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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1879-11-26

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a mnori poranani byli. Ma dra-
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8 dtinkcm mnohem strasns,sim.
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Cihand diva belosi. Po vSbu.
chu spschalI soudruzi k pomoci,
vsak v tom udal 10 vfbuch druhy,
kterSm X pomoci spschajici IA
chyAceni byli. Celkcm usmrce.
no 80 Cihand. oba bslnsi a vol.
ky poaet cihanc, byli popalenl.
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ten samS den, pax so vSak cd dal.
sich pokusn pro ten den ustali
musilo, an plyny so hromadici
novSm vsbuchem hrozily.
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raoh polovici min. tsdne a uti
Mia ns lodioh nesnirnssh skod.
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lod Mercury. Blitc Grand Haven
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pet jintch bylo poskoneno. ska.
ncr Lucky naleEA 80 na btehu
bliie Manistec a sktner Worth u
Ludington. q Holland roEkotal
SO skaner Wallin. vlesns parnik
J. II. Clark potopil so Detroit
tece'j kuchatka Mary wray :
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN.-Contrary to the
general belief, which is that the territory
now embraced in New York State was
originally occupied by the Dutch Or Meth
erlands, the first white man who ever set
foot on the soil Of what afterwards became
New York was the French navigator,
Samuel Champlain. Singular enough, he
entered the lake which bears his name on
the date of the anniversary Of our indie
pendence (JuIy 4th, l609)-with two
white attendants and company of Cana
dian Indians, and on the 30th fought a
battle on the western shore with II band of
Mohawks, and defeated them. In the
same year, but two months later (Septem-
ber 81, Henry Hudson, an Englshman,
although in the employ Of the Dutch East
India Company, in his little shallop, the
Half Moon, discovered the bay of New
York. Champlain seems to have been not
only intrepid and energetic, but entirely
upright and humane. He made no less
than six voyages from France to this coun-
try, most of them during the reign of
Henry w., who had given him a pension,
and attached him in youth to his person.
Very Jealous in the cause of religion, he
lived up to his professions, which was
much rarer in his time even than in the
present, and did his utmost to Christianze
the savages. He was the the first govern
or of New France, or Lower Canada, and
died at Quebec in his siXty-sixth year
1t is strange that the French, who had SC
much to do with the early settlement Of
this land, should have retained no foothold
on the continent, They planted colonies
but these did not last. Highly successful
as the French are ut home, they nevei
prospered as colonists,-NeO York Times
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

German embossed pictures can be made
into various pretty devices, and the forms
of pottery that are now prepared especial
ly for the work are really artistic.
Would you make n handsome pair of
vases for the mantel? You have bnt to
select an Etruscan or Egyptian design and
with little paste made out of wheat starch
and Il camel's hair brush you can orna-
ment the vases with brightly blooming
flowers, heads of animals, butterflies,
autumn leaves, gilt stars, and floral edg-
,ings; and then varnsh them, when per-
fectly dry, with some transparent mastic
varnish, and few persons will view them
without deeming them the rale thing
But if YOU do not live where the various
forms of pottery can be obtained, more
common articles need not be passed by in
disdain.
Could you but look upon IL pair of black
ing bottlcs-common brown, glazed Day
& Martin blacking jugs-that grace my
mantel adorned with lovely medalions of
blooming girls, flowery borderngs at top
and bottom, butterflies, autumn leaves,
ferns. plumy grasses, ctc., etc, you never
would imagine that they had not been
purchased at IL china shop in the city
They lift their heads proudly above the
engraved glass vases beside them, and
evidently think that " little brown jugs
when dressed in fine clothes, are quite on
par with either glass or china vases. To
be sure, they were brought from the dust
heap, where they had become homes for
spiders and beetles they were washed
clean in soapsuds, and will now be heir.
looms in the flmily--perhapS. Now,
ransack the cellars for old brown jugs and
Jars, and send to Burbank's for sheets o.
the embossed pictures, and see for your
selves how prettily you can enttbem
Ehrich'S quarterly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

RUSSIAN DRosCuKY- RIDING Russians
do not habtualy walk even short dis
tances. This is perhaps the reason why
the sidewalks and street pavements are 50
poor; as also the reason why hack or
droschky hire is so cheap. In Odessa the
fare is only s25 copecks, but the people
generally give 80. This is equivalent to
about Is cents AT the present rate of eX-
change. An American feels almost gull
ty to pay so small II sum for ride of n
mile or more in II vehicle which in spite of
its little wheels Qike those of wheelbar
rows) and its general insigniticance, re-
minds you of old-time chariots of the
picture books. The driver looks like an
old woman when seated upon his box,
although in point of fact he is generally II
stiff jointed, patriarchal old fellow in
long beard, wearing IL low-crowned hat
like II cut down beaver, and II garment
that completely envelopes him. This con-
consists of II short waist and long skirt
thickly plaitad over the hips. A sash Of Il
bright color generally conceals the point
of iuncture. His hair is cut square all
round, he is squint-eyed and weather-beat-
en-, bearded man in petticoats. But he
Is cHlIluSldSllc Oll tuo SuUJcCl VI INCllI =,
and does not hesitate TO lash his horses to
their utmost speed if IL rival droschky
attempts to pass him. And II droschky
does attempt to pass him almost every day
of his life. Hire II Russian droschky-
a race is almost sure to be the consequence.
Suddenly you find yourself going at a tre-
mendously accelerated pace. You look TO
see what is up. Either you are trying to
pass somebody or somebody is trying to
pass you. The horses understand the sit
uation before you do. First, they take n
good look at the rival animals, then they
thrust their noses forward and plunge into
the work as if possessed. The whip cracks,
the sparks fly, the horses snort, the driver
wells, and you yell too. PercEance it is in
the night time. Then you swing your
cane or parasol in air according to your
sex and Shout. " Go it, old woman! Go it,
old Muscovite! I'm n live Yankee come
over to see the fun. Don't spare the lash
this once. I'll give you $5 if you win the
race" or words to that effect. Then you
experience the ecstacy of droschky riding
Letter 10 Boston Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

all the waiting, the suspense and the long
lonely years that have followedp Won ask
Yes, worth il all. and vet I only hall
know even now the lesson of faith taught
patience, Wait a wee and dinna weary ;
but even through that dim half knowledge
Gods love shines and | know that all is
right"
As Miss Raw ceased speaking, spite her
words, nv heart cried, mo, no it was
not worth it," but later on found it was
found that the troubles which teach a
heart to be patient in this impatient world,
to be at rest amid unrest, to be helpful
and tender to other tired, troubled hearts.
is worth the learning, though costly be
the price of that knowledge.
Some months afterwards, looking over
newspaper, my eve rested on the brief
notice. Died, on September Sabbath,
Ellen Ray, aged thirty eight"
1t brought her story to my memory so
vividly, though it was not till later that
found the answer TO my hearts remon-
STRANGE that her short dream of Joy was
not worth all it cost.
1t happened in this way: iourneyinp
from the city last spring. the train was
delayed in the place where Miss Ray
taught, and rather than wait in the close
station, | wandered down the central
street of the town, till l came TO the
school building. 1t was the hour of dis
missal. group of children were hurry
ing out of the wide-open door. laid my
hand on the shoulder of q boy and asked
{, Do you remember Miss Ray who used
to teach this SCHOOL,"
"Mss Ray our Miss Ray" he replied
Why. there amt one of us felers who
forgets her, she was that patient and
kind" and the boy brushed the gathering
tears from his eyes as he shook himself
from my restraining touch and went
whstling up the street Il gay tune; but l
knew it was to hide the dull pain in his
heart Inext spoke to an uninteresting
looking girl, asking her the same question.
In response her face frightened with a
look of earnestness us she said: Remem-
Der Miss RayP Why, she was my best
friend, but God took her, and she said if l
was good and patient (poor child she
seemed such young thing TO learn
patience), He would take me, too, some
day"
After minute or two the girl added
" Would you like to see the placer
knew what she meant.
1t was not far. She led me across the
grass by narrow path, worn by the tread
of children's feet, and | stood beside the |
grave. 1t was marked by simple cross
of wood, painted white, and traced with |
her name and the words, "She hath done
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

SNEEzING.-Among the ancient Greeks
and Romans the act of sneezing was re-
garded rs II portent of good or evil, accrd-
inc 10 circumstances, and was consequent
ly looked on with superstitious awe. Mod
ern science has changed all that. and given
a ridiculously simple explanation OF the
phen6menon, which all can understand as
follows Sneezing is a phenomenon pro-
voked either by an excitation brought to
bear on the nasal mucous membrane or by
sudden shock of the suns rays on the
membranes of the eye. This peripheral
irritation is transmitted by the tritaclal
nerve TO the gasserian ganglion, whence
it passes by IL commissurc to an agglome'
ration of globules in the medulla oblon-
gata or in the protuberance; from this
point by series of numerous reflex and
complicated acts, it is transformed by the
mediation of the spinal cord into centrl-
fuga excitation which radates outward
by means of the spinal nerves to the eXpi
ratory muscles.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

DANGEROUS PLANTS.-The English net
tie is very innocent compared with some
of its foreign relations. In the northern
part of New South Wales, for instance,
the giant nettle sometimes reaches the
height of from one hundred and twenty to
one hundred and forty feet, and its leaves,
twelve to fifteen inches broad, are armed
with prickles that produce severe and
sometimes dangerous effects In Iimor
and Java also is found the Daoun Satan,
or devils leal," reported to be able to
cause death, or at least to produce such
effects that the pain will last several
years, and be acutely felt during moist
weather. There is also in India nettle
which stings so liercely that it is to be
avoided at all times, but especially in the
autumn The pain from its poison Is IN
tense, and has sometimes been known to
produce symptoms of lockjaw; while in
New Zealand is found another, which
causes itself to be held in painful remem-
hrancc for several days after the unwary
bush traveller has made its acquaintance.
Science for All.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01
A BITOF THE OLD LOVE.

n Bl L Or THE OlID I4Ot H.
Jpst n bit of the old love, Ellie.
That came to us one day,
When your hair was as dark as the raven
Aud your cheeks as bright as the May.
Oh, you loved me then with heartful,
And loved you just as well;
Oh, bit of the old love, Ellie,
That we hadn't the courage to tell.
know that our years are many,
That long we've been husband and wife
oh, Il bit of the Old love, Ellie,
That we meet at the threshold of life.
The flowers are growing round our door,
And the sunshine lights our wall;
Oh, bit OF the old love, Ellie,
For that islthe best of all.
Andyou're just the Lame, my darling
Though the bloom has left your brow:
On, bit of the old love, Ellie,
Ills all ask for now.
You may chide me, and raise your finger,
But I'll whisper ii right in your ear:
Oh, bit Of the old love, Ellie,
Our comfort through trial and tear!
Perhaps ! am old and foolish,
For my locks are growing so white;
But hit the old love, Ellie,
To brighten our hearthstonc to night
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

TIE BEAUTY OF MoLDINEss.-A young
girl of our acquaintance was busy in her
garden not long since, when she threw
away q brick which was covered with
green mold. At our suggestion, she pick
ed it up and placed it under simple
microscope, when the ugly green mold
proved to be beautiful moss or lchen
growing upon it. And our young friend
was amazed when she also saw what
seemed to be quite forest of exquisite
mosses and trees on IL piece of moldy
cheese. The microscope reveals new
wonders every day, and We would advise
our Young friends TO become owners of, ut
least, small one, if they would know
many of the hidden beauties of nature
EhrtcRS Fashion Quarterly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

faint smile that broke over her features;
ana never did one who stood there forget
that Sabbath morning of the New Year on
which she seemed to look around upon
them all with gaze of fair and sweet be-
wllderment, like one half conscious of
being rescued from the power of the
grave.-LtghtS and Shadows of Scottish
Life.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-03-14
Remarkable Developments ut a Salt
Well in Western New York.

The Vacuum Oil Company of this
city, says the Rochester Democrat, has
for some time past been engaged in
sinking salt well at LIE Roy, and the
enterprise has been watched with no
very decided results, however, until yes
terday afternoon, but the demonstration
was lively enough then, and for few
moments the frightened workmen were
under the impression that their drill
had pierced the Internal regions. Short.
IL after IL O'Clock the depth of $50 feet
was reached when gas appeared in mod
crate quantities, but gradually the sup
ply increased, and at O'Clock it came
out with such rush that it was ignited
by The fire in coal stove, 10 feet dis
tant from the mouth of the well. The
house in which the men were working
was instantly filled with flames and they
barely escaped with their lives. In
few seconds the woodwork caught fire
and the destruction of the entire derrick
seemed inevitable, but the gas was fol-
lowed by rush of water which rose to a
height of SO feet in the
air, quickly extinguishing the
names. linen lOilOWcU dltcTHdtc
floods of gas and jets of water, each one
holding its own for about minute and
half before it gave way to the other.
The water had strong sulphuric taste
at first, with slight appearance of salt,
and as the supply of gas commenced to
diminish the flow of water increased.
BY degrees the water became less sui
pburous and more thickly impregnated
with salt, until at half-past 5 o'clock it
was strong brine, spouting to height
of 20 feet. Steadily increasing at half
pas. O'Clock, it reached an altitude of
ito feet which it held. The bore of the
well is eight inches, and the casing tax
ing up about an inch leaves an opening
of seven inches in diameter from which
the solid stream is thrown high in the
air At the latest reports last night the
field in which the well is located was
flooded with brine and yet there was no
indication of cessation of the deluge.
What the result will be, of course, no
one at present can tell. Perhaps salt
will be found, and if not maybe the gas
can be utilized for lighting and heating
purposes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-03-14
A StepmOther's Crime.

A Courier-Journdl special from Lex
ington, KY, says 4 gentleman has ar
rived there bringing intelligence Of a
horrible murder, which was committed
near Manchester, Ky, about two weeks
ago. A little girl, aged 10 years,
daughter of laborer named Deaten,
was taken to an clubhouse by her step
mother, who there dealt blow on the
head which fractured her skull. To
finish the deed the female fiend placed
one end of rope around the girls
neck, ard the other end she tied to a
beam above, and then weighted the body
sufficient to break the neck. After fin
ishing her dastardly deed she took the
body down and placed it in field near by
in which a vicious horse is kept, and sen,
word to her husband that his daughter
had been killed by the horse. The sus.
picions of the neighbors were aroused,
and Coroner's jury impaneled to hold
an inquest on the body of the girl. NJ
merous scars upon the body showed how
badly the girl had been treated during
her stay with her stepmother, and the
broken neck showed plainly that the
girl had not been killed by the horse
The murderess is now in Jail awaiting
trial.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-03-14
An Eventful Career Ended.

James C. Slocum died in Bryan CO.,
County Jail few days since, where he
was confined on a charge of getting
money by false representations. He was
taken there from Hannibal, Mo-, where
he was under arrest for bigamy, having
married widow. He had a wife and
three children living in this city, and
they are here now. He married first in
Michigan over 20 years ago. and mar
ried the widow last June. Slocum was
large railroad contractor. In 1865 he
was Superintendent of the Western Di-
vision of the Erie Railway. Before that
he was Division Superintendent of the
Hannibal and St. 10. In 1869 he built
q railroad in Michigan, Judge Chris.
tiancy, now Minister to Peru, being his
attorney, with whom also he engaged at
the same time in the oil speculations in
Virginia. In 1872 he secured, with 9th.
ers, the contract for building the Roches.
ter and State Line Railroad. That
nearly ruined him. He then began
specializing in Wall Street, where he
shortly lost all. He then came again tc
this section, saw his family and wen
West, with the result as above. Hi:
wife, Mrs. Slocum, charitably forgive:
him, assigning his actions to mental alb
CREATION, brought about by his financia
difficulties in the Rochester Railroad
He is said to have wealthy brother il
Vermont. Mrs. Slocum has been sup
porting herself and children for two o
three years.-Elmira (N. ~ Gazette
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-03-14

DIR. JOHN S. CHRIsTIsON asserts in a
letter to the Omaha Herald, that men
are not born criminals, lunatics, or
drunkards. "They may" he says,
"inherit abnormal dispositions, which,
by unhealthy habits, may become so
intensified as to override the effort of
nature to bring them to healthful state,
and they may thereby become creatures
of delusion, vice, or crime. But any in
herited diseased disposition can be miti-
gated by sanitary observances. The
Doctor AYERS that the skulls of the worst
criminals will average as well in forma-
ton as the skulls of church elders. 81
have myself" he continues, ''examined
over hundred brains of lunatics and
criminals on Blackwell's Island, N. Y,
and do not recollect of having once
observed any marked anatomical de-
formity that may not be found among
rational and well behaved people" DR..
Christison, whose experience as medi-
cal officer in New York institutions
ought to give weight to his opinion, con-
cludes that, "philosophically speaking,
all men are insane"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-03-14

BROWN COUNTRY SoFr-soAP.-Pure
potash, 10 pounds-(the potash must be
perfectly pure, of gray or dark choco-
late color; discard potash of a white
color, as it is largely adulterated with
salt and lime)-pure rendered tallow or
grease, II pounds; dark rosin, II
pounds. Directions for making: Place
the potash in a suitable iron kettle and
add or gallons OF boiling water, and
boil till the potash is all dissolved. If
it should attempt to boil over, add a lit
tie cold water, which will stop it. Let
it stand q few hours to settle; then drain
off the clear lye and add some more cold
water to the sediment, and drain off as
before; repeat if necessary to obtain all
the strength. Now add the lye, tallow,
and rosin together, and boil gently till
the tallow is thoroughly saponified, or
killed, which is known when the soap
becomes clear, like strained honey.
Now add from IL to Is gallons of water,
and set aside for use Two pounds of
the tallow can be omitted if desired, and
pounds of bright palm oil used in
stead, and the soap will be of brigh,
yellow color, having a most beautiful
appearance.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-03-14
Kansas City Markets.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March II.
Beeves-Native Steers, safes at SS.eO@L25;
Native Cows, $,I5d3.s5.
Hogs-Sales at S2.90S3.20.
Wheat-No. 2, SaIG93c; No. 3, SIX dS7kc.
Corn-No. mixed. 25x Q &c; rejected
Nc.
Oats-No.2, 2jd25Hc.
Rye-No.2, 33k d33Sc.
SeedS-The following quotations represent
prices which can be realized on shipments to
this market: Flaxseed Sowing seed), Sl.4J
$3.50; hemp, good to prime, IS 9 75c; timo.
thy, fair to prime, d; castor beans, Sl.55
Leo. Orders from the country can be filled
at the following prices: Buckwheat, 15c
timothy, $l.60s l65; bluegrass, 70dI5c
orchard, $lS5; redtop, SOC; Clover. new crop
$40.
Hides and Pelts--Hides, green. Y =, 4sShc;
sailed, 5e6xc; damaged, ~ d5c; dry flint
lOS a l4c; dry salted, l0hc damaged, 81 loc
bulls and stays, AZ d5c cali. Sc. Sheepskins-
Dry, Sc; green pelts. l5d60c each; bury. &c
per b. less.
Butter-Choice. l7ka1 sc; fair. l6a17c.
Cheese-FreSh Kansas, prime, 9 &c
Choice Eastern. 6kd exc.
Eggs-Candled, S69c v dozen.
Poultry-Dressed Chickens, per b., 6d7c
Turkeys, per b., 9dl0c.
Wool-Fine, unwashed ,l56l sc ;medium, fine
20s &c; combing, fine, 2392Ic; tub wash.
ed, 230s5c; Colorado and Mexican. Ral5e.