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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-24
The Tale Of a Laundry.
This is a narrative OF a remarkab

This is narrative OF remarkable
and praise worthy Law decision lately
rendered in San Francisco. Isseens
that dozen OF more years ego there
vas living near Dublin young
Irisbmsn named O'Qch0ng. He
was veil qualified to render import
ant though humble service in the
construction of public works in this
country, which just then were halt.
ing tor want Of help, ana their prom
oteEs invited his labor He was
somewhat umid and di5.Fuslful Of q
welcome, aud 70 remove Gis hee.ta-
ton a treaty was made, by which the
United States Government declared
taa. he may conc, either 20 visit or
reside Us be may. and while here
should enjoy TIE privilege according
20 eubiects Of the most favored ma
tiODs from time 10 time. He came,
and bent hia course towards CALI
f0rnia, where, at the time the need Of
HE service seemed most pressing.
Tbele hs dug gravel Tor the Pacific
Railroad, deivsd in the swamp lands
IL making drains, spaded, hned and
reaped in the fslds. pegged shoes,
lied brooms. mixed soap, dipped
candles aud rolled cigars in the fac
tories. 10 short, did very cheaplg get
faithfully a score OF things which tae
average immigrant OF the day W0uh
net do So aBy price. But times grad
ualiy changed. The pacific Railroad
got itself finished. Swamp lands
enough tor the time being dried.
Labor grew more plentiful ia the
various tsades, and Mr O'Quhong
found himself less popular than
formerly. The emmigzanis of Other
uationalilies CONF planned Of his CON-
petition, leeTsd sc his aspect and
manneTs, and oarsed his religion,
There was SO mucs effort 90 crowd
him out OF the employments Of his
choice, and indeed out OF the
country. as there had been once 20
induce him to enter. But Re being
of humble, unambitious &c uper and
frug habits. and thus not unflhed
for menisI, domestic work, uncom-
plainiDg!y withdrew somewhat from
the tasks which others were Begin
ming to covet. betook himself TO san
Francisco, and opened a laundry
there, hoping to earn a modest liv-
ing without givsng ofsnss to bis iel-
loW-men.
To Illustrate this fell design the
OF San Fssncisco forth.
with enacted what they called an
ordinance" forbidding any person n
maintain laundry within the CITY
east OF Ninth and Larkin straet
large snd important district) unless
he should take cut q license. and
this might only be granted on the
written approval Of twelve citjzsns
and taxpayers residing within the
block where the Laundry was located.
Mr.. OQuhong could not obtain this
jury verdict OF approval, on account
OF the sntipathy and prejudice of the
people on his block towards his race:
be went on without it, was sent tn
Jail for so doing. and pet;tioned the
United States Circuit Court to set
him free.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-24

Washington, "a curl us rumol
shosJ this 81 er con, which Is reithe-
al med nor DENIED, at the department
OF justice, IS that q bill has been pre-
seutld by tie hotel Ieeper who enter
tanned tie stsr route jury, for over 500,
and that part Of the charges was Fl
thirty nine bottles If wine. The juroIs
have always denied that they have had
nqu 8Ts Of any sort. A special agent Of
The department Of justice said today
that these bribery charges in the star
route cases were the b)ldest be ever
knew. There were bushels Of sfidavits
on which arrests ought TO be bs ed,
under ordinary practice, yet no arrests
were made. He did not understand il.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-24

Washington, 23.-Ihe secretary Of the
treasury this afternoon Issued q call for
the redemption OF bonds, per cent.
funded loan of '8l continued st ga per
cent. from August 18th. '81. The call is
for S25. 100000, and the principal and in
terest vii be paid at the treasury on the
Esd of December next, and int rest
ceases on that day,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-24
mONETAgY ARD sT0CKs

New York, September %, 1882.
Money ,2@5; governm't higher, steady;
stocks, strong; W. Union, 80; Quick
silver. 81; Pacific, 4515; Wells Fargo, I29;
N. 7. Central, l3415; Erie, 42zz; Panama,
1877; Denver 81 R.G., 6I1s; Union Pscifc,
II61z; bonds. lis; Central Pacific. .931s;
bonds, lI415; S1trO, y.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-24
II Is TRULY WONDERFUL

IL Is TRULY WONDERFUL
70 see what improvement now exist
IS compared with railway travel
only a few years ago. To become
convinced Of this, one has only TO
select for his route East, the populsy
and well known
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN r (.
You are landed by the Union Pacine
Railroad in the Union Depot al
Council Bluffs, where stands the @.
3 NV. Palace Train, composed Of
Pullman Hotel Cars, Pullman Sleep
ing Cars, Elegant Day Coaches
Smoking, Baggage, Postal Cars, etc,
ready to convey It's passengeri
through Iowa and Illinois, and into
Chicago. Gliding smoothly alons
over the superb track Of steel raj
through thriVi ng cities and villages
comfortably sea ted in this train. one
scarcely discover the high rate Of
speed which he is riding. Trains 81
this road are always on time. cor.
nectienS sure, and passengers seek.
Ing pleasure comfort, safety and
easy In travelling, win find ths
IN orth- Western" in excess 81 Their
expectations, and the greatest Of ali
routes 10 Chicago and the East. IN.
sist upon Ticket Agents selling Won
Tickets Cfa this Road /; all agents sell
Them. Examine your Tickets and -.
fuse to buy II they do not read ovey
this Road II you wish the Best
Travelling Accommodations, Won
viii buy your Tickets by this Route
~AND W. TAKE Ma
3 HEB
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
Eat Your Breakfast First.

DR.. Hall is authority for the following
thoughts upon breakfasting before much
exercising in the open air, particularly
in districts whtre fever and ague are
abundant: Breakfast should be eaten in
the morning before leaving the house
for exercise or labor Of any description;
those who do it will be able to perform
more work. and with greater alacrity,
than those who work an hour or two be-
fore breakfast. Beside this, the average
duration of life of those who take break
fast before exercise or work will be
number of wears older than those who
do otherwise. Most persons begin to
feel weak after having been engaged hte
or six hours in their ordinary avocatiOns;
a good meal relnvigorateS, but from the
last meal of the day until the next morn
ing there is an interval of some twelve
hours; hence the body in I sense is
weak, and in proportion cannot resist
deleterious agencies, whether of the
fierce cold of mid-winter or of the poi
sonous miasm which rests upon the sur
face of the earth wherever the sun
shines on blade of vegetation or
heap of otfal. This miasm is more
solid, more concentrated, and
hence more malignant, about sun rise
and sunset than any other OF the twen-
ty-four, because the cold of the night
condenses it, and it is on the first few
inches above the soil in its most solid
form; but as the sun rises, it warns and
expands and ascends to a point high
enough to be breathed, and being taken
into the lungs with the air and swallow
ed with the saliva into the stomach, all
weak and empty as it is, it is greedily
drunk in, thrown Immediately into the
circulation of the blood, and carried to
every part of the body, depositing its
poisonous influence at the very fountain
head of life. If early breakfasts were
taken in regions where chills and fever
and ague prevail, and if in addition,
brisk fire We're kindled in the
family room for an hour, includ-
ing sunrise and sunset, these trouble
some maadies would diminish in any
one year, not ten fold but a thousand
fold, because the heat of the fire would
rarely the miasmatic air Instantly, and
send it above the breathing point. But
it is troublesome" to be building fires
night and morning all summer; it being
no "trouble," requiring no effort, to
SILVER and shake by the hour, weeks
and months together.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
The Center of Population.


The center Of population N the Unitsd
States was twenty-five miles from Bal
timore in 1850, and has moved westward
at an average of tifty-one miles every
decade, never deviating to the extent of
degree north or south of the thirty
ninth parallel. The greatest progress
was between the years $4,000, when it
travelled eighty-one miles from point
in Virginia to twenty miles south of Chill
icothe. 0. This movement was caused
by the settlement of the Pacific coast.
The center of population in 1870 was
forty-eight miles north of Cincinnati.
According to the last census, the center
had advanced westward fifty-eight miles,
and DETECTED to the south about eight,
being near the village of Taylorsville,
KY, about eight miles from Cincinnati.
1t is anticipated that the next census
will find it in Jennings county, Ind.
Surprising the westward movement of
population to continue, the central point
should cross the Mississippi about 1850.
not far from the Missouri. 1t is consid-
cred probable, however, that it will
never 60 SO far westward, as there are
large areas in the west which are only
adapted for mining and grazing pursuits,
and will SUPPORT but scanty population.
THE increase in the region beyond the
mississippi, after the close of the pres
ent century, may not much more than
counterbalance that Of the rest of the
country, in which case the center of
population will remain almost stationary
in southern Illinois.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
Funny Fancies.

His better half: Another patent med
icine cad" starts out: ''My wife said I
was fool when 1 brought home a bot
tie of Burter' S Ginseng Syrup" And
his wife was right, as usual.
The future hope: 1t is said cornet
player in Berlin burst a blood-vessel
trying to sound a Warnerian double
note. 1t is comforting to know that
Wagner is to be the music of the future.
Handy to have around The other
night an ameteur prize-fighter was
killed by mule, in Fayetteville. Arkan-
sas. Barnum wants the mule, but the
people of the town are unwilling to part
with him.
Squalls at sea: "Seventy berths in the
ladies' cabinw exclaimed Fogg, after
hearing a description of the new Old
Colony steamer "Great Scott! but
there must have been terrible squall
about that timew T.. it,.
Educational: One of the regular ex-
ercises at Normal school is writing words
from dictation and giving their mean
ing. One of the words given out was
Hazardous" when the young lady pu-
pill spelled ''hazardess," and defined a
"female hazard "
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
China'S Opium Supply.

India is not the only foreign country
from which opium is sent to China. 1t
is sent from Persia and also frem Tur-
key, but to small extent and of inferior
quality as compared with the Indian
drug. In China itself the cultivation and
manufacture of opium are said to have
been steadily increasing of late sears:
and it is sometimes argued that for this
reason the revenue which the govern
ment Of India derives from the drug is
so precarious that in the interests of
India, as we'll as in those of China, it
would be wise to suppress the trade and
to devise some more staple mode of rails
ing revenue equal to that which is now
drawn from opium. In 1871 one of the
Anglo-Indian witnesses examined before
the parliamentary committee already
referred to expressed confident opin
ion that the opium revenue would be
less in the decade then commencing
than it had been in the previous decade.
This anticipation has not been realized.
The aggregate net revenue derived from
opium during the ten years ending on
the 3lst of March. 1881, exceeded by
Ell ,632, 165 ($5S, 909, $3.50, the aggregate
net revenue yielded by the trade during
the ten years which ended on the 31st
of March. 1871. The net receipts from
opium during the earlier ofthese decades
was EOS, $685. 35 t$l64,545, 175), while the
net receipts during the later period were
e7O, 541 500 1852, 700, O00).
1t is always unsafe to prophesy, but so
far as it is possible to form judgement
from experience, the probabilities would
seem to be opposed to any considerable
diminution of the Indian opium revenue,
unless the opposition to it in this country
shall be allowed to prevail.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
A Good Wife at Home.

A good wife is to bad man wisdom,
strength and courage; a bad one is con-
fusion, weakness and despair. No con-
dition is hopeless to man where the
wife possesses firmness, decision and
economy. There is no outward propri-
ETY. which counteracts Incidence, eX-
travagance, and folly ina home. Nospir-
ii can long endurc.Da influence Man i
stiong, but his heart Is not adamaut.
He needs tranquil home, and especial
ly if he is an intelligent man, with
whole head he needs its moral force in
the conflict of life. To recover his com
posure. home must be a place of peace
and comfort. There his soul renews its
strength and goes forth with renewed
vigor to encounter the labor and trou-
bles of life But if at home he finds 40
rest. and there is met with bad temper,
jealousy and gloom, or assailed with
complaints and censure, hope vanishes.
and he sinks into despair.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
Wasp Waists.

Wasp waists, about which good deal
of unnecessary fuss is being made, are
not produced by tight lacing, though I'M
doubtedly there are women who will al
ways wear their clothes tighter than is
well for their health. 1t is owing en-
tirely to the present STYLE of dress that
the figure now looks out Of proportion
about the waist line. Painters, long bod
ices, tight sleeves set high in the Shout
der, with fullness that stands up like
puff, are sufficient causes to make even
an ordinary waist waspish. At a certain
summer resort, the other day, a fashion,
ably dressed girl was heing much criti-
cised for her tight lacing," when she
very naturally asked the ladies
W no were offering their kind remarks
what in their opinion ought to be the
right number of inches other belt. With
one accord they agreed, considering her
height and size, it should be twenty-five
inches. 1t proved, on actual measure
ment, to be twenty four, whereupon the
wasp waist was voted delusion, if
not snare, and some of the party
thought they had made slight mis-
take.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
Milk Room Methods

Ofmilk room methods Rural Home
says: "The creamery was in a small,
well finished room, and only occupied a
good sized box OF what one might call a
two-story chest. In the upper story was
zinc-lined water-tight box nearly filled
with ice-water. Immersed in the water
were several large tin cans, with the
tops projecting above and in the tops
fine wire ventilators. These were filled
with milk on the Wooster Creamery
system. Mrs. Valance leaves milk in
the creamery twenty-four hours, believ-
ing that it requires less labor and atten-
ton than attempting to keep the water
all the time ice-cold, as is required to
raise it in twelve hours. A pipe con-
nected with the reservoir supplied with
cold water from the well by a force
pump. operated by windmill, discharges
water into the creamery by simply turn
ing faucet. When the cream has risen,
doors are opened into the lower story,
a pail placed under can, faucet
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
LinrOln'S Duel.
From The Chicago Journal.

From The Chicago Journal.
Major J. NJ. Lucas, one of the pioneer
citizens of Jacksonville, ILL.,, and who
visited Chicago as early as 1886, is now
on a visit here, having recently RETURN
ed from Europe, where he has lately re-
signed his position as United States Con-
sui in Tunstall. England. Major Lucas
is the only man now living who was All
eyewitness of the alleged dnel between
Mr.. Lincoln and General James Shields,
across the Mississippi river, at Alton,
in 1912. The details of that now almost
forgotten 'affair of honor" are still pres
ent to his mind, although he is rather
reluctant to call it up out of the past,
where, as he says, it is as we'll it should
lie buried. The idea of Abraham Lin
coin going to the field armed with a
broadsword to fight a duel, seems to
those who knew him in his later days,
so inconsistent with his pacific character.
that many have doubted the anthem
ITCHY of the story. But it verify did
occur, says Major Lucas, who rode down
to the spot, and was there when the
affair was amicably adjusted. =
The challenge Of Shields arose out of a
written by the sister of Mrs. Lincoln,
who welded a peppery pen. accord
ing to the best authority, the articles
which so excited General Shieldss ire
were written by Miss Mary Todd-after-
ward Mrs. Lincon-and Miss Julia
Jayne-afterward Mrs. Trumbull.-Ep.
JOURNAL. This gave such offence to
General Shields that he went to the editor
and demanded to know who the writer
was. The editor of the paper was in
quandary, and meeting Lincoln on the
street, asked him what he had better do.
"Oh," said Lincoln, "just tell Shields
that it was me-" The editor did so, and
Shields sent a challenge to Lincoln, VIII"
had just gone to Tazewell county, to at
tend to lawsuit.
Lincoln accepted the challenge, anc
the weapons selected were broadswords
which Uncle Abe knew we'll how t
handle, having been thoroughly drillel
in the use by Major Duncan, brother
in-law of Major Lucas The field select
ed for the combat was near Alton, an'
thither the combatants proceeded. Blu
the affair got wind, and reached the ear
of General Hardin who immediatel,
started after the party, reaching tn,
scene just as the preliminaries were be
ing arranged. eHe interposed, saving
This is all nonsence," and succcedaC
nputting stop to the whole proceeding
Major Lucas says he sadded a horse
and got to the field about the same time
Then Lincoln was in dead earnest il
the natter"
"Oh, yes" said the Major. "Lincoln
meant to fight. He was no coward, ant
he would unquestionably have held hi!
own against his antagonist, for he was
powerful man in those days, and wa
quite we'll skilled in the use of the broad
sword. He said to me after the atfai
was all over, 4 could have split him l.
two.'"
Major Lucas possesses a great man
letters of Lincoln, written in free, of
hand spirit, and full of humor and anec
dote, which would be quite in,erestir
to read now, only they are ola Privat
nature, and the Major would not be il
duced to give them publicity.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
FARMERS COLUMN.


Cut off the tips of the new raspberry
or blackberry canes. Nothing is gained
hv letting them grow too tall. Cut out
the old canes as SOOnaS they have borne
their fruit.
Many of the new potatoes which are
now described as best in quality are en-
tirely tasteless. The flesh is white, cooks
me ally, etc, but there is no flavor. Is
taSteesSneSS an essential constituent of
the "best quality'' in potatoes?
A novelty in the shape of a strawberry
bed is to be seen at Westfeld, Mass 1t
is hogshead filled with loan and
stones, and from its sides are growing
from holes bored through the wood into
the loan, over 100 thrifty strawberry
plants bearing a profusion of large, lus-
cious fruit
fit is intended to cure FESTIVE horse
he must be used solely by one and the
same person and caught young, and let
the rider or driver bear in mind that
with both FESTIVE and nervous horses
the voice will prove more ettectual than
the whip. Stick to your nag, under all
circumstances, for, rel ~ upon it, he can
once get away from you he will redouble
his efforts to do so again. Unfortunately
there is always a risk in buying a once
wilful steed, for in fresh hands he may
revert to his tricks.
The Pittsburg Stockman has the follow
ing: "The warfare in which fine stock
breeders need to engage is not among
themselves, but in common against the
ignorance and fOgyism behind which
scrub stock raising is SO strongly in
trenched in many parts of the country.
There will be plenty Of good fighting all
along the line in this direction for gen.
Grafton to come. 1t will be time enough
to pitch into each other when the com
mon enemy is driven from the field.
Neither the combatants nor the country
at large get any good out of personal
Quarrels."
Seeing inquiries in your paper for the
way to treat kicking COW, | send mine.
Take snap ring attach half-inch cord
about dozen feet in length, put the
snap in the kicker's nose, draw the cord
around her, letting it rest on her gam
brel Joints or below. Let person stand
at her shoulder and hold the cord just
tight enough 50 that it shall not slip down
to the floor. Any one can then proceed
to milk her without trouble. This course
of treatment pursued for one week has
never failed to cure the most obstinate
kicker, and without any struggles or
harness.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
McddIeSome NeighbOrs.

Love your neighbor as yourself is
Scriptural advice, and it is also very
wholesome. But the most amiable man
or woman in the world will find it al
most impossible to follow at all times.
For instance, it is out Of all reason to
expect a lady to love her neighbor who
is eternally finding fault with her chill
dren and saying unkind things of her to
mutual friend. 1t is also little too
much to expect man to adore an old
maid in an adjoining house who keeps
him awake night and morning shrieking
in cracked tone that she has mo one to
love- and accompanies herself at the
same time on piano that is very much
out of tune and in the wrong key. 4
man may try to love his neighbor if she
is good looking and kind; but it is i'm
possible to even respect meddlesOme
neighDOrS
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
Setting Milk for Cream.

Ofthe various methods of setting milk
for cream, there is none that produces
more butter than another. The tenn
perature, Of course, affects the rising
and separation of the cream, but this is
not dependent upon the manner of set
ting the milk either deep or shallow.
The separation of the cream
from the milk is due to an
invio!able law of nature, viz,
that light fluids will float on heavier
ones; it is a matter of specific gravity
alone, so that SO long as all the cream is
separated from the milk the dairyman
gets all the butter, whether he uses deep
pals in cold water of 70 or shallow pans
in the air of 80. After several years use
of both systems, side by side, in the
writer's dairy, no difference in the reg
ular product of butter from tie same
quantity of milk and the same feeding
has been perceived. But when deep
pals are used the best results are
reached with a temperature Of IS de-
grees and with shallow pans at 81 de-
grees.. 1t is, in short, matter of con-
venience. Deep pals take up less room
than pans, but supply Of cold water is
needed for it.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
Advice to the Girls,

Be industrious, daughter Thus the
best women have ever found the best
husbands at the post Of duty. Rebec-
ca went to the we'll to water the camels
and caught Isaac's matrimonial agent
Rachel went out with the sheep and
found Jacob and kiss waiting for her.
Ruth wrought in the wheat field and
married rich. Abigail hustled around
and baked 200 loaves of bread. and load
ed up a whole commiss, Try train. which
she personally led out to David, and
got a second husband within q week
after her first one was petriied. and if
you persistently buckle down to 4 wash
tub, you feel assured that no man will
marry YOU for Your money.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07

turned, and the milk drawn off. a glass
in the tube shows when the cream has
reached the bottom, and the faucet is
closed. \ twclve-year-old girl could
skim the milk. After the cream is
churned the buttermiIk is washed and
worked out, and the salt worked in with.
out crushing the grain. The milk of ten
COWS is here cared for with the smallest
possible amount of labor"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07

Ex-Governor Smith, of Virginia, who
is known to fame as extra Billy" has
reached his eighty-ffth year. He says
that he is still blessed with sound
head, whole heart and faithful stomach.