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Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-10-02
THE U. s. LAND LAWS.
THE HOMESTEAD ACT.

THE HOMESTEAD ACT.
The applicant must be citizen of the
United States, or have taken out his
first papers declaring his intention to be-
come citizen He must be 81 years
old, or the head of family. He may
enter insidesor outside of railroad limits
16O acres, or anv subdivision thereof
On filing the claim the Land Office fee
is $22 on the l6O, if the land is within
railroad limits, or, SIG if it is outside.
The applicant is required to establish his
residence on the land within six months
from day of fling He can settle on the
land three months, if it be "unoffered"
land and thirty days if it be ''offered"
land, before filing his claim, and have
his five years residence counted from the
day of settlement. Ii he has settled on
unsurveyed land he must make his filing
within months from the filing of the
township plot in the land Office. The
law says this residence must he con-
tinued one for five years, but this does
not prevent temporary absence for labor,
There is very. general mistaken Idea,
however, that if the homesteader pays
an occasional visit to his land every few
weeks or months he is living ON it suf
fciently to hold his claim. Late decIE
sions hold that such proceeding would
be ecide',ce Of an attempt to cpsde tue lass
and would forfeit the land to the govern
ment. In five years he can, or witlns
seven years he must, subrit proof, under
oath, consisting of his own testimony and
that of two credible witnesses, that he
has made the place his home and has
cultivated it. Ii his proof is satisfactory
he gets patent without further cost,
excepting the final Land Office fees Of
$12 inside of railroal limits and Sc out
side, and the cost Of proof, amounting to
81 in both cases. Amy time after six
mouths of actual residence the occupant
may make final proof, am; pay for hi,
land at the rate of $3.50 per acre if with
in railroad limits; or $l,25 if without
Any contract to convey portion of .
j claim before making final proof, destroy
ones rights An unmarried woman NAY
take claim, and if she marries con
tinued residence will give her a title il
her own name. Under the homestead
} law the applicant must appear in perso,
at the local land office, present his appli
> cation, and take the required oath. TIL,
final stfidavit and proof, however, ma,
he made lefore the judge, or, in his ab
tence, before the clerk Of any court O
record of the district in which the lant
is situated. A person should use hi
Presumption right before he does hi
Homestead, as in a Presumption he Aa
to swear that he has not abandoned
4 home of his own in the same state O
territory to settle on his Presumption
land.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-10-02
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Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-10-02

A correspondent of the Lodi Revier,
writing from Railroad Flat, Calaveras
county, says: Railroad Flat is tonight
a deserted village, only one person re-
manning there, all others having fled.
Every resident in the place, three per-
sons excepted, have lately been prostrated
by malarial fever. Five persons have
died, and the school is broken up.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-10-02

Webfoot Oil cures pain, internal or
external in from one to fifteen minutes.
Warranted. For sale by McColl d
Miller.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-10-02

Oh, yes You can rely on Webfoot
oil at all times, night or day, as a sure
cure for Group or spasm- Asl; for it at
NcCoil Il Miller's.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-10-02

Use Orieatai Hair Tonic for preserv.
ing the hair.
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Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

as water stiffened sailcloth. This state of
things existed also in the pith, and each
cell, being over-filled with water, was
forever trying to lengthen itself. Some |
of the results of these conditions in |
the plant were then explained by |
the use of two pieces of spiral spring,
and for a more familiar example |
the audience were referred to the
effect of splitting dandelion stem.
Each half curled over outward because
the more elastic pith, trying to lengthen
itself, was prevented from expanding on
one side by the less elastic bark. With
two pieces of spiral spring in linen tube
it was next explained how, when the
pressure of water in the cells in the two
halves of the pith was not equal, the stem
did not grow straight Not that plants
bent accidentally or in purposeless man
ner. On the contrary, when the plant
bent it was with some distinct and useful
object. To the explanation of this point,
the rest of the lecture was directed. The
direction and forms which the root and
stem of young growing plant might
take were happily illustrated with piece
of whitened lead pipe of small bore put
through cork, which did duty for the
bean. A great many theories had been
OueTeu I'D dCCOunt IOi Uuc IdCG uildG tlo
root always tried to grow toward. and
the stem away from the center of earth
Having related Andrew Knight ingen-
ious experiment with revolving wheel,
by which, with centrifugal force, as
a substitute for gravity, the plant was
deceived and the direction of growth in
seedlings was changed, the lecturer next
dealt with the influence of light and damp
on the growth of plant. The stem was
invariably shot out or bent aside in order
to get at the light, and the root, with
equal persistency and certainty, was sent
to find moisture. 1t would have been
noticed, Mr.. Darwin said in conclusion,
that he had, throughout, spoken of plants
perceiving the light, and knowing where
the center of the earth was, and had
used other expressions of similar kind,
usually only applied to animals. He had
done so with no idea of being paradox
ical, but because he thought that by
thinking of plants in this way we were
more likely to learn what was going on
within them. If we would understand
the actions of an animal, we must know
what was useful or not useful for that
life, and it was quite as necessary to con-
slider in the life of plant of what use its
actions were, and, in a certain sense,
why it acted in a particular way.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
DrOneS in the Human Hives.

Emphatically the man who does moth
ing, either by his hands OF his brain, to
improve the condition of mankind, and
who tries only to crafty selfish purposes,
has lived to but little purpose. The
humblest laborer that digs in the dirt
and breaks the stone is more to be hon
ored than such man. A man of wealth
who uses that wealth to improve his
country, to reward labor and to benefit
his fellow-man is worthy of all praise,
and deserves our warmest thanks; but
he who lives on the interest of his money,
though it be counted by millions, and
contributes nothing to the general well
fare through earnest effort, is a mere
drone in the human hive, and will, when
he passes away, leave behind him the
most valuable part-his money. Such a
person never realizes the immense accu-
mutation of effort, of skill and money
necessary in carrying out successfully
any manufacturing or business enterprise
which, when properly ~consummated,
will produce such far-reaching benefits
in any community. The radical wrong
in this illustration is too far back to be OF
any use to hint at reform, but for the
principles which we wish to elucidate it
has served our purpose. The difference
between the man whose interest alone
supports him and the man who labors
early and late on the farm, in the man
ufactory, at the desk, in mercantile pur-
suits, professions or in following the lead
of inventive genius cannot at all be
estimated by comparing one with the
other. While the first has been aptly
compared to the drone, the latter, in
cluding all producing industries, should
be STYLED the Nations benefactors. What
creates wealth? Who build splendid
mansions for the abode of wealth and
culture? Who build our magnificent
floating palaces? Who produce the rich
fruits with which they are laden? The
men who till the soil, who work the
mines, who run the furnaces, who toll
in the shops, to gain the support they SO
honestly earn. When financial disaster
comes, who suffers the most? Is it the
man with his millions? By no means
but the working, toiling millions, that
are victims to this unequal distribution
of money. Every manufacture can af-
ford to pay good wages when he can sell
what his 1aborers produce at remunera-
tive prices; SO also, should capital pay
for its luxuries and extravagances in an
equal ratio. No capital should remain
in an unemployed condition when a
country abounding in mineral wealth, as
does ours, offers such inducements. Let
capital seek out locations for manufac-
tories, open our mines, construct our
railways, instead of being boarded and
subject to locality prejudices, and en-
ploy the thousands who now suffer
through the mismanagement of the very
men whose Golfers they have helped to
al,
and to assist their development is the
duty of her citizens. How different
would be the condition of the laboring
men in this State if the money within its
borders was put to use, and those desir-
ing to work were given employment at
remunerative prices. Francisco
Chronicle.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
Growth Of Plants.

A recent free evening lecture at the
Working Mems College, Great Ormond
Street, London, was given by Mr.. Fran
els Darwin, M. D., a son of the well
known naturalist. The growth of a
plant, the lecturer said might be ikened
to the growth of SNOWFALL set rolling
down a snow-covered hillside. Both
plant and SNOWFALL grew in size by the
addition of matter; but while, if the bulb
of hyacinth were placed in water and
kept in the dark, it would grow in the
ordinary sense of the word, in reality
the plant would merely have taken stuff
out of the bulb and arranged it in diff
ferent way, whereas in the growth of an
oak tree from an acorn quantity of new
stuff was formed. These instances of
growth suggested the questions, first,
how bulb or bean rearranged its mat
ter in forming plant, and, secondly,
how all the new material was obtained
that went to form treep He intended
on that occasion to speak of only one
half of the question:: How the plant in
growing arranged its materialP First,
it was necessary to know what plant
was made of. If one hundred pounds
weight of some growing plant were
taken, say turnips, and the water driven
OH Dy uTyluS, IL Will Uc IOtluu tut1o oliO
weight would have decreased by ninety
pounds, and that the solid, woody
part remaining, about ten pounds in
weight, would nearly all burn away,
leaving but few ashes. In order to
give some idea of the way in which
this large quantity of water was
held in the plant, DIR. Darwin COM
pared the effect of water on dead matter,
such as tea leaves or leather, with the
effect of giving water to growing plant
the stiff, dry leaves became limp and
soft, while the dropping, tlaccid stem of
living plant, when watered, became
stiff and elastic. How could the plant
build up strong, stiff stem with so much
of so unstable material as water, and
how did the water become a source of
strength to the plantP To understand
this they must know how the water was
contained in the plant. The solid ma
terial was formed into little cavities, and
these-an infinite number of little boxes,
as it might be-were filled with water.
The way in which the water might be-
come source of strength could be seen
by forcing water into flexible tube or
bladder, or by blowing air into an empty
glove. The pressure of the water con-
tanned within caused the walls of the
cells to become stiff. There were other
WAYS, too, in which this stiffness was
obtained, the water getting into the text
ure of the woody stuff and stifening it
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

The fifteen great American inven-
tons of worldwide adoption are: 1. The
cotton gin. 2. The planning machine.
3. The grass mower and reaper. 4. The
rotary printing press. 5. Navigation by
steam. 6. The hot air engine. z. The
sewing machine. 8. The India rubber
industry. 9. The machine manufacture
of horseshoes. 10. The sand blast for
carving. IL. The gauge lathe. -. The
grain elevator. 13. Artificial ice making
on large scale. IA. The electric mag
net and its practical application. Is.
The composing machine for printers. A
sixteenth must be added--the telephone.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

THOUGH Old Mr.. Fogy has long ques-
toned woman's fitness to practice law, and
her opinions concerning legal matters, no one
has ever questioned her opinion concerning
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For wo-
men freely affirm that the Pres scription is a
positive cure for those dragging down " SEN
sations, and the many diseases and weak
nesses peculiar to their sex. The Favorite
Prescription is sold by all druggists under a
positive guarantee.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 14th, 1879.
DIR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sri was treated by four different
physicians without avail for disease of the
menced the use of your Favorite Prescription
and Discovery, being at the time confined
part of the time to my bed. At first my i'm
provement was slow, but now find myself
well after the use of four bottles of each of
the medicines. With many, many thanks,
lam, very respectfully.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
HER MAJESTY.

You're proud of your Freedom,
But of my Queen
Most absolute sovereign
That ever was seen.
She fouts and torments me,
Yet holds me in thrall.
And daytime or nighttime
haste at her call.
She has horsemen and horses,
And soldiers who keep
Their solemn eyes open
When am asleep.
She has maidens of honor,
All silent and fair,
With state robes. and jewels,
And wonderful hair.
She speaks q strange language
None other may know;
only divine it,
Through loving her 30.
Her Majesty's fingers,
That never are still,
Play tunes on my heart-strings
Whenever they will.
As wayward and ftful
As April is she.
Yet loving and lovely
As lovely can be;
The tiniest monarch
That ever WAS seen.
They call her the Baby;
But she is my Queen.
Louise Chandler Moutt0n, in Y0uth's Con-
panion.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
The story Is told that some fin

The story is told that some time
since the Prince of Wales took to wear
ing wash-linen neckties. The silk-tie
makers of London were in despair, fore
seeing that general adoption of the new
fashion would be their ruin. They finally
hit upon the happy expcdient of furnish
ing the West-end street-sweepers with
neckties similar to those worn by royal
ty, renewing them as fast as they became
soiled. His Royal Highness relapsed into
silk ties,
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
"A farmer gives this information as

"A farmer gives this 1nfOfmatlOn as
to keeping hams: l do not smoke or
brine them, but salt dry for three weeks,
then dry them about half, then cover the
flesh side with batter made with wheat
middlings and hot water, and hang up
to dry again. If they crack, 1 mix a
little more batter and fill up the cracks.
When dry I pack in box or barrel. l
use oat tailings for packing, but should
think buckwheat hulls would be good.
Put them in any cool, dry place before
warm weather
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

LIME AS AN INsEcrIDE.-Freshly slaked
lime, well dried, is very useful for destroying
many of the pests that attack plants, and in
most cases it may be used quite freely with
out danger of injuring anything but the in
sects. The asparagus slugs that often ap-
pear upon the young shoots in spring are
readily destroyed by liberal applications of
lime when the plants are wet with dew or
rain. Lime is also useful in destroying and
driving away various kinds of flea beetles
that infest cabbage and caulifower plants,
slugs upon cherry and pear trees, cut-worms
and similar insect pests found in almost every
garden and orchard.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

IMPURE BLooD.-In morbid conditions Of
the blood are many diseases; such as salt
rheum, ring worm, boils, carbuncles, sores,
ulcers and pimples In this condition of the
blood try the VEGETINE, and cure these affec-
tions. As blood purifier it has no equal. Its
effects are wonderful.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

IT Is remarkable that, should the proposed
Canadian bill for the prevention of cruelty to
animals become law, the penalty for abusing
an animal will be eleven times as severe as
that for assaulting human being.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
sly Doctors.

doctors who viii not recommend Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for the diseases
which it SO efectually removes, yet use it
"on the sly" in their practice. They must
soon adopt it openly as the standard remedy.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

Professor Curtiss, accompanied by
Government land surveyor, has gone to
Greece to complete the archaeological
exploration of Olympia. For this pur-
pose the Emperor William has granted
the sum of $4,000 marks (about $780,
OOO)
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

In June last, at +, Pennsylvania,
"Children's Sunday was observed, at which
time several children were christened. Little
Johnny was rather pugnacious by tempera-
ment, but seemed deeply, impressed by the
ceremony. At home, during the previous
week, all the feather beds and pillows had
been renovated by peregrinating renovator,
which process had attracted much attention
among the children. On the afternoon after
the christening Johnny was quite angered by
one of his sisters. Immediately the hand was
raised, as of old, to strike; but slowly it was
lowered, and with serious voice and a look
worthy the rebulxe of an apostle, he said,
"Oh, sister, how could yous-and you just
renovated, !''-Harper's Drd,oer. l.s@
IT is good thing for Jobs reputation for
patience that he died before the gem puzzle
was Burlington Hasokeye.
THE color-blind pilot must go; but he must
not go as pilot.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

In the United States about four hundred
newspapers style themselves Journals; two
hundred and seventy-fve Democrats; about
two hundred and TWENTY-FIVE each Heulds,
ninety Times; one hundred and sixty Ne,os,
and one hundred and thirty Presses.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

THE trademark is on every package of the
Frazer Axle Grease. Buy only the genuine.
For sale everywhere.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
a TABLE a9ooH
AND
INTRODUCTORY ARITHMETIC,
BY LYDIA NASH.

This little Book takes the learner through Long Divs-
ion. 1t also cOmmends itself especially useful to the
TEACHERS of the Primary Department in those
public schools which do not put Primary Arithmetic
Into the hands of their pupils
Apply author Broad street, Elizabeth, N ].
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Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
Women M Lawyers.

Whatever you dislike in another
take care to correct in yourself.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

A DISTINGUISHING feature of Redding' s Rus
STA Salve is its power to reduce Inflammation.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

Picking Holes.-It is easy to pick
holes in other peoples work, but it is far
more profitable to do better work your
SELF
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

The foraging of pig in strange garden
may be referred to as the root of evil.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
/ F.

The following communication from highly esteemed
for obvious reasons requests not to publish his name
his discovery for the beneht Of Others similarly scted
q BOSTON, MASS.
your Kalliston affords relief in that distressing
complaint called Itching Piles made the discovery
some weeks ago, during night of intense discomfort
and suffering by simply applying Kalston, bottle OF
which happened to be dressing table The effect
stemed to magical; the itching ceased almost In
s{antly, and have had no recurrence.
hoping that thereby other sufferers may be relieved
Very truly, your obliged and obedient servant
Since receiving the above the proprieors of Kaston
have endeavored fairly to test its value specific for
Itching Piles having caused it to be used in many ag
eavated and In every instance has given instant
relief.
The following letter VIII prove interesting to those
who suffer from this disagrceable disease:
josEPH BURNETT & Co., Boston: ~
have had the Itching Piles off and since the
war. Sometimes have suffered agony, and tell you
pobody knows what pain and misery is, unless they
Somebody told me that your Kalliston would cure
got bottle, and the very first time used it the
pain and itching was all gone In few minutes and
think am cured have not had any trouble from it
Another thing about Kalliston it niceand Clean
~'- '"'' ~ N''' JOS. E. FOSTER,
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SCROFULA.
Cured Her.

DR.. II. r. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-I must state that your Vegetine deserves
to be called valuable blood purifier, renovator and
inyigorator Of the whole system My wife suffered for
length of time with ScroJulG Sore on the leg She
took several bottles of Vegetne. The results were
surprising; it cured her while all the former remedies
failed to give satisfaction. Respectfully.
T. F. TRICK.
know the above to be true.
HENRY WERTHEIMER,
Druggist and Apothecary, 189 Monmouth St.
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