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SRI. LOUIS,
IN 4UANANTINR.


Stsrsal Dtsoatch to 7ae 7%fonuA
6r. Louis, NO., Ju1y 30.-T1,o liscly interest
IN ycllow.fcv cases is subsfliug hero somewhat,
a. no moro boats With passengers from Mem.
phs arc arriving, anil rs tic condition Of Affairs
at quarantine has been definitely sctslcd. Tho
following report was yesterday made To Mnyor
Overlook regarding THO patients at quarantine:
We have the honor to rapport that, in ac-
cosdanco with your request VIC vtslted Quaran-
stno Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, July 20,
Tor tho purpose Of Inspecting tho cascs of
lever under treatment there. Wo found
that there wcFG no persons afflicted with FOLLOW
fever With the exception OF tho Brandy famfly.
Two OF tile children wcra convalesccnt from
ycllow.fcver. Tie mother stntca that sho ilas
lad It recently. She had n child ON Sunday.
Under tho circumstances, for fear Of rc,apsc,
We deem It best to detan her for the present.
Tile Youngest Of the children, Lfzztc,,2 years
old died ut 1890 p. na.. July n, with yellow
fever, accompanied by black vona.t. Bho wns
Immediately buried. nil clothing etc, burned,
md tho wnrd In which she dIc1 thoroughly
fumieatcd. Wo would also report that We
found tho quarantine service in high state Of
efficiency, and, tn View Of possible conditions,
nc would recommend that tile present stotua
be maintained" This is signed BY Drs. W. B.
Conroy mud ". 1Iutson Ford.
HANS ALeT0N,
Swcdct Who casne up from Memphis nine days
ago on the Ste. Gcnayevc, was yesterday sent to
t}aaranttnc, he having suspicious symptoms.
fio went to TIC Dtapcneary and mado TIC sug-
gesslon himself. Drs. Consoy. Ford, and Rob-
inson Yesterday made post-n1ortcm cxamtna-
tom OF the retnnins Of nrero who died late
Tuesday night at 71e Washington street under
circumstances that caused the casa 10 bo et1s-
peeled, t1,c man having conc up from atesnphia.
T1'e result Of the examination showed that he
had died Of congestlsc foyer. The premises
were lburnl1y disin!ected, as the noighbors woro
uneaey about IL.
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CROP NOTES.


BsXAnCK. Dak., july Gh-The wheat harvest
along the Northern rac!ac, between Bismarck
ana Bargo Is in full b!Rst. On every farm in
eight of the raroud the reapers arc In motion.
Dalrylnp!c. tl,n largest farmer. has 1l5 SELF
binders at wotk. and twenty thrcshers. Grain
Is already being put into tue cara. Eighty cents
arc offered for new wheat. Wheat Will average
twenty-five bushels pct aerc,-thc best ylelsi III
tho history Of the country. Tho o0ts aro nearly
all cut, and will yield Nd high a. 100 bushels
per acre In sptna lIetBnccs.
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tho Prince IA said to be only halt pleased
will. Lila reception in Constnntlnople. lie did
mt there receive tile flrlnan Of invtetiltrc,
which Ia to bo forwarded TO him at Sofia BY
spccIal enjoy. The absenca Of the btrdt III IN.
ycstlturc was politely excused on the ground Of
tts not being ready. Tho representation, how
ever. readty suggests itaelf that this eourso
had been decided unon from the beginning 10
order tn make the inyestttl,re o<4ur in aotla,
connection brtwecn tho Porte atrl Bulgaria,
though 1t mar hage grown rather loose, wns by
tlt1 fllEAfla saEcred.
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MINNESOTA.
RDsrf1f pjSpdtrh to 3nf T}fbnaA

RocHKsrEH, Mimi, July W.-1he weather
continues fine. One-thlrd Of thu wheat in the
southern part Of the county is Cit, anl about
enc.fouEth In the northern, It being sandy in
the former towns, antl the harrest-hande enter
cI three 10 four tlnys sooner. There is no time
lost now. Al aro very busy. Cutting will oc-
cupy nearly two weeks.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.

New YoRk, July 0,-Attyed, Ilsrdcs, FROM
nsneuFe; st. Laurent froP ilssFa; State Of
NeYads, from 0tasgow.
L1yxKloo1, July Bo.-Arriyed, tho steamship
Atlas, frc1n Doston.
LoNuox, July 31-Tho steam ships Rr!n, from
New York, aud eumasrs, from Boaton, hara ~.
ri1ed ous,
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RECENT DISTURBANCES.
LONDON, July 90-A dspatcll from Vienna
reports that tic recent disturbances Mt Eaegrad
were Quclled by tho Bulgarian militia. Forty
two hlohnmmcdan insurgents were killed.
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ROME, July 30.-it Is statcl that Cardinal
Lcdochowskt 1las asked the Emperor OF Ger.
many to allow him to return to the See OF
poscn.
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FRANCE.


&uR AnUQAAAON HILL
PANS, July D.-The Senatorial Committee
on Jnlca fesry's bill for romodcllpg tl,e su-
pcrtor Council OF Education laye beon uomI-
mated. seycn Of the ntno members favor tlle
bfl'. which Is almost certain 10 paas balore tho
recess.
THE TulLRNfEa.
VERSAILLES, July 2o,-Thc. Senate bus 70.
fcrrcl tho bill for tic demolition Of the Tull-
cries to Special Committee.
TIE AFRICAN HAlLHoAn scnKMR.
LONDON. July 80,-A Paris dispatch says the
second Subcommittee on tho Trans.eatasa
Railroad las lscided to propose Biskasa as tho
starting point,
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PRICE j sF CENTS.
James Hest 5 s last member Of t,,o family
ofsoven, Two 3m havo dIcd,was Frustrated
with foycr thu - rncon

STILL ANOTHER. j.
John B. Easton, eldest son Of Thomas 8.
Eastos, WAS stricken with fever tonight. This
case, together with tho "lfo and two daughters,
incindcs the entire family, who are now peos-
trated With tile dlsensc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-26

The faith Of the Child is always tho
work Of its mother.
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Animal Magnetism.

Professor CharcOt hus unexpectedly
brought us back to the days OF animal mag
nctism. He has effected some curious ex-
pcrlmcnts ON hystcrO-cpileptic patients i'm
the Saltpetricrc Hospital, Paris, producing
Catalcpsy and sOmnambulism at will The
object, placed for "A few seconds or minutes
before the full blaze of Drummond or an
electric light, becomes fascinated. The
anrsthctic state il complete, for hc can be
pinchcd, &c, without exhibiting pain. The
members display no rigidity, and preserve
whatever attitude is given them The pa
ticnt has become catalcptic In vain you
speak and question him; but the features
reflect the gesture. Place him in tragic
posture, the physiognomy becomes severe
and the eyebrows contract. Bring the
hands together as in prayer, the visagc sof-
tens and the features become suppliCating
But out the light, the patient drops into a
sOmnambulistiC Of lcthargic state. He falls
backward the eyclids close, and if the skin
be now rubbed the parts will contract ~ If
under she influence Of electricity; touching
thus certain nerves the muscles of the face
comfort, and the head itself can bc made to
turn Here is the sOmnambulsm Call
the patient; lac will rise and walk TO YOU
Tell him TO knccl and he will kneel: TO
write and hc will write; 10 sew, and he
will, mechanically, like slave, the eyes
being closed. Sometimes the answers are
more Ineligible than when the patient is
wide awake, so much is the intelligence cx-
cited. Blow your breath strongly in his
face, and the subject instantly awakcns,
after slight throat spasm and some frOth
ON his lips, but utterly ignorant Of what has
occurred. The experiment can be repeated
at will. But the magnet ~ DR. Burg has
shown i'm the case Of metallic applications,
plays AN important part during the stage Of
inscndbility; the patient loses all sense Of
color, or the colors Of all objects become
gray; violet first disappears, then green,
next blue and last red. Double mp the
right arm; IL will rest go Bring the mag
net To- act ON the left arm in short time
the right one will regain its supplcncss and
the left arm take the same contracted form.
Music strong bell ringing can produce
this anWsthctic condition as well as the
lights referred too; hence, the action Of
sound is identical with that Of light Stca-
dily looking into the eyes will also produce
the lcthaigic state. But this is trcading
after Ncsmcr.
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4 Sheen Ranch.

The ranch ] had travelled more then four
thousand miles TO sec lay on the western
slope of q valley through which runs for
four winter months the Salinas River, emp
tying into Monterey Bay after northwest
course Of about one hundred and thirty
miles The eight thousand sheep on the
property were in six bands each under the
care Of a shepherd and dogs The shcp-
herd has his cabin alongside Of n corral that
enclosed the flock at night. These camps
"a corral and n cabin-wcre sixteen i'm
number As flock exhausted the pasture
i'm ono locality II was moved 20 another.
The stock drank from the little river stream
If grazing near that, or from springs or
wells at the different cOrrals, where were
pumps and trOughs An important line Of
ranch work was 10 supply the shepherds
with fresh provisions carrying them 20 this
and that camp, four or five miles apart
Besides that weekly duty were the special
calls for all hands during lamhing, shear
ing, washing, packing ilccCcs and hauling
wool There were near the dwelling ample
barns, tool and store houses, blacksmiths
shop and mems quarters. in fact, a ranch
Of such size, distant from any town, must
command within itself many resources Be
side the sheep stock, there were a few cat
tle for beef and milk, four draught horses
and half a dozen saddle mustangs The
vegetable garden was situated eight miles
from the house. 10 was on the only spot Of
thc whole property wncrc q natural supply
Of water from a spring and pond hole could
De depended on throughout the year. But
as 2 man could not bc spared for continuous
gardening, one Of the hands rode over twice
week 10 do the work As may be lima
gincd, the fertile little garden was sadly
neglected The exact details and patient
care of small farming seem incompatible
with the nomadic administration Of graz
ing. The dwelling house, Of but one story,
was pretty and comfortable It's main
room was parlor, hall and Office. From it
opened the bed-Chambcrs and the long
broad piazza which, trclliscd with vines
and as much a living place as indoors, cx-
pressed the character Of existence where
only four months required q roof The
dining-rOom, opening ON another piazza,
was boo n wing where also were the quart
ers of The house servants two "a China
man at 500 month and an Irish woman at
$40 The latter WAS not cxtravagantly
paid in a district where were forty men 70
one woman, and matrimony IN consequence
much more Desirable then house service
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Auld Lang Svns.

a poor man raped ON Mrs. Carruthcrs'
door one day, and when she opened il and
asked him what he wanted, he said
"YOur name is Mrs. John Carruthcrs,
nee Blackwell believe, ELI Z"
eyes, sir. y
"You formerly resided at Brighton,
Staten Islandi'
Yes, sir.
"Ah, yes, he went on, "wcll do re
member you in your days of youth, beauty
and angelic innocence. You used 10 live in
the little white cottage just back from the
road, ch2"
81 did, sir"
eyes, ! thought 80. ! was well of then,
myself. ! rcvclcd i'm all sorts of dcCacics,
tcmpora mutantur" He drew Il long sigh
and continued: 81 Just thought I'd drop i'm
and see if conld ask you for some cold
buckwhcat cakes on the score of old
friendship"
81 haven't buckwhcat cake In the
house
"IIavc you any cold mcat2 I'll accept
any kind except veal outlets
"I'm sorry TO say ! can't accommodate
you"
"Can you give me an old pair Of boots2"
lie asked in such n pitiful tone that she
was touched, and got him pair of her hus-
bands. He took them, examined them
carefully, and said
"Ihank you, ma'am; thank you This
is "A pretty good pair, but, ON the strength of
old times, cant | implorc you to let me
have a dollar TO have them half solcd and
hcclcd"
She slammed the door in his face
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-26
0ueen victoria,s DaIry.

The Queen Of England has a very nice
dairy farm II is mile from Windsor Cas-
tie. The dairy is beautiful cottage with
marble paved and ffcscOcd ycstibule.
The interior is room about thirty feet
square, the roof supported by six OctagOnal
columns Of white marble with richly
carved capitals The floors are Of white
porcelain tiles, the windows stain ed glass,
bOrdered with hawthorn blossoms, daisics,
buttercups and primrOses The floors a .
lined with tiles Of porcelain Of a delicate
blue tint with rich medalliOns inserted Of
the Queen, Prince ConsOrt and each Of the
children. Shields, mOnOgrams Of the royal
family and bas rcliefs Of agricultural de
signs, representing the seasons complete
the OrnamcutatiOn of this exquisite model
dairy. All around the walls run marble
table and through the center two long ones,
supported by marble posts, resting ON bas
ins, through which run perpetual stream
Of spring water By this means the slabs
Or tables are always cold, and the tcmpcra
ture Of the dairy is chill, while the white.
and gilt china milk and butter dishes rest
ng ON the tables, are never placed in water
The delicious milk is brought into the room
in bright metal buckets lined with pOrce-
lain, thc Queens monogram and crest gilt
tcring on the brass plates ON the covers In
the room where the butter is made, milk
skinned and strained, the eyes may be
Toasted ON the rows Of metallic, porcelain
lined cans Of every size, made TO lock, and
sent 10 the royal family even as far as
Scotland or wherever they may chance TO
be, so they always have good milk and but
ter. The churn is Of metal aiso lined with
porcelain, and made into two compart
mcnts The outside chamber surrounding
The cylinder can have warm or cold water
poured In 90 regulate the temperature. The
I'D is scmwcd ON, and the stationary stand
ON which the whole is turned makes the
work easy and rapid But while over six
ty cows are daily MIXED, and as many
more are out grazing, the royal family are
more than satisfied. and the LOndOners
growl that the overplus Is sold, and the
money pockoted by their money making
sovereign,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-26

There arr three things AT great premium In
the pastoral region of Southern California
"A woman, u saddle and revolver Man
and horse are safe thus, hut one must care
fully guard handmade and saddle A res
pectable ranch family will send twenty
miles To- steal the female servant whom YOU
have just brought trOm SAN Francisco AT a
cost of twenty dollars. The family consist
ed of three brothers, the wife of the eldest
and two children. IL was an agreeable and
refined household, preserving i'm its isOla-
tion and liberty the social graCcs and re
straints that, often lacking iugenuousuess in
formal communities, are vet Oftener want
ing altogether where nature is independent
of art. The head of the family was n man
ot literary taste and habit so far ~ his pre-
sent activity permitted them. The broth
crs were energetic, gcntlemPNly young fell
fowS escaped from all city pettiuess and
growing To the perfection of manlincsS. On
Eastern education and rcfincmcnts were
now grated the good masculine accomp-
lishment of horse breeding, throwing the
lasso stock tending and dealing with varic-
ties of human nature rs strong and
ruughcr than their own. The men of the
family were getting an experience most
valuable and full of wholesome endowment.
But the lot of the wife and mother, the on
ly lady within "A radius of ten miles was
one of loneliness and dependence. Let us
who would take wives and children into
"thc hush consider unsclhshly the situa-
tion-at least as We have the distance of IT,
This lady, delicate, cultivated and accus-
toned To the adOuments as well as the
comforts of life, was absolutely without
one female associate. The men of the ia
mily were occupied out of doors for two
thirds Of the time All administration of
the household, with perfectly Independent
and hut half-traincd servants, fell To the
mistress who had To care for and distribute
the stores of the home and of the ranch,
too, whose laborcrs were fed i'm an adioin-
ing house, Mechanical convcniences were
rude, and the luXurics Of housekeeping en-
tircly wanting. Fancy the housewives toll
and responsibility. Fancy the mothers
anXicties for her children, with no physi-
clan within twelve miles. Thus tried, the
lady without female sympathy, away from
all religious forms, performed her duties
gently chccrfully and bravcly This lite
raj picture of domestic life is the truth OF
what | saw ON "A Southern California ranch,
and, as such, should not be omitted from
study of pastoral projects. The country is
beautiful with certain solemnity that,
even in that perfectly bright atmosphere,
inspires melancholy, or at least pcnsivcncss
The vast spread of faded heritage, the
DnIidic groves, the absence of watcr-no
pond nor brook, no passing shower nor gen
tie dew to frcshcn; the cloudlcss unchang-
ing skies without even the illusions of sun
set for months and months deep and
full of color, )ut so far away There is n
primcva, solitary, immutabc character i'm
its landscape that saddens.
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Get up behind me, aud wen both ride
of. said My Chairman
Then | leave everything belonging to
me TO be plundered.
"Well, then, man, what is it YOU want :
What's your advice T.
LET us throw the body down that rock
into the scrub there, and then clean up.
You ride on IN pretend their mate Was
after you. II you meet the police, don't
say word about IT,
But the horse and saddle may be stolen
property :"
''You must chance that It's the only
plan.
My Chairman adopted the oaly plan,
rode down 10 sydney, and sold the horse.
'But now, sir, said he comes the
strangest part of the story, and, II | didn't
feel sure that YOU would believe me,
would never tell il. Years passed, and
happened TO be travelling through town
where the assiZes Were going ON. | heard
that great murderer was To be- tried 80
went To hear the trial As live and must
die, one of the officials of that court, and
not the lowest either, was Jim, the Bush
ranger who stripped me !"
''Oi course you communicated your dis
covcry to the police ~
My Chairman gave dry cough, and,
rather think, got red in the face.
81 never much cottoned to the police, sir,
at any timemleast of all then Not so much
for my own sake as for others
IL see, | see, said | ''hut hope that
was the only human blood You ever shed =
"The only drop, - said My Chairman, in
some confusion, "saving and excepting ON,
other case That's longer yarn than this. 81
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Gentle Sprinr.

AS the last pie woman at the market was
closing her stall for the night and wonder
ing IL Washington pie would ever regain its
lost grip ON public esteem, Charles Mean
drcws doomed up through the darkness and
solemnly said
Come, gentle spring come and see us'
Now let the branch put forth its bud. the
grass take on its green, and the song of the
robin rejoice our hearts. Come gentle
hreezes, soothing rtindrOps and glad sun
shinc-Comc over to our house and make
yourself at home
The piewOman said hc was u great, big
drunkard, and Charles smiled sadly and went
up the street. Entering a bakery he found
an old man In charge, and when this old
man asked him if he would have fried cakes
or cookies, hc replied
Come, halmy brcclcs, and thaw out the
old frozen hens in the back yard Pattcr
down, warm unindrops and make the tulip
blossom and the sunilowcr get up and howl!
Welcome, thunder and lightning come and
shake
The old man drove him out with a barrel
stavc, and Charles fell down in door way
and slept till midnight. Then he arose and
wandered ON until lac found handy front
door, and he pulled the bell. Some one
jumped ont of bed in the second story,
window went up, and female voice call
ed out
"Now, John Henry, | told YOU that il
you were out after 10 o'clock YOU would
have to stay out, and III keep my word It
il kills me ~
Come, gentle spring-comc and WOO the
hungry world ~ replied Charles from below.
"Ohl you needn't try To disguise your
voice, for know you, and you can 20 right
back To your lodge Nv shouted the wife
Come, gentle thundcr--comc cardinal
beds ~ solcmnly continued the man under
"A tree.
"My soul If my John Henry hasn't
come home drunk ~ exclaimed the woman,
and she hurried down stairs to help him in
TO the house. When she discovered her
mistake she set up such IA screaming that
folks turned out to lynch the ''gcntc spring
man, but hc was taken I'm charge by AN of
fccr and brought down
''Do you want spring To come M much as
you did ~ inquired his Honor, as the pris-
oncr stood before him
"My motto IL Come, Gentle Spring, ~
replied the man
"But il isn't right to go around forcing
your spring weather on other folks, and !
shall send you up for thirty days
"l'll Gull the daisy and gather the tulip
from the door of my prison cell was the
mild response, but then, ne won't do it.
He'll gather II paint-brush or shoe hammer,
and they'll make him use il for all he's
worth.
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The CONDUCT OF LIFT.

Be Il good that we do, let us do it,
Giving soul and our strength to the deed;
Let us pierce the hard rock and pass through
it.
And compass the thing that we need.
Does Fate. as a dark cloud. hang over.
And cover our heads from the light?
Does hate mock the heart OF the lover ?
Must Wrong be the victim OF Right
Yet in Fate there is freedom for each one
To make OF to mar a. he will;
And the bolts OF III fortune that reSch one,
May main, but they never shall xiii.
Ever onward and upward pursuing
The ann that is thine for the day;
Adding sti ength TO thy strength by thy doing,
Thou shalt gain it, nor faint by the way.
Aud though thou art bruised with small things.
Though menial thy labor may be,
DO thy utmost in that and in all things,
Thou stlll shalt be noble and free.
Dost thou love' let it be with full measure
Nor mingle with coldness or hate
or others the JOY Of thy pleasure.
The passion that crowTs thy estate.
BE to every man just and to woman
m BE gentle, and tender, and true:
For thy own do thy best but for no man
DO less than brother should do.
SO living thy days full to number,
In peace thou shalt pass to the grave;
Thou shalt lie down, and rest there aud slum-
ber
Beloved by the good aud the brave.