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Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28
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The Oldest House.

One of the oldest houses in America is
the stone mansion on the Staats farm,
about four miles below the village of
Greenbush, on the river bank The
building was erected Of blue stone and
brick in 1860, and at present is occupied
by Lawrence and Philip Staats, and is in
splendid state of preservation. The
house faces south and west, and com
mands an extended view of the Hudson
and surrounding country. Hard by the
ancient dwelling, on pleasant knoll, is
the family burial ground, which contains
the remains of generation after genera
ton of the Staats family, who came to
this country when New York was set
tied by the Hollanders, about 1914. The
Staats farm and the three farms adjoin-
ing to the north were occupied when the
Van Rensselaer, PATRON received his
grant for twenty-four miles square each
side of the river from the king of Hol-
land, but the owners of these farms were
exempt from paying him any rent. =
New York Telegram.
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28

groes, and have but lately emerged from
slavery, their capacity for republican
system can easily be judged. There are
many names to designate the shades:
those darker than mulatto, but not full
black, are ''metifs, "griffes," ETC.; the
lighter shades may be scientifically
classed as mulattoes, quadroons, octo-
rooms. melanoids and leuco-melanolds.
Of the Indians, the most noted are the
Botocudos, who have advanced far
enough to till small patches, live in huts,
weave mats and keep cattle. Above
them are few Indians like the Pueblos,
of Mexico and Arizona-simple, peace
full and industrious. Below them are
scattered tribes of savages, some of
whom are cannibals, and all are implaca-
bly, hostile. Thus, in territory little
larger than the United States, exclusive
of Alaska, are some 100000 civilized
and educated people and some 5000, 900
grading down from that rank to muir
dering cannibals. And of all that 8,OOO,-
900 not one in ten can read. Evidently
there is room for development in Brazil.
Brazil has warm climate and Brazil
ians generally can stand great deal of
rest. They cannot be classed among
the most enterprising people in the
world, yet they have a country whose
resources are simply marvellous. Agassiz
Humboldt and many others have given
descriptions of it which, designed to be
coolly scientific, have the horidity and
fervor of romance.
Nearly forty years ago the government
of the United States sent well equipped
expedition to explore the interior The
report, entitled "Exploration Of the Val
ley of the Amazon" though marred
somewhat by the exaggerated style in
which SO many American writer's ther
indulged, is work of rare interest yet
and at the time of its publication attract
ed the public like new and brilliant
novel;
In this work Lieut.. Herndon estimated
the total length of the Amazon at 1914
miles, counting the Huallaga as its head
others assume other heads, but the low
est estimate puts the length at 2, 75O miles,
and the area drained by the river and
it's affluents at 100000 square miles
That is, the valley and drainage of the
Amazon comprise third of South Amer
lea. One of it's tributaries is 1900 miles
long, and up this small steamer has
sailed 773 miles. But more remarkable
is the Rio Negro, about 200 miles long
which is navigable, flows through re
gion of unsurpassed fertility. and is con
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28
j. j. KENNEDY.
Dam at Great Falls, Mont.

Proposals wili' be received until February 5.
1890 at the general office of the st. P. NJ & M,
Railway in St. Paul for the labor required in
building q dam across the Missouri river at
Great Falls, Montana.
The dam and head gates will be 100 feet in
length and will require the placing OF approx
mately 100000 feet of timber, 10000 feet Of
Of stone filing in cribs 5000 cubic yards Of gate
chamber masonry and 12 head gates
Plans may be seen ou and after January 8,
1880 at the st. p. M. a. M, Ry. office in st. Paul
and at the Office Of the Great Falls Water Power
aud Townsite Co. at Great Falls, Montana.
The right is reserved to reject any and all bids
signed at Room 49, General Office st. tP. NJ. q
Nj, Ry st. Paul. MINI.
J. r. flaming, Consulting Engineer
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28

Amazon. There is sea of verdure In
which one may draw circle 1, 100 miles
in diameter, which includes an ever
green, unbroken forest. The variety of
grand and beautiful trees is bewildering
"a wild race Of vegetable giants, draped,
festooned, corded, matted and ribboned
with climbing and creeping plants in end
less variety. But these tangled forests Of
fer a bar to civilization almost as great
as the sterility of the African deserts"
A few years ago many American engi-
neers were invited to Brazil, there being
sort Of railroad furore; they returned
full of enthusiasm over the country, but
with many amusing details of the COM
mon life Of the people.
The Indians of Brazil are said to be
the ugliest of human beings, and the
Botocudos lead in ugliness. They were
so named by the Portuguese, from "Bo-
toque"-a barrel bung-from their habit
of wearing great round billets or disks
of wood in their ears and under lips.
So far did this go that in middle life
many of them had stiff under lips pro-
iecting five inches. OF late this custom
is mostly discontinued, but both sexes
still go perfectly naked, except in the
vicinity of white settlements, and the
men habitually varnish themselves with
a bright yellow paint made from native
tree. They were cannibals, so far as to
eat their captors taken in war, but many
are now civilized.
The future of Brazil is of course mat
ter for extensive speculation. The tempe
rate zone is not yet SO crowded with peo-
pie that there is any great need Of at
tacking tropical jungles, and the late
abandonment of Central Africa (for that
is what it appears to be) by the European
powers proves that the Aryan race is
not yet desperate enough for such vent
ures. But valuable timber is scarcel
than fertile land, and it is safe to proph'
esy that the Brazilian forests will be ex
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28

uecUeu near lts neau with the great CTtA
noco by a natural canal or deep bay ou,
called the Cassigmare. Thus by those
three rivers an interior navigation IS Sc
cured equal to what might be if one
could steam up the Mississippi and Mis-
souri,, then through bayou to the Co
lumbia and out to the Pacific.
Of course every schoolboy knows that
the lower Amazon has the largest vol
ume of any river in the world. The av-
erage passing any point is 500, 900 cubic
feet per second-or about $50, 100000
gallons a minute. 1t colors the sea water
for 600 miles from it's mouth, and fresh
ems it over half that far. Its depth near
the mouth is 800 feet, and 1,6OO miles up
it is still so to 40. At the distance OF
800 miles from the sea it is still half
mile wide; at the mouth, if the Para
branch be included. it is 1S0 miles wide.
Yet when the river is low the tide often
'schokes" in going up and forms a
''bore' as in some of the streams iloW-
ing into the Bay of Fundy-that is, the
tide rises at once to nearly its full height.
Its annual inundations are wonderful.
| If the flood comes suddenly the drifting
observer may see the trees occupied by
enormous serpents, birds and beasts,
from the monkey to the wildcat-all
hostilities suspended for the time. "f, y
SAYS Humboldt, "the name of primeval
forest can be given to any forest on the
face of the earth it is i'll the basin Of the
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28

mixtures as are visible to the naked eye.
And these races range all the way from
red brown cannibals to cultured white
Christians, while Of the vast land area
at least fifth is unexplored and at least
a third is unbroken tropical forest-low-
land forest, much of it, perfect jungle
in which the summer months are fatal
to Aryan vigor, and at all seasons deadly
serpents and venomous insects abound.
There are, says Agassiz, over one hun
dred species of valuable woods, while
other explorers add that in much OF the
lowland forest every bush has thorn
and every insect a sting, every worm is
vile, and every snake is venomous.
Of the 100000 people, by the larg-
est estimate, about one-third are Aryan
white or ''Caucasian"), not quite third
negroes, less than tenth Indians and
the rest Metis or ''mixed.' There is,
first, the cultured white Portuguese-B Bra
lillian, whether planter. official, mer-
chant or scholar-the ruling race. The
policy of the government has been very
liberal since independence and many OF
all other European stocks have located
there, principally in the coast towns 10
these may be added, in political senti-
ment, the soldiers; for, though many
dark men are in the ranks, the officers
are generally white, and it was the army
that wrought the recent revolution. AS
in all lands of mixed blood, the rul-
ing race is the whitest, the generals
are -Brazilians, and evidently
men of talent and commanding int1u-
ence. With them, of course, go the
planters, merchants and whites gener-
ally--indeed, there is nothing else for
them to do.
Of the negroes very little is said. AS
they came originally of the same West
African tribes as other American ne
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28

plored for the timber within the next
century or two. The civilized world
confesses to a general sensitiveness as to
a coming climber famine and if the
demand for hard woods is not soon les
sened by new inventions, that million
square miles of forest in Brazil will be
very good property.
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28
ACCOM- M ODATI0N

For travellers going to Barker and Kib-
bey from Great Falls. Good stabling
and iced. Board and Lodging. Wines,
Liquors and Cigars. Robt. Bates, Otter
Creek, six miles above Belt.
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28
At A. Nathan S.
READ AND REMEMBER.
What Shall We Buy for Xmas f?
uppemo Holidays
an elegant line 0
HOLIDAY GOODS
will sold low prices and desirable goods

Smoking Jackets Of the finest i'm
ported fabrics and richly trimmed.
What an elegant present for somebody.
SeaIskin Caps. A fine line in the
most popular eastern styles.
Mufners. An elegant line Of the
latest designs in Fine Silk and Cassi-
meres.
Neckties in Teck, Four-in-hand,
Windsor, Puff and the Holiday Plush.
Handkerchiefs. An endless as
sortmant in japanese and Chinese
silks and plain and fancy linen the
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28

Big reduction in Cioaks tor the next
80 days at the New York Cash Bazaar
Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-28

COMMISSION MERCHANT
GREAT FALLS, M. T.

This is the only, office in the Territory doing a
general business in stock
Special attention paid to Horses. Cattle and
Sheep, both in herds and numbers to snit the
purchaser.
Location central and in direct line with st.
Paul, Chicago and all points west. Am prepared
to furnish stock to any point east west in
numbers to suit the buyer.
Persons having stock for sale will find it tc
their interest to list the same with me.
Correspondence solicited
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-10-12
THE MEXICAN WAY.
Story Of the Alcaltie of Lagos and. the
Mysterious Well.

Story Of the Alcal,ie of Lagos and the
Mysterious Well.
Like the aicalde of Lagos )" Como el al
calde de Lagos, is an expression current
throughout IL large part Of Mexico TO denote
any trying or lud crous position that O man
is placed in because both his hands are full.
The story, according TO Scribner's Mag
azine, runs:
Once went an alcalde of Lagos to church.
And in his right hand he carried his staff
of Office, and as he entered the church he
lifted Ch and held in his left hand his hat.
Then he sought TO put the holy water upon
his forehead; but this he could not do, for
both his hands were full. Then in awhile
bold resolve entered his heart, and he
plunged his head into the font.
Before the plaza that is in the midst Of
the town of Lagos was set in order, as 1t
now is, there was in the middle Of it deep
and wide hole. And this hole cost the
town council (Ayuntamiento) much con.
Germ, for they perceived that it was . dan.
gerous place, into which the unwary might
fall in the dark and be killed or MANNED.
So meeting OF the council was called, and
1t was decided that the hole should be filled.
And, to get earth to fill 1t, a hole was dug
beside it, And behold, when 1t was full,
there was new hole as deep and MS wide
as that which was filledl Then in the same
way did they set about filling the new hole,
and again was the same result only now
the hole no longer was in the middle OF the
plaza, but over ut the side of it in the street
that goes out toward the north. And again
they it, and so continued, until at last
the hole was far out in the northern suburb
OF the town. And there they suffered the
aole to remain, for there it did no harm. -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-10-12
, SHE PAD THE BILL.

How . Little Sister KeT; Promise to q
St Louis Undo rtaker.
"No, haven't any news of Importance
for YOU" said N. j. Cullen, the undertaken
to st. Louis Globe-Democrat reporter
"but can tell you mighty nice little
story, the truth of which my books will
verify. 1t is about the noble action of a
little girl who came to me about fifteen
years ago. She was then about twelve
years of age, and despite the fact that her
outward appearance suggested parental
negligence, she appeared to have noble
and honest heart 1t was about seven
o'clock OF a cold January evening when she
walked into my Office almost frozen and
crying bitterly. She asked to see me, and
when made myself known she stopped
crying and told me very pitiful story, that
would soften the heart in the coolest Of per-
sons. She said she lived near my stable :;
that her father was drunkard and her
mother was dead. She and little brother
seven years of age, OF whom she thought
the world, were cared for by tn neighbors
when the father was on a spree, and de-
spite the fathers misconduct the little girl
could not be induced to leave him. She
kept the house and prepared the meas
She bore her lot philosophically and tried to
be happy, but her whole peace Of mind was
almost wrecked when after about two
weeks sickness her little brother died. He
was her pet, and the two were much at
tached to one another. She again burst into
tears, and between heavy sobs she said that
on account of her fathers evil ways there
was no money IN the house, and she did not
know how her little brother could be
buried. She had been told that the city
would bury the remains, but when she
looked into the manner in which such a
burial would b performed-that the coffin
would be a plain pine box and that instead
OF bearse wagon would take him TO
potter's field-she became almost frantic
and would not allow it. She then pleaded
with me to bury her brother. She wanted
him to have white coffin, q white hearse,
wi, h white horses, and his remains to be
taken to Calvary Cemetery. Crying bitter.
ly, she said: i will give you my word Of
honor to pay you as soon as get the
money was much touched by the story
and went to the home OF the child and there
learned the truth of her statement The
dead boy was lald on the bed, which was
neatly made up by the little girl I i'm
mediately took charge Of the funeral, an6
complied wi; h the every wish Of the child;
never expected pay, and, although though,
Of the story for some time after, never
expected to sec the Ahild again. Not lonl
since, while seated in my office, hand
some, we'll dressed young lady entered
and, addressing me by name, called mt
aside. She ask me If remembered her
and was compelled to acknowledge my
ignorance. Imagine my surprise when sht
told mo of the little ragged child OF fifteer
years ago. Il am that little girl, she said
and have come, acccrding to promise. OF
my word of honor, to pay you the BILL
looked over the books and found the &C
count, and she paid it, he has married
well, and her husband is prominent ant
prosperous business man."
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-10-12
Value of the Best Gems.

Cpal is worth l5 to S40 per carat.
oats eve Is worth ; Is to 50 o carat.
oUrental ruby is worth SlOO per carat
EMERALD is worth S5) to ; cooper carat
diamond Is worth $50 to s150 per carat
sapphire 10 worth t1O0 to S1to per easat
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-10-12
Proposals for Work.

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF. THE BOARD
" Of County Commissioners. Lincoln county
Nevada
In -ccordan"e with n erd,r Ct the Board of
County Commissioners of Lincoln County, Ne.
ala, SEALED PROPOSALS will be received in
the ftic, Of the Clerk Of said Beard until 10
O'Clock A. M, Aug s, 1850, for the following
work to be me Oh the ti.u't House buildings,
under this supervision Of i'd Board to.wit:
T. take 'wn the upper story OF the Jail
bui dug to the foor on the South side, nd TO
aithin IL inches Of the q mr on the North sld-;
roof plat.st' be- then replaced. aud q roof Of
iron put Oh; with pitch OF u inches, water to
shed at the ~outh' ast corner fully con- ecied
With the waste pip, there. Cop ng tn be six
qua ity iron ~ The roof and to b. fast he'd to
2.inch plates on top of the wall. which shall be
bolt.d to the joist or wall plates Immediately
below.
To- build three (3) stone abu'm 'ments with good
foundations between Court House and ia |, tn
.uppots the front wal of the Jail, at places to
be desigua'ed. Abu ments 10 be three ~ feet
square at the bottom aud taper to on. a. foot
thick at the TOT. same to BIZ partly built into
the wall
70 cover securely the. top Of the ire walls Of
the Court Ho ,se BUILDING and down to the tin
70 nng on the Inside, with the same quality
OF IRON use Tor the Jail roof. To pnnt the
outer " Ills Of tn, Court House and Jail build.
ings, and to repair with brick the differen,
Windows sills OF the same. All mortar used
throughout 10 be good lime mortar and the
whole work 10 be done Ia workmaDlike man
ner scoop abl! to said lard and the premises
cleaned OF debris.
The whole " said work to be completed
| within sixty days from the date OF acceptance
| Of bid, and p y m-nt theref or 10 be made on OIL
| Contractor to furnish all msterial necessary
&c ptina such ~ IL on the ground and can b.
| worked in.
The Board reserves the right TO reject an.
| or all bids submitted.
| J. G. KELLY, Clerk.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13
TAKE CARE OF THE PICS

1t is wisdom on the part of nation if
it observe the maxim, "In time of peace,
prepare for war" Applying this maxim
to the farmer, regarding his pigs, it will
be wise if he look to it that his swine have
shelter during the summer. And espec-
tally is this important when fall weather
sets in. Hogs are seriously damaged by
spending their nights in a wet nest, even
though this be in summer, for the nights
get cool, and more or less of chill sets
in. Even i'm summer, swine rise from a
wet nest coughing. 1t will be observed
that pigs are never seen carrying wet straw
to their nests. They know better than
to do this. Yet, they will sleep in the
wet If you deprive them of the opportun-
ity to do better; not otherwise. The hog,
dull as he is supposed to be, is consider
ate OF his own health and comfort, more
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13
WATER THE COWS

In hot weather do not he content to
drive the cows to water once a day, but
If possible let them have constant access
to it. Where this is impracticable, come
as near to it as you can and give them
water at least three times day. Often
by a small outlay water can be piped from
aspiring into troughs in distant pastures,
so that animals need not travel for it..
When the water supply is near at hand
they will drink in moderate quantities as
they need it, which is much better than
as they will when extremely thirsty. A
COW that does not have water regularly
and in sufficient quantities in hot weather
cannot be depended on to hold out in her
milk, and when decrease in the flow is
once established from any cause it is not
easy to regain it. Not only is it for the
comfort of the cows to let them have all
the water they will drink, but it is for
our own profit that it should be not only
abundant but pure and wholesome. Al
lowing cows to drink stagnant water is
bad enough at any time and will always
affect the milk and butter more or less.
but in the heat of summer it should not
be permitted on any account. t.-Me,o York
World.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13
UTILITY OF SHEEP ON THE FARM.

Some one is trying to dispel the pleas
ant faith people have long enjoyed in re-
gard to sheep improving pasture or
farm. The statement that sheep must cat
the same as other stock and that the sub
stance which goes to make up the wool
and carcass is lost to the soil is true and
evident, but there are many points of
dissimilarity between sheep and cattle in
their feeding in and effect upo1r>a pas
ture. With small daily ration of grain
sheep will thrive in a bushy pasture
where there is very little that other stock
would eat, and will kill out the weeds
and bushes at the same time; and if they
really do not enrich the soil on the whole,
they will enrich the poorest .'part of it
ana Will add to the value of the pasture
by the value of the labor it would take
to kill out the weeds and bushes and
cover the surface with fine grasses. We
have seen field which had been used as
pasture for colts and calves till about
one-third of it was covered with golden
rod and blackberry vines changed to a
line grassy sward in three years by put
ting In few more sheep than it would
keep in good condition, and giving them
extra food to make up the deficiency
And we know that there are thousands of
acres of rough pasture in New England
growing up to bushes, where the rocks
are too thick to allow cutting the bushes
or plowing the land, that might be made
into good dairy pastures in the same way.
-Mi,TOr and Farmer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13

ENDERs, PA, Feb. 18, 1882
Pisos Cure for Consumption relieved the
cough, checked the night-sweats and emacia-
tion-in short, gave a new lease of lifo to a pa
tlent OF mine no was rapidly and surely ap-
preaching the final stage Of this dreaded DIS
ease.
To-day she is In tn, enjoyment of fair
health, and his result is due to he beneficial
effects of only few bottles OF Piso's Cure for
Consumption.
five take into consideration the DURATION
OF this patients sickness, the SEVERITY Of the
eympthms,the SMALL quantity of the remedial
agent and the BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME within
which a CURE WAS EFFECTED, we cannot fail to
acknowledge the truly wonderful effects of
Piso's Cure for Consumption.
LEVI JAY ENDERs, MD.
in every community there are living wit
neeses to testify that In naming our medicine
P1so's Cure for Consumption, we have not
claimed more than 1t can do. - It's standing in
the market also proves its merit. We have
not published sensational notices; our ad YER
tisements have been mere signs to indicate the
exis ence Of Piso's Cure for Consumption. In
stead OF endeavOring to excite fear our pur-
pose has been to encourage hope.
Yet Piso's Cure for Consumption stands to-
day AZ tne neau or ail medicines or its clas !,
requiring for its manufacture q factory full OF
skilled workers and improved machinery,
whereas about twenty years ago all the work
WAS done In one little room by one man.
Price, 70 cents per bottle.
+. T. lAzLErINE, Warren. Pa.