr. Stephens, and supporting him for re
election,
New-York tribune., 1878-07-08
WASHINGTON NOTES.

NOiEos
WASHINGTON. Monday, July q. 1878.
Secretary Sherman viii make trip to NewYork this
week.
The presdeut has sRped the commission of 8. DAM
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24

ously was Joppa, once the busy empori-
um of Baltimore county. Joppa was
the third attempt of Baltimore county
to establish county seat. Its site was
selected with great care, on the east bank
of the Gunpowder, not great distance
below the falls, on good, bold, broad
water, and it was notable place before
there were any houses to speak of in
Baltimore. Ithad court house, Jail and
many large factories; received tobacco
in great quantities and shipped to Bris-
tol, to Lisbon, to the West Indies and to
Holland. In 1871 Joppa was large
enough to have an epidemic of small pox,
and Baltimore county courts and cleo
tions were held there from I7I2 to 1868.
Joppa road and 'old court roads are
still to be found in Baltimore and Har-
ford counties, converging towards that
point on the Gunpowder, and the pro-
thonotarp of the courts lived there in
state. But Joppa itself is no more to
be found. 1t has vanished completely
from off the face of the earth-a city
dead and buried, and you may shoot
canvas-back ducks now from the very
site where once stood Baltimore county'S
busy seat.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24

REMEDY FOR INSECT BITES.-When a
mosquito, flea, gnat, or other noxious
insect, punctures the human skin, it de-
posts or injects an atom of an acidulous
fluid of poisonous nature. The results
are irritation, a sensation of tickling,
itching, or of pain. The tickling of
flies we are comparatively indifferent
about; but the itch produced by flea,
or gnat, or other noisome insect, dis
turbS our serenity, and, like the pain of
wasp or bee sting, excites to rem
edy. The best remedies for the sting
of insects are those which will instantly
neutralize this acidulous poison deposit
ed in the skin. These are either am
monia or borax. The alkaline reaction
of borax is scarcely yet sufficiently ap-
preciated. However, a time will come
when its good qualities will be known
and more universally valued than am
monia, or, as it is commonly termed,
"hartshorne. The solution of borax
for insect bites is made thus: Dissolve
one ounce of borax in one pint of water
that has been boiled and allowed to cool.
Instead of plain water, distilled rose
water, elder, or orange flower water, is
more pleasant. The bites are to be
dabbed with the solution so long as
there is any irritation. For bees or
wasps' stings, the borax solution may be
made of twice the above strength. In
every farmhouse this solution should be
kept as household remedy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24
PRACTICAL AND SENTIMENTAL SIDES
OF FARM LIFE.

Poets have sung the delights of the
farmers life in strains so enchanting
that one might wonder why all the world
has not forSaken every other pursuit and
betaken itself to the tilling of the soil.
But the farmer himself, in the unshaded
bayfield,, or plodding in the clayey fur
row at the tail of his plow, with free
holders right sticking to each boot, or
bending, with aching back, between the
corn-rows, or breasting the winter storms
in the performance of imperative duties,
looks at his life from different point of
view. To him this life appears as full
of toll and care and evil chances as that
of any other toiler. And true it is, the
life of an ordinary farmer is hard, with
too little to soften it-too much of work,
too little of play. But as true is what
the poet sang so long ago: "Thrice
happy are the husbandmen if they could
but see their blessings" for they have
independence, more than any others
who by the sweat of the brow earn their
bread, and the pure air of heaven to
breathe, and the blessed privilege of
daily communion with nature.
1t is not easy for the farmer to see any
beauty in his enemies,-the meadows
full of daises, with which he is forever
fighting, or by which he has been igno-
miniously conquered; the encroaching
ranks of golden-rods along the borders
of his fields, and the bristling bayonets
of those Canadian invaders, the thistles.
How few farmers, or other people for
that matter, see in the climbing bushes
of the dawning day, or the gorgeous
painting of its close, or in the perfect
day itself, anything but the fore-telling
of fair or foul weather; or notice the
ways of any untamed bird or beast, ex-
cept that the crows come to pull the
corn, the hawks to catch the chickens,
and the foxes to steal the lambs and
turkeys! However, the farmer generally
does feel thrill of pleasure when in the
hazy softness of a February or March
day, he hears the cav of the first carbon
seeking, hungry crow. "The heart of
winter is broke" In April when the
fields begin to show suspicion of COM
ing green and give forth an odor of
spring, and the dingy snow-banks along
the fences are daily dwindling, he well
comes the carol of the first blue-bird,
and is glad to hear the robin utter his
restless note from the boughs of the old
apple tree; and the clear voice of the
new-come meadow-lark strikes him as
not altogether unmuSiCal; and when he
hears the plaintive cry of the grass
plover he is sure spring has come, and
then thinks of the small birds no more
till the first blasts of returning winter
sweep over the bare trees and frozen
fields, when, all at once, he becomes
aware that the troubadours are gone
He sees that the brave little chickadee
remains faithful to his post, and feels
that his CHEEKY note enlivens little the
dreariness of winter, as does the reedy
piping of the nut-hatch and the voice of
the dowry, fuller of life than of music,
and the discordant note of the blue jay,
who, clad in bit of summer sky, loud
ly proclaims his presence; but the sing
ers are gone and he misses them
Sc176Her.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24
t~How often do we hear the remar

b~ How often do we hear the remark,
"Oh, so-and-so rose because he had a
friend who could push him ahead!" AS
a rule, however, the disposition to ad-
vance another does not arise from friend
ship, but rather from full confidence
in his ability; men possessing the ele-
mentS which raise them in business are
usually too just, too keen-sighted, and
too careful of their own regulations to
risk the same by recommending others
out of pure friendship. Indeed, such a
course would be anything but an act of
friendship, because, as compared to get
ting good appointment, keeping it is
ten times more difficult.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24

IHTwo friends were recently at
tackled by Indians in Arizona, and es-
capped on mules, though the arrows of
the savages whistled by them in aocks.
One mule being faster than the other,
his rider sang out: "Joe, why don't you
come along?" Joe, who was urging his
mule with desperate energy, replied, as
an arrow grazed his ear; "Do act like
a man who is throwing off a race?"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24

S@-A Milwaukee chap kissed his girl
forty times right straight along, and
when he stopped the tears came into her
eyes, and she said in sad tone of voice:
<FAh! John, fear you have ceased to
love me-" "No | haven't" replied
John, "but | must breathe. -
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24
POETRY.
A SUMMER DAY.
BY c. e. BROOKS.

Deep down beside the tangled sedge
The meadow lark sings all the day,
And bursts at times from out the hedge
The mimic chatter of the jay;
And here and there wandering note,
A crickets chirp, comes sweet and clear
Where dreamy mists of summer float
At noon upon the grassy mere.
Afar away below the hill
l see the noisy mill-wheel go,
The smooth broad lake above the mill,
The flash of foam that roars below;
And on the even slopes that rise
So gently toward the mountains brow,
The cattle watch with sleepy eyes
The lazy plow-boy at the plow.
My soul is sleeping, and its dreams
ALL sad and sweet that dreaming thrills!
For there are other wales -eed-stresms;s -
And other focks on other hills
The hills whereon 1 climbed to pull
The golden-rods and weeds of May,
When all the world was beautiful
And all my life summer day.
-Harper's Magazine for Augast.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24

s6~"What good is they, anyhow ?"
scornfully remarked bootblack, refer
ring to the fair sex. "Did you ever
know 'em to stop and give feller a johi
Not muchl They amt got no shoes on
fit to blacken, anyways. :"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24

s9-Lady Mary Wortley Montague
introduced inoculation for the smallpox
from Turkey. Her own son had been
inoculated'with perfect success at Adri-
anople in 1918. She was allowed to in
oculate seven capital convicts, who, on
recovery, were pardoned. The practice
was adopted by the enlightened portion
of the people, but it spread with fatal
effect among the poor and ignorant,
and these being very superstitious re-
garded the practice as temptation of
Gods providence. DIR. Jenner made
the first experiment in vaccination in
May, II 5, by transferring the pus from
the pustule of milk-maid, who caught
the cow -pox from the COWS, to healthy
child; ard, publishing the result, the
practice spread through the civilized
world. The efficacy of the cow-pox as
an antidote to smallpox was fact fa-
miliar to the common people for CEN
tury before Jenner promulgatedlt. The
tables of morality were almost immedi-
ately affected by this discovery. The
average length of life, which previously
ranged from thirty to thirty-three years,
rose shortly after to nearly forty.
MPTom Thumb weighs SO pounds,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21
Eighty Thousand head Of Stock Exposed
to the Indians

Those best informed tell us that there
must be eighty or ninety thousand head
OF cattle and horses left exposed to the
disposition of the Indians by the recent
outbreak. The area of country where
all this stock ranges embraces the Snake
river valley. Big and Little Camas,
Raft river, Dixie valley aud Bruneau
valley. This estimate includes about
nineteen thousand head oe cattle that
were on the way to Cheyenne from
Eastern Oregon, and which had reached
Camas Prairie and vicinity the time the
trouble commenced. Many horses have
already been driven off, but the cattle
with the exception of those slaught
cred for food, are still on the ranges
but unprotected, in most instances, and
no doubt badly scattered. The stock
owners who have been thus driven from
their homes and broken up, as it were,
will never retura so long as TIE Indians
remain in the country. They will not
again trust their lives aud property
where the Indians are permitted to
roam nor would peace and the coer-
cion Of Indians on res ,rvations restore
confidence in the minds OF these settlers.
They have been deceived t. oftcu.-
Iddhoin.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21
Constitutional Convention.

The delegates to framo Constitution
for Washington Territory, met at Walla
Walla yesterday. The members of that
Convention are men Of ability and no
doubt will submit such Constitution az
will be acceptable to the people of our
neighboring territory. There are many
Of the citizens Of that territory who are
opposed to any state government, and
who prefer to remain, for time yet, in
a territorial condition. 1t is natural,
however, for the average American citi.
zen to desire to be his own ruler, or have
voice in the selection of those who
shall govern him. This the people Of a
territory are deprived of, and il makes
them more clamorous for Statehood be-
cause in many instances their executive
officers come from section Of tbs coun-
try not their own, and men are put over
them against their will and consent. III
the matter Of expenses, we see no reason
why state government in Washington
Territory should be much more than it
is at present under territorial form.
1t is not the part Of wisdom, however,
to form a Constitution which will out
grow itself in few years, and either be
useless or put the political sages to
studying up some means to avoid its
provisions. The Convention should be
liberal, and guard every right of the
people; and with honest officials, the
burdens Of Statehood can be easily car
ried along, and the people have their
choice in selecting those who govern
them. 1t puts on manhood to assume
the dignity of state, and while it may
DO Il little more expensive, it need not
be so to such IA degree as to be burden.
some, A state government for Wash.
ington 'erritory would bring it to tie
notice of the people abroad, and soou
her increased population and wealth
would make up for the additional ex
pcnses of state administration.
Washington is one Of the richest and
best territories in the Union, and hei
population is rapidly increasing in Con
aress which would command attention
and her wants from the Federal govern
ment would be more rapidly supplied
1t Is true that the people of the territor,
now receive small sum to pay off th,
! Governor and other officers; but thi
amount would be more than made up b,
the increase of Foieral appropriation
t from those now received. We hop
that the Convention will submit Con
stitution which will be acceptable to th
people, and that our neishbor may sool
assume the dignity OF s,ate.--F
Standard June l3,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21
Leader of tha tsostiles.

Buffalo Horn the leader Of the hos
tile Bannocks vas Gen. Towards right
hand man in the celebrated campaign
against the Nez Perces The knowl-
edge he obtained during his brief sci.
vice In the United States Army will
doubtless be great value fo him in
his present raid against the whites, and
will unluestionably be indirectly the
death of many u good man hsfore he
and his blood thirsty friends are cap
tured. And it is to be hoped that the
General will profit by this experience
aud take no more g0od Indians iuto his
service, who may in after time turn and
sting him.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21
4 Paipitating Heart.
sting him

Very often persons have a palpitating
heart after eating, or the food sours ON the
stomhri. The sides tremble, there il did
cniiv IN breathing, headache, dizziness,
nervousness. bad BREATH irritable temper,
less t strength. if any of these SYMPTOMS
eYi,t yog may conclude you are dyspeptc,
or, that yoprliver il ont of order. The gas
triG juice of The stomach for the purpose OF
disolving the fool has become to weak
consequently the food ferments giving rise
To the distressing SYMPTOMS above mention
ed. Ne must first uuke the castle juice
strong enough 10 take hold of the food and
disolge it soon as il reaches the stomach
WHITE 5 PRAIRIE Flower taken before or
soon after eating, before fermentation
commences, cures all such cases. Ask
your druggist, J. q MoSlcy for it Price,
p cts and - cts, W njj-t-mo.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21

ing proposals from the Statesman Office
and Union Office to do the incidental
printing of the convention. The pro.
posal of the Statesman was to do the
work for Sl.15 per thousand ems, in
cluding composition, press work, folding
and stitching and paper and furnish 90
copies of each bill or article printed, all
in small plea. The Union Office pro.
posed to do the said work in long prim-
er type, including the said branches, for
81 per thousand ems. The report was
read aud considered by the convention
and on motiou of Mr.. !.arabee the fol-.
lowing resolution was unanimously adop-
ted:
Resolred, That the bid of the pub.
fishers of the Walla Walla Union for
the incidental printing be and the same
is hereby accepted, and they are hereby
declared to be printers to thy conveu-
ton.
On motion the report of the commit
tee on rules was taken from the table
and read, and after an amendment to
the first rule the report was adopted.
| The committee on printing was then
Instructed by vote of the convention to
order printed slips for Hall calls for
noting absentees, and for the ayes and
noes, also to order the rules of the con-
ventlon to be printed,
On motion convention adjourned.
FRIDAY MORNING June IL.
Convention met at 8 A. NJ. Roll
called. Proceedings of previous day
read, corr riected and approved. The re
port Of committee on pay Of officers, or
motion for adoption aud division was
called and ordered. an amendment tt
fix pay Of chief clerk at 81 per day wa.
lost, anl amendment to fix the amoun
at s. Was lost. The report to tix tn,
AMOUNT AT $6 was then adopted. a,
amendment to fix the pay of assistan
clerk at 81 was adopted, The report t.
allow the Sergeant at Arms SIS per da,
was adopted, also to allow each of tn
pages &; per day.
on motion convention took u reces
till , o'clock J.. ". to await tho repor
OF; committee on order of business.
Lrrria"edto .2ad poye.l
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21
Letter From Lie wiston.
LEWISTON, juno 18th Is

LEWISTON, Juno 18th 1877.
EDITOR TELLER: In answer to vari-
GUS inquiries with regard to the "times"
in the east; | would like to say through
your columns that the comparison is
greatly iu favor of this country. In
fact | cannot see as the ehard timos"
that is at present depressing the whole
nation, il not the whole world, is felt
here to any extent The trouble there
is that the people have not got over
those extrayigant habits formed during |
those good old "war times" when their
crops were bountiful, and wheat was
worth two dollars per bushel. The
reaction came upon them unexpected
aud caught many of them in debt for
their fine houses aud fancy carriages
that cost fabulous prices. The result is
that very many of them have lost their
farms and are forced to come west. The
most OF them too poor to get further
than Kansas or Nebraska, to which
places they are aided by the railroad
companies, who take them at half fare,
provided, they buy land of said CON-
pauies. While 10 Chicago saw fifteen
passenger cars loaded with emigrants
for Kansas, in one train, aud this was
repeated :.at least twice a day. Good
farm hands were glad to get SIG per
month, during the working season in
Illinois, and sl2 in New York and
Pennsylvania. The only reason why we
are not flooded with immigration here
it that very little is known there OF this
country, except that it is inhabited by
millions of hostile Indians. The truth
would bring h h,sts on foot if they could
get here in no other way. However in
any erent | think they will get here as
fast as we are able to provide for them.
For instance seed grain and horse feed
would have given cut livery many more
had come last Fall,
In this connection should like to say
that our streets should be given o more
Inviting appearance to the newcomer
am of the opinion that his first i'm
pressions are that good fire iu certain
parts of the town would injure the bed,
bugs more than any one else, aud that q
decent dress would be superfiuity for u
lady prominadiug the .usineas portion
of our streets. Could not our city au.
thorities wiring in" street commits
soner who would lay new side walks tc
correspond with the individual improve.
ment that is evor going on? Some ol
the walks--notably that over the ditch
is really dangerous, and needs--dodg
ing. felt sorry for one poor old, one.
cared. poroin iriend--to whom every
body down this way is SO much attach
ed when | saw her forc,d to go quite
long way from direct course to affec
safe crossing in order to steal bar O
: soap from a neighboring door step
: Would not the value Of properly be en-
t haunced enough in this end of town Il
pay for cleaning the rubbish out of th'
street and putting sprinkler in opera
ton if such were done? If the bust
d ness men wont do it, why don't the au
thorities ''let friendship cease" and d
9 it for them. Yours truly,
i On, Anything.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21
The Laboratory OF the system.

The stomach is the laboratory OF the sys-
TEN, in which certain mysterious processes
hre constantly going on. These result in
the production of that wonderful viviiying
agent the blood, which 10 II state OF health
rushes laden with the elements of vitality
to the rcmotest parts of the system. But
when the stomach is sem-paralyzed by
dyspepsia, blood manufacture is carried on
impericctly, the circulation grows thin and
sluggish, aud the system suffers 10 conse-
qnence. Moreover. Indigestion reae's upon
the liver aud bowels. rendering the first
sluggish and the latter constipated. The
brain also suffers by sympathy. and sick
headaches, sleeplessness and nervous symp-
toms sre engendered. ilos,etter's Stomach
Bitters reforms this state of things, gives
permanent tone and regularity to the stom-
ach and its associate organs, the bowels
and liver, and ensures complete nourish-
ment and increased vigor of the system. It
is the most popular as we'll as the mos, ef.
Gcient aali-dyspeptic and tonic in America
3f-lm.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21
stage Captured by indians.

70 days .SHcer state contains the
following:
CAMP MCDERMoTr, June IL.
The up stage from Summit was cap
tured by Indians yesterday, and Nc
Curthchen, the driver. killed The
only passenger, named Hamilton, escap-
ed On one of the leaders. The rest of
the horses were taken and stage gutted.
The escaped passenger gave the alarm
along the road and the settlers are all
crowdiny in here. The road'is all strip
ped from here to the Owyhee. By in-
quiry "A, the stage office we learn that
the stage contained several boxes of
arms and ammunition for parties in
Idaho.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21
hal aud Departure of Nails 10 and
II from Lewiston, ]. 4.

Tnnnd from Walla Walla and intermediate
,ifYY<. Leaves daily. Sundays excepted,) at
An. Arrives daily, (Sundays excepted
T,sl'. NJ.
TsSanf from Mt. Idaho, Florence, WnrronS.
lk 4ity and slare Creek. Leaves 1neslays,
h0st days aud Saturdays. Arrives Mondays,
Vtx& &csdays and FRIDAYS at s, T.. NJ.
To and from Pine Grove and intermediate
oints. Leaves MondaTs ana Thursdays Mt 6,
!. Nj. Arrives Wednesdays and Saturday at Z,
!. NJ
Toand from Pierce City. Leaves Mondays
t7,A. N. Arrive Saturdays Mt ), P. VI.
Tonnd from Colfax. Leaves Fridays Mt 6,
M. Arrives Saturdays at :, p. VI.