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HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

A. y Kellogg the We'll Auown ready print
publisher and originator u that plan OF
printing new spapers died at Townsville,
Ca, ON the 24th. He has been in poor
health for many years and organized some
wears ago, the a. y. Kellogg Newspaper
company y hich conducts his ready print
houses at CnIeRgO. Cleveland. CINCINNATI,
Memphis, -. Louis, and Kansas City.
TIE great strike on the Gould system Of
Southwestern railroad has ended. Mr
Powder.y the Grand Master OF the Knights
u Labor went 10 New York and conferred
Ui'h jay Could aud an agreement was
made u submit their differences 10 arbitra
ton. Powderly accordingly ordered the
strike ended.
The Senate confirmed the following on the
18th. Registers Of Land Offices George W.
Wartsr, Tracy, Mimi: William Smith,
Crookston. Mimi. Ralph \ Marble, Duluth,
Niuu. Receivers uf Pubic Moneys August
Peterson, WOrthirgton, Mimi. Philip X
WISER. Tracy MINI.
The police and railroad stri ers had a
pitched battle In st. Louis ~ the cath,
clubs aud stones being the weapons. The
strikers Attended u prevent freight
train on the Missouri Poetic going out hut
ihe police drove them of aud the trains
proceeded
Key West, Florida, bad a disastrous fire
on March 30yh The loss amounted 20 Il
million ami half aud the insurance 70
unly Sla1 40. The principal part Of the
town Is destroyed.
Secretary Manning's condition was still
critical on the 18th and mis- son and daugh-
ter were summoned from Albany 10 Wash
ingt0n on that day.
Secretary Manning's condition on March
37th, Was not regarded as favorable
though his family are hopeful Of ultimate
recovery.
Georgia and Tennessee are enjoying the
greatest floods known in ten years. Rail-
road operation is almost entirely suspend
ed Tor time.
Samuel F. Villas. an uncle Of Postmaster
General Villas, died OF bronchitis at the
Grand Union hotel in New York on the
I'D.
Ex-Ass9ciate Justice Hunt Of the Su-
preme court Of the L. s, died in Wash
ington on the 24th.
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The Little Ones.

Harriet Tremaine Terry, in Good
Housekeeping says: II am daily sur
prsed to see how many thoughtless
careless mothers there are, bringing
up their little ones Gas we might ay)
haphaZard, with scarcely thought of
anything beYond the present. Our lit
tie folks are entirely creatures of habit.
and if good habits are not formed early
bad ones will certainly be formed later.
Every mother, care not what her sta
tion in life or her duty to society.
should have the oversight an care per
sonally Of her children, and as soon a.
able after their birth should battle.
dress. and feed her own baby. We
who have done this for each precious
one know the pleasure and satisfaction
to be found in the work. This bath
should always be given ut the same
hour of the morning, then the little one.
tired and hungry after it, should be
fed. when it naturally follows long
quiet nap viii be the result. and then
Ito use a common eXpresSion) begins
9
come fixed habit, and let il be brok-
en- in upon and watch the result.
"A shorter nap, crosser, child, a
harder day. and worst of all fearful.
worn out mother. Try the same ex-
pertinent with older children aud what
follows? The next morning tells the
story 1t is harder to get started for
/ school, the hour for the music lesson
scenes longer, clothes do not feel right.
I books cannot be found. tears are shed
\ and erything goes wrong. all for the
lost hour Of the night before. Early
/ hours by all means for our children;
and in these days when our girls are
fullfedged young ladies at twelve and
I fourteen, feel as if every thoughtful
mother should lay this matter to heart
and help 70 keep her daughters sweet,
1 innocent-faccd little girls.
| Let lis put them to bed with their
! doll in their arms, and do not laugh at
them for cOddling them for, soon
enough, we shall stretch out our empty
arms, cropping in vain for our babies
/ that have grown away from us Tome
4 this seems the saddest time in a
mothers life, and each day let MS pray
for strength to guide Alright, that when
/ that time shall come Gas come it mVsO
they may not get SO far away but
mothers voice and mothers love can
call them back.
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ST. PAUL
WusAT-No / hard. $50 bid, May SOC
hid, No. Northern, s2c bid, No.
Flour Patent, S5Wt05.25; straightf
- 5ogei y asked; bakers, s4.25@4.50 asked
rs, 81 256fB. So.
Corn No. . 80c asked May, $50 bid
Oats No. mixed, 500. bid, Sic asked
No white SIC. bid
Barley No. q Cos bid.
Rye No g 4ic. hid
Flax Seed 80 bid.
Haled hay, rs 90 asked; timothy as 80
Dressed beef choice steers ~. Gg 81
veal, : a. Sc
Butter, extra 2lG2}c. bid.
Cheese, 100 he,
Ea-gs, extra l2c asked.
Potatoes. AZ PER bushel bid
Live STOCK Sales Of steers ranged o.. n
"a ! 90 per 100 los Sheen aold at sI75Cd
S+50 per 100 Hogs fa.S54si 90.
MiNNEAPoiIs.
WHEAr-No ] hard, cash, Sic bid FOR
March. May, - g; 10. Northern, cash
- No. : Northern, cash, ttc.
Flour Patent ia sacks held al
50 G0.U4 - Ia barrels. $4.IGt4S5; Is.
.tfa.bO delivered at New England points
IS 34tta 81 delivered New York and Penn
sylvania points; bakers t56o@8.,5
CHICAGO
Wheat March i6}6c; Nav Sl.9-l6.
Corn, March 81 May 3>S4c.
Oats, cash 2ig{ May. 3O3s
Flax seed No. I. sos
Pork, cash, $685. MAY s9.10.mS0
Live Stock, Cattie S3 S5a51O; hog,
"a ~ "A 10, Sheep, S2.40a5.30.
DULUrH
WuEAT-Cash No. hard ssh: May SS51
No / Northern cash sl5sc.
MILWAUKEE.
Wneat-t.ash, slc; May. Sls{.
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Willard at a cost 81 million dollars. The
latter we're the buildings chiefly used and
they were unframed The frame buildings
were destroyed. The loss is about SlO0iWO
and covered bY insurance. No men are
thrown out ct work 10y the fire
". b. Bend the deposed Col, OF the First
Regiment Minnesota National Guard was
unanimously reelected at st, Paul on
March S0th. This ends the war Of the reg
iment.
l.. IL. Colby, general store at Barnes
VILE Mimi has assigned. Geo. II. Nun
rec, druggist at Morris, MINI, has also
failed.
The ice gorge at Elk Point d. T., broke
on the 25ih, aud the water rapidly went
down greatly TO the relief of the settlers.
Daniel +. Little prominent grain deal
or ot Duluth, Is dead
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20 discussing Senator Logen's hill 20 in
crease the army, much of the time heing
occupied bN crosS-iifing between Logan
aud Teller OF Colorado Mr. Platt spnk
in behalf OF the admission OF Washington
Territory as a state, and Ir. VOORHEES, in-
troduced a Till admitting Montana ia place
OF the one previously offered hy him.
H0usE, March 3D. Mr.. G lenther OF Mil
waukee Wisconsin, made personal ex-
PLANTATION in reply 20 an attack OF the
Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper which
had accused him Of defending the post
master general in fulhllment OF a promise
&C. do so ia return for his appointment ON
the committee On post offices und post
rlaCs Mr.. Gueutatr vigorously defended
his course, saying he hat pursued he same
policy prior 60 the incoming IF the pre- eat
admini .tration. The post otlioe appropria-
ton hill was then discussed abe RENAL Ter
of the session.
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THE OLD MoRLD

Prince Bismarck 5 speech in the reichstag
Oh March Goth, absorbs the attention of the
people in Germany. His encounter with
Herr Richter was marked with unusual
briskness. Herr Richter's paper continu 5
To charge Bismarck with seeking TO alter
the electoral system in order 70 subvert
universal suffrage When Richter in the
debate sueeTIugly thanked Prince Bismarck
for his having spared the country a
coup d'etat. tine chancellor jumued Ia his
Z. 80 and. with "a voice broken by excite
meut. declared thar he had no design upon
"a COUP d'etat. At the same time he said
The federal sOvereigus, like th8 kings IF
Prussia and Bavaria. seeing that the reich
stag was untrue u lts trust might begin
70 regret having parted with their pre-
royalties for the general veal, ami seek 10
rrac.4 air. chem. This declaration has
caused a sensation throughout GERMANY,
and fears are expressed that changes
IN the constitution are contemplated.
Chamberlain and Trevyelan resigned
their places Ia the English cabinet on
March 35gh MIR Gladstone seems to have
been fully warned OF their int ton 20
withdraw from the cabinet, and 70 have
taken care that 10 vacancy should be
allowed 70 exist for any appreciate length
Of time on account OF their detection
simultaneously with the announcement If
Their retirement, came the announcement
that Right Hon james Stausfield hsd ac-
c-ited the Irssi,lency Of the local govern
mpnt board in place of Mr.. Chamberlain.
and rh-.I the earl of DaihouSie would sue
csed Mr. TreveiyR an as chief secretary for
Scotland.
Belgium Is greatly excited by riotous
miners The central point Of the difficulty
is at CharlerOi, where the mob have
burned and piilaged 10 the amount Of two
aud a half millions. The troops were
finally called ont and fired on the rioters
killing - OUR ght AID woauding several
hundred. RiOtiug also occurred in
Brussels and murh damage y as done. Ia
fact riots are br-asIug cut oil over Bel
GUM as the result Of the troubles at Char
ieroi
Queen Victoria attended a corner stone
laying in London on the 24th, and on
returning was greatly alarmed by a man
throwi piece ot paper into her carriage
ID dit not prove TO be dynamite but only n
petitiou from an old soldier who claimed
70 he robbed Of his pension.
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answered, HE loves You better
than his own life.
May go to him?'
Coz
stood listening while she hurried
into the darkened room. listening with
one hand pressed over my heart. And
still came forth the pleading cry:
Juliet! Juliet
Then all of Il sudden it paused, and |
heard my poor boy say. with an utter
lance Of ineffable relief:
''She has come back to NE, nv Juliet,
and now can die in peace. =
But he did not die, NY only son. He
lived, thanks to the tireless nursing
and tender devotion Of the dark-eyed
young wife who had come, like a heal
ing angel. 10 his side.
Juliet, / said to her. the dav that
he first sat up in Gu. hioned chair. lit
IS YOU we have TO thank for this.
She looked mp at me with those great.
wistful eyes of hers.
And You do think yoU can love me
nOw?' said >he, implOringly.
My darling! my daTlingI was all
/ that | could say. As l clasped the slight
( figure close to my heart
/ And from that day to this there has
never been the slightest shadow of
doubt or discussion between me and
nv daughter-in-law
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D
Forsyth (Ga..) Letter 10 New York
World: A pretty little romance grow
ing out Of Sherman 5 march TO the sea
has Just eliminated here in the
marriage Of David T. Rogers. of
Logan, Kan. to Miss Donnie Goodman,
belle Of this city. On the third night
out of Gen. Sherman's army from Allan
Ia on its famous march to Savan-
nah, it camped on the plantation of }.
+. Goodman, citizen. The family
watched through closed shutters all
night the camp fires surrounding the
place. Daylight found the column on
the march again, and as the last man
disappeared the children sailed forth
to examine the deserted camps.
Among the articles found was kuap-
sack. in which was diary which
showed that its owner had served IN a
Kansas regiment from the first year of
the war. and that his name was David
L. Rogers. of Logan, Kan. Five years
ago Miss Donnie, the youngest sister
of Mr.. Goodman, born since the war,
paid him a visit and became deeply
interested in the diary which told the
perilous story of a soldiers life. She
wrote to the address. expressing her
readiness % return the momentO II lis
owner should still be alive. A CRATE
ful answer was received both from Mr..
Rogers and his wife. Mrs. Mary Rogers
The two ladies thereafter kept up a
pleasant correspondence. One year
ago a letter Iordarpd in black came
from Mr.. Rogers. in which he stated
that his wife was dead: that at the ur-
gent solicitation OF his children he
wrote his Southern friend the fact.
Two week ago Miss Goodman received
a second letter from Mr- Rogers stating
that he was about to make business
trip to North Carolina aud he would
take occasion to call upon her Sun
day brought the couple face to face.
It was a case Of love at first sight. The
visit heightened out until yesterday,
when the couple were married.
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MARCH-BY THE PACIFIC.

hark, form the budding boughs that burst
Uf sOngI
And where the leagues ofemerald stretch
away,
Out rings the meadow 1ark's ecstatic lay,
Nhile the green hills the liquid notes pro
long
The slender callas shine, a sanity thr1ng,
From their broad leaves; and her slim
stem upon,
The royal rose unfolds her 80 the SUI.
q gentle March q tuTbuleLt aud strong
The dove, the tiger, IN thy chaBEeful mood,
For while the larks sing aud tine HGuets
brood,
L0i sulen storm clouds sweep the smiling
dome,
Aud roar of winds, and the mad
tempest wrath
Beats on the blossomed plain, the forest
path.
And the vast ocean smites % seething foam.
fyysyfuHd HqHfG{y
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For some time 4 man and wife had
been employed in the Treasury De
partment- They both drew good sal
aries and lived at one Of the hr-t-claS>
hotels. The wife was ON the pay-rolI>
Of the department as miss. 1t wasre-
Gently found out that she was mar
ried woman, and She has lost her po-
sitiOn.
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EMPEROR WILLIAM at - rises every
morning 81 $50 and dresses AZ once for
the day, disdaining to use either dress
iug-gowu or slippers. Iii. face Is
shruuken and he daily becomes weaker.
but be sticks 10 his work with some
thing like his youthful vigor.
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THE New York legislature has appro-
priated 5000, five hundred dollars TO
each Of the ten New York regiments
that fought at Gettysburg in the COM
mand Of General Sickles. the money to
H. expended in erecting monuments
on that battle field in commemoration
Of the services of these regiments.
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SPRINGS HERALD.

The winds of March are bleak and cold.
The sodden fields are brown and bare;
All tiny bird, thou art foo bold,
To venture in this chilly air
Thou lOok'st TO me in suJpliant way,
And gently tappest on the pane;
Il IN hungry, sir, i" thy bright eyes say.
And very wet in ali this rain
Thou art a brave adventuTer.
TocOme when snOW-tirifts scar the woods
And ere the buds begin 10 stir
To throw aside their winter hoods.
I'll ope the easement, ShiveriI.g Iird.
And throw TO thee my softest cfumb;
Thy chirp's the sweetest sound I've heard
Thou herald of the days To come.
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SweetPeas.

Sweet peas should be planted very
early in the spring. or IS soon as tine
frost will allow Of >padiug the ground
four inches deep, or deeper if the soil
Is light. DO not wait for fair weather.
U-e plenty Of seed So that they wall uOt
De Icore than sh inch apart. Hos the
. srth towards tins vines q lutte. but do
not form a ridge. ard support when
s5aut six incnes high with b-lish live
feet in length.
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One of the touching things in con-
uectiou with the celebration of Emper-
or William birthday in Berlin was
the formal visit made 10 the cradle In
which the distinguished potentatc was
rocked when an infant. i; i made Of
common oak and. Ike the Emperor
himself. IS in high state Of preSer-
station.
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ANS Of
Massachusetts believes in tree planting
To the extent Of giving $1,000 year 10
the town Of EssIon TO be expended in
setting ont .haHe tees.
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RINrR AM nARnor ELL.

The River aud Harbor bill as completed
by the House committee, appropriates
Sl5I6I,2OO The Northwestern items are
as follows.
Observation-Disclosures. Ahuapee. SIS coo.
Green Bay, 81 on; Kenosha, - DOo, he
waunee al 90; Manitowoc. SO 90: Mil
aukee hay and harhor, S>nO1l, q onto,
$500; Port Washington. 5 0O; ShebOy-
gan $500; Sturgeon baV, 50 OOO. Rivers .
Chippewa, s25U0; Fox, S'5Ou0; 81 Croix,
$3.50.
Observation-Disclosures. Duluth $50 on.
Grand Marais. SlOun1 Rivers. Red. So
az treapprCpriatedl.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS river, 81 500;
Usage. s 200. Missouri river, from mouth
To- Sioux CITY. 90 900; Sioux CITY 20 Fort
Benton, $500; removing distractions,
$500.
Mississippi River-Reservoirs at head
waters, $4,000, snag boat. : % coo; 81 Paul
20 Des Moines rapids S52DuuJ, eat DE,
Moinss rapids, $50, %; dry dock at Rapids,
SIS OOO; Rapids TO Illinois river, - o 600.
Illinois 10 Ohio river, S5lO,OO0.
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NOTES OF THE TIMES.

INCH-wIDE stripes are to be the feat
ure in spring dress woOlons.
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ACCORDING % the Herald of Boston.
that city has had no strike among its
employed population since that of the
telegraph operators a few years ago.
This" saws the Herald.
speaks wei for the relation OF
labor and capital with uS Tie recent
agreement on the rate Of wages in one
Of oUr horse ear companies would seem
TO Indicate that there Is a disposition
to make reasonable concessions To- avert
these disturbances of labor here
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A WOMAN OF Pitt,feld. New Hamp-
shire, rinety-tive years of age, MrS.
Paul True by name, has just come
down with the whooping cough.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

ACCOMPANIED 10y a very brief mes
sag,. President Cleveland sent TO
Congress 4 day or two ago. the report
Of the civil service commission for the
year ending january 18th. Applicants
have been examined ~ the commission
from every state aud territory save Utah
The whole number Of persons examined
during the wear was 1907. II whom
6.S-2 were males and $50 females. and
the whole number examined since the
act was passed has been 1881; of those
examined tribe les than two-thirdS
succeeded. The whole number OF
appointments made during the past
year from those examined was l,S16.
making a total Of appointments during
the past two year, i,176. and strangely
enough. these were very evenly divided
among the two parties The commits
sion say il has had 81 all times the
cordial support Of the President AMI
hiSCab.aet.
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THE Concord school Of Philosophy.
which meets on the 18th day Of July
next. will devote its attention to Dante
and Plato.
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suffering from functional arrangements or
any OF he paintul disorders Of weaknesses
incidsut to their eek. DR.. Pierce's Treatise,
illustrated with wood-cuts aud colored
plates (l60 pagesl, suggests sure means Of
complete self cure. sent for ~ cents u
stamps. Address Worlds ID spensary
Medical Association. Buffalo, y. \.
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Is the good old days Of yore. in New
England. the town paid the minister
salary. The minister had 800 year
and some perquisites. among them
thirty cords of wood He usually pick
ell out the richest girl in town and mar
ried her, and had the homestead. and
when his father-in-l law died be usually
left him 2 cider mill ami : distillery.
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ARnoK PRocLAMATIox.

STATE or MINNESOTA, Executive Depart
ment.
TO the people Of the State Of Minnesota:
In recognition OF the value II forests 10
every lard and Of the special lack thereof
in portions of the State OF our prids aud
love, 1 again call your attention % the
Importance Of intelligent forestry or tree
culture. The Government of some of the
countries of Europe gives official care to
the preservation of the growing trees there
IN. Bounties for cultivation of timber are
offered in this and severpl other states of
the Union The planting Of trees j, en-
couraged by the premiums Of various So
cisties. A better aud more successful
means of accomplishing effective re-
suits would be 70 populariZe the habit Of
devoting some one designated day every
year 10 sowing the seeds or setting cut
tingS, OF desirable trees or shrubs, or trans
planting the young growth OF the same.
Men live for Years up0u prairie farms with
out ever planting a tree although always
intending some time to do 50. Ii "A dav had
been fixed for the purpose and they had
gwen but that Que day wear % the work,
their farms UouidnOw be both better worth
keeping as homes aud worth far more TO
sell
In the hope that many will accept desig-
nation Of a day for all 10 devote 70 that oh
Ject and thar the practice may become at
length general habit. in accordance with
a growing custom in other States and Ter
ritories. ] hereby appoint and set apart
Saturday the @4th day Of April ensuing, rs
ARRoR DAYIS MINNESOTA.
The publ. Offices of the State will be
closed on that day. and | earnestly advise
that all owners of farms or lots will give
that time To the Improvement OF their
property and beautiiylng OF their homes, by
beginning or continuing the cultivation
thereon Of forest. ornamental, or fruit
trees. or shrubs. No investment OF mCueN
will pay better; no expenditure OF care will
return more permanent satistac, ion.
Particularly request the co. peTatiOn of
directors and teachers of the public schools
and of the boards OF management Of ell our
public institutions in this work, not only
for thesake of Improvement of the grounds
under their control. but that they may
thus contribute to the adoption of most
advantageous practice Given under my
hand and the Great Seal Of the State at
the Capitol IN the City Of saint Paul, this
twenty-seventh day OF March A ID one
thousand eight hundred and eighty->ix.
(sigued) L. r. HUBBARD.
By the Governor
tsiguedl FRED voS BAUMBACU,
Secretary OF state.
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Ex-PRE IDENT ARTHUR declines the
position Of president Of the Grant
Monument association. in New York.
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4 FAETY Of fishers from Portage,
Wis. clam that, having caught two
tire black bass in Buffalo lake. they
LAID the fish on the ice near each other
and went away BeturDin" for the
iish couple of hours later they saw
the tail Of one disappear, followed by 8
splash. They on that the bass had
gawned their wy through two feet Of
solid ice aud thus regained their
liberty.
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ALDERMAN Jaehne Of New York. had
congressional aspirations.