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Shall the State ReguIate Marria~e 2

I cannot myself agree with Mill in
what he adds, that ''the laws which, in
many countries on the continent, forbid
marriage unless the parties can show
that they have the means Of supporting
a family, do not exceed the legitimate
powers of the State" I think they go
far beyond any desirable interference,
on the part of the State with individual
freedom of action, and that people
which would be the better for such in
reference, so far as material advantages
are concerned, must be so degraded
that the sooner they pass away or are
absorbed by worthier races, the better
for the world. [ definitely and earnest
ly reject his doctrine that, whether
such laws be expedient or not, they are
not Objectionable as violations of lib
erty.7 It appears to me that if laws of
that kind were permissible at all, the
State might reasonably forbid mar
rage unless the parties can show that"
according to recognized laws of heredity
their offspring are reasonably likely to
be strong, able and worthy members of
the body polite.
But the vice of Mills reasoning here,
as in much of his writings on such mat
tiers, is the assumption that the State
can advantageously undertake the du-
ties which belong especially to individ-
uals-the persons who would have to
supervise such matters being unlikely,
on the average, to take greater care in
the matter than those over whose con-
duct they would be appointed to watch.
In nation where the majority 'cared
for none of these things the State
could do nothing with advantage or
without mischievous violations Of lib
erty; where, on the other hand, the
majority took as just a view on this sub
iect as on more familiar moral obliga-
tons, state interference would be IN
necessary.
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An Orators Power.

It was in the Clay campaign of 1874
An immense audience, $4,000 or % On0
had assembled tOhear Preston. A Iarne
stage had 'seen erected, which was
crowded with prominent persons. and
the multitude was packed around it.
There was the usual buzz and confusion
incident to such occasions. until after
Preston had been speaking few mo-
ments, when it began to subs.-e and
soon there was dead silence. eycent
the music of that wonderful voice. He
was in fine condition for his work. and
went at it in his best style. The silence
seemed to intensity as the tide of his
eloquence poured over the dense mass
of enchanted listeners. With the swell
of his sonorous voice the audience Sewn
ell to rise on tiptoe and to sink back
again with its ebbing cadences; and
again they swayed with the sweep of his
arm like a wheat field to the breeze. At
length, in magnificent burst Of inspir-
ation-witA his long arm raised high
his eyes flashing and the multitude
hanging breathlessly to his words-be
seized the brown wig he wore, held it
up over his shining bald head, and. still
soaring in his splendid flight, replaced
its crosswise and scared on; and there
was not, in that vast audience. the least
ripple of laughter at this most ridicu-
lous performance, but, on the contrary.
no one seemed to notice it, so complete
ly entranced WAS every listener
Charlotte (N. c. Journal.
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The CreOlas About 1915,

Among the people q transmutation
was going on. French fathers were
moving aside to make room for Creole
sons. The life of the seniors had been
the life of redemptorists and liberated
convicts, combining with that of a
French and Swiss line and staff in and
about the eutpoSts of such frontier,
might be: idle, thriftless, gallant, bold,
rude, free, and scornful of labor, which
the company had brought into perma-
nent contempt by the introduction of
African slaves. In this atmosphere
they had brought up their children.
Now these children were taking their
parents places, and with Latin ductility
were conforming to the mold of their
nearest surroundings. They differed
from their transatlantic stock much as
the face of nature in Louisiana differed
from that in France. A soil of unli1nit-
ed fertility became, through slavery,
not an incentive to industry, bat
promise of unearned plenty. A lux
urious and enervating climate joined its
influence with this condition to debase
even the Gallo love of pleasure to an
unambitious apathy and an unframed
sensuality. The courteous manners of
France were largely retained; but the
habit of commanding dull and abiect
slave class, over (which @black code"
gave every white man full powers of
police, induced a certain fierce imper-
iousness of will and temper; while that
proud love of freedom, so pervasive
throughout the American wilderness.
rose at times to an attitude or arrogant
superiority over all constraint, and be-
came the occasion of harsh comment in
the reports sent to France by the Of
fcers OF their king. In the lakes, cane
brakes, and swamps, and On the bayou
ridges of their dark wet forests, and on
the sunny expanses of their marshes, a
great abundance or bears, panthers,
deer, swans, and lesser game gave a
bold zest to arduous sport. The chase
became almost the only form of exer-
ton, and woodcraft often the only edu-
cation.
AS for the gentler sex, catching less
grossness from negro slavery and less
rudeness from the wilderness. they
were, in mind as we'll as morals, SUPER
ior to the men: They could read and
write and make little music. Such
French vi7acity as still reminded chose
the ballroom as their chief delight,
while the gaming-table was the indoor
passion of the men. Unrestrained.
proud, intrepid, self-reliant, rudely vol
uptuous, of q high intellectual order,
yet uneducated, unreasoning, .impulsive,
and infiammable,-such was the first
native born generation of Franco-Louis-
ianians.-George ". Cable IN the Gen.
iatyy.
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AragO'S Little JOkp.

A story Of z. Arago, the French sci
enlist: One day at the Academy of sci
ences they had long and rather tire
some session. Arago thought he would
go out and take the air. at the foot of
the stairway there was leather bowl
upon which the rays of the sun were
holly heating Arago turned the bowl
around, and rushing up stairs told the
distinguished assemblage that he had
just met with something which was very
mysterious. THAT leather bowl" he
said, "at the foot of the stairway is cool
upon the side which presents itself to
the sun, but warm upon the other side. "
The scientists descended in body and
substantiated this assertion. They took
the inclination of the sun, the hour. the
minute, the seconds and vast array of
other details. They made calculations,
and several weeks afterward each of
them presented a paper explaining the
phenomenon. Arago himself taking care
to send in his explanation With the rest.
There is no knowing how far the dis
cussion might have gore had it not
been for the concierge. Who, having seen
Arago turn the bowl, and pitying the
worthy gentlemen who were so much
worried, cleared away the mystery.
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Buck Ague.

The London Lancet, speaking of
those nervous sportsmen who are una
bic to avoid trepidation OF paIpitation
when walking up to dog at its point.
or if "a bird or covey rises suddenly
without being pointed by the dog, saws I:
Such nervousness ought rather TO be
designated as excitability. It is nearly
always constitutional, and therefore in
durable. In short, it is not a disease or
morbid condition, but state of impress
slblllty, though it may be temporary
and connected with some deficiency of
the power of control. Steadiness, as
regards the nervous system, is much a
question OF reserve force. In some
cases the nervousness of the sportsman
Is direct consequence of his enthusi-
asm. He Is so anxious that, in the en-
deavor to acquit himself creditably in
the field, he his unable to make even q
respectable appearance. The heart
beats, the eyes dance, the hand trem-
Dles, and, OF course, good shooting is
out OF the question. This is why many
man who is a fair shot when alone is
unable TO hit haystack, as the saying
goes, when criticising eyes are upon
HIM. Practice may, in certain cases, re-
duce the magnitude Of the trouble, but
nervousness is constitutional with many
too enthusiastic sportsman, and he
wall be increasingly nervous as his en-
thuslasm augments."
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When Dignity Works All Right.

Col. Ingersoll said at Omaha that he
hated dignified man and that he never
knew one who had particle Of sense ;
that such men never learned and were
constantly forgetting something.
Josh Billings says that gravity is no
more the sign of mental strength than
q paper collar is the evidence of 4 shirt.
This leads us to say that the man
who ranks as a dignifed snoozer and
banks on winning wealth ard a death
less name through this one source Of
strength, is in the most unenviable posi-
ton of any one we know. Dignity does
not draw. It answers in place Of intel
lectual tone for twenty minutes, bat af-
ter awhile it fails to get there. Dignity
works all right lii a wooden Indian or a
drum major, but the man who desires
to draw salary through life and to he
sure of visible means of support. viii
do well to make some other provisions
than a naughty look and the air of pa
tronage. Col. Ingersoll may be wrong
in the matter of future punishment, but
his head is pretty level on the dignity
question. Dignity works all right with
a man who is worth a million dollars
and has some doubts about his srlspen-
ders, but the man who is to get a
large sum of money before he dies, and
get married and accomplish some good,
must place himself before his fellow
men in the attitude of one who has ideas
that are not too lonely and isolated.
Let us therefore aim higher than SIM
ply to appear cold and austere. Let us
study to aid in the advancement of hui
manity and the increase of baled infor-
nation. Let us struggle to advance
and improve the world, even though in
doing so we may get into ungraceful
positions, and at times look otherwise
than pretty. Thus we shall get over
the ground, and though we may not
do it in the eccentric style Of tie
camel, we viii get there, as We said he-
fore, and We will havecamped and eaten
our supper while the graceful and dig
nified pedestrian fingers along the trail.
Works, not good clothes and digr;tv.
are the grand hailing sign, and lie WHO
halts and refuses to lump over am Oh
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GRANDPA.

The grandpa is an individual. ared
somewhere between so and 100 wears.
OF a promiscuous temperament. and is a
common occurrence in all weII-r.nr-
lated families. Next to a healthy
mother-n-law, they have more active
business on hand than any other party
IN the household. They are the stand
ara authority on all leading topics, and
what they don't know about things
tnat took place sixty-fve years ago, or
Will take place for the next sixty-fve
years to come, is damage for any man
10 KNOW. Grandpas are not entirely
useless; they are handy to hold the
babies and feed the pigs, and are very
smart at mending broken broom-han-
die, and sitting ccal ashes, and are good
at putting up clothes-lnes on washing
days. [ have seen grandpas that could
churn good, but I consider it mighty
mean trick to set an old fellow of 50
years to churning butter. 1 am a
grandpa myself, but I won't churn but
ter for no concern, not if I understand
myself. [ am solid on this conclusion
as craven image. 1 am willing to
rock baby all the time while the women
folks are boiling soap, am willing to
cut rags to work up into a rag carpet,
they can keep me hunting hens eggs
wet days, or picking green currants, or
l will even dip candles, or core apples
for sauce, or turn grind-stone, but, by
thunder, won't churn. I have exam
med myself on this subject, and I will
bet a jacls-knife, so long as he remains
in his right mind, Josh Billings won't
churn. As a general thing grandpas
are a set Of conceited old fools who
don't seem to realize that what they
know themselves is a result of exper-
fence, and that younger people have
got to get their knowledge in the same
way. Grandpas are poor help at bring
ing up children; they have got precept
and catechism enough, but the young
people all seem to understand that
grandpa minds them heap more than
they mind grandpa.-JoSh Billings.
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Aluminium.

Aluminium, bluish-white metal pos
sessing valuable properties, constitutes a
large portion Of the earth's crust, occur
ring in 1876 different species of minerals.
Despite its abundance, however, it is
rendered very expensive by the difficult
ty Of separating it from its compounds
"a process involving the use of sodium
or potassium-both costly substances.
Several attempts of doubtful success
have been made to obtain aluminium by
means eff the ordinary reducing agents,
hydrogen and carbon. A patent has
been taken out in England for a new
process Of this kind, in which alumina
(the oxide Of the metaD, and carbon are
submitted to a temperature of ignition
IN close vessel, and subjected to the
action of carbonic acid; carbonic oxide
being formed, and the alumina reduced
III whole or in part to the metallic state.
AS soon as it can be cheapIy procured,
aluminium must take an important place
in the arts, and the man who makes it
Inexpensive will undoubtedly find for
tune within his grasp.
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4ESthetic COWbOyS.

Cowboys have their love of the beau
tiful in revolvers, if in nothing else.
This IS apparent from an experience of
the Colts Arm Manufacturing Company.
OF Hartford. Two cowboys of Wyom-
ing asked for estimates of the cost of
tworevolvers Of elaborate workmanship.
The Hartford Post states that "from
the designs furnished the stock of each
revolver must be of pearl, a horse and
rider chased in gold on one side, and a
heavlly-draped woman and birds, in the
same precise metal, on the other side.
The barrel and working parts of each
are also to be heavily chased and inlaid
with gold, so much so, in fact, that the
steel of the revolver is to be nearly hid
den from sight by the gold figures. The
butt Of each revolver is to be of solid
silver, elegantly chased. At the least
calculation each revolver, made accord
ing to the designs furnished, but with
out the gold filling, would cost $62, and
with the gold filling, $500. The only
revolver ever made by the company in
any way similar to these designs was for
the founder Of the company, Col. Sam
uel Colt. and was placed on exhibition
by him at the great London EXPOSE
ton"
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Give y Fall EuniyaIent.

1T every man and woman in our
Goa t.'y learn, and in practice apply to
! f.. the great truth that they who will
i.4,ls fail to give TO the world in useful
SEW e rendered full equivalent for
Nil .ey receive from it are vile para
5 t. upon society,", and that no one can
possibly confer upon another release
from the wise and just provision of di-
W order expressed in the command
TIA. ii any viii not work neither shall
Eo cat" Let this be embodied in the
education of children and the every
day life OF all, and we may reasonably
hope that crime Will rapidly diminish,
and finally disappear, and that, each
being DESTROYS Of earning all he gets,
all viii be cheorfully accorded and re-
ceive their just dues, and idleness and
want become things of the past. The
preservation Of the liberties of our ma
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LeatherOid Cans and RnxeS.

Leatheroid is a new article which is
being made of paper. 1t consists of a
number of thicllnesses of cotton paper
wound one upon another over cylin-
der. The remarkable qualities of
strength and adhesion it possesses are
derived from chemical bath through
which the paper is drawn on its way to
the cylinder. The effect Of the chem
zeal bath on the paper is said to be
wonderful. Leatheroid, for the pur-
poses it now serves, consists of about
twenty thicknesses Of paper; it is
shaped upon or around molds, while
wet, into the form it is to represent,
and will hold that form perpetually
when dry. When dried it is as difficult
as rawhide to cut with a knife. Cans
made from this material are about one
fourth the weight of tin cans of equal
size; while tin cans are liable to get
bent, cans made from leatheroid are en-
tirely free from this objection. They
have the elasticity of thin steel, and no
amount Of kicking or handling will
break thcm.-BoSton Journal OF
Chemistry.
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Selby Avenue, North Side.
lern's Addition to St. Paul.


er's Addition to st.
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IOFFICIAL PUBLICATIoN.]
Vacation Of Alley in Block 4 Palacl
Addition, and Block l5,''HOlcOnbG's
Addition.
IOFFICIAL PUBLICATION
CITY CLERKS OFFICE,
ST. PAUL, MINI, April 10, 1883.

Whereas petition has been fled in this Office,
as provided by law by order of the Common
Council Of the City of Saint Paul, asking for the
vacation of the alley in block number four a.
Palace addition and also the alley in block num-
Der fifteen (15) Holcombe's addition, all in the
City of Saint Paul, MINI. And whereas, the pc
titioners state that they are the owners of ma
jority of the property on the line of said alleys,
and that the object and reason of the vacation
asked for, is to enable the petitioners to rear
range said block four a J, as to have the lots
in said block extend from Summit to Portland
avenues, and that the alley in said block Is does
not conform to or connect with any alley what
ever, except the alley in said block four, and is
of no use to the public, etc.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given that said
petition will be heard and considered by the
Common Council of the City of st. Paul, or a
committee to be appointed by them, on Tuesday,
the 9Th day of June, A. D. 1888, at 7:50 O'Clock
p. M, at the Council Chamber in the City Hall.
BY order of Common Council.
THOS. A. PRENDERGAST,
10l-wed-5w City Clerk.
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Milk for the Mind,

Dr. CloustOn, of the Royal Edinburgh
Asylum for the Insane, says: "The
greater my experience becomes, [ tend
more to substitute milk for stimulants
[ don't undervalue the latter in suitable
cases; but in the very acute cases, both
Of depression and maniacal exaltation,
where the disordered working of the
brain tends rapidly to exhaust the
strength, l rel Y more and more on milk
and eggs made into liquid custards.
One such case this year got eight pints
OF milk and sixteen eggs every day for
three months, and under this treatment
recovered. L question whether he
woald have done so under any other.
He was almost dead on admission. ac-
tually delirious, absolutely sleepless,
and very nearly pulseless. It was a
hand-to-hand fight between the acute
disease in his brain and his general Vi
tality. If his stomach could not have
digested and his body assimilated
enough suitable nonrishment, or if he
could not have been taken out freely in
the open all, he must have died. But to-
day he is fulfilling the duties of his po-
sition as well as he ever did in his life
All acute mental diseases, like most
nervous diseases, tond to thinness of
body, and therefore all foods, and all
medicines, and all treatments that fat
ten are good. To my assistants, and
nurses, and patients preach the gospel
OF fairness as the great antidote to the
eXhausting tendencies of the disease we
have to treat, and it would be well if all
people Of nervous constitution would
obey this gospel"
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DR.. Wild Oh Woman Suffrage.

This age is noted for women and
steam. The grandest question to-day is
whether to put women where God put
her, in paradise or not; whether to give
her the privilege of voting for the laws
to which she is subjected. It is a ques-
ton that must be agitated until woman
must stand over against man as his
equal according to her status and posi-
ton. No government can much longer
keep her down. She has asmuch right
to vote for her own laws as I have.
would sooner trust my own mother to
cast ballot than half hundred of the
politicians who drink and swear.
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A Monster Mountain of Clay in Montana

We roll onward through the midst of
the grotesque and picturesque buttes
for hours; and their broken, Jagged
walls and towering peaks stood out
against the clear sky on either side to
the line of the horizon. Suddenly, on
cur left, broad stretch of beautiful
grassy valley appeared, sweeping away
about q mile, gently curving upwards
to the very base of one of the grandest
and largest Duties of all, which rises
abruptly from the level plain to q
height of nearly 500 feet. This mon
ster mound stretches along parallel
with the railroad for q long distance.
It's spine is broken by one large en-
brasure or pass, separating a small por-
ton of it from the main body. It's bald
and barren heights are bleached by the
awful wintry tempests, and on its scar
red and rugged bosom is inscribed the
epitaph Of departed ages. To it great
cycles are bpt days, and centuries but
swift hours of time. But even now,
among the "hills, Fock-ribbed and an
cient as the sun, and the wales stretch
ing in pensiye quietness between" the
joyful voice of man and busy hum of
labor awake the torpid echoes of the
past, which erSt knew no sound but ma
lures Wild. This monster clay noun
tain stands on the very border of Da-
kota, and marks the line of Montana.
This is the great Sentinel buttes. -
Correspondence Rochester Democrat.
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COUNTY OF RAMSEY, STATE OF MINNESOTA
Oi--In District Court.
In the matter of the assignment of John A. Swain
and John F. O'Neil, late partners as Swain &
O'Neil, insolvents:
Notice IS hereby given that have filed in this
court my final account as assignee of said insol-
vents and that at special term of said court to be
holden at the court house in the city of ST. Paul in
said county and state at ten (10) O'Clock a. m. on
Saturday the I'd day of June, A. d. 1888, shall ap-
ply to said court for order allowing my said ac-
count, and discharging me from all my duties and
liabilities as such assignee.
ALFRED DUFRENE, Assignee.
JAMES Y. GRANGER,
Attorney for Assignee, Saint Paul, MINI.
131-138
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CONTRACT WORK
SprinkliDg Rice Street, Etc.
OFFICE OF THE Board OF PUBLIC WoRKs,


CITY OF ST.. PAUL, Mimi, May 9th, 1883.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation Of the
City of st. Paul, Mimi, at their Office in said
city, until IL m. on the 2lst day of May, A. D.
1888, for sprinkling Rice street from Iglehapt
street to College avenue, thence on Tenth (10th)
street to Fort street. in said city, until the first
day of November, A. D. 1883, said Rice and
Tenth streets to be sprinkled at least three (3)
times each and every day Except Sundays
when necessary, and to the satisfaction of said
Board.
Estimates for the payment for said sprinkling
will be allowed monthly.
A bond, with at least two (2) sureties, in a
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent of the
gross amount bid, must accompany each bid.
Said Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
JOHN F. HOYT, President pro TEN.
Official: r. L.. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works 1SO-135