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pear so sharply defined as in ones wax
ing moments. | was apparently reused
from this state by slight cracking
sound. | started and raised myself on
my elbow My heart almost ceased to
beat at what / what I saw. The half
breed had Lit some species of dried herb,
which sent out strong aromatic
odor as it burned. This herb he was
holding directly under Dicks nostrils,
who | now perceived, to my horror, was
wrapped in a profound slumber. The
smoke of this mysterious herb appeared
to deprive him of all consciousness, for
he rolled gently off the pine-log, and lay
stretched upon the floor The half-breed
now stole to the door and opened it gen.
tly. Three sinister heads peered in out
of the gloom. | saw the long barrels of
rifles and the huge, brawny hands that
clasped them. The half-breed pointed
significantly to where | lay with his
long, bony finger, then, drawing large,
thirsty-looking knife from his breast,
moved toward me. Tie time was come.
My blood stopped-my heart ceased to
beat. The half-breed was within few
feet of my bed; the knife was raised !;
another instant and it would have been
buried in my heart, when, with a hand
as cold as ice, l lifted my revolver, took
deadly aim and fired!
A stunning report, dull groan, a
huge cloud of smoke curling around me,
and | found myself standing upright,
with dark mass lying at my feet.
Great God what have you done,
SIR" criedrhe half-breed rushing toward
me. you have killed him! He was
just about to wake you"
I staggered against the wall. My
senses, until then immersed in sleep, sud-
denly recovered Their activity. The
/ frightful truth burst upon me in flash.
had shot Dick Linton while under the
influence of a nightmare, Then every
thing seemed to fade away, and renem-
bered no more.
There was trial. [ believe. The law
yers were learned, and proved by physi-
clans that it was a case of what is called
somnOlentia, or sleep drunkenness, but of
the proceedings | took no heed. One
form haunted me, lying black and heavy
on the hut floor; and one pale face was
ever present-a face l saw once after the
! dreadful catastrophe and never saw
again-the wild, despairing face of Der
tina Linton, my promised bride .-Oh
! Magazine.
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PENIS Message.

The Philadelphia Ledgey' says that
Gov. PENIS message to the general as
sembly of Pennsylvania, in 1701, was SO
brief that it may be quoted in para
graph, and it contains some good adj
vice. He said:
FRIENDS: Your union is what | de-
sire, but your peace and accommodating
of one another is what | expect from
you; the reputation of it is something
the reality much more. | desire you to
remember and observe what | say.
Yield in circumstances to preserve es-
sentials, and being safe in one another,
you will always be in esteem with me-
Make me not sad, now l am going to
leave you, since it is for you as well as
your friend and proprietary and govern
or. WILLIAM PENN.
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THE S0NG-SPARROW.
aars Contribution 10 "a 6ioldeH Songs Of Great
PGetsn

SffgItN = fD3tFtthfyf 10 frbtAtH sNfttTe VI
Poets"
Bird of the doorsidei waTbling clear
In the sprouting OF fading year,
Well ART thou named. from thy own sweet lay
Piped from paling or naked spray,
AS the the smile OF the sun brerks through
Chill gray clouds that curtain the blue.
Even when February bleak
Smites with his frost the travellers cheek,
While the air has no touch OF spring,
Bird Of promise We hear thee sing,
Long ere the first rattle blossom. wakes,
Long ere the earliest leaf bud breaks.
April passes and May steals by;
June leads in the sultry July;
Sweet are the wood-notes, loud and sweet,
Heard from the robins and hang-bird' seat;
Thou, as the green months glide away,
Singest with them as gayly As they.
August comes and the melon and maize
Bask and swell in his fiery blaze;
Swallows gather, and southwark bound,
Wheel like a whirl-blast rou2d and round,
Thrush and robin their songs forget,
Thou art eheerfully warbling yet.
Later still, when the sumac spray
Reddens TO crimson day by day,
When in orchard, one by one,
Apples drop IN the ripening sun,
They who pile them beneath the trees
dea~ VI lay IN the autumn 9tttIe-
Comes November, sullen and grim,
Spangling with frost the rivulet's brim;
Harsh, boarse winds from the woodland tear
Each brown leaf that is clinging there;
Still art thou singing amid the blast,
Soon is the deadliest season past
Only when Christmas snow storms make
Smooth white levels OF moor and lake,
Sitting the light SHOWS all day long,
Only then do We miss the song,
Sure to hear il az ain, when seen
Climbs the sun TO higher noon.
Late when the sorrowing south wind brought
Tidings of battles fiercely fought,
Tidings OF hosts in war array,
Marking with graves their bloody way;
Still vert thou singing near my door,
Soon is the stormiest season Ger
Even thus sing cheerfully on,
Bird of Hope! as in ages gone,
Sing OF spring-time and summer shades,
Autumn 5 pomp when the summer fades,
Storms that flee from the conquering sun,
Peace by enduring valor won.''
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CAUTION.-We caution our readers to
beware of diphtheria, pneumonia infuenza,
bronchitis, congestion of the lungs, coughs
bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment and
keep it ready for instant use. 1t may save
your life. 1t has saved thousands.
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How to Make food Bread

Use DooLEY's YEAST POWDER, and
YOU will have no difficulty. The substances
entering into its composition are perfectly
pure, healthy and nutritious
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The constantly increasing sale of
BURNETT's COLOGNE, confirms the opinion
OF the best judges, that it is equal, if not
superior, 10 any, domestic or foreign. 1t
also received the highest award at the Cen
tennial Exhibition
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CAN OUNCE OF PREVENTION, ETC. y
Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders will
positively prevent all ordinary diseases com.
mon To horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and fowls
besides constantly Improving thsm in an.
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A treat Lawyer With a Weakness.
From the Baltimore Gazette.
g

rum tue pdtlLloIe btEttle
Luther Martin was one of the most
famous lawyers of his time. He was
little above the medium height, and was
slovenly in appearance His dress was
compound between the fine ard the
coarse, and seemed never to have felt the
brush. HE wore rutfies at the wrist.
richly edged with lace, after every one
else had abandoned them. These rufiies
were conspicuously broad, ana were
always dirty with tobacco Juice. Judge
fancy said that in his speech he used
vulgarisms, and that he heard him say
" cotch" him, instead of caught him,
and we sot down, instead Of sat down.
His genius was frequently clouded by
the excessive use of strong drink. Being
engaged in an important case, he
promised his clients the dav before the
suit was to be tried not to drink any
liquor. He retired to his room, but
could not resist his desire for stimulants.
He sent for bottle of brandy and loaf
of bread, and after saturating the bread
thoroughly with the brandy, he ate it,
and his unfortunate appetite was salts
fed, and he claimed he had kept his
promise not to drink. He tried the case
III the ablest possible manner, but on be-
ing reproached by his clients for his viz
tual violation of his promise, he remark
ed, . did not drink drop: besides, say
no more about it. Had it not been for
the bread, would have lost the ease"
He had a paralytic stroke, and having
squandered his large earnings at the bar
as fast as they were acquired, in his old
age under the rnadiupS of ,,apurv ba 70
moved to New York, and received the
hospitalities and kind attentions of
Aaron Burr, whom he ably defended at
Richmond. Before his death the legisla-
ture passed a resolution that every one
on being admitted to the bar should
pay 81 cash for his use. He died on
July 10, 1926, when he was eighty-two
years of age.
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Death i'm His FayOrjte Robe.

The mOrtuary statistics of the whole
civilized world show that about one-fifth of
all mankind die af consumption alone and
the number of deaths due to consumption
bears greater ratio to the whole number
than that OF any other three diseases to-
gether. Moreover, investigation proves
that this ratio is steadily increasing Its in
creasing prevalence has led to the popular
belief that consumption is incurable. Every
year hundreds of these sufferers seek in the
sunny retreats of Florida or the dry atmos-
phere of Colorado, for health-and find
only grave. The influence of the atmos-
phere-the only remedial agent that either
Florida or Colorado can afford the consump-
tive-is at best only pdIiiGtire. The cure of
consumption depends upon two essential
conditions: LIST, the arrest of the abnormal
breaking down of the tissues, which pre-
vents emaciatiOn, and ID, the restoration
Of healthy nutrition, in order TO stop the
formation of tuberculous matter. Fulfill
these conditions, and consumption is as
durable as fever. To fulfill these conditions
the required remedy must increase the ap-
petite, favor the assimilation of food, and
enrich the blood, thus retarding the de-
yelopment of tubeTcles. To accomplish
this, more powerful Alternative than Dr.
, Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has never
been discovered. At the same time, il
soothes the irritation of the nervous system
produced by violent coughing, which in its
turn so often leads to more serious results.
The use of "expectorants" in consumption
is absolutely suicidal. For while removing
the tubercles already formed they produce
yet more serious results by intiaming and
destroying the sound and healthy tissues.
Consumption requires a remedy that will
soothe while ii relieves harsh medicnes but
add fuel to the flame that already threatens
to consume the system. The Golden Medi-
cal Discovery fulflls these conditions, and
has been pronounced the best remedy vet
discovered to allay and arrest consnmp-
ton.
HEART DISEASE by its iDsidious
workings, has brought many persons to an
untimely grave. The valves and various
parts of the Heart are very tender and
easily disarranged, which in time will be-
come settled Heart Disease, for the relief
and cure of which we offer you DIR. Graves
HEART REGULATOR, a preparation long
and favorabls known in New Hampshire
where the Doctor practiced as a regular
physician. 1t is not cureall but is medi-
cine which goes straight to its work.
The HEART REGULATOR viii assist the ac-
ton of the Heart, and its continued use
will afford a permanent cure. Send for a
pamphlet containing full description of
lis merits, to FRANK f. INGALLS,, Concord
Nh. For sale at 90 cents and 81 per bottle.
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CURSE THE WHOLE LOT.

That Scale agent cheated me ont of $50. clean foI
could have bought a better Five-Tcn Wagon Scale
for $50, on trial, freight paid to my own door ot
JONES OF BINGHAMToN, Binghamton. ny.
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PROPERTY ExENPT FROM TAXATION.
liking


Deducting from this amount the value OF rail-
road, telegraph, and ins urauCe prop rty which, in
the form OF licenses, pays what is regarded lair
proportion OF the taxes and also the several items
OF public property, and there remains les. than
s6,eal,OOD exempt from taxation.
TANES.
The total tax levied in the state for the year
1876, WAS = O91. i36 o., amounting to s. - on
each enc hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
The purposes TO- which these taxes were levied
the respective amounts and rates are as follows:
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CHEW
The Celebrated
" MATCHLEsS F."
Wood Tag Plug
Tan

THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston and Chicago,
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y VERY valuable silver mine has lust
been discovered in Arizona bv two
brothers 1t Is IN mountain which has
always been supposed to be a mass of
iron ore. On digging down FIVE or six
feet the prospectors struck vein of sill
Yer ore which assays from $1,000 to
$4,000 to the ton, and is two hundred feet
wide. The discoveries, with the aid Of
one man, took out twenty tons of are.
wprth SIS, oGq, in two weeks.
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II thusappears thai the dire,

IL tuuS appears that tue direct state tax Is l.
than one-tsnth of the t)tal tax. The entire ate
tax direct aud indirect, for the year 1874 is rep
resented by the receiptS into the general fund
and amounts as before stated, to 81, l91. 954 So
and is only about one-seventh of the total tax
paid by the people. From this amount has
been paid all the expenses of the state. in
GLIDING interest on the state debt, official salaries
cost OF charitable and penal institutions, lesiSa-
tive and miScellaut Gus expenditures: which
shows that those entrusted with the control OF
state affairs have exercised reasonable economy
in the discharge oftheir respective duties.
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The decrease during the year in the amount ut
Interest Is 81 1878 and the increase in the amount
on hand IS S4l,6l223; net increase of Sl7,7 6 S.
STATE DEBT
The state ind btedness remains as at the close of
the preceding fiscal year, ana is represented by:
Bonds .................S 1000
Currency certlhc stes. Observation-Disclosures. 81
Certificates Of Indebtedness to trust fun 22SS 900
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In addition to this the secretary CT state reports
the total indebtedness of the counties cities towns
villages and school districts in the state as amount
ing to 500 545 Co. which add to the state d, bit
proper makes the total publ indebt sdness of the
people of Wisconsin, S1,9l0 6O2.C4 being some
What less than three and oEe-half per cent Of tue
total assessed valuation.
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me reports OF the state superintendent ami OF
the cesrds o. regents of the University and Nor
NAL schools viii place before you all neefuI stats.
ucs relatiHe TO tbs important branch of state
polity. You will give the recomnsnI 9atic,,s 90
make such consideration their importance de-
msnds. The great cost and diversity of the text
many to be serious evils, and fall With pecnl,.r
severity upon that class OF citizens least able 10 bear
them. Coming directly from the people. aud rep
resenting as You do 81 sections OF the state 7
doubt not you xiii be able. by : comparison of
yiess, 70 perfect measures which viii RI I owe al
just grounds of complaint.
TIE proper education OF the chi dren and youth
OF on state is Smong the most important duties Of
society. The state has undertaken this duty only
IN part snd chou therefore rheerfully recognise
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The Greatest Discover, of the Age

For sale by all Druggists.
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he ad ltioE OF the constitutional amendment
increasing the number of associate just ces OF the
supreme Court, Wit impose upon you the duty of
fr~N,i1ns Tor Their election and Classification u
mas oeen suggested 10 me- also, thai vi h this in
crease 10 the number of Justics = the resent ae-
eoiEnodanons for this court viii be quite too linn
i,ed. ii upon proper inquiry you md such to De
tHe case trust yea will not nslect u provide the
necessary add tional room
STURGEON BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN CAN
Inc WORK OF connecting the waters OF t,reeD Bay
ana LAKE Aieniean by s ship canal, and thereby
very materially decreasing the distar ce between
prlncpai ports on Green BAY and the ports on
Lake Michigan, as well a creating much needed
anu most sNslSole hsTbor of refuge, has been car
ried forward with energy during The PAST wear
AifesaS more fh2n ont-ssl[ Of the entire WORK Is
completed, and the engineer in charge assures me
two years.
ktskLE MINDED AEp IAtEEE-EE.
- ne set legislature dirscted the safe Board CT
Nsef'ssN ss6 Refers =, make -.rtaSs 'ns.sstSa,
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-07-06
massive form and in many places extend out

massive form and in many places extend out
several yards, giving the place more the ap'
pearance of hanging rock or archa uonio
than anything else can compare 1t to- ufe"'
rocks have dropped from that which lorms
the roof leaving great holes or caves. Here
too, are to be found many queer formations
resembling stalactitcs somewhat, and when uii-
doubtedly have taken ages of time to form.
Looking around this vast vestibule ana be-
holding the rugged rocks and wonderful LOT
nation. together with all its vastness, we are
made to realize the stupendous grandeur o'
this work of nature and draw inspiration from
It's wild magnificencc. Amidst ITS solitude we
seem to have forgotten the outer world tha' we
left behind, and to almost realize the idea 'ha'
we are in Il fairy land admiring the works OF
some ancient races which ceaSleSs ages OF uihe
have wiped out of existence, leaving sublime
wonders such as this as monuments to theiF
past greatness. Amid such solitude ana grand
eur we feel like exclaimlng:
Oh, thou mighty, wondrous gorge sublime,
Majestic creature from the hand ol tlihe'
Who shaped your form-your hidcoue ihGc,
When vast thou born, and what OF all ihy race
How many ages rolled their ceaseless rouhu
Since nature formed thee in her might proiouiu'
And put TO shame the bantling cletts OF ola
Speak out old gorge, and let the truth DC 'olu.
Was il the dcluge, or some mighty storm,
That wrought thee into such a ieariul @ @iorlh
Or shaped by earthquakes, when tnmohnS noun
tains fell, ~,
Or thunderbolts hurled from the depths OF nell
Did demons laugh when came the mighty ilash,
That rent thee hcadlong with tcrrlhc crashE
Speak then and tell the story OF thy brth,
Thy long experience on our mother earth.
Who all was present on that eventful day,
Angels or dcyils-and which, pray, led the way:
Vast thou here when man, w,af human, tcllE
Wilt thou not speak or aught of thee us tell?
OF the ccasccss ages thou hast slumbered here,
OF the cruel slaughter by Indians made on deer:
We come with JOY to greet thy hntry locks,
To view thy crUgs, and see thy mighty rocks;
Topraisc thy charms, and crystal streams to greet
Who's laughing waters sparkle at our feet.
Majestic wonder, unmatched, thou stand sta!onc,
Exccllcd by none save heavens vaultcd dome!
j. ID II.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-07-06
Where Gold was Almost Unknown.
From the Hartford courant, June Ill

From the Hartford Courant June H.
There was a queerand very interesting slgh'
at Willimantic, Saturday. 1t was payday at
the Willimantic Thread Company's mills, and
the managers paid off their help in gold coin
1t was the first time in the history Of the con
Germ that gold had been actually used for the
payment of wages, and its reception by the
throng of women and men and girls and boys
as they came up for their pay was curious
study. A few of the older workmen who had
lived abroad were familiar with the stun, bu'
to most of them it was a strange sight ana
useless thing. One woman, after receiving
her pay $40 and counting it over, came back
to the overseer with:
"I've brought back the money. There's
dollar, "a half dollar and some cents
She had received Il ten dollar gold piece, q
five.dollar gold piece and two-and a-haltdol
lar gold piece and dollar bill and a silver
half The last two she knew-"a dollar ana !
half tlollar"-but to her all the rest of the stun
was some cents" and she was bound to have Il
corrected
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-07-06
Littell's Living Age.
The numbers for June 10Th and 22d

The numbers for June 10Th and 22d contain
Skepticism in Geology, Edinburg Review;
The Political Adventures of Lord Beacons,
field, part H., Fortn ghty Review; The Death
of the Duke de M, translated from the
French of f. Daudet, Temple Bar The
Azores. Fraser The Greatness of the Romans
bv Prof Goodwin Smith, Contemporary Re
view; illustrations of the Acts from Recent
Discoveries, by Canon Lighttoot, Contempora
nv; Macleod OF Dare, by William Black, from
advance sheets; Within the Precincts, by Mrs
Oliphant, from advanced sheets; Diderot at
st. Petersburgh, Fortnightly; How TO Live on
a Reduced Income, Good Words; The House
across the Street, a Story, All the Year Round
Turkish Wives, Pail Mall Gazette; Basque
Customs, Fraser; Pictures and Dress, Specta
tor; The Microphone, Spectator; The Feast OF
Lanterns at Canton, Japan Times Tibet
Spectator The Letter ~ Il Historical Con
lecture, Examiner, with choice poetry, etc.