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Tarring Fence Posts.

. A CORRESPONDENT of the, Country Gen
stensa's writes as follows: d I have trief
tarring fence posts and havas seen ST
tried by others great many times ant
my experience is That near the surface
OF the ground (the difficult place to keer
sound the preservative effects of the
tar are completely neutralized in from
one to two wears bys the, action Of the
sollTTWet and dry. / saw some OAK
posts treated with d covering of hot
coal tar, set in July, 1862, which com.
pletely rotted off and the fence had "a
De rebmItin 1877. The location of this
tenees however, was such that it was
subject to frequent changes of wet and
dry. Ains5s o9GsasE ~ stss9o D N
TT occurred to me, some years AGO.
that after applying coal tar it would be
a good plan to burn it off. THUS produc-
ing q charred surface, which will resist
decay. under all circumstances. I set
some whitescedar posts in this. manner
In 1873 and they are sysound to-day
near the surface of the ground as when
set and since ttcn f-hsve- followed the
practlce up quite generally. I cover
the posts thoroughly With hot tar, be-
cover some inches above
the surface Of the ground, then pile up
the tarred ends together. six or eipht n
applies and set fire to- them turnine
them over, if necessary; while burning.
until the entire surface is charred.' Il Is
better. to apply the hot tar, as it enters
all the cracks and chinks and also the
pores OF the wood, and some Of it re-
mains there under ltheecharred surface.
.gTs' 1t will not do. to treat green posts
IN this manner, as the confined moisture
soon rots 'thesposts from the inside, but
J! ! can see no reason why dry post SO
treated will not last a great many years.
" In the experiments which have
been made with coal tar applied to
exposed to earth and moist
ure. it has BEEN found important to heat
both wood and tar to cause it to enter
the pores and this is doubtless effected
very efficiently by The charring de-
scribed in the preceding report 81 ex-!
periments. Simply applied to the sur
ace o. wood exposed above theeround
coal tar has been found to do more
harm than good. Where we have used it
tor wood at the surface of the ground.
properly driven into the pores, it has
made it last, in some instances, twenty
years, when without this protection Il
would no. have survived Eve years.
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= Malaria i'm New England.

We have heretofore referred to the
increase OF malarial feversl and especial.
ly of-the form called intermitten fever.
| or fever and ague, in New England.
Ns, State Board of Health Of Massa
chusetts has taken hold of the Ssnbiec
and has ai1eadyq eollectafs sainass o.
facts which is astounding. and confirms
to the fullest extent the runors. sIrhe
disease, fever and ague, has. been sirI.
creasing for three or four years past in
the valley OF the Connecticut River and
cases have appeared in every town OF,
the river from Connecticut to Vermont.
In Agawam. Springfield, Holyoke and
some other towns, the mum Der of cases
this year has been very large, and the
disease each year seems to be increas.
ing and spreading. ,sf.... =. =, -
But malaria is not limited or con-
trolled by State. lines and for com
plete knowledge of the subject, even in
Massachusetts, their State Board of
health very properly has thought it
necessary to obtain information of the
disease as it exists in the neighborinp
States. With this view,, an agent OF
the Massachusetts Board, well-skilted
physician, came to Providence. yester
day. and visited the malarialb region. in
Barfiagten and made.a.thoreugh nves-
tigation of the subject. q
The result, as we learn from an in
terview with this gentleman, is astound-
ing. The disease, as verified by the
examination of cases now existino, is
genuine intermittent fever, commonly
called fever and ague. Cases now ex-
ISL In all its stages. and some with the
characteristic ''ague cake, ''sor enlarged
spleen, Many Of the cases have been
very severe. The disease has attacked
all classes of persons living within the
malariaf region, and some living at a
considerable distance from the origin Of
the malaria. 1t has attacked indiserim-
inately the old, the middle-aged and
the young 1t has attacked, residents
and non-residents,. new residents and
old residents. kAkas8A
The whole number of cases in the
malarid district during she present.
season, say from Il the LIST of August to
the present time, has been at least a5O. 4
VI fo6 workmen at the brickyard,a 1856
nave had the disease. Of this number |
loS were sick at one time. At the pres
emit time there are about sixty cases ex.
sting, OF which thirty to thirtv-five are |
IT the brickyard, and the rest are scat |
tered through the malariaI district. Il
The gentleman from Massachusetts /
VINO has made this investigation thinks |
nat 10 this proportion of cases to popu-
alton. and in the severity Oh, the dis
'ase, the malaral district in Darlington
$ the worst he has visited and worse
han any he has heard of in New En-
.land, almost equalling the ague dis
riots of the South. The reason WIN
ne disease is there this year, where It
lever was before. he will not under
val.
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People Of a New England Factory Vii.
lage.

The cotton manufacture was begun
i'm the valley Of the r1 early in tn,
present century, and gradually grew il
magnitude, till it had attained its pres
ent dimensions Until within a quar-
-tersof a century~the mill operative
were almost exclusively Americans
both by birth and descent. Old Gus
toms prevailed, and the community wa.
homogeneous. The old New England
town community existed here in SINH
lar condition to what characterized il
elsewhere Democratic equality pre-
vailed, and society as yet was not di
v1ded into classes between which The
lines We're sharply drawn Mill work
ers were familiar with farm work, mann
OF them being the sons and daughters
OF the neigh boring farmers. Few were
entirely dependent upon work in the
factories as a means of livelihood, and
as . result there was an easy independ-
ence Of manner in all tiealings between
employers ands employed. Under such
circumstances labor disturbances could
not OCCUR. since each workman had
other channels open to him, and there
was no large class who by their train
ing were restricted to one kind Of work.
With the incoming of a foreign pop
tiiationi by emigration a change has. by
slow degrees been taking place, so that
the existing condition Of Society. is al
most as dissimilar to the former. state
as the manners and Z customs in one
country are different from those in an
other. fhe population in these villages
is now largely Of foreign birth or par
lentage, the native Americans being a,
very small minority, French .Canadi-
ans and Irish form the ibulx ofsthe pop
lulation, and the indications seem to be-
that the Canadians win in short time ;.
II they DO not already outnumber, any
other nationality. y Besides these, there
IS a small number of, English, Scotch |
and Welsh, and occasionally aGermau.
The community formed by these hetl
erogeneops elements has as vet no So
clai manners and customs that belong
to 1t as a whole. The advent of the
strangers is SO recent that the various
nationa1nies have not become WeIfed
together. Each people preserves III a
measure its former manners and pecdll
iarities. with some slight notifications
that climate and surroundings have
been able to produce. Little SOCIAL in
tercourse takes place between the diff!
Ie e 3. Insatioonalities though they are as!
soeiating more as lthey5 beco11d sac-
quainted, and intermarriages are much
more frequent than formerly. RI fa9s -
The Fishrwere the first foreigners I'd
come to these villages in large numbers.
They took the place Of the Americans,
who little BY little sought more con-
genial employment, and were in turn
succeeded by the French, who now ocl
cupy the ground and seem destined to
prevail. These successive infuxes of
foreigners seem like peaceful invasions.
n each case the new arrivals gradually
their predecessors. AAtlars
&c Mont1,Iu. *s5sfI'tHs 15iaa;Eg f,.a- IT
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Inc q Last Tidings Of Sir John Franklin

me return Of the party under Lieu
tenant Schwatka from their searcb IN
Sar John Franklin long lost aAret;c c
records probablyuslesas-the expedition.
airy efforts to recover these. historic
Ier.cs from the days of Sir Hugh VIII
,Sy. whose tragic fate in 1854
ha !ne civilized world with the
aor!or OF Polar night, no explorer has
eAclted the interest and sympathy felt
70 THIS day in Franklin. Although the
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sas1a *sff yea ht}t. Is '14fg . ST S.
Indians Love for Their Chill dren.

A year or two: ago. the daughter, o
an Indian chief, who had been educated
in New York. returned to the Reserva
ton as a teacher, The tribe were rouseC
to envy when they saw one OF. their owl
number thus made, to all appearance
| the equal of the whites. n'i~ e .sls =,
| 4 The Indians are passionatey fond O
their, children, and lin every wigwam
fathers and mothers schemed how the,
should gain like advantages for thei1
boys and girls.-Just at this time the
proprietor of travelling circus visited
the Reservation with his miserable worn
out horses and performers and being
struck by the bright, eager face and
fearless riding of a young girl of four.
teen, went to her father and offered to
educate her in the East. and send hei
home lady if he would allow her to "a
with him, The credulous Indian con.
sented. The circus started in the night
and the girl went with, it, It s1Was
two days before the story reached the
agent and missionary, who sent for the
girls father and told him how he had
been duped by the Snowman, whose
purpose was undoubtedly to train her
for Che ring. The InGian stood silent
for a moment, then, raising both hands
to heaven, he cried: sAa
80 God, visit not my ignorance on
my childr' 3r gI.q ~ s4sls, asst
Without another word he started in
pursuits. He had no horse, nor money
to pay his fare on the railway. He traw-
eled four hundred miles on foot before
he recovered his child. uninjured,
thoughwora tesa sksletonfrom exhaus-
ton and hunger.
I'VE, to whom education, as a rule.
comes. as freely as air or sunshine, can
have little conception of the hungry
despair with which these copper-cofor.
ed brothers in Indian wigwams coyet
the Opportunity which we hold SO cheap
y. There is no sight more pathetic
than a human being struggling vainly
for that knowledge which viii make q
man OF it instead of brute. sr
An Omaha teacher tells us that the
children OF that tribe came last winter
to school, walking from two to six miles.
The hunt last year failed and they had
no nloecasins. Their bare feet marked
their way on the ice and snow with
bloody prints. How many white chill
dren would do this of their own accord?
Two schools at the East are now open
70 Indian children under: the care of the
Government, one at Carlisle, Pa, and
the Industrial Training School at Hamp-
ton. Va. 1t is the object of the Coy
eminent to send back these educated
youths as teachers to civilize and ele-
Vate their tribes.-Youth's Companion
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Weber Greeks that sempties into the
American some ten OF twelve miles be-
low Coloma.. Others went up or down
the river: Some, more adventurous,
crossed the ridge over to the north and
middle forks of the American. By the
close of June the discoveries hal ex
tended all the forks of the American,
Weber Creek, Hangtown Creek, the
Costumes known then as the Max o.
sume,) the Mokelumne, Tuolumne, the
Yuba Qromsuvas, Or, syuvas }
called in 1848 the "Yuba," or "Ajuba,' .
atida Feather kRiver.AsSdn Fsuncssco
Chronicle.
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'TnE team attached IL the fsihi 8
Ola rich Galvestnns family FsAa29 r. 10
days ago. The lady Ana her AdAdk1ef fv N.Y.
IN the, carriage and tia Atreet ~ & NJ
veh cIes. She asked the c6achnan = - =
coudsstdDthe teamsns HeIssid Ruesg "A
but he thought he could steer II 49,
she said, leaning back with greet CO.
run us into some fashionable turp.og
want to0be thrown intoo good Sonp y II
Fortunately the team was halted luisx - -
was about to demolish swpltass
Neaos. y r..,,f 4 .sfs
G.. A. SALA thinks that ga genuin2 ~ ~
Yorker with plenty of money WON sssn.S n
pearls dissolved in nectar or ruoies y2uss
anbfosia II Mr.. Delmonieo kept tnos !.
cles on hand" 80 fsn.. 9aaa tai
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WHEN young man returns from 4 *
mer tour without his trunk you ms! ,s ~
that he has had trouble with some o. n VI psr,
cally hotel keepers on the road
yHzH,
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About all that cunning can do TO,
man is to make him incredulous.
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THE gorgeousness of numerous red 49,
gives emphasissto the well-kn0wn ssn ~
all that glitters is not gold. ~, @sS
C2asoAsie3e- Her0ld. 1891 ~ s1lolz&l nN
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w4nar interest does instance ies6Hhy y
lending his enchantmept IA the IleA
Is there any difference Id the several Stasss
Puck. na4rt a.tsarfsstySz BaF&
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Different Forms Of EeeaIns,o,,

In Vienna l wasqufvc used to seeilg
elbows on the table, knife an1 M
ternately inserted half-Ysy dQEak
throat, but here in Bohemia the 6lbdNS
are extended at an angles f zfdttD1.
degrees and both knife and fork T9st
to the mouth at once. Ladies' xSxeH
as gentlemen perform theseg ymuitim'
their chairs tipped. forward, tbair nQs 7.
down to their plates. I once tod ~
Austrian Countess that thennlF -
provement | could suggest, for bee d " !:
ing table was g to places trough around
it'll Here in Bohemia Iwpuld 1udes
WITH 2 b tsbls a9a Estalin 5 thAsl b t
-Impossibilities are scarce. va.
kind hasa not seefi more Am hh3n
dozen of them since the creation -u.s,
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Anew facts not SO generally known is{1&b
should be: .Al watcff lifted WIN sseoel ],
HAND need not N necessarily be a seeppd- n101
watch Doctors generaIly sgree abUut o ~.
ing their natients { Steam 50 sesg99f
sometimes blows-up its master. An ungIa ~,
NAUTICAL lJud se.ris. apt steCpaee - ~
sentence. Any fool can make woman ~
Int it'd hardto make one Hstep. ki)gn
the bush is worth two in the hand. lsdy ~
gfls yzosa ~ -sszz.s-ss ~. ssie 81 95!sh
"A HORSE laugh may be ebay, hay.a--aek
SentiseI y Neigh, Neigh. - Nsis AsssS q
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u WANT some.hing tsj take ~ IN Va
you know" said Mrs. Jones Wis camom
needle topshig. ldesnf, was the m(f4eH
ply. The brute !-Bost0n Tr0nscSM -
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OF course you alweys~gs4- the -bess Dul'a
milk from goats Ctnsinnqi Sp@RKJeH
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- SAI1I SdHS CONSTANTLY,
are re- even now scarcely wide enough to
'Ain connection with this tree. AM an.
ecdote is related of that, notable York
shlreman, John Metcalfe, the blind
highway contractor and surveyor. bet
ter known as Blind Jack of Knares-
borough" Blind Jack was d frednenf
visitor to the tree. and would measure
It's, g1rth correctly at s any height
within his reach, going around it with,
ms long arms extended. He used to
point out, too, with accuracy, sby1sput.l
qng up his staff, the. exact spot from
which the great branch had fallen
whenever he came, an old abloodbmnnal
Yhllch was Kept near the tree, whose
wols was TO snarl at every stranger.
londiedp him and licked his hand. Blind;
LACK J;a now lies at rest :, in. Spofforth
Cnurchyard, almost within sight of the
Old oak. 9sao 9dt basa az -sse1a Tse
n 30 great was the fame of the Cow
tnorpe YAK that formerly small saplif,coss
raised from its acorns were sold in uotsr
TO visitors by thanvllaGars for as much
as q guinea each a As the, old ,.oakrraw
stands, it is very picturesque object
1t is'situated in the center d q ssSsii
gnssn Raddock hard by is, ftheerIittle
village church, a very ancient Structure
ana ene clear waters Of thewindine MIDI
glide noisely past, The battered trunk'
crowned with green foliage. Is
grand in its venerable decay. The old
Tree has been termed 1.-THE glory. of
England and the pride Of Yorkshire.ss
ana a Its enormous size, the growth If
many centuries, entities . IL 70 ali he
lame 1t has, lacauireds-Legaoss Anti-
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KNOWN at ferba Buena three months
htenthe discovery And tho two urif5fers
above mentioned, put, this slight notice
OF it in their weekly paper, the Ca1itios,,-
man, ON the 18th OF April: 81 4r.s /
NEW GOLD MINE. 1T is stated that d new
gold mine has been discovered on the Aueri-
can Fork OF the Sacramento, supposed to he
w was mott on the land OF William A Leiti-
!. esdorn, Esq, OF this place. A specimen of
ed to be very pure. s5l SIS l-sI-si i1.>ss !.
May opened with accounts of new dis
7coveries. The Cdlifornia,, of Nav 8,
said: " Seven men, with picks and
spades, gathered 81 800. worth in fifteen
days ~ That was a little more than
fifteen dollars per day per man. On
the. 18th Of May the same papsr said:
Many persons have already Left. the
coast for the diggingsw Eonsiderable
Z excitement exists here! Merchants and
mechanics are closing doors. Il LAWYERS
and alcaldes are leaving their desks.
farmers are negleeting their crops, and
whole families are ,forsaking their
homes" for the diggings.. By Nav. 24th
gold dust had become an article OF mer-
chandise. the price being from fourteen
to sixteen dollars pei. ounce.
On the. 10Th of May the Californian
issued slip stating that its further pub
llcation, for the present, would cease.
because nearly all its patrons had gone
to the mines. A month later there were
but hve persons-women and children
left in Yerba Buena. The first rush
was for Suffers Mill, since christened
Coloma. or .Culluma, after tribe of In
dams who lived in that region. From
there they scattered in all directions.
A large stream Of them went over to |
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-07-14

The PLANETS ASSEMBLE.
Four of Them Making Hold Dash on the
Sun.

London Telegraph.
Astronomers tell us that we are enter
ing upon period when IN occurrence
will take place in the heavens which has
not been known for more than eighteen
centuries. The four largest OF the plane
tary bodies, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and
Neptune, are approaching their periheli-
on point in space, are sweeping in their
gigantic orbits nearer and nearer to the
sun, and their simultaneous approxima-
tion to the central mass of the solar sys-
TEN has inspired some minds with fears
as to the possible results to that particu-
lar planet on which we dwell. There is
no need for any anxiety, ,however,as such
an event has happened several times be-
for, and probably will happen often
again. without causing the smallest in
convenience to any human being. The
perlhelion of planet being that point
of its orbit where it comes nearest to
the sun, and all the planets being at diff
ferent distances from that luminary, it
follows that some of them approach the
the sun-or are in perihelion-more fire.
quently than others. Neptune the most
distant of them all, takes one hundred
and sixty-four years to complete it's
movement around the sun; while Jupi-
ter, IN size, the king Of the planets, he
whom the Greek called Phaethon, and
the Egyptions brilliant" sweeps round
in less than tenth part of that time. The
last occasion when asteller phenomenon
similar to that which is about to happen
was at the beginning OF last century,
When all four OF these wandering worlds
neared the sun almost simultaneously.
That was 17OS and the following years,
and, IT there was any ground for suppos-
ing that earthquakes and plaques attend
cd these unusual events, history ought
to inform us of dire calamities at that
time affecting the globe. Yet there is no
satisfactory proof of the earth having
been disturbed about that period; on
the contrary, she seems to have adopted
an attitude OF perfect indifference, in
spite of the proximity Of the major plan
cts. The great plague happened in the
year 1865, and can hardly, therefore, be
put down to the maglignant influence of
planetary pelihelia; more especially as
1T can be accounted for by other causes,
such as unsanitary conditions of life,apd
an absence of sufficient amount of fruit
and fresh vegetables in the popular diet
OF the age. Ii there are any who would
attribute the war of the succession to
these resplendent heavenly bodies, they
should, in common fairness, to Jupiter
and Neptune, remember that the peace
OF Utrecht, which ended the contest,was
happily cemented in l7l3, at that time
when, according to astrology, not only
"the dogs Of war;" but the most terrible
wolves of famine, to say nothing of
earthquakes and tempests, ought to have
been reveling with slaughter all over the
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GENERAL NEWS.
The Democratic National Committee
in Session To-day.
Thirty Cases of Sun Stroke Reported in
Chicago Yesterday.
Reassembling the Democratic National
Committee.

New York, July 14.-The democratic
national committee reassembled this
morning. Senator Barnum, presided.
The members of theexecutive committee
was increased from Is to II. The fol-
lowing were the appointed executive
committee: w. II. Barnum, Conn; A.
o. Prince, Mass; Geo, L. Barnes, Ga;
VIM. Q. Cloudy, Ills; Austin HI. Brown,
Ind; NJ. NJ. Ham, Iowa; H. d. McHenry,
Ky; Outerbridgeo Huzey, Md; P. Il.
Kelly MINI.
The national democratic committee on
reaching Tilden's residence, Grammacy
Park, were received by Henry 'Iilden the
ex-governor's brother, Senator Herman,
Aug. Schell and others. When Mr.,
Iilden appeared looking unusu-
ally we'll, Ex-Gov. Stevenson ad-
dressed him as follows:
The convention assembled at Cincinnati
nominated for president and vicepresident
General w. S. Hancock and Hon. w. H.
English. This committee was charged
with the duty of informing these eminent
statesmen Of the high trust which was
thus rendered them, and which they have
accepted, would have but half performed
their duty if they did not compare hon.
ago to him who, by q large majority, was
elected four years ago; your noble self
denial in laying down all your claims to
the exalted office of president
of the United States. Because
you did not desire civil war
does not take in any way from your noble
and straightforward character. There is
still another act of patriotic self denial
on record in your favor, and that is relin-
gushing all just claims which you had
on the people of the country for second
term. For these acts of self denial the
democracy of the United States pray to
the Almighty Power that your life may
be prolonged for many, very many years.
More particularly that you may live to
see our country and its constitutional
government relieved from the many in
cumbrances heaped upon them,as we'll as
the rectification of the basest fraud per-
petrated upon q people, by an over
whelming defeat next November of the
republican party. speak not only the
voice of this committee but the voice of
the democratic party throughout this
broad country who unite in praying you
Here the line gave out and the bal
ance of this interesting story will have to
be concluded in subsequent issue
EDS.