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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30
A Pack Of W easels Out Hunting.

Weasels frequently hunt in couples,
and sometimes more than two will
work together. We once saw five, and
have heard of eight. The five We
saw were working a sandy bank drilled
with holes, from which the rabbits in
wild alarm were darling in all direc-
tions. The weasels raced from hole to
hole and along the sides of the bank
exactly like a pack of hounds, and
seemed intensely excited. Their manner
of hunting resembles the motions of
ants; these insects run a little way very
swiftly, then stop, turn to the right or
left, make a light detour, and after
ward on again in a straight line. So
the pack Of weasels darted forward,
stopped, went from side to side, and
then on q yard or two, and repeated the
process. To see their reddish heads
thrust for moment from the holes, then
withdrawn to reappear at another, would
have been amusing had it not been for
the reflection that their frisky tricks
would assuredly end in death. They
ran their quarry out of the bank and into
the wood, where we lost sight of them.
The pack of eight was seen by laborer
returning down a woodland lane from
work one afternoon. He told us he got
in the ditch, half from curiosity and half
from fear-laughable as that may SEEM
for he had beard the old people tell stor-
les of men in their days when the corn
was kept for years in barns, and so bred
hundreds of rats, being attacked by those
vicious brutes. He said, they made
noise, crying to each other in short,
sharp, snappy sounds; but the pack Of
FIVE we ourselves saw hunted in silence.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30
A Waif From the Skies.

In throwing out ballast or any small
article from balloon, certain degree
of caution is requisite, as bottle or any
similar object falls with such velocity
that were it to strike the roof of a cot
tage, it would go right through it. We
are told that Gay Lussac, i'm an ascentin
1904, threw out 4 common deal chair
from height of $4,000 feet. 1t fell be-
side country girl who was tending
some sheep in a field, and, as the balloon
was invisible, she concluded, and 50 did
wiser heads than hers, that the chair had
fallen straight down from heaven, gift
of the virgin to her faithful followers.
No one was skeptical enough to deny it,
for there was the chair, or rather its re-
mains. The most the incredulous could
venture to do was to criticise the coarse
workmanship of the miraculous seat,
and they were busy carping and fault
finding with the celestial upholstery,
when an account of NJ. Gay-Lussac's
aerial voyage was Published, and extin-
guished at once. the discussion and the
miracle.-Chamber's Journal.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30
CARTER BROTHERS, Publishers.
TIE PARTING HOUR,

There's something Ii. .ne," parting hour"
Will still the warmest heart
Yet kindred, comrades, lovers, friends
Are fated all to part.
But this I've seen-and many pang
Has pressed 1t on my mind,
The one who goes is happier
Than those who stay behind.
No matter what the journey be-
Adventurous, dangerous far,
&c wild deep, or to bleak frontier,
To solitude Of war,
Still something cheers the heart that dares
In all Of human kind;
<, Aud the y that 60 are happier ~.
Than those they leave behind.
Srhs bridsgoes . The brid.groom,s home
With doubling and with tears;s
but does not HOPE her rainbow spread
Across her cloudy tears2 {.
Alas! The mother who remains,
What comfort can she find
But this-the gone is happier
Than the one she leaves behind!
Have youa trustv comrade dear
An old and valued friend?
Be sure Your term OF sweet concoursn
- AtlengtA have an end.
And when you part-as part you will J.
Q take it not unkind
If he who goes is happier
Than the one he leaves behind.
God wills it So and SO it Is!
The pilgrims on the way,
Though weak and worn more cheerful arc
Thar all the rest who stay.
And when at last, poor man, subdued,
Lies down to death resigned,
Nav he not still be happier far
Than those be leaves behind?
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30
such men as Bright and Gladstone, after

ouSA AACA 90 DAAEue ~Au ~ AtseesoAAo9 s'~s~
they have once proven themselves.
1t is a fiction of the English constitu-
ton that seat in the house of commons
is an honor too great to be declined; and
hence, when a member wishes to retire,
it is necessary to resort to a somewhat
curious expedient. 1t is contrary to law
for member to hold an Office Of profit
underathe crown, and several insigni6-
cant positions, witha small emolument,
have been kept insreserve as convenient
stepping stones from the house to private
life. Chief among these is the steward
ship of the Chiltern Hundreds. When
a u,ou,uer wishes to retire, he has but to
apply for the stewardshipof the Chiltern
Hundreds. He receives the appoint
ment, and his seat in the house is there.
upon declared vocant. He usually also
gives up the stewardship at once, that
the door. may. be open fol-, any one else
who may also desire to use it.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30
Uncle Remus and the Silver Dollar.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.


From the Atlanta, Ca, CONSTITUTION.
"W'at's dis bout dat silver beznessw
said Uncle Remus. II hear Miss Sally
reading bout it, and axed her, but she
say dat I must ak Mas John, and den l
ak Mas John, and Mas John say must
60 ter desc yer noosepaper men what
kick up all de devilment. I b'leeve dat
wus de langwidge he used"
"Oh, that's all settled, Uncle Remus.
Everything is fixed"
"Who hilt de biggest ham in de
gaSaew
"Tne silver men. They didn't carry
all their points, but they are tolerably
we'll satisfied" .,..
What's de upshot er de fracus, denw
""Why, we are to have the old fash
toned dollar; the old silver that suited
so WE'LL"
81 motifs dat amt got mine yit:"
"Oh, it is too soon yet. They will be
put in circulation just as fast as the mint
can make Them
"Whar bouts in de 'sembly you 'speck
Pm sitting, boss? How fur back fun
de man what rashums out de scads duz
you reckon 1 isl"
"Oh, the silver dollar will be circu-
lated just like other money. You get it
if you earn ii"
"Hav' fer ter scramble arter it same
as before?"
eyes,"
"Well, den, in regards ter dat silver
bill. I'd a bin Whar de little bow WuZ
when he made mouf at de cow"
Where was that, Uncle Remus?"
"On de top rail or de fens."
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30

BISHOP LIrrLEJoHN refused to confirm
Ada Latin, little colored girl who pre-
sented herself with other children at
Emanuel church in Brooklyn last Sum
day, because she "exhibited unbecoming
levity." 1t appears, however, that she
belongs to a family of "born" laughers,
and her father says that she has "been
alaughin' ever since she was born she
can't help it no more'n the flowers can
help CROWN; she's allus alaughin'."
The bishop tells her to learn her cate
chism and be good girl, and promises
to confirm her next year.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30
sPRIN G.
'EEt
.. BY JOHN THOMSON.

In leafy woodlands birds are singing,
Thrushes calling through the dell;
In open fields fresh flowers are springing.
Violets bloom on hill and fell.
tr Sg.H \ sc I- t'r..
In shady woods and sunless places,
Orchard, forest, field and plain,
Cowslips show their modest faces.
March leaves sing through April's rain.
In the Spring the earth rcjoices;
All the tuneful feathered throng,
With one instinct lift their voices
Burst with rapture into song.
IT'S the time Of joy and gladness,
IT'S the crescent Of the year;
Winters past with gloom and sadness,
Snow and sorrow, frost and fear.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30

The reason given for girls not be-
ing able to throw anything with the &C.
curacy of .ooy, is that her collar-bone
is several inches longer and several de-
grees lower down: and being long and
crooked, interferes with the free action
of the shoulders.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30

But, though the arena had no rivals,
though Paul had his mania for love
making all to himself $50 absorbing were
the other interests of those times) it be-
came extremely difficult to discover ten
women who were ready to respond to his
mania.
For several days he had been much
afraid he would have to give it up for
this reason. He did not yet know how
strong-strong as DEATHS the love Of
admiration in pretty women.
Paul, having picked out the best and
most quiet streets, began by looking up
at the closed blinds with eager, anxious
chances. The second day he saw one of
the blinds move in the Rue de Ia Fare
he ogled it more anxiously than ever.
The blind opened. He saw a lovely face
appear. Paul wrote down in his memo
randum book the street and number. In
two weeks he had got down to ten names
and ten numbers. Ten was his maxi
mum. As to the ladies, overwhelmed as
they were by cares, anxieties and griefs,
his strange behavior and his evident adj
miration became to them source of
great amusement and curiosity. His
appearance made daily break in the
tedious monotony of their existence. 1t
gave them a new interest in their dress.
Their indoor life had a new object. 1t
was something in those times to have
even the semblance of lover. At first
they nearly all thought Paul's proceed
ings rather queer, and, if it had not been
for their great curiosity and an equally
great wish for some amusing break in
their dull lives, they would have been
offended at such cavalier proceedings,
and at the idea of being summoned like
dog by the whistle Of any lover. AT
any other period they, would have kept
themselves close hidden behind their
blinds and have laughed at their street
admirers love-lorn looks and gestures
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30

-Four months later Paul Vanguard, in
perfect health, married Lucy Arnaud;
but we may mention that she did not
invite to her nuptials any Of her nine
rivals. Perhaps because she was not
quite satisfied as yet, as to the dangerous
susceptibility of the head of her hus-
band.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13

ed that wheat can be carried from St.
Paul to New Orleans at ten cents 4
bushel, and yield the carrier a fair prof
it. This has become possible only since
the governments improved the Mississip.
pi river ataKeokuk and other points.
From st. paulto New Orleans the dis.
tance is abovc2 ,00t, miles. That grain
can be carried such distancs at cost
of lcrs than thrce and q half dollars !
ton shows the vast advantages OF water
transportation rs compared With car
riage by rail.
Here is suggestive fact to be con-
sidcrcd by the people Of the great val,
ley Of the Columbia river. This nigh
ty strcss1 - the naturil artery Of their
commcrccs It may ~ opened for less
money than fke government has spent
duriny the last five years in Improving
the Mississippi; and from the head Of
navigation wheat mny be delivered at
tide water at q charge no greater than
the present cost toftransportation, BY river
from St. Paul to st. Louis. Locks at
the Cascades and Dalles, and certain
improvements at other points which
may be made at small cost, will accom-
plish the Whole object. The river may
bc opened for free commerce at cost
far less than that Of building railroad
along its course. Government refuses
to build railways. but IL is directly in
the line Of its policy to open rivers to
navigation. An earnest and continued
effort may secure this work for the Co.
lumbia river within a few years. It
will supcrccde the ultimate necessity
and use Of railroad; for the demands Of
travel and quick transportation will rem.
der a railway here, as along other
strea ms, quite indispensable. But it is
not improbable that we shall be able to
get the river open first, especially rs
railway prospects pow seem likely to be
hliah'ed fnr years to come. 1t is prob,
able that the Jay Gould monopoly,
which opposes all our efforts for rall
road because it does not want through
competition, would allow US to get ap.
propriations for improvement of the riv.
er, n We ould.-Oregonian.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13
I'lMc to EOrbear.
\ OALIFUKNIAN,
Of two years ago.

The shooting affar al Dayton and ev.
ident purpose evinced by the settlers Of
Milestone Hollow, to protect settlers
in good faith should be lesson easily
read and undcrsood by such as go about
the coun.ry seeking to take advantage Of
the unintentional mistakes Of pre.emp.
tors and homesteaders upon the public
lands. We don't justify meu IN at
tempting tagobble lands by an evasion
Of the land laws, nor do We feel dispos.
ed to encourag, men to seek by every
species Of technicality in law to oust
settlers who have equities upon lands.
The country is not yet so crowded as to
make it necessary for man to get a
good clain, that he should covet that
which some other settler has fled upon
though he may have been remiss 10
some points.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13
From tho Sound.

A correspondent Of the Oreganian
writing from Port Townsend, has the
following on the State government quee-
ti"n and the convention delegates:
1.-THE fair manner in which the Ore.
goatnn has spoken ofthe effort of the
peop 10 of this territory to get from un-
der the incubus Of q provincial govern
ment is very gratifying to our people.
You may be satisfied that the effort is a
determined one, and that it will he sue
cosafnl Politics are wholly ignored in
tho choice of delegates. The parties. it
IS trnt, called conventions and placed
men III nomination.; but it was distinctly
and uniformly aanounccd that no ono's
vote was claimed on party grounds, but
only that the party organizations be
utilized to produce concentration OF eff.
feet, md prevent scrub race. Hence,
in each Of the judicial districts but a
single candidate is before the people
In this district Col. Larrabee and iu the
second Judge Dennison have no com.
petitors; and in fact, in most of the
council districts there is but a.ssingle
candidate There will be consequently
a very little vote, in no sense represent
ing the population Of the territory.
In view Of the steps being taken by
our people. the introduction of bill by
Senator Mitchell to attach Walia Walla
and Whitman counties to Oregon, is re.
gardcd as q cratuitious insult. and if the
Senator could but hear the denuncia-
tions hoaped on his head, he would
hereafter be satisfied with representing
Oregon and the Union and Central Pa.
c'fic railroads.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13
\ ss0:ln Country.

VI N.
TELLER sometime ago notice Of the
Assotin country, and made up my mind
that when I could would visit it. l
have bcea there. 1t is all you describ
ed it to be aud think much more. 1t
is wonder to me that 50 much good
land and iu 10 mild climate, should
have been unsettled so long and espec-
tally so near the navigation Of Snake
river. I have been in Walla Walla
much and heard mnch said about land
in Washington for settlement, and es
pecially the Palunsc country. | have
visited the Palouse country and seen its
character and for my part give me a
farm Of 100 acres in the Asso,in coun
try in preference I" $50 acres anywhere
10 the Palousc. II is hut recently that
the men Of Walla Walla have learned
ofithe advantages ofthe Assosin section.
,'l3ut it will now need 10 moro advcrtis
ing. Settlers have seen it, aud they
arc rushing to it in earnest, and making
their locations, aud in short time they
will be able 10 show houses, fences, Till
ed fields and other improvements that
will surprise you. They want that mail
route through to the Grand Ronde val
ley, and they will strive to have a wagon
road through before this years immi
grafton reaches that valley from the
East. While have not been as far rs
the Wallowa valley. yet I have been
upon the nights Of the spurs Of the Blue
Mountains, commanding a full view Of
the country between the crossing Of the
Grand R,nde river 8 miles from its
mouth and the Wallowa, and it presents
one vast plain oftable land for dis.
tance OF 10 miles, covered with the best
Of grass, aud apparently as good for
wheat raising and settlement as tho land
about the Assotin. and not one settler is
yet upon this No immigration from
the States would ever pass over this
body of land and not be attracted hy its
fertile appearance. A road through,
from the Assoiin to the Grand Ronde
valley viii save thousands Of dollars Ia
new immigrants and bring them through
and to a country where they will desire
to dwell. The efforts of TnE TELLER
and some Of the people Of Lewiston made
las, year to oren this road could no!
have been better mcaut or better direc-
ted. The wouder is that The advanta-
ges which this road and the country
bordering it, had not carrier been ap.
prccia.cd and understood.
a CALIFORNIAN,
OF two years ago.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13
Dayton News Items.

THE WoUNDED.-We are authori.
lively informed that Mr.. Wright who
lost a leg last week in the ARRAY, and
Sparks. who was shot in the head and
face. will both recover. At last advices
both were loing well.
ArWuETsroNE HOLLow.-Six hun.
dred aDd fifteen dollars were ''immediate.
ly subscribed" for the benefit of G. w.
Wri.ht-oae of the facts going to show
that the "settlers" are terribly in earn.
est. -1ea
Tux MARkETs.--Eggs 12ac. per dox.
Green apples. &c., from wagons. But.
ter Zoe. per ID. Hams. shoulders and
sides, 7c. Potatoes 2!@3s 3v
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13
Gen. Crook,s AIission.


OMAHA, Neb., March 8l.-0sn
Crooks Mission to Fort Hall, Idaho.
elicits the following facts: The Han.'
mock Indisns who are located at lhatpcsg
behaved badly last fall and mepsesd
the peace Of the settlement, 70 that Il
was found necessary to disArni ana dis.
mount them. Recently the indian AZ.
partment gave orders that ell their pom
les should bo cold, and the procecds
used in tho pnrchaae Of cattle f6s lrade.
The redskins united 10 ., PROTEST, and
have shown an ugly spirit of lato.
They want the ponies, but 20 bull I 81
COWS, and they also want their arms ~
stored to them. Gen. Crooks Millsis-
quire into their grievances. and will
Recommend what course should be par.
sued, and the Indian bureau and mill.
tary will act accordiogly.ss> 9 sssasi M
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13
Complimentary.

The members of the Supreme Court
Bar a. Boise City, met and passed some
very complimentary resolutions to Chief
Justice Hollister on his announcing his
intention Of vacating his position as
Judge in Idaho, at the expiration Of
the term of court at Boise City. He
has we'll merited the endorsement since
10 the territory.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13
Arrival and Departure Of Mails to ant
from Lewiston, I. r.

To and from Walla WAlla and intermediate
points. Leaves daily. Sundays cxcepted.) At
ga. NJ. Arrives daily, Sundays excepted, }
att, Y. NJ. .E
To aud from Mt. Idaho. Flofenee. Warrcps,
Fix City and Slate Creek. Leaves Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. Arrives Mondays,
Wednesdays and FRIDAYS at 8, p. NJ.
To and from Pine Grove and intermeli.f"
points. Leaves Mondays and Thursdays ut &,
a. NJ. Arrives Wednesdays and Saturday at Z,
r. N. rfF
To and from Pierce City. Leaves Mondays
att, Am. Arrive Saturdays at S, Y. NJ.
To ami from colfax. Lcave. Fridays at 8,
A. NJ. Arrives Saturdays at 7, p. NJ.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13

LOCKS AND CANAL MoDEL.-Msj.
Bolton, Of the U. s. engineers oilcs, Il
busily engaged in building model
which is TO represent in detail! the loeka
and canal which it is proposed to con-
struct at the Cascades. The model,
when completed, will show just how fhs
locks will be worked. a m,niatuss
turbine wheel, about two inches. ia
diameter, will be used to operate thS'
machiuery-open aud shut the satsu,
let the water 10 and out, etc. 0sseor-
ian. ]
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13

ADOPTED Tue PLAN;--Jud Boyakin
Of the Idahoan, in imitation of the As
tors has determined to lay aside $780,
600 OF his income for each aud every
cion 10 his faulty. ,''N ~ 7,-i
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13
River and Rail,

A careful estimate Of the cost of
transporting wheat by river from St.
Paul to St. Louis shows that the total
does not exceed three and one-third
cents bushel. A tow boat takes four
barges Of 500 tons each, and makes a
trip ID fifteen days. II is demonstrat.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-13

: CHIEF JosEpH asks, "When will
these white chiefs tell the truth 2"
And echo answers when there is moth.
ing to Be gained BY cheating the Iudian.
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